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The fourth floor of the Ancient Sword Tomb seemed to be a world of its own. However, the sky remained the same, as if it had been frozen.
Chu Mu walked across the vast land, guided by the Shura Sword Of Gojoseon. Whenever he encountered a tomb, he would open it.
Unfortunately, there weren't many tombs in the fourth level of the Ancient Sword Tomb. Most of them were low level tombs with nothing in them. Perhaps there had been something there a long time ago, but it had been taken away by someone, leaving behind an empty tomb.
After being stimulated by Sikong Jian and the others, Chu Mu desired to become stronger. However, increasing one's strength was not something that could be done overnight. He also understood this point. Therefore, he was not in a rush to increase his strength. Instead, he let nature take its course.
"Stop." The Shura Sword Of Gojoseon's voice sounded again, carrying a rare seriousness.
"Move one hundred meters to the left." The Shura Sword Of Gojoseon's voice sounded again.
On the fourth floor of the Ancient Sword Tomb, the deeper one went, the thicker the gray fog became. Visibility was greatly reduced. With Chu Mu's eyesight, he could only see about fifty meters. Only the Shura Sword Of Gojoseon's divine sense could cover a hundred meters and sense things ahead of time.
Following the Shura Sword Of Gojoseon's instructions, Chu Mu quickly turned left. After walking one hundred meters forward, he was suddenly stunned.
In front of him was a huge tomb. The tombstone of this tomb was at least ten meters tall. The tomb behind the tombstone was also ten meters tall. Compared to the previous tombs, this tomb was like the tomb of a giant.
An ancient and vicissitude aura surrounded the huge tomb. The gray fog flowed around the tomb, emitting a thick smell of death.
Standing in front of this huge ancient tomb, Chu Mu felt that he could not breathe. It was extremely stifling. The tombstone in front of him seemed to be constantly growing, like a towering mountain.
"This is a King-class tomb." The Shura Sword Of Gojoseon's voice rang out. The seriousness and joy in his voice startled Chu Mu. "Many years ago, when I entered this place, I had never encountered a King class grave. I didn't expect your luck to be so good."
"A King-class grave …" Chu Mu stared at the ten-meter-tall black tombstone with wide eyes.
According to the Asura Sword Of Gojoseon, there was a 100% chance that a King Level Tomb would contain a treasure. It was just that they didn't know what kind of treasure it was.
"Open it," the Asura Sword Of Gojoseon said, his voice filled with undisguised excitement.
Chu Mu took a step forward and pressed his palm on the black tombstone. He felt that the tombstone was extremely cold, as if it was going to freeze his blood. He immediately channeled his Sword Energy and dispelled the coldness. Then, he injected the Sky Wasteland Sword Energy, which had reached the entry level, into the huge tombstone.
After three breaths of time, the tombstone emitted a buzzing sound. A weak black light appeared on the surface of the tombstone, faintly discernible.
In the next breath, the tomb behind the tombstone began to shake. It rumbled like the mountains were collapsing. A crack slowly opened at the top of the tomb, and an extremely terrifying death aura spread out. It hit Chu Mu in the face, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back.
After another breath, Chu Mu felt goosebumps all over his body. His pores were about to explode. A cold current flowed from the soles of his feet along his spine to his head. A strong sense of danger made him quickly back away from the tombstone.
"Be careful." The Asura Sword Of Gojoseon's voice sounded again. It was full of seriousness.
Kacha Kacha Kacha sounds came from the sky. It was like the sound of bones rubbing against each other. It made Chu Mu's hair stand on end.
Then, from the crack in the tomb, an arm suddenly stretched out. It grabbed the edge of the tomb and tried to pull itself out.
It was a white bone arm that was even thicker than Chu Mu's waist. It flickered with a sparkling luster, and an incomparably powerful aura was unceasingly being emitted from the arm, creating a whirlwind that whistled through the air.
"There is a tomb guard. It seems that the treasures in this King level tomb are no small matter," the Asura Sword Of Gojoseon said.
Following that, a huge skull emerged from the crack in the tomb. It had the appearance of a human skull, but it was much larger. Within its pitch-black eye sockets, a faint blue will-o '-the-wisp burned. As it moved, two streaks of bright light shot out like meteors.
"Kill it." The Asura Sword Of Gojoseon quickly shouted. There was a hint of anxiety in his voice.
He pulled out his sword, and the dark gold crescent moon broke through the sky. In an instant, it bombarded the skull that had just reached out its second arm.
There was a kacha sound, and the dark gold crescent moon shattered. The skull, however, was unharmed.
Chu Mu was horrified. He had used all of his strength in that attack, and its power was unparalleled. Yet, it had not been able to hurt the skull. It had not even caused the slightest bit of damage. How was this possible?
With a roar, a visible sound wave came from the skull's mouth. It turned into a storm and shook Chu Mu. It bombarded him, and he was forced to retreat. His blood was boiling.
The two arms of the skull supported the two sides of the tomb. With a sudden burst of strength, its body rushed out of the crack in the tomb, leaving the lower half of its body in the tomb.
