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Chapter 1029: Beast King Mutation
Laws like this that have a fatal nature are extremely powerful and are not inferior to those top-level laws. Once activated, it will be an unreasonable killing. No matter how many trump cards you have, they are useless. Even if you have a magic weapon to protect you, you cannot be immune.

However, everything requires a balance.

For a law with such powerful power, the conditions for activation are naturally very harsh.

Some require the enemy's health to be reduced to a certain level before they can be launched.

Some require how much damage to cause in one attack.

Moreover, these requirements are calculated as a percentage of the overall health limit.

Like Su Xiao's Demonic Blade, the enemy's vitality must be reduced to below 25% before it can be killed.

His abyss equipment dagger requires that he can knock down 20% of the enemy's maximum health in one hit.

These activation conditions are not too harsh in the void where Su Xiao is, but they are difficult to achieve in the high-level martial arts world.

It is easy for him to knock off 20% of the enemy's health with one blow, but health does not represent life value.

A warrior's health is equivalent to the blue bar, which is Su Xiao's mana, and it can be recovered instantly.

When we talk about the health value of warriors in this world, we should refer to the vitality contained in the body.

However, the vitality in a warrior's body is extremely huge. An eighth-grade golden body warrior can live for thousands of years. After breaking through to the true god, his lifespan will be even longer.

Once you reach the level of a Heavenly King, living for tens of thousands of years will be easy.

To give the simplest example, let’s talk about Long Bian Tiandi. He almost ran out of life and died completely, but don’t forget that he was an antique who was alive in the early days of the Heavenly Court.

Moreover, at that time, Long Bian Tiandi's strength was only at the saint level. After breaking through to the king level, his life span was extended again.

King Zhentian has lived from the early martial arts era to the present day. Do you think he has any intention of ending his life?
The life span of an emperor is even longer, starting at 100,000 years.

The fact that warriors have such a long lifespan shows that they have extremely huge vitality in their bodies.

It is extremely difficult to reduce a warrior's vitality to below 25%. It is estimated that the enemy will have to be worn down to the point where he is as exhausted as the old principal of the Magic and Martial Arts School.

If the enemy's vitality is really depleted to that extent, it doesn't matter whether you can kill them or not. They will die of old age even if you don't take action.

Fortunately, the triggering conditions for the beheading sword technique are not that perverted. You just need to cut off the enemy's head.

In fact, this is already quite harsh.

You know, in some worlds, once the head is cut off, the enemy will be completely killed, and it makes no difference whether there is a fatal effect or not. Facing enemies with a cultivation system, the beheading sword technique is completely useless.

However, when facing enemies that have the ability to regenerate severed limbs or are immortal, this kind of fatal attack is extremely important.

It just so happens that the world of high-level martial arts has this kind of training system. If you chop off the head, the enemy will not die at all, and may not even be seriously injured. People do not even need to reconnect the body. As long as there is enough immortal matter, they can quickly reshape a new body.

When Fang Ping was being hunted before, he blew up his Nine Forged Golden Body, killing a saint and leaving only his head. But now he is still alive and well, and even the strength of his golden body has been restored.

Therefore, beheading swordsmanship is still very practical in this world.

Zhang Haoran kept dripping blood onto the altar, beheading the Beast King's projection and practicing beheading swordsmanship. After several consecutive times, he triggered the beheading effect again.

He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes and digested his insights.

Because we don't know how many times the Beast King can be reborn, we must make full use of every opportunity to achieve a fatal effect.

Zhang Haoran verified the insights he gained from killing the projection with his own understanding of the way of the sword, strengthening his sword skills, which would make his promotion smoother.

Due to the ample time and the previous experience of improving the Dugu Nine Swords, the improvement of the beheading swordsmanship was very smooth this time and he quickly figured it out.

If I had only grasped the basics before, now I have already got a glimpse of the key points.

Although he has not yet begun to condense the laws of swordsmanship, he has already started the road to advancement in swordsmanship. After triggering the one-hit-kill effect, this progress will increase. Now, as long as there is enough time, he can successfully complete the advancement in swordsmanship.

Zhang Haoran stood up and laughed, "Haha, when I comprehend the rules of the sure-kill method, I will definitely teach those old silver coins a lesson.

What a bullshit emperor, just wait till you tremble under my sword."

