Chapter 730: Chapter 729: Mid-tiered Spirit Sword (Part 2)
Two months passed in the blink of an eye.
Shi Xiaole collected all the lower grade spiritual weapons, all of which were scrapped. At his feet, there were twenty-five lower-grade spiritual weapon-grade darts lined up.
"The success rate exceeded my expectations, reaching 75%."
All the materials have been used up, so Shi Xiaole can’t continue to practice the art of casting even if he wanted to. Fortunately, a 75% success rate is not low. It’s possible to reach 80% once he adjusts his state.
Another cause for celebration is that after more than three months of sword casting, Shi Xiaole’s Wind Sword Way has risen smoothly from the early stage of 40% to the mid-stage of 40%.
In addition, probably due to daily overloading of his power for tempering, his Dragon Gate Divine Skill is slowly approaching perfection, his Vigorous Air is obviously a bit stronger than three months ago.
Altogether, each improvement is not very big, but added together, Shi Xiaole’s attack power has increased by about 5%. Calculated based on the fifth tier, 10% equals thirty years, thus 5% equals fifteen years.
In other words, Shi Xiaole now is almost approaching the medium fifth-tier Earth Immortal level. Having such power after only two years in the Divine Border realm would shock everyone in the Martial World.
After adjusting for a while, feeling that his state had reached the best, Shi Xiaole took out three pounds of Twinkling Star Stone and other auxiliary materials he had purchased.
Puu puu puu...
The Twinkling Star Stone, touted as indestructible, began to slowly melt under the high temperature of 5000 degrees Celsius. Other materials directly evaporated, with only the essence being absorbed into the Twinkling Star Stone.
Concentrating and calming himself, Shi Xiaole exerted his power to commence the forging of his very first mid-grade spiritual sword.
The depths of the earth were perpetually dark, but a brilliant light, akin to the sun, suddenly shone, absorbing the spiritual energy from the Spirit Veins and changing day by day.
The sound of metal clashing, bursts of Sword Qi erupted and left various deep or shallow traces.
Some of these sword qi emanated from the figure within the light, while others came from the heart of the light. They crisscrossed and echoed each other until the light was completely drowned out by the sword qi and nothing could be seen clearly.
Only the sound of the strikes progressively becoming deeper and sharper could be heard.
At ten thousand meters below the earth, there was an irregular recess not very spacious. It extended out into dozens of passages, some leading up to the surface, and others leading deeper underground.
An imperceptible horrifying aura was slowly spreading, and finally, it burst forth like a tsunami.
Boom...
At a depth of ten thousand meters, even the full force strike of a Dragon Gate Realm Lord could only make a trace of several tens of meters, but this momentum pushed the surrounding soil nearly a hundred meters away.
Like an invisible balloon, it was expanding the void.
Roar!
The little White Ape showed no fear but excitement, letting out an eager cry.
A flash of a figure appeared, an ape about the height of an adult, with white fur and only a faint golden color in its pupils. This ape came beside the little White Ape and gently touched its head.
It’s hard to believe that the aura just now was emitted from it.
The little White Ape had a face full of admiration, softly calling out, often gesturing something. The loving expression on the big White Ape gradually disappeared, replaced by a fierce one, it let out a few cries and led the little White Ape down to the depths of the earth.
Along the way, the little White Ape was baring its teeth and waving its claws, very excited.
Its mother has become stronger and will certainly tear apart that outsider.
At a depth of more than thirty thousand meters underground.
The dazzling light of sword qi was expanding and contracting unpredictably, giving the impression that it would explode at any moment.
Within the light, Shi Xiaole’s blue shirt had long been ripped apart, his face was pale, his eyes were filled with bloodshot, and the sword in his hand was trembling violently. The sword qi was increasing every moment, it seemed to be on the verge of losing control.
Shi Xiaole had underestimated the difficulty of forging a medium-grade spiritual sword. Although the previous experiments went smoothly, the materials were only low-grade spiritual weapons, their energy was far less than that of the Twinkling Star Stone.
But there’s no turning back now, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and carry on.
The Vigorous Air turned into a hammer, Shi Xiaole kept swinging his right hand that was covered in visible veins, striking the body of the sword, and thereby stimulating waves of sword qi ripples. His left hand, which was holding the sword, was bleeding from every pore, looking like a bloodied arm.
"Five thousand three hundred and eight."
"Five thousand three hundred and nine."
His spiritual power penetrated the long sword, feeling that the long sword’s demand for spiritual energy was getting less and less, Shi Xiaole knew that it was the moment of truth, success or failure depends on this action!
Five thousand four hundred times.
Five thousand five hundred times.
Blood constantly erupted from Shi Xiaole’s left arm, splashing onto the long sword. Like a bloodthirsty beast, the long sword became more fierce, emitting peerless sword qi.
His right arm was almost powerless, yet each stroke had to match the rhythm of the spiritual energy, otherwise not only would all his efforts be in vain, Shi Xiaole would also be pierced into a sieve by the exploding sword qi from the long sword.
