The spiritual light quickly returned to the Imperial Court and entered the Battle King's forehead.
The Battle King's body trembled as he opened his eyes. A trace of fierceness and viciousness flashed through his eyes. His pale face turned ferocious before returning to normal.
That speck of spiritual light was the spiritual light he had split off from his Origin Spirit. It contained a portion of his Origin Spirit's power and consciousness. Because of that, the Battle King knew everything that had happened after the spiritual light returned. It was because he knew that his expression was so ugly.
Originally, he had split off a bit of his Yuan Spirit's spiritual light to control his energy clone to kill Chu Mu. With his strength of the Third Refinement, he could easily kill Chu Mu and the others. He didn't expect that the situation would be out of his control and an unforeseen event would occur. That Chu Mu not only didn't die from his Earth Splitting Finger, but instead possessed an even more terrifying strength, enough to contend against his energy doppelganger. As for the energy doppelganger's energy doppelganger, it was ultimately defeated. Furthermore, when his bit of divine light left his body, it was stabbed by Chu Mu's sword. Although it wasn't destroyed, it was still wounded.
After the spiritual light was injured, his Yuan Spirit would be affected as well. He would need a period of time to recover. Otherwise, there would be bad consequences.
What the Battle King couldn't understand was why Chu Mu, whose strength had reached the half step third refinement after using various secret techniques, was able to explode with strength comparable to the middle stage third refinement after being wounded. Was it another secret technique?
However, in this world, what kind of secret technique could increase someone's strength from the half-step Third Refinement to the Third Refinement?
"If there is such a secret technique, I must obtain it." The Battle King said in a low voice. If he obtained it and used it at a critical moment, his strength might be able to reach the peak of the Third Refinement, or even the Fourth Refinement.
Thinking of this, the Battle King's heart burned with passion.
"Chu Mu, wait until I recover. My original body will personally come and capture you alive." The Battle King thought to himself. A sharp light shot out from his eyes. "The side effects of using such a secret technique must be great. It won't be easy to recover."
Unbeknownst to the Battle King, Chu Mu's strength had soared from the Half Third Refinement to the Intermediate Third Refinement not because of some earth-shattering secret technique, but because of the Eternal Sword Intent.
Sword Intents were divided into ordinary attributes and high and low levels. The difference between the high and low levels was ten times or even dozens of times. Ordinary low-level Sword Intents did not increase one's strength significantly. At most, it would increase one's strength by two or three times. However, Sword Intents were more powerful than ordinary Sword Intents. Naturally, the increase in strength would be more obvious. Chu Mu's Sword Intents were at the highest level. Moreover, his Eternal Power was also one of the most advanced attributes.
The combination of the two highest levels created an even more powerful existence.
Moreover, sword cultivators should focus on sword intent. They should control the strength in their body and perform sword techniques. A sword technique without sword intent was like a machine without a core, and its power could not be unleashed to the extreme.
Therefore, when using the Eternal Sword Intent, Chu Mu's strength skyrocketed by a thousand times, directly skipping the half step Third Refinement, the initial stage Third Refinement, the peak of the initial stage Third Refinement, and reaching the middle stage Third Refinement.
If the Battle King knew that it was his finger that had caused Chu Mu's belief to transform and accelerated the transformation of his Sword Intent, who knew if he would be annoyed.
…
"You said that was the Battle King's clone?" Feng Wuhen and the others stared at Chu Mu with wide eyes.
It was just a clone, but its power was enough to make them vomit blood and faint. If the real body was here, how terrifying would it be? A single aura would be enough to kill them.
"Although it's just a clone, it has the strength of the Intermediate Third Refinement," said Chu Mu.
"Intermediate Third Refinement …" Hearing this, everyone was stunned at first, then they smiled bitterly.
The strongest among the five of them was only Feng Wuhen, who was at the peak of the Second Refinement. Perhaps if he used all his strength, he could barely be considered a Half Third Refinement. However, there was still a huge gap between a Half Third Refinement and a real Third Refinement, not to mention the Intermediate Third Refinement.
"That's not right. If the Battle King's clone has the strength of the Intermediate Third Refinement, why are we still alive?" Wang Sun's mind worked quickly, and his eyes widened as he exclaimed.
"Could it be that he was kind enough to let us go?" Lei Ba rarely cracked a joke, but it was a cold one. How could the Battle King let them go?
"I killed his clone," said Chu Mu.
"Killed him …"
"You killed the Intermediate Third Refinement clone of the Battle King …" Everyone screamed.
They couldn't help but scream, and they couldn't help but be shocked. They had fought side by side with Chu Mu before, so they knew very well how strong he was. If he could kill the Battle King's clone, didn't that mean that Chu Mu's strength had also reached the Third Refinement?
"In the past, due to some reasons, I couldn't use my sword intent. This time, I was lucky enough to survive the Battle King's clone's attack. It was a blessing in disguise, and I can use my sword intent again, so my strength increased greatly." Chu Mu explained simply.
