The crater was hundreds of meters wide, and countless cracks spread out for thousands of meters. The mountain rocks were all shattered, and in the center of the crater, there was a pitch-black crater that was only a meter wide. It was dozens of meters deep.
Inside the crater, a weak aura gradually grew stronger. However, the aura was fluctuating, indicating that the owner of the aura was in a state of shock.
Confusion filled Chu Mu's eyes. For a moment, he lost his will to fight.
All along, no matter how difficult the situation was, Chu Mu had never given up. However, this time, the enemy was too strong. It was beyond his imagination. It was not only the Battle King alone. There were other Kings who were even stronger than the Battle King.
Chu Mu did not think that the other Kings of the Imperial Court would not deal with him after he killed the Battle King.
Therefore, he was facing a huge mountain, a mountain that was almost impossible to climb. If his cultivation could increase again, he would have enough confidence. Unfortunately, his cultivation had already reached its limit. Unless he had enough time, dozens of years, or even hundreds of years, he would be able to create a cultivation technique that could refine his True Intent. Only then would he be able to step into the ranks of the peerless experts. Only then would he be able to continuously increase his strength and become even stronger.
Relying on the secret technique to increase one's strength was not permanent. It could only last for a short period of time. Once the time was up or the power of the secret technique was used up, one's strength would return to its original level.
His own cultivation would not be able to increase anymore. The enemy was too strong. It was like an insurmountable mountain. Despair filled his heart.
"Maybe I should give up now." A voice rang out in his heart. Chu Mu almost obeyed this voice and gave up, gave up resisting, and gave up struggling. This was because this was an extremely difficult path, a path that was practically impossible to walk down.
Maybe giving up was the best choice.
However, he did not know why, but there was still a sense of unwillingness in his heart.
"I, Chu Mu, was a sword arts master in my past life. I held a sword in my hand and traveled thousands of miles. No matter what kind of predicament I encountered, I never gave up. I used the sword in my hand to break through everything. I reincarnated into Ancient Sword Continent and faced countless difficulties, I never gave up. Along the way, I pulled out my sword and advanced. I encountered many powerful enemies whose cultivation and strength surpassed mine, but I never thought of giving up. I worked hard to catch up, constantly improving, constantly strengthening myself.
"Ancient Sword Continent … Primeval World … Ancient God World … Deep Blue World. I've been moving forward, stepping into one world after another, encountering one powerful enemy after another, encountering one difficulty after another. Could it be that I have to give up here?"
"No, I cannot give up. My heart, my sword, I will not give up."
"I want to reach the pinnacle of the Sword Dao and reach the other shore of the Sword Dao. My path will not end here."
Faith, a strong faith, was awakened from the bottom of his heart. It was an unyielding spirit that came from the depths of his soul. It was surging like a volcano erupting.
His aura rapidly strengthened and stabilized. Moreover, it seemed to be more condensed. It was as if it had become purer after being tempered thousands of times. His injuries also seemed to be healing faster.
Most importantly, Chu Mu felt that under the firm faith after shattering his confusion, the transformation of his sword intent seemed to be accelerating.
Sword intent was a kind of will. It belonged to the spiritual level. Faith was also a spiritual level power. They were connected to a certain extent. When a faith was strong to a certain extent, it could affect one's own will.
The Annihilation Sword Intent was accelerating its transformation. It was more than ten times faster than usual.
Suddenly, a glimmer of hope appeared in his heart.
With his current strength, it was impossible for him to fight against the Battle King. The difference between the Half Third Refinement and the true Third Refinement was too obvious. However, if he was able to use the Sword Intent, his strength would definitely increase once again. Moreover, it would not be a slight increase, but a huge increase. The reason was because the Sword Intent was the main element of the sword art. With the Sword Intent, all of his strength would have a backbone. His strength would definitely increase by ten times, or even more.
At that time, he might have the strength to fight against a peerless Third Refinement expert.
However, in the past, the transformation of the Sword Intent had been carried out naturally. The speed was neither fast nor slow. If it was at a normal speed, it would take some time for the transformation to be complete. But now, the transformation speed had suddenly increased by more than ten times. Moreover, under the influence of his firm belief, it was still increasing.
Ten times … Twenty times … Thirty times …
The higher the increase, the greater the hope Chu Mu felt. The greater the hope, in turn, would affect the budding conviction, making it more and more resolute. The more resolute the conviction, the more it could affect the transformation of the sword intent, creating a virtuous cycle.
A hundred times!
The transformation speed of sword intent had directly increased by more than a hundred times. The transformation speed shocked Chu Mu. However, this was not the limit. It was still increasing.
A thousand times!
