Awakening a Sword Physique

"The Celestial Person Realm Sword Technique can awaken the Sword Physique; what would be gained if these five techniques were fused together again?"

Lu Feng's mind stirred slightly, but he did not attempt it rashly. If he wanted to fuse them, he would first need to raise all five sword techniques to perfection.

"System, upgrade the Dust-Transcending Sword Art to its peak."

[Upgrading the Dust-Transcending Sword Art to its maximum level requires 1 billion Demon Points; Upgrade now?]

"Promote!"

A vast amount of cultivation experience, far exceeding what he had experienced before, flowed into his sea of consciousness, and the figure practicing swordsmanship reappeared. The sword moves were repeated time and again, and the aura around Lu Feng changed accordingly, gradually becoming as sharp as a drawn sword.

[Dust-Transcending Sword Art (Perfected)]

Countless Sword Qi surged from his body, swirling rapidly around him. A moment later, a system notification appeared.

[Congratulations, host, on awakening the Geng Metal Sword Physique!]

Lu Feng looked inward into his dantian and saw a silver-white sword pellet the size of a soybean floating inside, its surface shimmering with a dazzling metallic luster.

"This is the Geng Metal Sword Physique?"

He suppressed the urge to test the sword immediately. Lu Shuang was still awakening, and he couldn't cause too much of a commotion here.

Subsequently, the Guiyuan, Dahe, and Jinghong sword techniques were successively upgraded to perfection. The Sword Shadow in his sea of consciousness kept changing, and the Sword Intent around Lu Feng also changed accordingly, enveloping his entire body in Sword Qi.

Not far away, Lu Shuang's aura also surged at this moment.

A chilling Sword Intent spread outwards, and her cultivation level rose from the Late Grandmaster all the way up to the Celestial Person Realm First Layer before stopping.

Lu Shuang slowly opened her eyes, first noticing a patch of ice crystals that had formed on her fingertips. After a moment of stunned silence, surprise welled up in her eyes.

"Ice Sword Physique!"

She had read in royal books when she was young that Sword Physique were divided into three categories. The attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth belonged to Ordinary Sword Physique; while ice, wind, and thunder belonged to Mutated Sword Physique. As for Peerless Sword Physique sword bodies such as Innate Sword Physique, Primordial Sword Physique, and Void Sword Physique sword bodies, she had only seen scattered records of them.

For decades, no one in the entire Great Qian had awakened Sword Physique; not even Ordinary Sword Physique had appeared. She had only hoped to use the Sword Heart Grass to heal her injuries, but unexpectedly, not only were her injuries completely healed, but she also directly awakened Mutated Sword Physique.

Lu Shuang tried to activate her True Essence, and a Sword Qi shot out from her fingertips. Within a radius of ten feet, countless ice crystals condensed out of thin air, and even the drifting mist seemed to freeze in mid-air.

She stared at her hands for a long while before laughing out loud, "My cultivation has also advanced from the Late Grandmaster to the Celestial Person Realm First Layer... Now, I'm on par with Lu Feng."

Before her smile had faded, she spotted Lu Feng not far away.

Countless Sword Qi swirled around him, their sharp aura still rising. Lu Shuang was only surprised for a moment before she took it for granted. If she could awaken her Sword Physique, Lu Feng could naturally do the same.

Looking at the empty core of the sword tomb again, she finally understood how much Lu Feng had done in those five hours.

Lu Shuang did not go forward to disturb him. She meditated to stabilize her cultivation while keeping an eye on Lu Feng's aura.

Just then, the sound of hurried footsteps came from afar.

Lu Shuang looked up and saw Lu Xinghan and the others passing through the mist, with only about two hundred people left. She immediately stood up and held her sword in front of Lu Feng.

"Your Highness, the core of the Sword Tomb is just ahead!"

Upon hearing the guard's report, Lu Xinghan smiled, "I thought it would take another two days, but we arrived in less than a day."

He looked around and frowned. "It's one thing to have fewer wandering souls closer to the core, but how could there be so few? Could it be that the core has produced many Wandering Soul King?"

Lu Xinghan walked through the crowd to the front of the line. But looking around, there wasn't a single wandering spirit in the core area.

"Someone's there!"