Everyone's eyes widened. They felt as if they were listening to a heavenly book.
Unable to use his sword intent, his strength was insufficient. But now, not only did he survive the Battle King's clone's attack, he could use his sword intent again, and his strength increased from the Half Third Refinement to the Third Refinement. Being able to kill the Battle King's clone, who had the strength of the Intermediate Third Refinement, felt like a legend.
"The increase in sword intent, is it really that great?" Lei Ba mumbled. He was a lightning cultivator, and he didn't have sword intent. Therefore, he wasn't very clear about the power of sword intent.
"Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be that great, but …" Feng Wuhen said, looking at Xia Yongxun. Both of them were sword cultivators, and extraordinary ones at that, so they knew better.
"Unless it's an extremely high level sword intent." Xia Yongxun said.
Feng Wuhen's sword intent wasn't low. It was a Heaven Level sword intent, and it was the Wind Sword Intent. Xia Yongxun's sword intent was also a Heaven Level sword intent, the Great Sorrow Sword Intent. Their sword intents greatly increased their swordsmanship, making them even more powerful.
But even so, their sword intents didn't increase their strength as much as Chu Mu's.
Could it be that Chu Mu's sword intent had surpassed the Heaven Level, and was a God Level sword intent? Moreover, it was the best of the God Level sword intents?
"Chu Mu, can you release your sword intent?" Feng Wuhen asked seriously, his tone somewhat pleading. Xia Yongxun also looked at Chu Mu with a hopeful gaze.
This wasn't a big deal, so Chu Mu naturally wouldn't refuse. He released his Eternal Sword Intent.
An immortal, everlasting, and eternal aura suddenly spread out. Within it, there was an extreme sharpness that pierced through the underworld and tore the sky apart. It was incomparable.
"It's an elemental sword intent, and it's the best one," Feng Wuhen exclaimed.
"This sword intent is so strong. I've never felt it in my life." Xia Yongxun also sighed. His tone seemed even more lonely.
"So you haven't used your full strength before." Lei Ba's eyes widened as he stared straight at Chu Mu. "Tell me honestly, how much strength are you hiding?"
What he said was actually correct. If he couldn't use his sword intent, it meant that Chu Mu hadn't used his full strength. Of course, it wasn't that he didn't want to use his full strength at that time, but there was no other way. Now, it was different.
"I have two sword intents that belong to the same level, but the other one has just completed its transformation, so I can't use it yet." Chu Mu said.
"Dual sword intents!"
"And they're of the same level!"
Everyone was even more shocked. However, even if it was dual sword intents, it could only make the sword intent more versatile. It couldn't let the power of the two sword intents overlap, so it didn't increase one's strength. It was more of a potential, a potential in the Way of the Sword.
Therefore, they didn't ask about the other sword intent in detail. Otherwise, if they knew that it was a purely destructive sword intent, and although it was of the same level as the Eternal Sword Intent, it was much more destructive, who knew how shocked they would be.
After a while, everyone calmed down. However, the way they looked at Chu Mu was a little different from before.
After all, even if Chu Mu had displayed the strength of a half step to the Third Refinement in the past, his strength was still at the Second Refinement. However, now that he had defeated the Battle King's clone, he was at least at the Third Refinement. It was a different level.
"At the end of the day, it's all about strength."
"We're still too weak. If we had the strength of the Third Refinement, even if it's just the Initial Third Refinement, we wouldn't be in such a sorry state."
"Is there any way to increase our strength faster?" Lei Ba asked.
"We've already entered the Ice Secret Territory and refined the Frigid Jade Essence. Even if we get the Frigid Jade Essence again, it won't increase our strength to the Third Refinement." Kong Liu said.
"The only thing we can do now is to go there." Xia Yongxun said as if he had made up his mind.
"Where is that?" Lei Ba asked quickly. At this time, he would be very enthusiastic about anything that could increase his strength.
The others also looked at Xia Yongxun.
"The Great Demon Burial Abyss." Xia Yongxun said these words word by word. Every word contained an unknown power that made everyone's hearts beat faster and their blood flow seemed to be reversed.
Feng Wuhen and the others' faces were solemn. Only Chu Mu was not affected because Chu Mu had no idea what the Great Demon Burial Abyss was. He just felt that it was not a simple place.
"You've been there before?"
"I've been there before." Xia Yongxun said. He seemed to have thought of something and the sadness in his eyes became more obvious.
"The Great Demon Burial Abyss is rumored to be extremely terrifying, but it also has great opportunities. Let's go there and try our luck. If we can obtain great opportunities, our strength will definitely increase again. At that time, we will have more confidence to fight against the Imperial Dynasty." Everyone said resolutely.
Originally, their will to become stronger was not that firm. However, after the Battle King's clone's suppression, their will was strengthened by a hundred times.
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