Xiao Chen froze the blood into ice, infusing all the baleful aura into the sword Qi. When he chopped down, the baleful aura in the air turned the poisonous gas into a white mist and scattered.
The scarlet sword light in the white mist was bright and dazzling, giving off an extremely strange feeling.
Indeed, as a loose cultivator, he had his own trump cards. This sword strike was able to raise the might of an Earth Ranked Martial Technique to that of a Heaven Ranked Martial Technique. This person was rather capable.
However, in the end, it was still an Earth Ranked Martial Technique. It was slightly weaker than a genuine Heaven Ranked Martial Technique.
"Hidden Dragon in the Depths, Soaring Dragon in the Sky!"
"Bang!" An intense explosion resounded, and a pitch-black crack appeared in the mud-filled swamp. Xiao Chen turned into a True Dragon. His body merged with his saber, looking like a soaring True Dragon.
Auspicious clouds covered the sky, and a boundless aura burst forth. Xiao Chen could feel the True Dragon filling his entire body, so he naturally soared into the sky. "Ka ca!"
The True Dragon roared ferociously, and the scarlet sword light the black-robed loose cultivator condensed shattered, turning into motes of scarlet light. "Bang! Bang!
Bang! "The scarlet motes of light landed on the swamp and blasted out deep pits. Dirty water and sludge filled the air.
"Die!"
Before the momentum of Soaring Dragon in the Sky ended, Xiao Chen chopped down with his saber. It was like a True Dragon swinging its claw in rage, unparalleled and unblockable.
The protective Quintessence of the black-robed loose cultivator shattered, and blood spurted out as he was chopped in half.
Xiao Chen sheathed his saber and checked the Quintessence in his body. He discovered that only a little more than a third remained.
"Soaring Dragon in the Sky is indeed unparalleled, soaring into the sky in one go. However, this Quintessence consumption is too high. Furthermore, this is an incomplete Soaring Dragon. In the future, the consumption will be even more horrifying. "
After killing the black-robed loose cultivator, Xiao Chen did not show much excitement. He continued to calmly analyze the gains and losses of this move.
After seeing ruthless people like Shui Lingling, the Passionate Young Master, and An Junxi, no matter how proud Xiao Chen was, he would not show it.
After retrieving the black-robed loose cultivator's interspatial ring, Xiao Chen continued searching for the Earth Essence Fruit. In the depths of Python Swamp, there were very few Earth Essence Fruits.
There were less than four times as many as in the outskirts, but without exception, they were all Mutant Fruits that were over a hundred years old. Even those that were two or three hundred years old were not rare.
"Found it. There's a strange fruit five thousand meters ahead with a venomous snake guarding it. I hope our luck isn't too bad."
Xiao Chen withdrew his Divine Sense and quickly walked forward. In less than ten minutes, he found his target. If the other people who had been searching for him found out about his efficiency, they would probably vomit blood in anger.
Gulp, gulp!
Bubbles appeared in the swamp in front of them, and steam rose up. When the bubbles burst, the poisonous gas in the air was corroded away.
Perplexed, Xiao Chen halted his footsteps and stood to the side. He looked at a floating corpse in the swamp and found it somewhat familiar.
"Could it be him?"
With a vague answer in his heart, Xiao Chen sent out a palm wind with a flip of his palm. Water splashed everywhere, and the floating corpse flipped over. It was the infamous Huang Qianren.
Xiao Chen raised his head and looked into the distance. The true Death Swamp was in front. There were the souls of the deceased Martial Emperors in there.
The strength of Emperor Wu's soul had already reached an inconceivable level. After their physical bodies died, their souls would be hard to disperse.
In that distant Martial Emperor war, countless Martial Emperors had fallen. The moment their souls left their bodies, they were shattered into tens of thousands of pieces.
After a long time, under the special environment of this place, those soul fragments turned into true departed spirits, retaining a trace of the Martial Techniques of the Martial Emperors back then.
