Slaying a Silver Ninth Grade Sin Beast!

Compared to outside, there were far fewer Sin Beasts in the valley, roughly four or five thousand.

Although their numbers were much smaller, their overall strength was greater.

The weakest Sin Beasts that could enter the valley were Bronze Ninth Grade, and there were also many Silver Realm Sin Beasts.

Lu Jing swept his gaze around quickly, searching for traces of the treasure.

His gaze finally settled on a small island in the lake at the center of the valley.

The island was not large, but there was a stone platform on it, radiating a ball of spiritual light.

That should be the special treasure in this Spirit Realm, Lin An thought.

It was his first time seeing a treasure inside a Spirit Realm, too. Although he had entered a Spirit Realm in his previous life, he had only hunted some weak Sin Beasts around its outskirts.

It had been nothing like now, when he had fought his way straight into its deepest reaches.

Roar, roar, roar...

Meanwhile, the Sin Beasts in the valley spotted Lin An intruding and charged at him with furious roars.

Facing the oncoming Sin Beasts, Lin An took out the jade pendant and crushed it without the slightest hesitation.

Boom...

As the jade pendant shattered, a terrifying pressure swept outward, sending the approaching Sin Beasts flying.

Immediately afterward, Lin An saw a phantom materialize. It was none other than his bargain father, Lin Xiao.

"You dare hurt my son? You're courting death!"

Lin Xiao's phantom roared, his voice booming like a great bell, deafening to the ears.

Then a long saber gleaming with cold light abruptly appeared in midair.

The saber had a simple yet imposing design, with mysterious, intricate patterns carved into its hilt.

The next moment, Lin Xiao swept his arm, and the saber instantly became a streak of light, slashing out with lightning speed.

The slash looked utterly ordinary, with neither dazzling light nor earth-shaking momentum, yet it contained endless killing intent and power.

Like a gentle breeze, it swept silently past every Sin Beast.

Standing to one side, Lin An did not even have time to react before a bright silver line flashed before his eyes.

The line of saber light streaked across the sky like lightning. Wherever it passed, the Sin Beasts that had been baring their fangs and claws so viciously could offer no resistance whatsoever.

Their bodies were as fragile as paper, effortlessly sliced in half.

After that slash, Lin Xiao's phantom dissipated. Lin An looked across the valley, where nothing remained but corpses strewn over the ground.

"One slash killed them all? Is this the strength of the Gold Realm?"

"No, my bargain father isn't an ordinary Gold Realm cultivator. He's already Gold Ninth Grade. It's only natural for him to instantly kill a pack of Sin Beasts that are, at most, Silver Realm."

Had he known Lin Xiao's strike was so fierce, he would have used the jade pendant outside the valley.

If he had instantly killed all the Sin Beasts outside, his attribute points would certainly have soared.

But the thought only flashed through his mind. Even if he had known earlier, he would not have done that.

This jade pendant was his greatest trump card, so naturally he had to keep it in reserve.

Besides, although there were fewer Sin Beasts inside the valley, at least a thousand of them were above Silver Fifth Grade.

Even though he considered himself quite strong, he would not dare claim he could handle so many Silver Realm Sin Beasts alone.

Lin An shook his head, stopped dwelling on it, and checked his attribute points.

In that brief moment alone, his attribute points had increased by around twenty thousand.

His attribute points now stood at a hundred and twenty thousand.

"I'll take the treasure first. There's still some time left, so I can keep hunting the Sin Beasts outside."

Lin An dashed out and went straight onto the island.

Just as he was about to take the treasure from the stone platform, the entire lake suddenly began to shake.

Then Lin An felt the ground beneath his feet shift, flinging him away.

After landing steadily on the ground, Lin An focused his gaze and saw a toad a full hundred feet tall, its entire body covered in green and purple patterns.

The island in the lake was right on top of its head.

"This is... a Purple-Patterned Poison Toad. With a body that huge, it should already be Silver Realm Ninth Grade. If not for the Spirit Realm's restrictions, it could probably have broken through to the Gold Realm." Lin An's expression grew grave.

