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A powerful sword qi enveloped the blade of his sword, and at that moment, Xiao Tian's aura reached its absolute peak.
Even Tang San and Xiao Wu, who were familiar with him, had a change in expression. Could it be that he was actually going to kill Dai Mubai?
"Ten Thousand Swords... no, Ten Swords Return to the Origin will do!"
In an instant, ten streams of sword qi shot toward Dai Mubai.
Even with the enhancements from his first and third spirit abilities, Dai Mubai had absolutely no confidence in blocking the attack. All he could do was desperately use his White Tiger Light Wave to resist, but in the end, he was still left covered in blood.
Dai Mubai was now a pathetic sight. His once-magnificent clothes were torn to shreds, and there was barely an untouched spot on his entire body. This was only because Xiao Tian hadn't wanted to blow the situation out of proportion. After all, he was planning to continue "fleecing" this sheep for rewards, so a simple lesson would suffice. That was why he had intentionally avoided any vital points. Otherwise, with the two-hundred-percent attack power boost combined with his peak Sword Intent, Dai Mubai wouldn't have stood a chance!
"Well? Do you want to continue? If it weren't for the sake of your Dean Flender and the Grandmaster, you'd be a corpse right now!"
Just then, a figure hurried into the Rose Hotel from outside. It was the Four-Eyed Owl, Flender. His own shop was not far from here. He had been sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by an extremely familiar and powerful Sword Intent. When he rushed over, he was shocked to find that it really was Xiao Tian, whom he hadn't seen in half a year, along with the Grandmaster and his group. But looking at the current situation, something seemed very wrong.
"Mubai, Xiao Tian, what's going on here?" Flender's expression was grave. Looking at the heavily injured and nearly spirit-power-depleted Dai Mubai, he was shaken to his core. 'Did Xiao Tian do this?' In just half a year, Xiao Tian's strength had grown significantly once again.
At this point, all the anger had vanished from Dai Mubai's heart—or rather, he didn't dare to be angry anymore. His fighting spirit completely deflated, he said dejectedly, "I lost."
Then he looked at Zhu Zhuqing and said with a helpless expression, "I'm sorry, Zhuqing, I shouldn't have..."
After Yu Xiaogang explained the situation, Flender's expression also turned grim. It seemed his student had been caught fooling around by someone he knew from his past. And given the families the two of them came from, their relationship was clearly not a simple one.
[Ding! Holy crap! Congratulations to the Host for once again shocking this little system! You actually defeated the God of War, Dai Mubai, right in front of the God of Speed, Zhu Zhuqing, and even gained Zhu Zhuqing's favor in the process! Triggering a double critical hit reward!]
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the cultivation technique "Xuanyuan Sword Scripture" and the five-thousand-year external spirit bone, the Eyes of the Sword Heart!]
Xiao Tian: "..."
Holy crap!
Holy crap!
Holy crap!
Xiao Tian's pupils contracted slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. 'Xiao Tian, don't get excited. Don't get excited. Do not get excited!' He let out a long breath to calm his racing heart.
To the others, however, it just looked like he was still angry.
Flender stepped forward and said with a smile, "Xiao Tian, you still remember me, right? I heard from Little Gang that you're all coming to the academy I founded tomorrow. What happened today was Mubai's fault. I will definitely punish him severely. How about this: he won't be allowed to take a single step out of the academy until his spirit power reaches rank forty, and his training regimen will be doubled. How does that sound?"
Dai Mubai: "..."
Xiao Tian: ???
'Is that supposed to be a punishment?' He could see through Flender's little scheme. He was just using this as an opportunity to push Dai Mubai even further, to see if he could break through to rank forty soon, especially with a pressure machine like him around.
However, having just successfully fleeced Dai Mubai, he was in an excellent mood, so he just nodded and didn't say anything more. He was eager to get back to his room and check out his new rewards.
Seeing that Xiao Tian had no intention of going out to explore anymore, Xiao Wu also lost interest, and the three of them headed back to their assigned rooms.
The Grandmaster and Flender, who hadn't seen each other in a long time, took this opportunity to have a good chat, and Tang San tagged along with them to the shop Flender owned.
"What are you still standing there for? Go back and have Little Ao heal your injuries. And don't even think about leaving the academy until your spirit power reaches rank forty!" Flender shot a harsh glare at Dai Mubai with all four of his eyes.
'What a disgrace! A rank thirty-eight Battle Spirit Elder losing to a rank thirty-six sword cultivator, and that's with two of his three spirit rings being amplification-type abilities!'
Back in his room, after securely locking the door, Xiao Tian carefully examined his new gains.
["Xuanyuan Sword Scripture": A peerless cultivation technique passed down from ancient times, containing endless mysteries of the Sword Dao and the power of the Saintly Way. Those who cultivate this technique must comprehend the sword with their heart and connect with the divine through the sword. In the initial stages, one can feel a cool stream of sword intent flowing through the meridians, cleansing the marrow and strengthening one's foundation.]
Looking at the description, Xiao Tian summarized it in sixteen characters: Temper the body with the sword, temper the spirit with the sword, achieve a clear sword-heart, become one with the sword.
This cultivation technique was indeed far superior to Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill. However, precisely because of its high caliber, and the limitations of this plane's rules, how many of the Sword Dao's mysteries he could comprehend would depend entirely on himself.
But with this technique, he could now use the methods recorded within it to temper his body and spirit—his physical constitution and spiritual power. Spiritual power was, at present, one of his major weaknesses.
Then, Xiao Tian turned his attention to the second external spirit bone. An external spirit bone for the eyes. Needless to say, as soon as he absorbed it, his spiritual power would definitely receive a significant boost. This would be of immense help for his goal of absorbing a ten-thousand-year black spirit ring for his fourth one. He had to cultivate his spiritual power to the level of a Spirit King before he reached rank forty in order to resist the resentful will within a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
Without further ado, Xiao Tian took out the external eye spirit bone and began to absorb it.
Boom!
An hour later, he had absorbed it with ease, and his own spirit power had risen to rank thirty-eight.
After activating it, Xiao Tian noticed that his pupils hadn't changed much, but his eyes now flickered with a silvery-white light in the shape of cold blades. He looked in the mirror and thought it looked incredibly cool.
The spirit bone had not only greatly enhanced his spiritual power, but had also brought him two new abilities, one passive and one active.
[Sword's Insight (Passive): Enhances one's ability to predict an enemy's moves, quickly capture the trajectory of an opponent's actions, and see through all kinds of illusions, charms, and the like.]
[Sword Intent Gaze (Active): Allows the user to condense their Sword Intent into their gaze, creating spiritual pressure on an enemy and launching an attack similar to a spiritual shock.]
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