Six hundred and forty days passed in the blink of an eye.
After two years of hard work, Chu Mu's strength had increased significantly.
His sword mastery had increased significantly, and his sword domain had risen from the ninth level to the early tenth level.
His water profound had also been refined to the limit of the ninth revolution, standing side by side with the metal profound.
For the third profound, Chu Mu chose the wood profound after some consideration.
He decided to first refine the five elements profound to the limit of the ninth revolution. Since the metal profound was the first to reach the limit of the ninth revolution, he chose the water profound for the second profound. Because the five elements mutually reinforced and restrained each other, Chu Mu chose to reinforce each other.
Metal begets water.
For the third profound, he chose the wood profound because water begets wood.
Once the wood profound reached the limit of the ninth revolution, Chu Mu would choose the fire profound for the fourth profound, and then the earth profound.
While he was refining the water profound, he also used a portion of the Yin Demonic Crystal's energy to refine the other profound. After a long time, they had all improved.
The space profound had risen from the initial third revolution to the middle third revolution, and the other profound had risen from the initial fifth revolution to the limit of the fifth revolution.
When six hundred and forty days passed, Chu Mu's wood profound had also improved greatly, reaching the late seventh revolution.
The ice power of the Ice Soul Frost Technique had completely recovered, and so had the Earth Core Desolate Flame. All of his power had recovered, and his strength had improved significantly.
"The eighth stage begins." The old voice of the Heavenly Spirit resounded, and the environment changed again. Chu Mu was calm and composed.
The improvement in his strength made him confident that he could deal with anything.
After the change, the scene stabilized. Chu Mu stood on a circular platform. The platform was a hundred meters in diameter, and in the middle, there was a three meter tall, transparent, sword-shaped crystal stele.
Inside the transparent crystal stele, there was a half meter long sword that seemed to be sealed inside.
On the four sides of the platform, there was a passage. There was a misty fog that spread out, and the end couldn't be seen. It was unknown what was inside the fog, but it looked very mysterious, and there was a heart-palpitating aura coming from it.
"The eighth test, Guard the Sword Spirit," the old voice said again.
"Guardian Sword Spirit …" Chu Mu looked back at the three-meter-tall crystal sword stele thoughtfully.
Since it was a guardian, there would be enemies. Chu Mu's gaze swept across the four passageways in all directions. Perhaps that was where the enemies came from.
The enemy had not appeared yet, but Chu Mu was already on high alert. His essence, energy, and spirit were at their peak, ready to fight at any time.
The difficulty of the seventh stage was so high, and the difficulty of the eighth stage would be at the seventh stage. The increase in his strength made him more confident, but at the same time, he also became more cautious.
Once the eighth stage was over, it would be the ninth stage. Once the ninth stage was over, all nine stages would be cleared, and victory would be right in front of their eyes.
Time passed by slowly. This kind of vigilant waiting was the most torturous.
A quarter of an hour later, Chu Mu heard a faint sound that gradually grew louder.
In the passageway in front of him, a figure appeared in the misty fog. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw figures appearing in the passageways on both sides. He released his spirit sense, and figures appeared in the passageway behind him as well.
Enemies from four different passageways had finally appeared. In Chu Mu's heart, he could not help but feel a little bit of excitement.
The figure finally rushed out of the fog and ran over at a very fast speed. It was a strange humanoid creature that ran upright like a human. It wore simple leather armor, but it also had two arms and two legs. Its skin was coarse green, and its head was ferocious with protruding fangs. It wasn't very tall, but its body was very strong. Its muscles were like rocks, and it contained a lot of power.
One by one, the green-skinned imps held weapons such as machetes and axes. Their bodies emitted a fierce aura as they ran in an orderly manner. Their eyes were shining with a scarlet luster as they stared at the crystal sword stele, ignoring Chu Mu.
Under the cover of his spirit sense, Chu Mu could clearly determine the strength of these green-skinned imps. They were equivalent to a Beginning Origin Realm swordsman. To Chu Mu, this kind of strength was very weak.
The green-skinned imps continued to rush out of the passageway and onto the platform, heading straight for the crystal sword stele in the middle. They completely ignored Chu Mu.
He unsheathed his sword and slashed out an arc of light. In an instant, it flew past. Puchi sounds could be heard as green blood splattered across the sky. More than a dozen green-skinned imps were instantly killed.
Chu Mu's actions attracted the attention of a portion of the green-skinned imps. They turned around and rushed towards Chu Mu. However, there were even more green-skinned imps that rushed towards the crystal sword stele. Their goal was to destroy the crystal sword stele and the sword spirit within. As long as the sword spirit was destroyed, Chu Mu would fail the test. It was unknown what the consequences would be, but he would definitely not be able to obtain the inheritance of the Divine Desolate Heavenly Palace.
However, they were merely at the Beginning Origin Realm. To Chu Mu, they were like ants. He unsheathed his sword and a sword ray broke through the sky. With the infusion of the profound of metal, a golden crescent moon sliced through the sky, instantly taking away dozens of lives.
The green-skinned imps were not afraid of death. Even if they were easily killed, a portion of them still rushed towards Chu Mu. Even if they couldn't kill Chu Mu, they still wanted to restrain him and let the majority of the green-skinned imps destroy the crystal sword stele.
