Chapter 152: Returning Once Again

Yet just as Qinghe County City was turbulent with wind and clouds, Sun Xuan, who had returned to Qinghe County City, paid no mind to these messy matters.

Instead, after returning to the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard, he went into seclusion on his own.

During the battle in the underground space beneath Wuling Town previously, Sun Xuan's Physique and Soul had both improved tremendously.

After all, true qi was fused, refined, and manifested through the Physique and Soul; in the previous battle, Sun Xuan had absorbed a large number of Soul and Physique attribute light balls.

Therefore, after his Physique and Soul improved vastly, Sun Xuan's true qi circulated and fused a great deal on its own, even without Cultivation.

Thus, having just broken through to the martial dao Realm of the Early Stage eighth rank, under the accumulation of powerful Soul and Physique at this moment, the power of true qi surged explosively within Sun Xuan's body.

It even automatically elevated his martial dao Realm to the Middle Stage eighth rank Realm.

At this moment, the turbulent winds and clouds in Qinghe County, along with the massive improvement in Physique and Soul, made Sun Xuan feel that his own martial dao Realm was somewhat insufficient, so he decided to enter seclusion once again to elevate a portion of his martial dao Realm.

Within the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard, in a quiet courtyard.

Sun Xuan sat alone in the house within the courtyard, the true qi in his body circulating rapidly through his Meridians.

As Sun Xuan set his Cultivation Technique into motion within his body and then transformed the dual powers of Soul and Physique into true qi, his Cultivation Realm was also continuously rising.

After merely a few hours of effort, Sun Xuan's Cultivation Realm rapidly elevated from the Middle Stage eighth rank to the Late Stage eighth rank.

Then, a massive amount of Soul power and Physique power were transformed into true qi, followed by a vast amount of true qi fiercely rushing Sun Xuan's martial cultivation toward the Realm of the Late Stage eighth rank Great Perfection.

As Sun Xuan drove his self-created Cultivation Technique faster and faster, the accumulation speed of true qi within his body also became increasingly rapid.

Countless strands of true qi accumulated inside Sun Xuan's body; after more than half a day's effort, Sun Xuan's Cultivation Realm reached a point merely a step away from the seventh rank Realm.

When a Martial Artist Cultivates the martial dao, once their Cultivation breaks through to the seventh rank Realm, their strength will experience an extremely formidable increase.

Yet this Bottleneck, which had blocked countless Martial Artists, under the impact of the massive amount of true qi within Sun Xuan's body…

After merely a moment of effort, it was blasted open.

A massive roaring sound, audible only to Sun Xuan himself, resounded in his mind.

The true qi inside Sun Xuan's body surged upward violently, and then his martial Cultivation Realm arrived at the Early Stage seventh rank Realm.

As his martial Cultivation arrived at the Early Stage seventh rank Realm, Sun Xuan's duration in seclusion had also reached a full day.

However, the speed at which Sun Xuan's Cultivation increased within this single day reached a height that countless Martial Artists could never hope to attain in a lifetime.

To outsiders, this was undoubtedly an extremely shocking and incredible matter.

But for Sun Xuan, who could pick up attributes, this was merely the beginning of the elevation of his martial Cultivation.

However, Sun Xuan still had other matters on his mind at this moment, so after his martial Cultivation reached the Early Stage seventh rank Realm, he halted his seclusion.

Only to see Sun Xuan's eyes slowly open, two rays of golden light flashing fiercely out from his eyes.

Within the slightly dark house, two dazzlingly white rays of brilliant light instantly flashed past.

An Aura of sharp, piercing edge suddenly emanated from Sun Xuan's body.

Seeing Sun Xuan gently breathe out a mouthful of air, he then operated his Cultivation Technique, slowly suppressing his Cultivation back down.

A moment later, it was suppressed to the Middle Stage eighth rank Realm.

After all, breaking through from the Middle Stage eighth rank Realm to the Early Stage seventh rank within a single day was simply too sensational.

Therefore, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Sun Xuan suppressed his Cultivation Realm to the Middle Stage eighth rank.

Next, Sun Xuan prepared to resolve the matter weighing on his mind before continuing to elevate his martial Cultivation.

Seeing Sun Xuan push open the doors of the house, he came out into the courtyard.

Then he quietly left the station of the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard.

With the moon dark and the wind high, Sun Xuan's figure traversed rapidly through Qinghe County City like a ghost.

Upon arriving at Qinghe County City, Sun Xuan used the formidable true qi power of the Early Stage seventh rank to drive the true spirit artifact xuanyin sword to rapidly ascend into the air.

Then he rode the sword, speeding rapidly in the direction of Wuling Town.

