After going into the sea, I met the witch lady

Chapter 348: Fragments of Secret Techniques - [Swordsmanship]
inside the room.

Ryan looked at the fragment of the sword monument that had been completed in his hand.

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[Fragment of the Nameless Sword Monument (Large)]: Long ago, a powerful being named "￥%# (garbled code)" used the sword in his hand to carve a stone monument, on which was recorded an earth-shaking sword technique.

Unfortunately, over the long period of time, the sword monument has experienced destruction caused by several era changes and has become incomplete.

Your sword intent of "transcendence" impacted this sword monument. After being nurtured, although you cannot repair the complete sword technique engraved on it, you can obtain a fragment of the secret technique - [Sword Refining].

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【Swordsmithing】:
Special skills.

Select a sword weapon (long sword, great sword, giant sword, etc.), refine it into your own true spirit, and it becomes the sword of the true spirit. After that, you can refine all the sword weapons you have obtained into the sword of the true spirit to improve its quality. In this way, the level of sword weapons can break through the "limit".

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Looking at the special skills recorded in the panel in front of him, Ryan's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

At first glance, this special skill called [Sword Refining] is an ability that helps improve the quality of weapons.

But this thing was born from the [Nameless Sword Monument]. After Ryan thought about it, he immediately realized the benefits of this special skill.

When swordsmanship reaches the realm of "transcendence", one can no longer see where to move forward.

In this case, why not think from a different perspective and let the sword lead the breakthrough?
The quality of a weapon is similar to the rank of a transcendent. If the sword in one's hand breaks through the ninth rank and reaches the level of a "spiritual artifact", can it in turn drive a breakthrough in the realm of the swordsman?

You know, the spirit god represents rules and authority.

And the spiritual artifact itself is the embodiment of rules and authority.

By comprehending the sword of the spiritual artifact and understanding the rules of swordsmanship from another way, it is indeed a feasible way.

The original difficulty of this path was where to find the sword-like spiritual artifact, but now, the emergence of [Sword Refining] has solved this problem.

Since you can't find one, just forge one yourself.

The moment the sword of the true spirit weapon is forged, that will be the day when the swordsmanship breaks through to "transcendence".

But this will create a problem.

When the day of breakthrough really comes, will it be the man holding the sword, or the sword holding the man?

This involves different choices on the kendo route.

A person holding a sword is called the "Sword Sect".

The person who holds the sword is called "Sword Demon".

Ryan groaned.

No matter what, [Swordsmanship] is beneficial to him and has no harm.

Even if you don't break through in this way, it would be a great thing to forge a "Spiritual Sword" of your own.

With this in mind, Ryan immediately selected his main sword, [Greatsword Rusted Steel Fire], as his "Sword of the True Spirit".

The process of using [Sword Refining] is quite amazing.

It was as if he was watching the greatsword merge into his body from a third-person perspective. Then, a sledgehammer came crashing down, merging a part of his own soul into the greatsword in a unique way.

His vision suddenly returned to normal.

At this moment, the rusty sword in Ryan's hand had disappeared.

But he knew that he could take out the sword at any time as long as he wanted.

"After I have the [Sword Refining Technique], I can use all the materials I have accumulated to go to the World of the Gods and use the [First Forge] to forge a large number of sword weapons and then refine them."

"In this way, the quality of the True Spirit Sword will surely be raised to an extremely high level."

"only……"

"You can only go to one world every day. If you go to the world of gods, you can't go to other worlds."

Ryan hesitated.

If it were in the past, he would not have done so, but now, the main world is being invaded by the abyss, and any wrong decision will lead to unpredictable consequences.

After pondering for a moment, Ryan's eyes focused and he made a decision.

"Just go to the world of the gods."

"First, to see how the people in the world of gods are doing now after the abyss was expelled. Second, to forge weapons. Third, to take the opportunity to find the 'anchor point' of the world of gods."

Although Ryan has reached the "top" in both the world of gods and the world of ancient gods, he has not obtained an "anchor point".

This thing is rather mysterious and is not necessarily possessed by the world's strongest person.

After making the decision, Ryan calmed down.

He looked at the eldest princess not far behind him and said, "Send the empire's garrison to patrol the border. The intensity of the abyss won't be too great in the early stages of its arrival. At least, the ninth-order beings won't come right away. With the Golden Sect blocking the way, there's room for buffering. But don't be careless. If you find anything, notify me immediately."

