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Dao Heart... is no more!

Ao Zhen looked at the aura in front of her, both foreign and oddly familiar, her heart filled with complexity.

This guy was her most memorable opponent, for she had never encountered a demon so purely indulged in swordsmanship and slaughter.

Unlike other demons, it wasn’t driven by the desire for food and didn’t senselessly slaughter.

Every action it took was because it had found a sword master with top-notch skill.

Once it confirmed its target, it would suppress its own Spiritual Power, engaging in a life and death duel purely with swordsmanship.

As far as she knew, over a thousand excellent sword masters had already died by its hand, several of whom had once given her great enlightenment as top sword masters.

These people had no bloodline powers; speaking purely in terms of combat ability, any water demon could probably kill them.

But when it came to skill, without relying on the power of their bloodlines, even a Military General who had lived for a million years would likely not withstand three moves against those sword masters who pursued the ultimate in technique.

And yet, such a group had all died in their field of expertise.

Back then, no one in the Dragon Palace cared about the life and death of mortals, but she had sensed the danger.

From the way those sword masters died, she inferred that this mysterious demon possessed terrifying growth potential.

If left unchecked, within a few years, it could become a being that even the Dragon King would not dare to offend.

Moreover, it was inherently murderous, living by the Dao, such a creature disregarded rules and held no concern for power or position, making it truly horrifying.

Thus, without any hesitation, she had chosen to pursue and kill it herself.

Fortunately, she found it before it had grown to a level she dared not confront.

She remembers that battle vividly to this day.

Neither side used their intrinsic Spiritual Power, relying purely on swordsmanship. When she found him, she realized that his Spiritual Power was nearing King Level, comparable to her own.

Using superordinary power would be meaningless.

On the contrary, forcing him to use only swordsmanship might give her a chance.

So, she took the initiative to propose his rules.

To determine the victor through swordsmanship, with the loser committing suicide!

"I heard that for ten thousand years in the mortal world, you sought the art, achieving great mastery in swordsmanship, and held a very high status among men. When you proposed the sword duel, I didn’t hesitate.

I really wanted to know how strong someone with your bloodline, after accumulating experience for ten thousand years in the mortal world, could become. "

"You didn’t disappoint me... Your purity was no less than those sword masters who lived for the sword. If you could have maintained such purity forever, now you... would definitely see more than just this realm!"

Ao Zhen was stunned, he had seen at a glance... she was no longer her former self!

"Are you implying that my progress is slow?" Ao Zhen sneered coldly.

"Progress? Do you have any?" Lin Feng lifted his head, his eyes cold and tinged with a hint of death: "The energy within you has grown stronger, but that Sword Intent, is not even as good as before."

"You talk as if you could have beaten me before..." Ao Zhen drew her sword.

Even though she had no confidence left in her heart, she refused to concede even an inch in terms of momentum.

But the forced bravery of unsheathing her sword stiffened in the very next second.

Almost the moment her swordplay began, his sword had already reached her throat, a point of red blood trickling down from the sword tip, rendering her body incapable of moving the slightest bit.

Her instincts were correct.

The opponent... had grown stronger, much stronger.

She couldn’t even see clearly when he had drawn his sword. With both at levels below the King Level, their abilities were worlds apart!

"Who is this... person?"

Not only Ao Zhen, but even the observing Buddhist mother was startled.

Ao Zhen she knew to be the most gifted among all the seeds of the Joyful Buddha, reportedly just one step away from reaching the Dragon King level.

And with her talent, once promoted to Dragon King, none would be her match—she could very well be the strongest Dragon King in history!

But such a person, with equivalent level Spiritual Power, couldn’t even perceive the opponent’s sword...

Actually, it wasn’t just the other party who couldn’t see clearly, the Buddhist mother couldn’t see clearly either just now!

Chen Qing behind her was the same....

Both of them were already high-level experts at the King Level, surpassing by more than just one layer in realm, yet retreating to their current physical state, they actually couldn’t understand each other’s sword movements. What kind of monster was this?

"Senior, do you know the origin of this thing?"

"You are in charge of Reincarnation and don’t know, so how would I know?" Chen Qing coldly said.

"But Senior is one of the founders of this world, how could you not know?"

"Some things... are not necessarily created by me."

The Buddhist mother frowned, looking at Chen Qing, who was expressionless at the moment, and she couldn’t judge whether the other party was telling the truth or not, she could only bite her lip and say: "Senior, please do not conceal anything, I always feel that this guy, once he gains momentum, is going to be troublesome. .."

She could tell just now that this thing was not driven by ordinary desires, once this guy killed Ao Zhen, it’s very likely..... it won’t just take back what belonged to it from the past, it might be...

"It is very troublesome..." A trace of coldness flashed in Chen Qing’s eyes.

This Sword Spirit..... is not quite the same!

Chen Qing knew about Sword Spirits, they are usually born when a swordsmanship master who holds on to too many obsessions, after death, their obsessions attach to a sword, forming this kind of demon obsessed with swordsmanship.

But Lin Feng was clearly not just this kind of thing.

Its growth power was even more terrifying...

When Chen Qing first heard Ao Zhen mention this matter, he felt that something was not quite right because, according to Ao Zhen, when he encountered that Sword Spirit, it was already of the semi-king standard, but in that era when spiritual energy was waning, reaching the peak of semi-king standard required a tremendous amount of resources.

A solitary demon could hardly achieve such a standard, especially a newly-born one.

Without resources, how could one grow to King Level in a short time?

From being a dragon to reaching the Dragon King level, it often takes millions of years to digest the resources of the Dragon Palace before there is a chance to aspire to this highest realm, yet this Sword Spirit, which had never been heard of before, already had near King Level power when it first met Ao Zhen.

If it was said to have been in hidden cultivation before, it did not seem likely, as from the description it was known that this guy would challenge a skillful Sword Master upon encountering one and had no way to hide itself.

Then there was only one possibility...

This monster, like Ali, was a monster formed by rules, its realm and power did not need resources to accumulate and train, only needing to fulfill certain special stipulations in order to steadily advance.

Just like Ali, as long as it absorbs beings with higher destiny, it can instantly possess the spiritual power of that level.

And this Sword Spirit is probably the same, as long as it can improve its swordsmanship by one level, its own fundamental strength will also rise accordingly!

Such things sound somewhat far-fetched in the normal world, but in the game world, the appearance of such monsters is not impossible.

Chen Qing, looking at Ao Zhen who had no power to counterattack, thought of the Joyful Buddha who previously seemed to have no sense of crisis about the betrayal of the Buddhist mother.

Suddenly, a flash of enlightenment crossed his mind!

Could it be possible... that from the beginning to the end, what the Joyful Buddha was waiting for was only this Sword Spirit?

Perhaps... it was not an accident when Ao Zhen encountered this Sword Spirit initially.

Perhaps... this is a trap that has been laid out for a million years!

If this is the case, it explains why Ao Zhen would be here...