Devouring the Stars: Blood Sea Demon Lord

Chapter 171 Demon Realm Canyon
The sword technique that Minghai cultivates is not the sword technique in the "Mysterious Void Manual".

The sword techniques in the "Mysterious Void Manual" chosen for him by the Nine Swords Venerable are mainly used to assist in the cultivation of the "Ice Peak Chaos Stele" and to comprehend the laws.

This sword technique is called "Azure Sword Art," and it is an ordinary secret technique of the Immortal level.

Secret techniques are divided into 'low-level', 'ordinary', 'top-level', 'peak' and 'ultimate'.

Generally speaking, the secret techniques created by the immortal realm lords and military lords are all 'unorthodox'.

Normally, only those who have achieved the title of Marquis or Immortal, or a few genius Realm Lords, can create their own 'ordinary' level secret techniques.

The immortal kings and extremely rare genius realm masters are capable of creating their own 'top-tier' secret techniques.

The Limitless King Immortal and the peerless genius Realm Lord who emerges once every ten million eras can create their own 'Peak' secret techniques.

As for the 'ultimate' secret techniques, it's almost impossible for World Lords and Immortals to create them.

However, Minghai is still far from creating his own secret techniques; laws are his main focus of cultivation.

According to the instructions of the Nine Swords Venerable, there is no need to create your own secret techniques before you have fully comprehended the essence of the 108 spatial laws.

Therefore, apart from comprehending the laws, all of the cultivation methods in the Underworld Sea are secret cultivation techniques.

The Nine Swords Venerable provided him with hundreds of thousands of secret techniques, ranging from 'common' to 'peak' levels, enough for him to cultivate.

After practicing in the independent training room for more than ten days, I have basically mastered this "Azure Sword Technique".

"Teacher, I have mastered a new sword technique. Please give me your guidance!"

After mastering the Azure Sword Technique, Minghai sent a request email to his mentor, the Azure Sword King.

Shortly after, a burly man who looked much like an Earthling and wore a colorful suit of armor appeared in the Dark Sea's independent training room.

Master Nine Swords Venerable's old friend from his early adventures, the ultimate king 'Cang Sword King'.

"teacher!"

After Cangjian Wang appeared, Minghai bowed respectfully.

"Ok!"

King Cangjian looked at Minghai with appreciation and said:
"Perform the Azure Sword Technique once, let me see!"

"Yes!"

Minghai responded and immediately began the on-site drill.

"For your first attempt, this level of mastery is quite good!"

After watching the Minghai's demonstration, King Cangjian nodded and then said:

"However, it's still only at the level of resemblance, too superficial. It needs to be improved through combat!"

"bring it on!"

Drawing his sword, King Cangjian nodded, signaling Minghai to attack.

brush!
Minghai swung his sword and charged forward without hesitation.

Brush brush!
Whoosh whoosh!
His figure moved swiftly and darted about, his longsword flashing as he unleashed his sword techniques, attacking Cangjian Wang.

"This sword strike lacks sufficient legal depth!"

"This move failed to combine swordsmanship and movement!"

"This sword strike focuses too much on speed and lacks variation!"

……

Surrounded by a sky full of sword light, Cangjian Wang casually swung his sword, blocking each incoming sword strike while offering guidance.

After a long time.

The two sheathed their swords and stood there.

"Not bad!"

King Cangjian looked approving and said with some sigh:
"You have basically grasped the essence of this sword technique; your comprehension is much higher than mine was back then!"

Long ago, he was also hailed as a peerless genius who appeared once every tens of thousands of epochs. He was a world lord who killed a peak military lord and fought against a peak marquis immortal who escaped unscathed. His talent was overflowing.

However, at the cosmic level, it is far inferior to the Underworld.

"Thank you for your guidance, teacher!"

Minghai thanked him.

……

After flying through the dark universe for more than a month, Minghai returned to his original secret realm abode, the metal castle in the center of that huge suspended continent.