He took out another drop of golden blood and dripped it on the altar. The projection condensed instantly. With a swish, the sword flashed, and the Beast King's head flew high with a look of deep unwillingness in his eyes.

He had just condensed it and before he could see the situation around him clearly, he was killed by a sword. He didn't even have the chance to roar.

The phantom collapsed and turned into a ball of source power mixed with flesh and blood.

This time, Zhang Haoran did not stop to reflect, because the previous sword strike did not trigger the one-hit-kill effect.

He immediately took out another drop of blood and dripped it onto the altar. Before the aura of the previous projection had completely dissipated, a new shadow condensed.

He drew his sword without hesitation and slashed again...

As long as you find the right direction for advancement, the rest will be a natural progression.

With the appearance of killing effects again and again, his insights grew, his understanding of beheading swordsmanship became deeper, the power of his swordsmanship increased, and the frequency of triggering killing effects became higher, entering a virtuous circle.

Now basically every two sword strikes can trigger a killing effect.

And this probability is constantly increasing. When every sword he strikes can trigger a killing effect, his beheading swordsmanship will be upgraded.

It could be that the seed's projection was truly generous, or it could be that the Qi and vitality contained in the emperor's blood was enormous enough.

In short, the speed of condensation began to slow down when the 100th projection appeared.

During this period, more than 60 fatal effects have been triggered, and the advancement of beheading swordsmanship has been completed by more than half.

Now, every time he strikes five swords, he can trigger four killing effects, which means that the upgrade progress has been completed by 80%.

Moreover, the speed of condensing the projection was not much slower. Originally, when blood was dripped onto the altar, a projection would be condensed immediately, but now it takes several breaths to condense.

In fact, the impact of such condensation speed is not that big. After all, the frequency of triggering the killing effect is getting higher and higher. Every time after killing the phantom, it takes some time to digest the insights. As long as the time is right, the efficiency will not be reduced much.

After failing to kill an enemy, Zhang Haoran suddenly stopped. On the one hand, it was because he had accumulated too many insights during this period and needed to digest them.

Furthermore, at this level, judging the improvement based on experience alone is no longer accurate enough.

Just now, all five consecutive sword strikes triggered the killing effect, but failure occurred when the eighth sword was launched.

"Hmm! Let Wanjielou help open the upgrade progress bar! This way it looks more intuitive and can give me more motivation. Otherwise, I'm a little numb from killing!"

Turning on the progress bar is not a special function, so it only costs 100 million value points.

He glanced at the current progress bar...

"Well, very good, the upgrade progress has reached 86%."

"Keep up the good work, and your swordsmanship will soon be able to advance to the fourth level. I hope nothing unexpected will happen during this period."

Sometimes what you fear will come true, and problems really arise.

As the killing continued, the speed of the projection condensing became slower and slower, and finally it took several minutes to condense.

That's a bit too slow! Zhang Haoran glanced at the experience bar, which was already over 90%, and frowned slightly. "The closer you get to success, the slower the progress becomes. It takes several consecutive triggers of the finishing blow effect to increase it by 1%."

Now the projection is messing with me, looks like I'm going to have to spend some money!

Otherwise, if I miss this opportunity, there won’t be so many Emperor projections for me to kill in other levels.”

The projections of the emperors in other levels can also be resurrected, but that is all the energy provided by the seeds, and the number of times will not be too many, generally dozens or even more than ten times, and then they will not condense again.

It will probably take several days to accumulate enough energy next time. Only the Beast King level is an exception.

Because the energy for condensing the projection is not fully provided by the seed, it can be condensed so many times.

In order to ensure that his swordsmanship can be successfully promoted.

Zhang Haoran decided to bleed a little. If most of the energy was provided by himself, the seed would probably not be so stingy anymore, right?

He flipped his hand and took out a small ball of blood. The vitality and qi contained in it had reached the level of a king.

He hesitated for a moment, then threw it on the altar.

He muttered quietly, "I hope it won't turn into a monster!"

There was a loud bang!
A new projection of the Beast King appeared instantly.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Zhang Haoran. He remembered very clearly the experience of being killed more than a hundred times. The strength of his previous projection was too weak and he was unable to resist.

But it’s different now. I don’t know what’s wrong with this kid’s brain. He actually provided so much blood and vitality at once, making this projection more powerful than ever before.

In fact, Zhang Haoran's judgment was somewhat wrong. The energy for condensing the projection was not entirely provided by the seeds.

