Supreme Dragon Soul.

Chapter 671 Another Breakthrough, Captured by Me!
"You can't kill me, I..."

The burly middle-aged man roared in anger.

Then he realized what was happening, looked down and saw the sword hole in his chest, his eyes widening in shock!
This sword strike was not only extremely sharp, breaking through his blade energy in one strike, but also so fast that it was despair-inducing, leaving him almost no time to react, and he didn't even feel the fatal wound!
Luo Cheng remained silent, and with another swing of the Flame Jade Sword, a burst of blazing sword energy shot forth.

laugh!
A head flew into the sky, and blood stretched for hundreds of meters in the air!
"This is impossible……"

The burly middle-aged man let out a desperate scream, his voice growing weaker and weaker until the last few words were just unconscious groans.

He died without understanding what had happened: how a late-stage ninth-level Awakening Pulse Realm expert could suddenly have the power to kill him.

After consuming the Demon Essence Blood Burning Pill, his strength was already comparable to that of a Great Earth Realm expert. Even if he was only a pseudo-Great Earth Realm expert, he was still enough to crush a Vajra Awakening Realm expert, and it was a complete crushing!

"That sword just now..."

Looking at the burly middle-aged man's corpse, Luo Cheng's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

At this moment, his shock was no less than, and perhaps even greater than, that of the burly middle-aged man.

His strength was clearly insufficient to contend with a powerful Earth-level expert, even if the opponent was only a pseudo-Earth-level expert!

This is evidenced by the previous one-sided battles.

But the power of that sword strike just now, in terms of destructive force alone, was comparable to that of a powerful Earth-level expert!
This allowed him to catch the burly middle-aged man off guard and severely injure him with a single sword strike.

"It's sword intent!"

Luo Cheng, with his keen senses, immediately understood the reason after a moment's perception.

At this moment, his mind was clearer than ever before. The originally illusory sword intent was incredibly solid in his perception, as if it could be unleashed with just a thought, killing people invisibly!

"Compared to the 90% perfect sword intent prototype, it has made a qualitative improvement! However, it has not yet reached the realm of turning the illusory into the real, so it cannot be considered true sword intent, but only half-step sword intent."

Luo Cheng made a judgment about the level of his sword intent.

Although it was only half a step into sword intent, Luo Cheng was already very satisfied.

As everyone knows, the further one progresses in the initial stages of sword intent, the more difficult it becomes to improve!
Among the inner disciples of the three major sects, there are countless swordsmen, but only a handful of them have comprehended ninety percent of the rudimentary form of sword intent!

As for half-step swordsmen with sword intent, to his knowledge, there are none at present!

This tiny half-step is something that countless swordsmen dream of but can never achieve!

"It's all thanks to the Flame Jade Sword! No wonder high-star swords often cause bloodshed whenever they appear. A good sword is so important to a swordsman! It's a swordsman's second life!"

Looking at the Flame Jade Sword in his hand, Luo Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

The fact that I was able to successfully comprehend half a step of sword intent this time is undoubtedly due in large part to the growth brought about by the life-and-death battle experience, and the Flame Jade Sword also had an influence.

However, the Thunder Concealment Sword, a four-star treasure, invisibly limited the expression of his sword intent.

The Flame Jade Sword completely broke free from the constraints on his sword intent. The moment he drew the sword, he even had a strange feeling that his body and the sword had become one, turning into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, leaving only pure killing intent. This allowed him to break through his limits at the critical moment and take his sword intent to the next level!
brush!
Just then, a cold wind suddenly rose, and a beautiful figure slowly descended—it was Yin Li. Upon seeing the burly middle-aged man's corpse, Yin Li's beautiful eyes flickered, and she looked at Luo Cheng.

"This person consumed the Demon Essence Blood Burning Pill, and his strength was already comparable to a powerful Earth-level expert. You were actually able to kill him! And in the midst of the fierce battle, you even broke through your own limits, further enhancing your sword intent..."

Yin Li had already ended the battle.

Along the way, she had many doubts and curiosities in her heart. She made Luo Cheng kill the burly middle-aged man because she wanted to see where Luo Cheng's limit was. Just now, she had been hiding in the sky, quietly observing everything below.

Seeing Luo Cheng, a burly middle-aged man, still struggling to hold on after taking the Demon Essence Blood Burning Pill and unleashing his full power, Yin Li was already extremely shocked.

She had never seen anything like it in the Great Yue Dynasty: a late-stage ninth level of the Awakening Pulse Realm fighting against a pseudo-Earth-level powerhouse!

Just when Yin Li thought Luo Cheng had reached his limit and wanted to help, he didn't expect that Luo Cheng's sword intent would suddenly break through in the face of battle, severely injuring the burly middle-aged man with a single sword strike and killing him completely!
Just a few days ago, she witnessed Luo Cheng comprehend the rudimentary form of the perfected ninth level of sword intent, and he broke through again so quickly!
This gave Yin Li a sense of unreality!
This also made her realize that Luo Cheng's talent in swordsmanship was top-notch, exceeding everyone's expectations.

He is probably the most talented swordsman in the entire Great Yue Dynasty, even Yun Tianyan of the Lieyun Sect is far inferior!

Clang!
Sheathing his sword, Luo Cheng reached out and collected the burly middle-aged man's saber and storage ring. Then he turned to Yin Li, smiled, and said:
"So Sister Yin Li knew I was no match for this man, yet she still ordered me to kill him."

Facing Luo Cheng's gaze, Yin Li did not avoid it and said directly:
“You are full of secrets, and I do want to take this opportunity to see your true strength. In addition, your killing sword intent is born from killing and death. Life-and-death duels have many benefits for your sword cultivation, and can even be said to be the most suitable shortcut for your cultivation.”

Luo Cheng nodded. During this period, he had experienced many battles, but none of them had brought him as much as this one.

Yin Li looked at the burly middle-aged man's corpse: "In this battle, you were able to kill him. Your own growth in strength was only one factor. He was also too careless. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy. A true Earth-level expert can control the power of heaven and earth for their own use, and their combat strength is much stronger than his. So never underestimate an Earth-level expert because of this battle, otherwise, you will only suffer the consequences."

"Thank you for your advice, Sister Yin Li. I will not underestimate anyone."

Luo Cheng understood, of course, that luck played a part in this battle. If the burly middle-aged man hadn't underestimated him, it would have been difficult to seriously injure him with that final sword strike, and the battle wouldn't have ended so quickly.

However, Luo Cheng was confident that as long as his sword intent continued to precipitate and refine, and even went a step further to become a sword intent-level swordsman, with the power of his killing sword intent, he would be qualified to fight even a true Earth-level expert!

"Sister Yin Li! Where is Elder Xue?"

Luo Cheng remembered that powerful expert from the Blood Nether Sect.

Of course, the most important thing is the opponent's martial arts techniques!
"I have captured him."

Yin Li left those words behind and turned to dash towards a mountain peak not far away.

Luo Cheng hurriedly followed.

The once verdant mountain peaks are now covered in white snow, everything is frozen, transformed into an ice crystal snow mountain, and the chilling atmosphere makes Luo Cheng feel a chill on his skin.

The two arrived at the mountaintop, where huge ice spikes stood, the central one being over ten feet in size, where the Blood Elder was frozen solid!

Seeing this, Luo Cheng couldn't help but admire him. This Elder Xue was a Heavenly-level expert. After taking the Demon Essence Blood Burning Pill, his strength had increased dramatically. Yet, he was still sealed here by Yin Li, and it seemed that he hadn't expended too much effort.

This woman is even more formidable than he imagined!

(End of this chapter)