However, they lost their intelligence and became resentful spirits that only knew how to kill, cruel and violent.
An Junxi had already planned to enter Death Swamp and look for Emperor Wu to temper his Martial Techniques. However, Huang Qianren chased after him. In the end, he angered Huang Qianren and got killed here.
"This person's strength is really horrifying. He could even kill a ruthless person like Huang Qianren just like that."
When Xiao Chen felt the huge gap between him and An Junxi, the motivation in his heart grew stronger, and he increased his speed significantly.
After a while, Xiao Chen arrived at his destination. When he saw the three-hundred-meter-long python waiting there, Xiao Chen did not hesitate to charge over.
There were many experts here. Many of them knew Heaven Ranked Martial Techniques. There was no need for Xiao Chen to hide his strength. Furthermore, he could use this opportunity to familiarize himself with Soaring Dragon. Then, he would not have to worry about fighting.
After exhausting a third of his Quintessence, Xiao Chen paid the price of minor injuries and successfully killed this venomous python.
Xiao Chen waved his right hand. Before the Quintessence reached his hand, he felt Spiritual Energy assaulting his nose. Joy appeared on his face as he checked it. Indeed, it was an Earth Essence Fruit.
Furthermore, it was close to two hundred years old. This would save Xiao Chen half a year.
After putting away this Earth Essence Fruit, Xiao Chen extravagantly took out a Spirit Gathering Pearl and quickly replenished his Quintessence. After that, he started searching for treasures without stopping.
Time went by. Xiao Chen had already remained in the depths of this Python Swamp for seven days. His figure could be seen everywhere.
Xiao Chen's harvest was bountiful. He had already obtained twenty hundred-year-old Earth Essence Fruits, five two-hundred-year-old Earth Essence Fruits, and one three-hundred-year-old Earth Essence Fruit.
Furthermore, the reputation of the White Robed Bladesman spread throughout this place. At first, when many people saw that he was only a Medial Grade Martial Monarch, they all wanted to seek trouble for him.
However, after a few bloody lessons, no one dared to target Xiao Chen anymore. When they saw that white figure, they all gave way.
Xiao Chen had always been like this. In this cruel world, he maintained his principles. He would not snatch the treasures of others.
However, if anyone dared to target him, he would not show mercy. He would chase them to the ends of the world and kill them no matter the price.
This was how the reputation of the White Robed Bladesman spread.
On this particular day, as usual, Xiao Chen continued to search for Earth Essence Fruits. As time went by, the Earth Essence Fruits became increasingly difficult to find.
However, Xiao Chen was not in a rush. He had already collected enough Earth Essence Fruits. Even if he found more, he could save them for later or sell them for Spirit Stones.
A group of cultivators wearing the Ximen Clan's uniform watched Xiao Chen from a kilometer in the air behind him.
Compared to the previous time, this group had an additional young cultivator with sharp eyebrows. Aside from Ximen Ye, the others maintained a significant distance from this person, acting very reserved.
"Cousin, Ximen Jian was crippled by someone," Ximen Ye said as he pointed to the distant Xiao Chen.
This person was the arrogant Ximen Bao. His strength was unfathomable. As a late-stage Superior Grade Martial Monarch, it seemed like he could break through to half-Sage at any time.
A sharp light flickered in Ximen Bao's eyes. No one dared to look him in the eye. He smiled and said, "Coincidentally, I have already perfected my Heaven Ranked Martial Technique to seventy percent comprehension. Let's go and see if this person is as powerful as you say and if he can block a few moves from me."
After killing a venomous python, Xiao Chen picked the mutated fruit behind him. After checking it, he discovered it to be a poisonous fruit. So, he tossed it into his Universe Ring and prepared to continue on his way.
Suddenly, Xiao Chen felt a strand of killing Qi. His Spiritual Sense quickly followed the killing Qi, and a scene appeared in his mind.