"I understand." The eldest princess nodded vigorously, then turned around hurriedly to issue orders.

Ryan continued to stand there, looking at the golden tree that had turned into the abyss, his eyes narrowed slightly: "It's almost there, it's almost there..."

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Time flies by.

Just as Ryan expected, although the abyss had arrived, its influence spread to the four empires in less than a day.

It was midnight, and after leaving behind a powerful servant, Ryan prepared to enter the traveling area.

This all-powerful waiter is weaker than the one following Franny and the other girl. This is also the drawback of the [Powerful Waiter] skill.

It's not that it can only manifest one waiter, but the more there are, the faster its strength decreases.

However, this second powerful servant is enough to deal with the possible initial invasion of the abyss.

Lying down on the raft, Ryan closed his eyes.

Travel, start!
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Misty clouds float around the Wind God Tower.

Compared to the gray fog that was once as thick as haze, the white fog that has faded away has begun to have a somewhat divine atmosphere.

Walking up the stairs of the tower carved by time and history, Ryan reached the top of the tower.

Stop in front of the blurred face of the statue of the wind god.

But this time, there was no "Wind God" in the shape of a young boy to greet him warmly.

With the complete death of the Mother of Heaven, the God of Wind, who was a remnant of her true spirit, also disappeared.

"If there is an afterlife, I hope you will be happy all your life."

She deserves this blessing for persisting until hope comes for all the living beings in the world.

Just as Ryan was about to turn around and leave.

Not far away, the teleportation array behind the statue of the God of Wind began to emit a glow.

Then, a middle-aged man wearing a divine crown and three pairs of gorgeous ice wings spread out behind him walked out. Seeing Ryan, he bowed deeply and said, "I am the God, and I pay my respects to Master Tianjian."

The Lord of Ice?

Ryan was slightly stunned when he saw the guy appearing.

"Have you withdrawn from the Dead Silence Continent? What's the situation with this 'Heavenly Sword'?"

The Ice Lord said respectfully, "Yes, sir."

"Because of you, the entrance to the abyss was completely closed. Without the replenishment of the power of the abyss, the strength of the abyss monsters has been greatly reduced. After we eliminated most of the monsters, we left some people to continue the cleanup, and the rest of the gods returned to the main continent to start the reconstruction."

"Although the damage caused by the abyss on the main continent is not as serious as that on the Dead Silence Continent, it will take time to recover."

"As for 'Heavenly Sword'... Before the Mother of Heaven passed away, her voice appeared in our minds and told us about your help to this world. We don't know your real name, but since you use a great sword, we boldly called you 'Heavenly Sword'."

"If you are not happy, I will inform all the gods and start over..."

"Forget it." Ryan waved his hands quickly.

Heavenly Sword, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Mother.

The title begins with the word "Tian", which shows that the gods respect him and regard him as on the same level as Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother.

As for renaming?

Although Tianjian doesn't sound very nice, it is better than coming up with another weird name.

So be it.

Ryan looked at the Ice Lord in front of him and said, "You should also be able to use the [First Furnace], right?"

"Yes, sir." The Ice God replied respectfully.

"That's perfect." Ryan nodded: "Come and help me start the furnace. I need to smelt a batch of weapons myself."

The Lord of Ice did not hesitate, and immediately came to the side of the [Original Furnace] that Ryan took out, and activated the divine power in his body to connect with the patterns on the furnace wall.

Ryan took out a lot of materials and souls.

The materials come from the powerful special species in the Monster Hunter world, especially the five forbidden species in the past, and the souls are what he left when he killed the demon king in the Dead Silence Continent.

An hour later, the Ice God's face began to turn pale.

Three hours later, the Ice God's body began to tremble.

Five hours later, the Ice God was kneeling beside the original furnace, his hands pressed against the furnace wall and trembling constantly.

Fortunately, after five hours of smelting, Ryan's last piece of equipment was also smelted.

"Thanks a lot."

Ryan looked at the Ice Lord beside him, took out a portion of [Secondary Gold Droplet] and flicked it into the latter's mouth.

With his source replenished and his soul nourished, the Ice God's complexion immediately looked much better.

He stood up, still bowing slightly: "It is my honor to serve you. If you need me to, I can continue at any time."