The Purple-Patterned Poison Toad was an extremely troublesome Sin Beast.

Its entire body was covered in poison sacs. If he could not kill it instantly, those sacs would burst, and sooner or later, they could wear him down to death.

This should be the strongest Sin Beast in this Spirit Realm.

Unfortunately, it had been hiding in the lake earlier. Otherwise, Lin Xiao's slash would have killed it instantly, too.

"But I should be capable of killing it instantly, right?"

Lin An thought of his perfected One Saber Slash.

Ever since perfecting One Saber Slash, he had never unleashed it at full power, so he did not know how powerful it was.

"Then I'll test my saber on you."

As he thought this, his saber was already in his hand.

Divine ability: Earth Vein Power, activate!

Hum, hum, hum...

The next instant, power began to be drawn from the earth, pouring into the saber along with the spiritual energy inside Lin An.

A powerful aura immediately erupted from Lin An.

The Purple-Patterned Poison Toad seemed to sense the threat as well. It shot out its long tongue, sending it hurtling toward Lin An like an arrow.

"Just what I wanted!"

Lin An's eyes lit up, and he swung his saber with the momentum.

But this strike was not One Saber Slash. It was Triple Saber.

When he had perfected One Saber Slash and comprehended Saber Intent, an idea had formed in his mind.

If he first stacked damage with Triple Saber, then unleashed One Saber Slash simultaneously with the fourth strike, how powerful would it be?

He had not had a chance to try it before, and naturally, he would not miss this opportunity.

Hiss...

The saber collided with the long tongue, immediately cutting a saber mark into it before the Purple-Patterned Poison Toad swiftly retracted it.

After delivering this strike, Lin An felt the saber's power double outright.

Joy rose in his heart. He had only meant to give it a try, but it had actually worked.

"Again!"

Rather than retreating, Lin An advanced, charging straight at it with saber in hand.

But the Purple-Patterned Poison Toad was, after all, a Silver Realm Ninth Grade existence. Faced with Lin An's charge, it drove him back with ease.

Still, he took the opportunity to finish stacking the final two strikes.

"This strike will finish you!"

Triple Saber, fourth strike!

Perfected One Saber Slash!

Lin An gripped the hilt with both hands and released all his strength without holding anything back.

The saber in his hands radiated such terrifying power that even he found it somewhat difficult to control.

"Slash!"

Veins bulged on Lin An's forehead as he swung his saber.

Whoosh...

In an instant, a piercing whistle tore through the air, and a dazzling blade of saber qi a full hundred meters long roared forth.

Like a roaring dragon, the saber qi stretched across the sky, crashing toward the nearby Purple-Patterned Poison Toad with overwhelming force.

Wherever it passed, even the air seemed to tear apart, forming visible ripples and swirling vortices.

The rocks shattered along with it, and the lake was cleaved straight down the middle before its waters surged back in.

Sensing this incomparably powerful force, the Purple-Patterned Poison Toad could not help letting out a low growl.

Its enormous, hideous body trembled slightly, clearly frightened by the approaching attack.

It wanted to resist, but the saber qi was so fast that it reached the toad in the blink of an eye.

Hiss...

A faint sound rang out. The Purple-Patterned Poison Toad's body stiffened, and its dark green eyes gradually lost their luster.

[You have killed a Silver Ninth Grade Sin Beast. Congratulations on gaining 9 attribute points.]

When he heard the system's voice, Lin An felt that, although his strength should have been exhausted, his Spirit Devouring divine ability had activated the moment the Purple-Patterned Poison Toad was slain, restoring thirty percent of his strength in the blink of an eye.

"So this is perfected One Saber Slash? With Triple Saber's power stacked onto it, even a Silver Ninth Grade Sin Beast couldn't withstand it."

A smile rested on Lin An's face. He wondered whether a Gold Realm expert could have blocked that slash.

"Let's see what this Spirit Realm treasure is first."

Lin An approached the Purple-Patterned Poison Toad's corpse, and a crystal radiating spiritual light came into view.