The Commander was truly on the verge of tears.
This time, he had led the team to attack the entrance of the Catacombs. Initially, he thought that he would be able to achieve great things and let everyone know of his strength. In the end … before he could even attack, he was beaten to the ground by a brick and a spear …
More importantly, the demonic saber he had brought out from his clan refused to listen to him no matter how he tried to tame it. Yet, it had actually submitted to the other party …
What happened to the arrogance you showed me earlier?
Why are you kneeling on the ground now?
"So, this fellow submits according to the purity of the killing intent. My Heaven's Path zhenqi disguises its aura to be on par with Vicious' …"
Ignoring the teary-eyed Commander, Zhang Xuan nodded in realization.
Even though the Commander was suspected to be a member of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, the purity of the killing intent it emanated was still lacking compared to his Heaven's Path zhenqi.
With a tap of his finger, a droplet of blood flew over and fused with the demonic saber.
Following which, a thought flowed into Zhang Xuan's mind.
"Infernal Blacksaber!"
Zhang Xuan finally found out the name of the saber.
Just as the Dragonbone Divine Spear had guessed, the saber before him was indeed a Half-Ancient Sage artifact. Not only so, it was an upgradable artifact!
The upgradable artifacts of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe were different from those of the human race.
The Jin Yuan Ding was an upgradable artifact, but it required the tempering of an artifact before it could be upgraded. On the other hand, the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe's artifact only required the blood of an expert or the soul of an expert for it to be upgraded.
In other words, there was no need for it to be tempered again. All it had to do was to kill more experts!
It was precisely because of this that this saber appeared so strange, giving off a dense baleful aura.
"If that's the case … it's possible for you to upgrade an Ancient Sage artifact?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up in excitement.
An Ancient Sage artifact was an artifact that was capable of killing Ancient Sages. If this fellow could be upgraded, there would be no one beneath Ancient Sage whom he would need to fear.
"Of course. However, I'll have to drink the blood of an Ancient Sage first …"
The Infernal Blacksaber shook slightly.
"Drink the blood of an Ancient Sage? Forget it … "Zhang Xuan's lips twitched.
If he could feed the blood of an Ancient Sage to it, he would be able to slay the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe himself.
Knowing what its master was thinking, the Infernal Blacksaber sent a telepathic message over. "If you really can't find any Ancient Sages, just feed me the blood essence of a Sempiternal realm cultivator or a Half-Ancient Sage, and I might be able to achieve a breakthrough as well. It's just that the process will be slightly slower …"
"Is the Sempiternal realm useful to you? If you kill this guy, how much can you improve? "
Zhang Xuan pointed at the commander.
"Even though his fighting prowess is nothing special, he's still a core member of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe's royal family. After devouring him, I should be able to advance my cultivation further. Even among Half-Ancient Sage artifacts, I should be able to rank among the top few!"
The Infernal Blackblade nodded.
"Alright, I'll leave it to you then …"
In the first place, he harbored no goodwill toward the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe. Not to mention, that fellow had even attempted to assassinate his parents. So what if he died?
"Yes!"
Hearing his words, the Demonic Mystic Saber flew over excitedly and slashed down.
It didn't take long for the Commander to be reduced to a dried corpse. His soul and blood had been sucked dry.
After being nourished, the Infernal Blacksaber looked even more demonic and powerful than before. Even Jin Yuan Ding had to take a detour around it, not daring to approach it.
"Incredible!" Zhang Xuan was astonished.
He had thought that there was a mistake in the other party's message, but who could have thought that the Infernal Blacksaber was indeed able to absorb blood essence and soul to grow stronger?
"Let's head back for now!"
Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief as he stowed the three artifacts back into his storage ring.
After dealing with the Infernal Blacksaber and the Commander, the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe was no longer a threat. However, he still had to be careful. It would be best if he could find a way to deal with all of them in one fell swoop.
Otherwise, if the members of the Zhang family were to engage in a battle with the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, who knew how many casualties they would suffer?
Zhang Xuan stroked his lower jaw as he pondered deeply.
There was a Sempiternal realm Otherworldly Demon Commander in the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, so there were bound to be Great Sage cultivators in the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe as well. Even if he killed that Commander, he wouldn't be able to kill all of them easily.
While the three artifacts were not weak, it was still impossible for them to slaughter a well-trained Otherworldly Demonic Tribe army!
He had to make preparations in advance.
"There was quite a commotion earlier, but due to the presence of these mirrors and formations, the news didn't leak out. In other words, the others don't know that the Commander is dead, and they can disguise themselves as him …"
Zhang Xuan thought.
Due to the concealment of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, no one knew that the Commander had been killed.
Since General Auer was able to disguise himself as the Commander, it went without saying that he would be able to do so as well.
Zhang Xuan removed the armor from the corpse and donned it. His appearance began to morph once more, becoming identical to that of the Commander.
"I should take a look to see how many Great Sage cultivators there are …"
Ignoring the stone platform and the mirrors, Zhang Xuan walked out of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe and headed straight for the main tent that he hadn't dared to check earlier.
There couldn't be a lack of experts in the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe army. Since the Commander was at Sempiternal realm, the Vice Commanders were bound to be powerful as well. Zhang Xuan decided to take a look to see how many Great Sage realm Otherworldly Demonic Tribe soldiers were there.
Disguising himself as the Commander, Zhang Xuan walked through the various fortifications without anyone daring to stop him. Soon, he arrived at the main tent.
"Commander!"
The Otherworldly Demonic Tribe soldiers clasped their fists and bowed.
"Un."
Zhang Xuan nodded as he walked into the tent. Following which, he saw seven people seated in a circle, and one of them had a grim expression on his face.
"Commander, you … succeeded?"
Upon seeing Zhang Xuan, the seven of them were overjoyed.
It seemed like they were aware that their Commander was going to assassinate the Xingmeng Sword Saints, so they were waiting here for news.
"I haven't gone yet. The reason I'm here is because I have something important to discuss with you. I hope that you can give me some suggestions …"
Zhang Xuan waved his hand casually.
Due to the presence of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, he hadn't dared to use the Library of Heaven's Path earlier. Otherwise, the lightning tribulation would have struck before he could even kill the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe soldiers.
Even though they didn't know much about the Commander's identity, they had plenty of experience in disguising themselves. On top of that, Lozosy's Disguise Amulet was powerful enough to prevent the seven of them from noticing anything amiss.
"Commander, please feel free to issue the order. We'll abide by it strictly!"
Hearing that Zhang Xuan had something important to discuss, the seven of them clasped their fists.
"Un," Zhang Xuan nodded as he pretended to be deep in thought. In truth, he was discreetly activating his Eye of Insight to assess the crowd.
Just as he had guessed, the seven of them had all reached Great Sage realm. Two of them were at Intuitive Impulse realm, three were at Aureate Body realm, and the remaining two were at Introspective Convalescence realm.
It was fortunate that he hadn't been in a hurry to make a move earlier. Otherwise, even with his three Celestial Swords, he might not have been able to withstand the combined might of the seven of them.
Not to mention, with so many soldiers working together, even a Sempiternal realm cultivator would find it difficult to escape from them.
"Follow me out for a moment. I have something that I need to arrange for you, and you mustn't let anyone know about this matter."
After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Xuan turned to one of the Great Sage 3-dan experts and instructed.
"Yes!"
Without any hesitation, the Great Sage followed Zhang Xuan out of the tent.
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