Otherwise, there would be no need for such a huge formation!

The energy provided by the seeds, like his dripping blood, is just a trigger.

In fact, most of the energy comes from this small world.

"You bastard! Prepare to die!"

The Beast King roared and pounced forward. His human hands had turned into beast claws, and his sharp nails emitted a cold white light.

The Beast King was obviously serious this time. The King's majesty could not be challenged, let alone being slaughtered again and again.

A strong wind blew, and a terrifying pressure descended.

Zhang Haoran was speechless when he heard the Beast King's scolding. He had been killed over a hundred times and was so angry that he could only utter one sentence: "You bastard!"

There aren't even any banned words, and the curses are too civilized. Is this really the Beast King?

If someone dares to do this to him, he will definitely launch a verbal attack at the genealogical level, cursing the other person's ancestors one by one, making the other person's family tree thinner and thinner.

He was too lazy to continue complaining and was on full alert.

Zhang Haoran thought that the amount of blood would only affect the speed of projection condensation, but he didn't expect that it could also improve strength.

The projection that appeared this time was much stronger than before, and it surprisingly had the strength to break the ninth level.

"Luckily, I only took out a small amount of blood just now. If it was several times more, the opponent's strength might reach the level of an emperor."

However, now a Beast King with the strength of breaking the ninth level is already very difficult to deal with.

The most important point is that he is not planning to increase his combat experience, but to trigger a one-hit-kill effect to improve his swordsmanship.

It is not a good thing if the Beast King is too powerful, as it will waste more time.

A cold light flashed in Zhang Haoran's eyes, and he decided to use a fighting style that would hurt both sides to get rid of this projection as soon as possible. He did not dodge the claw that was coming at him, but only gave a symbolic resistance.

The Blood Shadow Sword was raised high and slashed towards the opponent's neck at an extremely fast speed.

In close combat, the beheading sword technique has a locking effect.

As long as the opponent continues to get closer, he will be killed by this sword.

Of course, he also has to withstand an attack that breaks through the ninth level.

However, this was no problem for Zhang Haoran. He could even withstand the attack of the emperor. A nine-level attack was not a threat at all.

The projection of the Beast King approached quickly, and then grabbed his face with one claw.

"Damn it! You're going to disfigure me!"

Zhang Haoran didn't even think about it and raised his hand to use the Qianlong Wuyong move. He could have his arm broken but not his face. He hadn't married yet, so appearance was very important.

This move, Qianlongwuye, can bounce back 30% of the attack. Even if the opponent's arm is broken, he will suffer considerable recoil damage.

Palms and claws clash!

Roar!

A blood-red dragon roared and flew out, actually blasting the Beast King away.

With a swish, the long sword slashed across, leaving a bloody spot on the opponent's chest.

It was rare for Zhang Haoran to make a mistake in a battle, and he never thought that he would knock the opponent away with one palm.

"When did this palm of mine become so powerful?"

Then he realized that the power of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms was not good before because his basic energy and blood were too low.

After the previous improvement, his basic Qi and blood are already similar to those of a normal peak-level Breakthrough Eight. The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms can deal double damage, and with the rebound of 30% of the attack, it is normal that he can knock a Breakthrough Nine away.

However, Zhang Haoran's main purpose this time was to advance his beheading swordsmanship to the fourth level, so the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms could not be used no matter how powerful it was.

He disappeared in a flash, and when he reappeared, he was already behind the flying Beast King.

The Blood Shadow Sword slashed out at an extremely fast speed, and with a swish, a head flew high into the air.

boom!
The Beast King's projection was chopped into ashes, leaving behind a ball of Force that was several times larger.

The sword technique with a fatal effect is so domineering that no matter how strong you are, once the conditions are met, you can be killed.

In fact, the projection of the Beast King died unjustly. If he had not come close and just launched a long-range attack, he would definitely have made Zhang Haoran busy for a while.

Unfortunately, he insisted on fighting in close combat with a swordsman, and was within the opponent's sword field. He underestimated the magic of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and he was killed by the two of them working together.

Zhang Haoran could even fight a half-crippled emperor head-on, but killing a projection whose strength had just reached level nine did not bring him any sense of accomplishment.

A warrior's combat effectiveness cannot be judged solely by his qi and blood, but also by his methods. If he cannot hit the enemy, no matter how high his qi and blood are, it will be useless.

(End of this chapter)