Without needing any reminders from the guards, Lu Xinghan sensed the powerful Sword Intent ahead. He raised his hand to stop the group, sending several Great Grandmaster forward to scout ahead, while he followed behind.

After passing through a pile of broken swords, the group finally saw Lu Shuang clearly, and Lu Feng meditating behind her.

"Lu Xingshuang?" Lu Xinghan stopped in his tracks. "There are only two of them, how could they possibly get ahead of me?"

He was quickly drawn to the Sword Qi surrounding Lu Feng, and his expression changed several times.

"This Sword Qi... He's awakening his Sword Physique? He's already obtained the Sword Heart Grass!"

Once greed took hold, Lu Xinghan couldn't look away. He glanced at the crowd behind him and announced loudly, "The Sword Heart Grass has already been obtained by the person beside the princess. Whoever can retrieve the Sword Heart Grass will be rewarded by this Crown Prince with a Great Grandmaster- level swordsmanship inheritance!"

The crowd immediately stirred. They might have reservations about attacking the princess, but in their eyes, Lu Feng was just an outsider.

Someone shouted first, and the crowd immediately rushed towards Lu Feng.

While the others were still a hundred feet away, Lu Shuang had already taken a step forward. Her Frost Sword swept across the ground, and an icy blue Sword Qi swept past in front of the crowd, leaving a straight frost line among the rubble.

The person at the front hurriedly pulled back, causing those behind to bump into them, and the formation immediately fell into chaos.

Lu Xinghan stepped out from the crowd, forcing a polite smile, "Sister Xingshuang, please don't misunderstand, we're not targeting you. As long as you hand over the person behind you, we will absolutely not make things difficult for you."

"You think you can take me on?" Lu Shuang's sword tip was still pointed at the ground, her voice now cold. "Leave now, and I might spare your lives. If you dare come any closer, don't blame me for being merciless."

Lu Xinghan's smile froze as if chilled by the cold air, then he forced a smile again before waving his hand, "Attack! Be careful not to hurt the princess."

In his memory, Lu Shuang was only Late Grandmaster. No matter how high her talent was, she could only barely hold off an Great Early Grandmaster. He still had more than a hundred Great Grandmaster under his command. He only needed to send some people to trap her, and the rest of them could take Lu Feng away.

The group charged again, some even trying to flank Lu Shuang and attack from behind.

Lu Shuang looked at them, and her last bit of restraint vanished.

When the two sides were less than ten feet apart, she flipped her wrist, and the Frost Sword rose from below. The icy blue Sword Qi first touched the blades of the first few people, and then spread upwards along the weapons.

Just as the Great Grandmaster were about to withdraw their attacks, the Sword Qi pierced through their bodies. Several heads flew into the air, but no blood spurted from the wounds; the blood and flesh were completely sealed by frost.

Lu Shuang was also stunned for a moment. She hadn't expected her sword strike to have such power, but the Sword Qi behind her was still surging. She didn't have time to take a closer look, so she immediately drew her sword back and focused on protecting Lu Feng again.

The people behind stopped abruptly, and no one dared to move forward.

"Heavens... Celestial Person Realm!" Someone stared at the frost spreading beneath her feet, their voice changing, "Isn't the princess Late Grandmaster?"

Lu Xinghan's face paled slightly. "You've awakened the Sword Physique?"

In his view, only Sword Physique could cause such an astonishing change in cultivation level.

"Looks like you're not entirely stupid." Lu Shuang gripped the Frost Sword, its icy Sword Intent swirling around her, making her appear from afar like a sword immortal descending to earth. "If you don't leave now, stay and taste the power of the Ice Sword Physique."

"Ice Sword Physique... Mutated Sword Physique!" Lu Xinghan's throat tightened, and he forced a smile again. "Sister Xingshuang is indeed blessed. We won't disturb her any longer; we'll leave now."

He left as soon as he finished speaking, not daring to glance at Lu Feng again.

Lu Shuang did not pursue them. If she were to take action, she was confident she could capture them all, but they were all the backbone of the Great Qian Dynasty.

If they all die here, the imperial city's cultivators will suffer a severe shortage. No matter how much she despises Lu Xinghan, she cannot vent her anger on the foundation of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Only after everyone's figures disappeared did she lower the tip of her sword, her palms already covered in cold sweat.