It was a strand of sharp sword Qi. It looked like a crystalline jade as it flew through the air, tearing a clear path through the turbid space.
"Dang!"
The sword Qi was sharp and swift. Without much time to think, Xiao Chen circulated his Quintessence and turned around, holding his scabbard horizontally in front of his chest.
A melodious clang resounded. The energy contained in the sword Qi exploded, forcing Xiao Chen back five hundred meters. A fifty-meter-wide pit appeared where he had been standing.
Xiao Chen's left hand, which was holding the scabbard, turned stiff and numb. When he looked up, he discovered the Ximen Clan's people flying down from the sky.
When Xiao Chen noticed Ximen Bao, who was clearly much stronger than the others, he raised his guard.
"You are quite capable, to be able to block my sword Qi and not suffer any light injuries."
Ximen Bao landed on the swamp and looked at Xiao Chen. He smiled coldly and said, "However, you dare to injure my Ximen Clan's people with just this bit of ability? You are far from sufficient."
"Pu ci!"
Ximen Bao flicked his wrist and did not say anything else. He swung his sword upwards and sent out a curtain-like sword Qi at Xiao Chen.
The curtain-like sword Qi was as thin as a cicada's wings. It was more than fifty meters tall. As it flew, it easily split the swamp in half. It even seemed like it could cut the air apart.
In the blink of an eye, the sword curtain arrived before Xiao Chen, trying to split him in half.
A saber light flickered as Xiao Chen instantly drew the Lunar Shadow Saber. He did not dare to be careless. He unleashed his Great Perfection saber intent without holding anything back, and his aura soared.
Xiao Chen's saber became incredibly sharp, splitting the ground. Quintessence surged and gathered in the slender saber blade.
At the same time, the immortal state of thunder condensed in the sky above, forming thunderclouds flickering with boundless electricity. Thunder roared ferociously like immortal divine thunder.
Xiao Chen grasped his saber with both hands and blocked the sword curtain before it reached him.
"Bang!"
The saber and the sword curtain burst forth with resplendent Quintessence shock waves. A horrifying energy surged out, and the surface of the swamp was shaved off by four or five meters.
The might of the sword curtain did not diminish. It blocked the saber and forced Xiao Chen back step by step.
Explosions came from both sides in an unending chain. Mud shot into the air like pillars of water.
Ximen Bao was somewhat astonished. This seemingly casual sword strike was not that simple.
Not only did Ximen Bao use seventy percent of his strength, but it also contained his sixty-percent-comprehended sword intent. Aside from not adding in the state, this was equivalent to using most of his strength.
However, it still did not injure Xiao Chen, only forcing him back.
"Should we attack together?" Ximen Ye suggested when he saw that Xiao Chen was not defeated immediately.
Ximen Bao smiled proudly and said, "There's no need. Just surround him and don't let him run. If I cannot deal with such trash, I would not be called Ximen Bao. "
"Xiu!"
The sword curtain stopped, and Ximen Bao leaped up, moving like a sharp arrow as he tore through the air. Ximen Bao was extraordinarily fast, arriving before Xiao Chen in the blink of an eye. Then, he thrust his sword at Xiao Chen's eyes.
A sword light gathered, and a cold light appeared. This sword strike took advantage of the fact that Xiao Chen could not withdraw quickly to attack Xiao Chen's eyes. It was extremely vicious.
A scarlet light flickered in Xiao Chen's eyes as he infused the state of massacre into his Saber Technique. Then, he swung both his hands, and a scarlet light filled the sky, shattering the sword curtain.
Xiao Chen managed to extricate himself and brandished his saber, parrying Ximen Bao's vicious sword strike.
Ximen Bao took advantage of the situation and headed straight for Xiao Chen's midsection. His reaction was extremely fast, and his attack was so fast that it was hard for others to do anything else.
The saber tilted, and Xiao Chen could only continue defending. The vast Quintessence surging from the sword did not numb his arm. Instead, he retreated another ten meters.
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