The martial arts immortals in the modern world.

Chapter 149 Variables
"A high-grade spiritual weapon."

Yaoguang is operating at his own workbench.

In the path of sword cultivation, one will constantly nurture one's true qi and flying sword at the beginning of cultivation, and eventually refine one's own flying sword into something like an external elixir.

However, the external elixir is not the sword cultivator himself after all.

Therefore, the farther the natal flying sword is from oneself, the lower the sword cultivator's perception and control over it will be.

Without the control of the cultivator, no matter how fast the natal flying sword is or how powerful its lethality is, it can only fly in a straight line and can be easily avoided by a nimble sword cultivator.

Great monks are better off, as their natal flying swords can be controlled within a range of dozens of miles. Great monks who have practiced special techniques, such as the Supreme Inductive Sword Technique, can even control their natal flying swords from a hundred miles away.

But high-level sword cultivators...

Their killing range was directly reduced to ten miles, or even several miles.

Therefore, in order to ensure their own lethality, high-level sword practitioners would often rush to the opponent's close range within several miles, or even less than a mile, to engage in a life-and-death battle.

This kind of fight is extremely dangerous and can easily cause great harm to sword practitioners.

and so……

The flying sword refined by Yaoguang, or the improved Zixiao Twelve flying sword, focuses on "control".

But this kind of "control" is not the control that a sword cultivator has over a flying sword.

But he is a great cultivator in the Yuanshen realm.

"Since Jiuding Sect is going to crush Xuanming Sect with a thunderous force, the number of Yuanshen Realm cultivators they sent is naturally greater... Jiuxiao Territory is one of the three territories facing the East China Sea Islands. Originally, there were 200 physical cultivators, 50 sword cultivators, 30 magic cultivators, and 12 divine cultivators stationed there. Recently, in order to fight against Xuanming Sect and prevent them from jumping off the wall in desperation, the number of them has increased significantly. The number of great sword cultivators has exceeded 100, and the number of Yuanshen cultivators has exceeded 20."

Twenty divine cultivators.

This lineup is indeed very powerful.

Through this advantage...

"Divine cultivators excel in different areas depending on their cultivation methods. Some people scan and explore, and can accurately search for all targets within a few thousand miles, including those who use secret methods to hide and conceal their breath. Some people are good at guiding and tracking, and use flying swords to launch beyond-visual-range attacks on targets. The last type is to resist interference. Zhang Jianlin recommended me to take this route before, but due to the existence of Taiyuan Refining Divine Art, the Lord of Ten Thousand Spirits, and the God King, the most suitable direction for me is obviously guiding and tracking."

He looked at the flying sword design that was gradually taking shape in front of him.

"In order to ensure that these flying swords can become part of the Master of All Spirits in the future... the twelve improved flying swords of Zixiao will start from these aspects... and all of them will serve these aspects."

This is an unprecedented path.

A path that requires extremely high spiritual cultivation.

Logically speaking, this path is not very suitable for the Jiuding Sect where divine cultivators are scarce.

but……

Divine cultivation is extremely scarce in any force.

In addition to the six major immortal sects...

Do not!
Apart from the Wuji Star Palace, the Wanshou Sect, and the Immortal Alliance, even the Fatian Pavilion, the Golden Temple, and the Taiyin Sect do not have many powerful divine cultivators to offer.

Not to mention small and medium-sized sects like the Xuanming Sect.

Therefore, the Jiuding Sect is short of it, and the Xuanming Sect is even more short of it.

However, the spiritual practice system that places great emphasis on "realm" is most suitable for Yaoguang.

If he had not been worried that the divine cultivation system did not have enough combat power, he would have already maxed out his divine cultivation realm.

But if you can use the methods, secret techniques, and talents such as Taiyuan Refining God Technique, Lord of All Spirits, and God King to manipulate flying swords to form your own combat system, you may have to put [Martial Arts] aside first and focus on the [Shinto] path.

after all……

Feng Xu rides the wind, entering and exiting the blue sky, traveling to the vast sea in the morning and to Cangwu in the evening.

This is called immortality.

"Compared to the Yuanshen cultivator who pulls thousands of swords and kills enemies thousands of miles away, the Star Lord who relies on punching people... is too un-'immortal'."

Of course, martial arts still need to be practiced.

As things stand now...

Martial arts can ensure your life safety.

The soul can ensure the safety of the surrounding environment.

He combined the two and eventually...

You can create your own path.

He is temporarily on the path of "Martial Immortal".

He is an immortal who eats wind and drinks dew, is detached from the world, and lives a carefree and eternal life.

But if the enemy must destroy the immortal's transcendence and tranquility, they can also sit down and talk about martial arts.

"It's done."

Soon, relying on his rich experience in "weapon refining" that was even more profound than that of the Cangwu World, he completed the improvement of Zixiao's twelve-type flying sword in just one night.

"The maximum speed has been increased to 4.4 times the speed of sound, the lethality has been increased to 8.1, and the spiritual power consumption has increased to 455. However, its stability has been almost completely abandoned. It must have a master in the Yuanshen realm to exert its due power. However, I have added a new attribute to it, compatibility. The divine consciousness of a master in the Yuanshen realm can be compatible with the divine consciousness of a sword cultivator and be compatible with this flying sword. With the blessing of the divine consciousness of a master in the Yuanshen realm, the optimal killing range of the flying sword is increased to miles."

This number exceeds that of ordinary monks.

and……

Eighty miles is the optimal killing range, within which a sword cultivator can manipulate the sword as easily as using his own arm.

But the maximum killing range...

As high as one hundred and sixty miles.

