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Chu Mu's return did not surprise the Sword Guards in the Spirit Stone Mining Area, because they did not know about the list.
After returning to his cave and activating the seal, Chu Mu sat on his bed with a pale face. Waves of pain came from his meridians, letting him know that his meridians were damaged.
After resting for a while, Chu Mu closed his eyes and checked his meridians. He found that many of his meridians had signs of being torn. It was the same as when he used the Sky Sword Qi in his Dan Tian before he broke through to the Qi Forming Realm.
"It seems that I will not be able to use the Sky Sword Qi for a while." Chu Mu stopped his inner vision and smiled bitterly.
Using both the Form of Wind and the Form of Metal at the same time did increase his strength by a lot. It gave him the ability to compete with a Sword Artist of the Qi Hai Realm, but it was only temporary. It would cause a certain degree of damage to his body, causing his strength to decrease greatly for a period of time.
Chu Mu felt that the last few months of guarding the Spirit Stone Mining Area would be his time to recover.
"Power, everything depends on power. If I was strong enough, I would not have to pay such a price to kill the one-eyed man." Chu Mu said to himself as he clenched his fist.
He concluded that being able to kill the one-eyed man this time was mostly due to luck.
First of all, the one-eyed man had just broken through to the Qi Hai Realm and had not completely stabilized his Sky Sword Qi. The instability of his Sky Sword Qi caused his power to be abnormal. Once he stabilized his Sky Sword Qi, his power would increase by at least 30%. Also, the ancient sword art that the one-eyed man practiced was a Mortal Realm Ancient Sword Art. The sword that he used was also a High Rank Sword Art, not an Extreme Rank Sword Art.
Secondly, entering the Heaven Wasteland Underground Palace had increased his overall power by a lot. Using both the Wind and Metal Forms at the same time had increased his power tremendously. He was also able to fully utilize the advantages of his sword arts and had the Profound Star Sword with him. If he didn't have the Profound Star Sword, he was afraid that when the Golden Form of Wind backfired on him, his strength would be greatly reduced, and he would become a dead soul under the one-eyed dragon's sword.
Moreover, the reason why he was able to kill the one-eyed man at the last moment was because he was caught off guard. First, he shot out the two wolf-tooth daggers like hidden weapons to stop the one-eyed man's body. Then, the sword energy storm swept out. The dark red dagger was hidden in the sword energy and caught the one-eyed man off guard. Moreover, the sharpness of the dark red dagger was completely unexpected. It was actually able to break the tip of the one-eyed man's upper grade sword.
If any of these conditions were not met, Chu Mu would not be able to kill the One-eyed Dragon. There was even a high possibility that he would die under the One-eyed Dragon's sword.
The increase in cultivation base is very important. However, the increase in the concept is also very important. If my Ripping concept reaches 50%, I don't think I will need to utilize the Aspect of Wind or Aspect of Metal to fight or even kill One-eyed Dragon, Chu Mu thought.
The strength of a swordsman came from many different aspects. Sword Qi, concept, sword arts, swords, secret skills, etc. Any increase in these aspects would have a clear impact on the overall strength of a swordsman.
Judging from the current situation, he could only put aside the increase in sword Qi for now. Even if he could increase his sword Qi to the peak of the completion level, there would not be a big difference, unless he could break through to the Qi Hai Realm.
Chu Mu estimated that it would take him another two to three years to break through to the Qi Hai Realm. This was a conservative estimate.
If he wanted to increase his strength as soon as possible, he would have to start from other aspects. The Shocking Wind Sword Art was one of the most powerful Mortal Realm Ancient Sword Arts. If he wanted to train an even more powerful Ancient Sword Art, he would need to have a higher comprehension of the concept.
Swords. Chu Mu had the upper grade Earth Essence Sword and the extreme grade Profound Star Sword. His secret skills were the Aspect of Wind and Aspect of Metal which could increase his strength. He also had the flying secret skill, Sky Traversing and Sky Refining.
After sorting out his thoughts, Chu Mu understood that his focus now was on the concept. If he could increase his comprehension of the Ripping Concept, it would have a huge impact on his strength. As for the Sword Force, it was not a normal technique.
Oh right, there was also the Stone Trembling Force. The potential of the Stone Trembling Force was also very shocking. It also needed time to study and train.
After confirming what he needed to do in the next few months, Chu Mu started to check the Lin Family's heirloom: the dark red dagger.
It was the dark red dagger that had sucked the blood of the one-eyed man dry. Chu Mu stared at the dark red dagger carefully. He slowly observed it, but he still could not find out what kind of secret it held.
The only thing he could be sure of was that this dark red dagger was very powerful.
When he first got this dagger, Chu Mu had studied it, but he could not find any secrets. In the end, he gave up on studying it and did not pay much attention to it.
What he did not expect was that this time, when he used the dark red dagger as a hidden weapon, he unexpectedly found out that the dark red dagger could absorb blood. It was not just one or two drops of blood, but all the blood of a big man.
Incredible.