How could Chu Mu let them succeed?
His figure flashed as he appeared beside the crystal sword stele. He brandished his sword and a sword ray tore through the sky. The sharpness of the profound of metal was displayed to the extreme. Every sword strike would take the lives of dozens of green-skinned imps.
Green blood splattered all over the platform and the surroundings. A fishy stench permeated the air and gradually became thicker.
With a sword in hand, he slaughtered in all directions!
Chu Mu quickly circled around the crystal sword stele. He unsheathed his sword and cut down one green-skinned imp after another as if he was chopping vegetables.
To Chu Mu, the green-skinned imps were indeed powerful. However, they were slow, had slow reactions, and were weak. They were no different from ants. No matter how many of them there were, they were just food.
Around the crystal sword stele, there were large amounts of corpses.
Chu Mu didn't know just how many green-skinned imps had perished beneath his sword.
The last green-skinned imp also fell beneath Chu Mu's sword. Chu Mu let out a long breath. The rich and pungent stench caused him to frown. Looking around, the ground was littered with green-skinned imp corpses. On the platform and the four tunnels, corpses were piled up like mountains. Green blood had gathered into a lake.
It was like a slaughterhouse.
Chu Mu didn't feel any discomfort from such a slaughter. The sword was a vicious weapon, and sword techniques were killing techniques. This was his philosophy, and it was deeply engraved into his soul.
Looking at the crystal sword stele, it wasn't damaged at all. It hadn't even been touched by the green-skinned imps.
Killing these green-skinned imps didn't consume much strength. But, Chu Mu was able to completely replenish his energy. The corpses piled up like mountains and the lake of blood began to slowly fade.
After a quarter of an hour, all the corpses and blood had completely disappeared without a trace. Everything returned to its original state, as if everything had been reset. The previous slaughter was like an illusion.
A strange aura appeared in the air. Chu Mu had a premonition that the second wave of attacks was about to arrive.
Just as he expected, in the fog of the four tunnels, more figures appeared. Their speed was several times faster than the green-skinned imps.
Spiders, eight-clawed spiders. Their bodies were multicolored, and they seemed to be filled with a potent poison. These eight-clawed spiders weren't small. They were like large millstones, enough to cover an adult man.
The eight-clawed spiders were much faster. They rapidly ran over, and a sour stench filled the air.
The eight-clawed spiders seemed to be more intelligent than the green-skinned imps. They knew that Chu Mu would stop them from destroying the crystal sword stele. Therefore, a portion of the eight-clawed spiders rushed towards Chu Mu. They raised their blade-like forelegs and chopped down towards Chu Mu's head.
The Sword Light flashed across the air. The eight-clawed spiders all trembled. Dark green liquid sprayed out as they fell forward. Chu Mu turned into a wisp of smoke and appeared on the other side, taking away the lives of even more eight-clawed spiders.
The eight-clawed spiders were much faster than the green-skinned imps. Their strength was also stronger, reaching the peak of the Origin Realm. Most of the eight-clawed spiders still rushed towards the crystal sword stele in an attempt to destroy it.
Kill! Kill!
Kill! The surroundings of the crystal sword stele had become a dangerous place. A figure was rapidly circling around. Wherever he went, dark green liquid splashed everywhere. Corpses of eight-clawed spiders fell to the ground, one after another.
Immersed in the slaughter, Chu Mu seemed to have forgotten everything around him. All he could do was kill, kill, kill, and kill. Every time an eight-clawed spider approached, he would kill it one by one.
Every fifteen minutes, a new wave of monsters would appear. They were all different kinds of monsters. They were getting stronger and stronger, and their skills were also increasing. The pressure on Chu Mu to protect the sword spirit gradually increased.
The eighth wave of monsters had reached the peak of the Complete Origin Realm. Under Chu Mu's sword, they were still instantly killed like ants. However, there were too many of them, and there was no end to them. The difficulty for Chu Mu to protect the crystal sword stele increased by a lot.
A figure appeared behind Chu Mu, who was in the middle of the slaughter. It was about a meter away from him, and it was also holding a sharp sword, killing monsters.
Upon closer inspection, the figure's appearance and clothes were exactly the same as Chu Mu's. It was hard to tell if it was real or fake.
Heart Sword, Second Heaven: Sword Heart Shadow!
Chu Mu had already cultivated the Heart Sword Secret Record's Second Heaven, Sword Heart Shadow, to the Minor Completion Realm. He could activate his own shadow, and it could only follow him or appear in front of him. The shadow could not be more than a meter away from him. The shadow was exactly the same as him, which meant that the shadow had his own strength.
However strong he was, the shadow would be as strong as him.
After cultivating the Heart Sword Secret Record to the Second Heaven, Chu Mu finally realized how powerful the Heart Sword Secret Record was. It was far more powerful than the Sword Shadow Kill of the First Heaven.
With the Sword Heart Shadow, Chu Mu's efficiency in killing monsters had greatly increased. Wherever he went, all the monsters died like weeds. There was no one who could rival him.
The crystal sword stele was firmly protected by Chu Mu, and it was not damaged at all. The eighth wave of monsters had all died.
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