With every breath, Chu Mu could feel his sword intent transforming and gradually perfecting.
This transformation existed in his Spiritual World. The outside world could not sense it.
From the moment Chu Mu was struck down and fell into the pit, to when he was confused, to when he shattered his confusion and strengthened his faith. The transformation speed of sword intent had increased by a thousand times. This process seemed to have taken a long time, but in reality, it had only been completed in a short breath.
The person in the sky did not seem to be in a hurry to kill Chu Mu. Therefore, when he struck Chu Mu down, he did not immediately chase after him. If he immediately chased after him and struck out with another finger, Chu Mu would definitely die.
Of course, if he really struck out with another finger, Chu Mu would not just sit there and wait for death. He still had a trump card, and that was the last chance of the Sword Sect Spirit Seal to summon Bai Ling.
In the past, Chu Mu had always felt that Bai Ling was extremely likely to be a Great Emperor or Holy King. However, after learning that the so-called Holy Sovereign was only a supreme expert who had undergone the fifth refinement and not a Holy King, he began to doubt his previous thoughts. Perhaps senior Bai Ling was very powerful, but he was not a Holy King. He was a supreme expert. As for what level he was at, that was not something he knew.
Chu Mu really did not know whether senior Bai Ling was a supreme expert or a Holy King. If he was a Holy King, he would have to be careful when summoning him, because the Grand Dao of this era could no longer withstand a Holy King's attack.
However, if he really encountered a situation where he could not resist at all, where he would definitely die, Chu Mu would have no choice but to summon him. At that time, he could only resign himself to fate.
Fortunately, the Battle King had no intention of chasing after him. Chu Mu also did not know what the Battle King was thinking, but as long as he had time, it would be beneficial to him. Once he had enough time, his sword intent would finish transforming and he would be able to use it.
"Faster, faster!" Chu Mu thought to himself.
The second breath passed, and the speed of the sword intent's transformation was still increasing, as if there was no limit.
Faith brought hope, and hope strengthened faith. This allowed Chu Mu to gain a deeper understanding of the power of faith.
The place where he landed was quite a distance away from where Kong Liu and the others had fainted, so they were not too affected.
The figure stood in the sky. His eyes seemed to be able to see through the earth.
"He can actually resist the Invincible Finger," the Battle King said to himself. He was extremely shocked. "Even though I'm only a clone, and I can't use the full power of the Invincible Finger, an ordinary Third Refinement Initial Stage cultivator would die under my finger. A mere half-step Third Refinement Initial Stage cultivator can resist it without dying. Indeed, he is a rare monster. In the current world, no one can compare to him in terms of talent. Unfortunately, you shouldn't have provoked me."
It turned out that this was only a clone of the Battle King. After using the Invincible Finger, the clone had used up a lot of energy. It was almost empty, so it could not launch a second attack. It was currently absorbing the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth to replenish its energy. It was precisely because of this that it did not immediately launch a second attack.
He also had enough confidence. Although that finger attack did not kill his opponent, it had injured him. It was a serious injury, and it would be very difficult for him to recover. Even if he could recover, so what? His strength would soon be fully recovered. When that time came, he could unleash an even more tyrannical finger attack. It would be enough to kill Chu Mu and turn him into ashes.
This was the confidence of the Battle King, one of the ten kings of the Imperial Dynasty. His real body would not appear easily.
The clouds in the sky surged. This was a scene formed by the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth.
The Battle King's clone was recovering his strength, and Chu Mu was also recovering from his injuries. At the same time, he was also accelerating the transformation of his sword intent.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths …
Very quickly, ten breaths passed.
The violent Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth in the sky calmed down instantly. Because it was being absorbed from afar, it was not being absorbed. It instantly calmed down and flowed back like a hurricane, rushing in all directions.
"Die." After the Battle King's clone recovered his strength, he pointed out a finger attack. This finger attack was not the Invincible Finger. It was just an ordinary finger attack, but it contained a shocking amount of power. This was because the Battle King's clone had reached the Middle Stage of the Third Refinement Initial Stage.
He believed that even if Chu Mu's injuries were mostly healed within these ten breaths, he would still not be able to resist this attack.
The terrifying finger attack was like a sword, piercing through the air. It was as if nothing could resist the power of this finger attack.
It was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, the finger attack landed on the ten meter deep crater. At the same time, a terrifying wave of Qi exploded from the crater. That was the Qi of sword intent. It was extremely sharp, as if the Heaven and Earth were eternal. Obviously, it was an extremely high level sword intent.
Immediately after, a silhouette dashed out of the crater. His speed was extremely fast, and he transformed into an incomparably sharp Sword Light. Before the Battle King's clone could react, his sword had already arrived.
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