Ryan nodded, then turned his attention to the equipment he had smelted.

A total of five large swords of different shapes were suspended in the air.

The quality of each of these five greatswords is no less than the main god level, and is no worse than the current rusty greatsword.

After all, the materials used to forge the rusty greatsword were far inferior to those now.

As Ryan raised his hand, the five swords flew up one by one, and when they approached his palm, they quickly shrank and merged into his body.

Looking inward at his own body, the Sword of True Spirit shone brilliantly after being refined into five main god-level greatswords.

A huge hammer appeared and smashed down with a loud bang.

Amid the exploding sparks, the Sword of True Spirit underwent subtle changes.

There was no change in its shape and color, except that five small diamond-shaped dots of different colors appeared on the sword.

Ryan looked at the introduction on the panel.

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[Great Sword·First Fire of Rusted Steel]: It was originally only a true artifact, but after fusing with a variety of [Chaos] ancient dragon materials and the chaotic souls of the abyss demon kings, it was "refined in the furnace" and transformed into a 'ultimate artifact'.

The sword is entangled with the roars of the ancient dragons and the hatred of the Demon King of the Abyss.

The rusty sword body that has been tempered to the highest level of divine power has a toughness comparable to that of the "Unfallen World". Under the heavy blade of the continent is the surging power of the ancient dragon and the abyss. Every slash, in addition to physical damage, will also cause strong soul burning and freezing compound damage - the scorching flames ignited by the hopes of all living beings can burn the enemy to ashes, and the extreme cold precipitated by the ancient dragon and the devil will make the enemy fall into the frost purgatory.

Any weapon or protective gear of lower quality than the Supreme Artifact will be irreversibly damaged in a collision with this greatsword. Weapons or protective gear of the Supreme Artifact level will also be worn out in a collision with this greatsword. When the wear and tear accumulates to a certain extent, it will directly break the material.

Comes with a special miracle: [True First Fire] - After using this miracle, you will enter the "True First Fire State", and your vitality, physique, and spirituality will increase by 100%.

The secret of the sword soul attached to the artifact: [Original Blessing] - the special refining method makes this artifact no longer have a sword soul that can be manifested and assist in combat. Instead, it is replaced by an eternal blessing hidden in the sword body. The toughness and sharpness of the weapon are improved depending on the holder's [true spirituality], [true physique] and swordsmanship level.

Inlay skills: [Fatal Strike lv.1], [Flaw lv.1]

[This strange object contains "super-high" spiritual essence, which can improve the rank of the [Nameless Ship Sculpture] after absorption.]

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Looking at the brand new introduction of the "Sword of True Spirit", Ryan's face showed satisfaction.

After being promoted to the ninth-level artifact, the sharpness and toughness of [Greatsword·First Fire of Rusted Steel] were greatly improved.

Its accompanying skills evolved from [True Embers] to [True First Fire], and the temporary enhancement of vitality, physique, and spirituality doubled directly to 100%.

The secret of the sword soul, the blessing of the greatsword, also adds a new realm of swordsmanship in addition to the original [true spirituality] and [true physique].

It can be said that if the current sword is used to collide with the one before the transformation, it can be cut off directly in less than three hits.

What is more likely to happen is that the durability of one sword will be reduced to zero, and the second sword will shatter directly.

The improvement of the main weapon has once again increased Ryan's combat effectiveness.

If he fights with that old fellow, the Master of All Dreams, again, he won't need to enter the complete dragon state. This greatsword will be enough to make him scream and beg for mercy.

With satisfaction, Ryan withdrew his gaze and looked at the Lord of Ice.

"After you returned to the main continent, did you find any strange places?"

The location of the "anchor point" is usually a very special place.

The Dead Silence Continent is not big, and Ryan visited it all over, but did not find any trace of the "anchor point".

The area of ​​the main continent is much larger.

What he experienced in the past was just a corner of the continent.

It would be a waste of time to search all over the continent on my own.

There are many gods like the Lord of Ice, distributed throughout the main continent. If there are any special or abnormal phenomena, they are often the first to discover them.

The Ice Lord did not dare to neglect Ryan's question. He thought about it seriously and his eyes lit up: "If you want to talk about strange things, there are really two places."

"Oh. Tell me in detail." Ryan's eyes lit up and he asked.

(End of this chapter)