"Senior, this tomb guard is too strong …" Chu Mu said.
"I know. This tomb guard's strength should be equivalent to a powerful Sword Venerable level swordsman. With your current strength, you are no match for it. It only needs one strike to kill you." The Asura Sword Of Gojoseon said solemnly. "Moreover, once the tomb guard appears, no matter where you run, as long as you are still in the fourth level of the ancient sword tomb, it will continue to pursue you. It will only return to the tomb after killing you. Or you can only obtain the treasures in the tomb if you kill it."
Chu Mu's face changed. This was equivalent to a dead end. It was either you die or I die.
"Even if I appear, it won't be easy to kill it." The Asura Sword Of Gojoseon said. "Once I use most of my strength to kill it, I will definitely fall into a deep sleep to recover the strength of my soul."
"It seems that I have to use the Meteor Sword Essence." Chu Mu said secretly. Although there was only one Meteor Sword Essence and it was very precious, he did not hesitate to use it.
At this time, the Skeleton Guardian had already stepped out of the tomb with one of its thick legs. The other leg was about to fall out of the tomb's crack. After that, it would be time for it to attack.
With a thought, the terrifying Meteor Sword Essence in the vast spiritual world suddenly rushed out from between his eyebrows. It turned into a dazzling stream of light and flew towards the Skeleton Guardian like a falling meteor.
In an instant, the surroundings were overshadowed. Only the Meteor Sword Essence emitted a dazzling brilliance, breaking the world apart.
The Skeleton Guardian's second leg fell. With a rumble, the earth shook. Its hand reached behind its back and pulled out a huge white bone sword that was as big as a door.
With a whistling sound, the huge white bone sword was raised high and slashed forward. It was as if it wanted to split the heaven and earth in front of it. A thick greyish-white aura condensed into a terrifying sword of death and slashed towards the Meteor Sword Essence.
In an instant, the whole world seemed to have turned into nothingness. There was no sound.
A strange scene appeared. All the energy rushed towards the Skeleton Guardian. It was as if the power released by the Meteor Sword Essence had reflected all the energy.
Then, the Meteor Sword Essence burst out with ten times the brilliance. It defeated the white bone sword's sword and blasted towards the Skeleton Guardian's head in an invincible manner.
The Meteor Sword Essence's power was unparalleled!
The powerful Skeleton Guardian could not resist at all. Suddenly, the Meteor Sword Essence hit its forehead and penetrated through the back of its head in an instant.
In an instant, the blue flame in the Skeleton Guardian's eye sockets was extinguished. It meant that its soul flame was extinguished under the power of the Meteor Sword Essence.
The huge skeleton guardian didn't even have the time to display its formidable strength before it died under the Meteor Sword Essence. Its thick and sturdy white bones fell down one after another. In the blink of an eye, a small hill of white bones was piled up next to the grave.
The Meteor Sword Essence drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew towards Chu Mu. In the blink of an eye, it entered Chu Mu's spiritual world. Chu Mu checked and found that the Meteor Sword Essence had shrunk by half.
In other words, killing this Skeleton Guardian had consumed half of the Meteor Sword Essence's power.
"I hope the treasures in this King level grave are good." Chu Mu smiled bitterly.
The Meteor Sword Essence was his trump card. Now that half of it had been used, if the treasures in the grave were not good enough, it would be a waste.
"Don't worry. The treasures will not disappoint you." The Shura Sword Of Gojoseon was very confident.
Chu Mu's body flashed, and he appeared next to the grave. At the same time, a ball of light rose from the cracked grave like a rising sun.
A strong fluctuation spread out. Chu Mu reached out and grabbed the ball of light. The ball of light flew over and landed in Chu Mu's hand. It was a black jade pendant in the shape of a water droplet.
"Is this another treasure that records skills?" Chu Mu thought to himself.
With a move of his mind, his mental strength was immediately released. It wrapped around the droplet-shaped black jade pendant and penetrated into it.
In the next moment, Chu Mu felt the information inside the jade pendant explode like a flood. Chu Mu's spiritual power flowed into Chu Mu's mind. He recorded and read the information one by one.
The amount of information was huge, and it took a full fifteen minutes for it to finish. Chu Mu's eyes were full of surprise. He was shocked by the skills recorded in the black jade pendant.
The Heaven Seizing Technique!
It sounded extraordinary, and the content was even more extraordinary.
This technique was very strange because it could not increase one's cultivation, sword power, or soul strength. It could be said that the Heaven Seizing Technique did not increase the swordsman's strength at all.
However, its role was incomparable, immeasurable, and irreplaceable.
It could increase one's cultivation talent!
Talent determined one's achievements. This was the most widely spread saying in the Ancient Sword Continent. It was also the truth. The level of talent determined the future achievements. There were occasional exceptions that could be surpassed, but it was only by one level. It was absolutely impossible to continue.
Everyone's cultivation talent wasn't necessarily the same, but one's cultivation talent could be improved. However, to improve one's cultivation talent, the difficulty was truly too high. Almost the majority of people were unable to do it, so Chu Mu's body faintly trembled due to excitement. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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