After a Martial Artist's martial dao Realm reaches the Early Stage seventh rank, because the true qi power within their body surges violently, if this Early Stage seventh rank Martial Artist also has refined a true spirit artifact…

Then they can use the massive true qi to control the true spirit artifact and fly through the air.

The previous three people—Shangguan Ming, Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing, and Sect Master Li Changtian—were able to fly through the air precisely because their martial Cultivation Realms had reached the seventh rank Realm and they possessed true spirit artifacts in their hands.

At this moment, after Sun Xuan's martial Cultivation reached the Early Stage seventh rank Realm, coupled with the true spirit artifact xuanyin sword he had long since refined, he was now also capable of flight through the air.

Compared to running on land, the speed of flying through the air was naturally much faster.

Therefore, the journey that previously took Sun Xuan more than half a day to complete could now be made again in just over an hour under the condition of sword flight, arriving once again at Wuling Town, which was now completely devoid of human presence.

Sun Xuan did not linger too long in Wuling Town; instead, he controlled the xuanyin sword to quickly cross Wuling Town.

Then he sped rapidly toward the Wuling Mountains.

Because he already knew the location of that underground space this time, Sun Xuan no longer needed to be as slow as his first visit here previously.

When Sun Xuan and the group of Town Demon Guards first arrived here, none of the Town Demon Guards knew the specific location of that underground space.

It was only by following the guidance of Chu Lin, who mastered the Illusion-Breaking Mirror, that they slowly found the specific location of that underground space.

When Sun Xuan arrived here for the second time, there was no need for such trouble as the first time.

Instead, he controlled the xuanyin sword, speeding toward his destination at an extremely fast pace.

On Wuling Mountain, the trees were lush and verdant, the sounds of insects and roars of beasts echoed unceasingly, carrying a primal and desolate Aura.

At this moment, Sun Xuan sped rapidly through the air toward the depths of the Wuling Mountains, and after a short while, the cave with the entrance to the channel leading to the underground space appeared before Sun Xuan's eyes.

Sun Xuan's heart stirred, and his rapidly flying figure instantly stopped right there.

Seeing Sun Xuan suspended high in the air, his sharp eyes intently scrutinized the cave entrance leading to the underground space.

After a brief moment, Sun Xuan hesitated no longer; instead, he controlled the xuanyin sword and entered the cave directly.

After a period of time, Sun Xuan reached the end of the cave, and the channel entrance leading to the underground space also appeared before his eyes.

Without stopping his figure, Sun Xuan controlled the xuanyin sword to rapidly enter that underground space entrance.

Upon entering this underground space, endless gray mists billowed and drifted constantly.

At this moment, the toxicity within these gray mists could no longer pose any threat to Sun Xuan.

At this moment, not only had Sun Xuan's martial Cultivation Realm reached the Early Stage seventh rank, but his Physique had also grown formidably to a sensational degree.

The toxicity within these gray mists, upon entering Sun Xuan's body, was immediately refined by his surging blood Qi.

It was fundamentally incapable of causing any harm to Sun Xuan.

However, these constantly drifting gray mists still caused some other effects on Sun Xuan.

Because these gray mists were far too dense, Sun Xuan could not see very far within them.

But after all, Sun Xuan had been here once before, so he had a rough understanding of the terrain of this underground space.

At least the direction of that Zombie City was remembered very clearly by Sun Xuan.

Therefore, upon entering this underground space, Sun Xuan slightly distinguished the direction.

Then he controlled the xuanyin sword to travel rapidly through the gray mist, and after a short while, that Zombie City appeared before Sun Xuan's eyes once again.

Standing before this Zombie City, Sun Xuan did not rush in right away.

Sun Xuan had come specifically for that Python-Robed Zombie within this Zombie City.

Because of this Python-Robed Zombie, Sun Xuan shared the same suspicion as the rumors outside; Sun Xuan also suspected that this Python-Robed Zombie was a Spirit-Parasitized Body formed by the parasitism of a powerful true spirit artifact.

Especially the imperial seal and that black long saber in the hands of this Python-Robed Zombie—Sun Xuan suspected both were the true bodies of certain true spirit artifacts.

It was precisely because of this suspicion that Sun Xuan had returned to this underground space once more before the other Martial Artists rushing toward Qinghe County arrived.

If this Python-Robed Zombie truly was a true spirit artifact ranked on the chaos myriad spirits ranking, then if Sun Xuan slew this Python-Robed Zombie, he would be able to acquire an extremely powerful true spirit artifact.

In this way, Sun Xuan's strength would become much more formidable once again.

As for whether he could slay this Python-Robed Zombie, Sun Xuan was relatively confident.

After all, having gone through the previous trip to the underground space, Sun Xuan's strength had improved far too much through picking up attributes.

