The Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact, Bloodthirsty Saber
Immediately, Lu Feng walked to the Bloodthirsty Saber.
The knife lay quietly on the quenching platform, its dark red blade shimmering with a faint luster.
Grip the knife handle with both hands, and remember to keep your grip steady!
Lu Feng followed his instructions, channeling his True Essence and gripping the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands.
He Tieshan swung the sledgehammer and began to repeatedly strike the blade.
"Turn over!"
With a flick of his wrist, Lu Feng flipped the blade over, as if it were nothing.
He Tieshan's hands kept moving, but his heart was in turmoil.
He knew Lu Feng possessed considerable physical strength, but he never imagined it would be this powerful.
That flip of the blade was swift, steady, and precise; the quenching table didn't even tremble slightly. Just how incredibly precise must that be in terms of force control?
In other words, this knife, infused with Crimson Sinking Stone, was still effortless for Lu Feng at this moment.
"Flip it again!"
Every few strokes, He Tieshan would have Lu Feng flip the knife over.
He repeated this process until, after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he finally stopped.
"It's done!" He Tieshan breathed a sigh of relief.
"This blade has been completely forged. Only the final step remains: to infuse it with the divine soul of a demonic beast, and then it will be complete!"
After saying that, he gestured for Lu Feng to step back a few steps, then turned to look at Huixing.
Huixing understood immediately and took out a jade bottle from his bosom.
"What's inside the bottle is the soul of a sixth-tier tiger king."
"How can this soul be obtained?"
Just then, Lu Feng suddenly spoke up and asked a question.
Because he recalled that when he killed Hu Xiaotian in Yongzhou, he had never seen any divine soul.
Upon hearing this, He Tieshan paused slightly, then explained:
"To capture the soul of a demon beast or human, one must first learn a secret technique called the Soul Extraction Technique."
"This technique can forcibly extract the soul of a person or a demon beast and seal it in a jade bottle for preservation."
"I see. But how come I've never heard of this Soul Extraction Technique before?"
Upon hearing this, He Tieshan's face suddenly darkened.
"After a person dies, their soul also dissipates. Therefore, this Soul Extraction Technique can be considered an evil art, and those who practice it never dare to let outsiders know about it."
"You mean this Soul Extraction Technique can only extract souls from living people or living demonic beasts?!"
He Tieshan nodded silently.
Lu Feng turned to look at Huixing and saw that there was no ripple on the other's face, which meant that he had known all along that the soul could only be extracted from living beings.
Lu Feng didn't ask any more questions and stepped aside.
He Tieshan then uncorked the bottle.
In an instant,
A phantom image of a white tiger, about ten feet in size, shot into the sky from the bottle!
It bared its teeth and claws, its tiger's mouth opening and closing repeatedly, as if roaring!
But not a sound came out.
He Tieshan moved his lips and muttered a few words, then pointed a finger and sent a stream of True Essence into the white tiger phantom.
The white tiger phantom, guided by his fingertips, swirled and contracted, eventually transforming into a stream of light that disappeared into the blade.
"Clang!"
The blade trembled violently, and the entire quenching platform collapsed with a crash!
But the Bloodthirsty Saber did not fall; instead, it hovered in mid-air.
Blood-red runes appeared out of thin air, swirling endlessly around the blade.
After a long time!
A blinding white light flashed.
A massive white tiger rune appeared, enveloping the entire Bloodthirsty Saber in layers.
"It's done! Hahaha! Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact! It really is Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact!"
Huixing to the side, could no longer contain himself and burst into loud laughter.
He raised his hand and unleashed a burst of True Essence, causing the Bloodthirsty Saber to rise and slowly fly above the blood pool.
In an instant, the blood in the pool surged into the blade like rivers flowing into the sea.
The blade gleamed with blood-red light, making it appear even more eerie.
Seeing this, Lu Feng no longer hesitated and silently recited in his heart:
"System, upgrade the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art to level five!"
The moment he finished speaking, streams of True Essence energy surged from his dantian, flowing into his limbs and bones.
Lu Feng's aura surged, and his cultivation broke through to the Great Mid-Stage Grandmaster in one fell swoop!
He slowly opened his eyes, his internal True Essence now twenty percent stronger than before.
With his current energy level, he shouldn't need to overdraw his life essence again to unleash the Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash.
Then, he looked up at Huixing and He Tieshan.
The two men were completely oblivious to the changes in Lu Feng, their eyes fixed on the Bloodthirsty Saber in mid-air.
Lu Feng followed their gaze and saw that the blood in the blood pool was about to be drained.
Just as the last drop of blood sank into the blade!
A streak of blood-red light shot into the sky from the blade, shattering the dome of the secret chamber and soaring straight into the clouds!
The blood-red light lasted for a full quarter of an hour before slowly dissipating.
Now!
Huixing flashed forward and lunged at the Bloodthirsty Saber in mid-air.
Lu Feng was prepared and used his Phantom Steps to rise from the ground, arriving first despite being behind!
"Bang!"
The two exchanged a palm strike in mid-air, and were sent flying backwards, landing back on the ground.
"Abbot! Didn't you say you would give me this sword after it was forged? What do you mean by trying to snatch it now?" Lu Feng landed firmly and spoke first.
"What's the meaning?"
Huixing seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.
"Should I call you naive, or stupid? You actually believe such a thing?"
"The Bloodthirsty Saber is now complete, and I won't hide it from you! I mixed my own blood essence into the blood pool. At this moment, this blade has recognized me as its master!"
"You two, no matter what schemes and tricks you may have, in this old monk's eyes you are nothing but a bunch of clowns jumping around!"
"Um?"
Huixing suddenly frowned.
Because the reactions of the two people opposite him were completely different from what he had expected.
There was no fear, no despair, no kneeling and begging for mercy.
Lu Feng and He Tieshan simply stood there quietly, watching him expressionlessly, as if he were a joke.
"What kind of expressions are those?!" Huixing somewhat embarrassed and angry.
"Shouldn't you be afraid when you hear these words? Shouldn't you be trembling?!"
In his view, the two men should be terrified, kneeling on the ground begging for mercy!
"Fine, I'm not going to waste my breath on you."
"Immediately, you two will become the first nourishment for the Bloodthirsty Saber!" Huixing's eyes revealed murderous intent.
"Here comes the knife!!!"
Huixing stretched out his right hand and grabbed at the Bloodthirsty Saber in mid-air.
The Bloodthirsty Saber slightly and slowly, very slowly, flew towards him.
The speed was so slow that it was as if they were dragging a mountain rather than summoning a sword.
"Huh? Why is it so slow!"
Huixing's expression changed slightly, assuming that it would take some time for Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact to devour its master.
He then leaped to the knife, gripped the hilt with one hand, and yanked it upwards.
"Um?!"
The Bloodthirsty Saber remained completely still.
"What happened?!" Huixing's expression changed.
"How can this knife be so heavy?!"
He refused to believe it, and used both hands together with all his might, his veins bulging.
The Bloodthirsty Saber was finally raised shakily above his head.