In other words, even if the flying sword is shot out 4.4 miles away, it can still maintain a maximum speed of 8.1 times the speed of sound and a lethality of . At best, the flying sword will not be able to turn flexibly or change direction. However, the flight trajectory is just a little rigid and easy to be predicted.

However, the attack range of one hundred and sixty miles is enough for a sword cultivator to gain one or even two rounds of first-attack advantage.

If there is a great cultivator in the Yuanshen realm to coordinate the battle, he can let the entire team send out four flying swords at the same time, with sword speeds exceeding 4 times the speed of sound, and focus fire on one of them.

So what if the flying sword is not flexible enough?

It doesn't mean that you can't turn at all.

Relying on the coordination, guidance, and tracking of a great cultivator in the Yuanshen realm, the opponent could dodge one or two swords, but could he dodge three or four swords?

If everything goes well, when the two sides officially engage in battle, the two-round first-mover advantage will be enough to kill two people from the other team.

"The advantages are obvious. High attack, high speed, and long range. The disadvantages... are extremely dependent on the great cultivators of the Yuanshen... It all depends on the choices made by the top leaders of the Jiuding Sect."

Yaoguang checked it again and saved the design.

I finished the improvement of Zixiao Twelve in one night. It's so amazing that I can't hand it in yet.

Wait for two or three months until the current Zixiao Twelve orders are almost exhausted, and then it won’t be too late to hand it in.

"In fact, there is still room for improvement in the Zixiao Twelve Flying Swords, and that is the formation... Although the flying swords do not have a platform for arranging formations due to their size and the need for speed, if there are top formation masters to help optimize them, the performance of the flying swords can still reach a new level."

Yaoguang felt a little regretful.

Because of the formation's hindrance, Zixiao's twelve flying swords have reached the world's top level in the field of lower-grade spiritual weapons.

but……

That's just the world's top level.

It is still a little bit short of being the best in the world or even surpassing the times.

……

With the addition of the two weapon-refining masters Wei Yan and Lu Yuan, the weapon-refining efficiency of Zixiao Academy has once again reached a new level.

It seems that they have reached the point where they can produce 600 spiritual flying swords in a month.

In order to complete this order as quickly as possible, his spiritual consciousness almost always shrouded the Zixiao Weapon Refining Institute to ensure that the refining work in the institute was orderly and progressed quickly.

While Yaoguang was working overtime to produce the Zixiao Twelve Type Flying Swords, the sword cultivators of the Jiuding Sect were also fighting battles in the East China Sea islands, with news of victory being reported almost every day.

These victories spread throughout the entire Jiuding Sect through the Virtual God Realm. For a time, the people of Jiuding Sect were excited and their self-confidence was unprecedentedly high.

However, the Xuanming Sect will obviously not sit idly by and wait for death.

I don’t know what kind of deal they made with the Great Sun Sword Sect.

In the third month of the competition among high-level sword cultivators, the Great Sun Sword Sect suddenly announced that a large-scale exercise would be held around Haige Island next month.

The Great Sun Sword Sect made a high-profile announcement that for this exercise, they will dispatch a number of Yuanshen realm cultivators, over 200 great sword cultivators, over 100 magic cultivators, and a varying number of high-level sword cultivators to assist.

It was also declared that this exercise was not aimed at any person or any force, but was only intended to practice the coordination among the many sword practitioners of the Great Sun Sword Sect.

When the news came out, there was an uproar.

Two hundred foundation-building great sword cultivators!

This scale is not small.

especially……

Almost all of these two hundred great sword masters are equipped with second-generation magical flying swords.

There are even a few equipped with third-generation magical flying swords.

As the mainstream sword cultivators of Jiuding Sect are all equipped with first-generation flying swords, the combat power of such a large team of sword cultivators with more than 200 people is probably equal to half of the sword cultivator strength of the entire Jiuding Sect.

If this power is used to deal with the Xuanming Sect, the Xuanming Sect would be in danger of being destroyed.

This is not the point.

The point is...

Haige Island is the island occupied by the Jiuding Sect.

Moreover, it is only 16,000 miles away from the mainland of Jiuding Sect.

What is the difference between the Great Sun Sword Sect coming to Haige Island to conduct drills and showing off their might in front of the Jiuding Sect?
If the Jiuding Sect fails to respond strongly to the actions of the Dayi Sword Sect, the Dayi Sword Sect will make such exercises a normal practice in the future. Over time, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to achieving actual control over Haige Island and its surrounding waters.

At the same time, the Jiuding Sect, which only covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 miles in the East China Sea, will be suppressed to within 15,000 miles.

Fifteen thousand miles, for the great swordsmen whose maximum flying speed often reaches ten or even dozens of times the speed of sound, this is equivalent to blocking the door and causing them to completely lose control of the East China Sea Islands.

……

"No more?"

Yaoguang was slightly stunned when he saw Zhang Jianlin who brought the news.

"The orders for the 12 Purple Sky Flying Swords will be completed, but the improved models...will have to be put on hold. For now, our focus must shift to Haige Island."

The elder of the branch sect said in a deep voice: "Compared to Posa Island, which only occupies a sea area, Haige Island has a spiritual power node. In the past few years, we have mobilized thousands of formation masters and finally set up a fourth-level spiritual gathering formation there. According to estimates, this spiritual formation can increase our output of 200,000 spiritual stones every year. Unexpectedly, the group of ungrateful wolves from the Great Sun Sword Sect smelled the scent and came as soon as the formation was set up."

"What about the Xuanming Sect?"

Yaoguang asked.

"We still have to continue fighting, but we have to use mainly defensive tactics."

Zhang Jianlin sighed helplessly as he spoke: "Due to the difference in importance between the two, the higher-ups are already discussing that if necessary, the dispute over the waters of Posuo Island can be temporarily shelved."

(End of this chapter)