At this stage, it’s not just about forging a medium-grade spiritual sword, but his own fate!
Shi Xiaole’s heart remained unperturbed, his spiritual power was more concentrated than ever before. In his slow strikes, his heartbeat seemed to have merged with the sword qi, and there was no longer any distinction between the two.
At one moment, time stood still.
Two rays of light slashed through the chaos, abruptly charging from an infinite distance away, like meteors streaking across the night sky.
The power of the Heart Sword!
At the critical moment, Shi Xiaole’s Heart Sword power surged from three strands to five strands.
In the spirit sea above, the small azure sword representing the Wind Sword Way hummed and vibrated, its body began to elongate, narrowing inwards from both sides, faintly forming a sword tip at the front end.
An unmatched sharp aura exploded forth.
The Wind Sword Way broke through like a bamboo after the rain, advancing from forty percent of the mid-stage to the peak of the stage, and was merely a step away from the beginning stage of fifty percent.
Shi Xiaole was filled with power, his Vigorous Air turning into a sword, striking the sword body one last time.
Chi!
Pang!
Like a volcano that had accumulated over many years erupting in an instant, a brilliant ray of light exploded, leaving countless mottled sword marks within hundreds of meters, and within the marks, Sword Qi reigned.
Shi Xiaole’s black hair flew in the wind, and in his hand, a long sword circled with dazzling light.
Is this really a sword?
Isn’t it a curved spring of water set in crystal, or a formless killing aura forged from intense gazes?
It’s three feet and three inches long, the width of a thumb, completely transparent, with a touch of white radiance constantly moving back and forth on the sword’s body, even one’s gaze falling on it seems unable to stick.
It has a beautiful appearance, but only Shi Xiaole, as the master, can feel beneath that beauty, a deadly aura of danger. Before this, it even wanted to kill itself!
After experiencing a close brush with death, Shi Xiaole finally managed to forge his first middle-ranked Spiritual Weapon without any accidents!
Of course, there was still the final step to complete - tempering it.
But what the medium-rank Spiritual Weapon tempered was not fire, but the master’s blood.
He cut his fingertip, and drops of fresh blood fell on the transparent body of the sword, quickly being absorbed by the sword.
At this moment, a peculiar connection emerged between Shi Xiaole and the medium-ranked Spiritual Weapon. It was as if the sword moved with his heart, allowing him to take control of it as easily as his own hand.
Without thinking, Shi Xiaole swung the sword forward.
The sword light was like a curtain of water, easily slicing through soil as hard as iron, advancing straight forward until it stopped at the twenty meter mark.
"What a powerful force!"
Shi Xiaole was taken aback.
With his two-tenths power, he could also only achieve this level. Doesn’t this mean that the sword in his hand could increase his attack power by two tenths?
For Earth Immortals in the Divine Barrier Realm, common low-grade Spiritual Weapons hardly have any amplification effect. Top-of-the-line low-grade Spiritual Weapons could increase attack power by about five percent.
Shi Xiaole had previously thought that the medium-ranked Spiritual Weapon could increase attack power by about tens to fifteen percent at most, but it had far exceeded his expectations.
The current Shi Xiaole, undoubtedly, has surpassed the middle-ranked fifth-tier Earth Immortal. Conservatively estimated, he has the power equivalent to three hundred and forty years. Two tenths is equivalent to sixty-eight years.
This means that holding the medium-ranked Spiritual Weapon, Shi Xiaole’s attack power has reached the top-level six-tier level!
Of course, this does not mean that his actual power is at the top six-tier level.
Normally, stronger attack power signifies stronger martial arts, stronger cultivation, and better understanding, which would naturally improve in everything else.
Especially for those Earth Immortals above the fifth-tier, they’re the best among Earth Immortals, it’s hard to expect underperformance in other aspects.
Therefore, against a six-tier Earth Immortal, Shi Xiaole doesn’t think he has much chance of winning.
Nevertheless, this is enough to prove how extraordinary a medium-ranked Spiritual Weapon is, it’s no wonder even peak-tier Earth Immortals dare not expose them indiscriminately.
Thinking back to the time in Qingxue State, when rumors had it that Queen City and Asura Mansion each owned a medium-ranked Spiritual Weapon, Shi Xiaole could only laugh it off.
"This sword appears as serene as spring water, but carries a chilling killing intent. Let’s name it, Spring Fury Sword!"
Shi Xiaole knew, the Spring Fury Sword could only be his trump card, at least before he became a peak-tier Earth Immortal, it must not be put on public display.
It seems, he still needs a low-grade Spiritual Weapon.
Thinking about the Red Dragon Sword and the Autumn Water Sword, Shi Xiaole already had an idea.
"Huh?"
Just at this moment, he suddenly turned his head and saw two figures flying rapidly towards him, one of which was the little White Ape that he had previously beaten away.
Next to it, was an ordinary looking big White Ape, but with a particularly ferocious look in its eyes.