After studying it for a while, Chu Mu still could not find the slightest secret. He suddenly used the tip of the dagger to gently cut his finger. When his finger was cut, the blood that flowed out was immediately absorbed by the dagger.
Chu Mu suddenly felt a strange feeling from the dagger. It was a thirst.
Yes, this dark red dagger was thirsting for blood. It was thirsting for more blood.
Withdrawing his finger, Chu Mu stared at the dagger and fell into deep thought. Would the dagger's secret be revealed after it absorbed enough blood?
Whether this was true or not still needed to be verified. Chu Mu put the dagger into the Space Wristband and began to check the light balls he had obtained from the Heaven Wasteland Palace.
The Travel Sword Token had been used. Chu Mu still did not know the specific effects of the Heaven Wasteland Pill. All that was left were the light balls and Heaven Wasteland Stones obtained from the real and fake underground palaces.
In the blink of an eye, a white light ball appeared in Chu Mu's hand. It was one of the six light balls he had obtained from one of the thirty-six statues in the real underground palace.
The Tianyuan Sword Qi gathered in his hand and came into contact with the light ball. Suddenly, the white light ball quickly disappeared. What appeared in front of Chu Mu was a yellow-brown sword token.
This sword token was the size of a palm and was covered with cracks. It was like a piece of land that had been dry for many years. Chu Mu held the sword token and immediately felt a warm and cold sensation spread throughout his hand.
The sword token was very heavy. It was estimated to be twenty to thirty pounds. It was made of some unknown material. Although he had not tested it, Chu Mu was sure that this sword token was extremely hard. Even a top quality sword would not be able to damage it.
Chu Mu carefully observed the heavy sword token. On one side of the sword token were four ancient characters. After careful observation, Chu Mu discovered that these four characters should be the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token.
On the other side of the sword token, there was a huge palace carving. Although it was not very clear, the outline immediately gave off an ancient and vicissitude presence. It was shocking.
Above the palace carving, there were two ancient characters. They were written in bold strokes, as if they were explaining some unfathomable mystery. These two characters were even more ancient than the four characters of the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token. As a result, Chu Mu did not understand what they meant at all.
Intuition told Chu Mu that these two ancient characters should be very important. At the very least, it was a very important piece of information.
"The Heaven Wasteland Sword Token … What's the use of this?" Chu Mu could not help but wonder.
His finger gently stroked the edge of the sword token. Suddenly, his finger trembled and a wound was cut open by the not-so-sharp edge. Blood rapidly flowed out and was immediately absorbed by the sword token.
Afterwards, Chu Mu only felt the sword token in his hand tremble slightly. It immediately flew out of his hand and appeared above Chu Mu's head under Chu Mu's astonished gaze. With a buzzing sound, the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token released bursts of yellowish-brown light. This light poured down from above, enveloping Chu Mu from head to toe in the blink of an eye.
"What's going on?" Chu Mu discovered in shock that he was unable to move. He was enveloped by the yellowish-brown light. It formed a binding, but it did not make him feel the slightest pressure or discomfort.
Subsequently, a torrent of information poured into Chu Mu's mind. Even with Chu Mu's ridiculously powerful soul force, he was unable to withstand this torrent of information. Out of self-preservation, Chu Mu instantly lost consciousness and fell into a coma.
The cave dwelling's seal was activated. People outside could not enter, otherwise they would see that Chu Mu had disappeared from the cave dwelling. Instead, there was a huge oval-shaped yellowish-brown ball of light.
As the torrent of information poured into Chu Mu's mind, the yellowish-brown light entered Chu Mu's body from various places. It followed along his flesh and blood, along his meridians, and spread to every part of Chu Mu's body. Not a single corner was left untouched.
If Chu Mu was still awake and in the state of inner vision, he would discover that his injured meridians were covered by a yellowish-brown gas. He could feel that his injured meridians were healing bit by bit.
After about a quarter of an hour, the meridians that would have taken several months to heal were completely healed. However, the yellowish-brown gas continued to enter Chu Mu's body.
This yellowish-brown gas was the pure Desolate Qi. It was strengthening Chu Mu's flesh and blood bit by bit, improving Chu Mu's body. It made Chu Mu's body stronger and stronger. It was like a kind of … evolution.
At this moment, there was a bit of commotion outside. This was because someone had discovered the corpse of the one-eyed dragon that was suspected to be the leader of the Vicious Five. It was a dried corpse. After careful identification, there was an eighty percent chance that it was the leader of the Vicious Five, the one-eyed dragon.
The one-eyed dragon's death in the Heaven Desolate Valley was a big event. It was even more eye-catching than the deaths of the other four of the Vicious Five.
As a result, while countless people were happy, they were also guessing who had killed the one-eyed dragon. One had to know that the one-eyed dragon was the strongest of the Vicious Five.
Moreover, the fact that the one-eyed dragon had turned into a dried corpse caused another round of speculation. Some people even thought that he had died under the sword of an evil swordsman and had his blood sucked dry, just like what the swordsmen of the Blood Sword Tower had done in the past. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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