Moreover, prior to this trip, Sun Xuan's martial Cultivation had broken through to the Early Stage seventh rank Realm once again.

Furthermore, the Early Stage seventh rank martial dao Realm was not Sun Xuan's destination at this time.

It was just that Sun Xuan worried this Python-Robed Zombie would be slain a step ahead by those powerhouses rushing from outside Qinghe County, snatching away the true spirit artifact parasitizing within it.

That was why he came out of seclusion early and headed directly into this underground space.

Possessing such formidable strength, Sun Xuan reckoned that dealing with this Python-Robed Zombie should not pose much of a problem.

Before entering this Zombie City, Sun Xuan summoned his attribute panel once again.

Name: Sun Xuan

Cultivation: Early Stage Seventh Rank

Physique: 1355

Soul: 1213

Skills: Heavenly Demon Martial Classic (Deducing)

Items: xuanyin sword

At this moment, Sun Xuan's attribute panel appeared much more concise compared to before.

The numerous martial arts and Martial Skills that Sun Xuan had previously mastered had all been fused together by him during the previous deduction.

Consequently, he deduced this compendium containing a vast amount of martial arts and Martial Skills, which Sun Xuan directly named the Heavenly Demon Compendium.

After all, this martial classic was created by Sun Xuan, an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, so Sun Xuan directly named it the Heavenly Demon Martial Classic.

As for those various martial arts and Martial Skills that Sun Xuan had integrated into the Heavenly Demon Martial Classic, they did not directly disappear.

They simply no longer displayed on this attribute panel.

And if Sun Xuan wanted to use those Martial Skills individually, there was still no problem whatsoever.

After inspecting the attributes on the attribute panel, Sun Xuan cast his gaze once more upon the Zombie City before him.

Seeing a few flashes of brilliant light in Sun Xuan's eyes and hesitating no longer in his expression, he directly controlled the xuanyin sword, rapidly entering this Zombie City like a streak of light.

As Sun Xuan entered this Zombie City, an unspeakable gloomy and evil Qi instantly rushed toward his face.

Feeling this eerie Aura, Sun Xuan could not help but turn somewhat solemn in his heart.

That Python-Robed Zombie had been able to chase Lü Qing and the other three until they had nowhere to go in heaven or earth; its strength was still quite astonishing.

Although Sun Xuan felt that dealing with this Python-Robed Zombie should not be much of a problem for him,

After all, this Python-Robed Zombie was suspected of being parasitized by a true spirit artifact ranked on the chaos myriad spirits ranking.

And just what eerie abilities a true spirit artifact ranked on the chaos myriad spirits ranking possessed, Sun Xuan was not entirely clear either.

Therefore, Sun Xuan still held a certain cautious attitude toward this Python-Robed Zombie in his heart.

Upon entering this Zombie City, what met Sun Xuan's eyes was a massive number of corpses.

The blood essence, true qi, and Souls of these corpses had all been completely lost.

Judging by their appearance, they should be those Martial Artists from the Shangguan Family and the Qingdan Sect earlier.

These Martial Artists had been brought into this Zombie City by Shangguan Ming and Li Changtian, but unfortunately they never had the chance to leave again.

These people had all died at the hands of that Python-Robed Zombie.

Even Shangguan Family head Shangguan Ming, after fleeing for some distance within this underground space,

Ultimately died at the hands of that Python-Robed Zombie as well.

Within this Zombie City, aside from the corpses that could be seen everywhere,

There were also countless low-grade zombies, but these low-grade zombies did not catch Sun Xuan's eye.

Seeing Sun Xuan brandishing the xuanyin sword in his hand,

Blades of Yin Qi were continuously stimulated and emitted by Sun Xuan, each blade of Yin Qi being several zhang long.

Not only were they incomparably sharp, but they also carried intense chilling Qi of Yin.

The blades of Yin Qi swept past those ordinary zombies, instantly slicing them in half at the waist.

Before the zombies cut in half could even hit the ground, under the coverage of the Yin Qi from the xuanyin sword, they turned into chunks of black hard ice, crashing onto the ground.

Then they shattered into pieces of black ice shards, completely destroyed by Sun Xuan.

While Sun Xuan casually brandished the xuanyin sword to slaughter these ordinary zombies,

Suddenly, an angry roar rose abruptly from within the Zombie City.

This sound was extremely grating, resembling fingernails scraping against glass, and it carried an Aura of extreme evil.

The moment Sun Xuan heard this sound, without guessing, he knew that the Python-Robed Zombie was about to come out.

Thinking of this, a solemn look flashed across Sun Xuan's face.

The slaughter of those ordinary zombies also temporarily paused.

Then Sun Xuan rode his sword into the air, silently staring in the direction from which the roaring sound came.