Yuxiang Mountain, primitive area.

Luxury villa, study.

Minghai opened his laptop, entered the background management, found the 'Tasks' section, and clicked 'Extreme Level'.

Beep—beep—beep! A piercing sound came from the screen.

"Minghai, I solemnly remind you, this is a critical mission..."

Ignoring the electronic notification sound echoing in the study, Minghai clicked "OK" directly.

"Desperate missions have a 90% mortality rate. Surviving a desperate situation requires both strength and luck. You can only choose a desperate mission a maximum of two times, so please choose carefully!"

The following is a list of critical missions:
1. Purgatory Abyss (the original secret realm of Virtual Universe Company)

2. Cloud Palace (The Secret Realm of Shenshi, Giant Ax Battle Arena)
……

13. Demon Realm Canyon (Glory Secret Realm of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance).

……

18. Blood Demon Continent (The Universe's Number One Bank: Blood-Dripping Secret Realm)

There are eighteen in total.

There are 186 dangerous missions and only 18 desperate missions.

I looked at them one by one.

After reading all the mission descriptions, Minghai rested his chin on his hand and pondered silently.

He set his sights on the thirteenth mission, namely the 'Demon Realm Canyon' in the Glory Secret Realm of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

The reason why this mission was chosen is simple: the life in this secret realm consists entirely of dangerous monsters and all sorts of strange creatures.

According to the introduction, it is full of monsters at the stellar level or above, the cosmic level is the bottom level, the domain lord level is the middle level, and the world lord level is the top level.

There are also many immortal gods!
Task 1: Survive in the Demon Realm Canyon for more than 10 years. Reward: 100,000 points.

Task 2: Enter the depths of the Demon Realm Canyon and stay there for one month. Reward: 100 million points.

Task prompt:

1. The outer perimeter of the Demon Realm Canyon is mostly filled with monsters below the Immortal level, but occasionally Immortal-level or God-level monsters will appear.

2. Deep within the Demon Realm Canyon, even the weakest monsters are at the Domain Lord level, while Immortal God-level monsters frequently patrol the area.

Upon seeing the Demon Realm Canyon quest and its prompts, even Minghai couldn't help but gasp in shock.

Such difficulty truly deserves the title of 'Extreme Level'!
An ordinary cosmic-level being sent here on a mission would not survive a day!
Although Minghai's strength is comparable to that of an ordinary peak world lord, going here to do a mission is still a nine-out-of-ten chance of dying under normal circumstances!
"There should be a great opportunity deep within the Demon Realm Canyon!"

Looking at the description of 'Demon Realm Canyon' on the screen, Minghai thought to himself.

Each mission world provided by the Virtual Universe Company contains some kind of opportunity for geniuses in secret realms to explore.

However, these opportunities are accompanied by various dangers, and without sufficient strength and considerable luck, it is virtually impossible to obtain them.

"I wonder if I'll be able to obtain the opportunity inside!"

Touching his chin, Minghai revealed a hint of interest.

He was oblivious to the dangers within the Demon Realm Canyon.

The sea of ​​blood never dries up, the blood demon never dies; in the world of the ultimate mission, there is no monster that can completely kill him.

Soul enslavement is also impossible.

His will is comparable to that of an immortal king. For this reason alone, the mission worlds provided by the Virtual Universe Company to its internal geniuses could not possibly contain monsters that enslave his soul.

Not to mention that there is also a blood-red 'tower'-shaped treasure in the sea of ​​consciousness, which, although not yet fully formed, already possesses a strong soul defense effect.

At worst, I'll die once and be reborn from a sea of ​​blood!

Therefore, he had the confidence to peek into the hidden opportunities deep within the Demon Realm Canyon.

"drop!"

"Please confirm acceptance of the Demon Realm Canyon training mission."

"Accepted successfully."

"Please fill in your departure time. Virtual Universe Company will arrange for someone to take you to Demon Realm Canyon."

……

Two days later.

A silver, shuttle-shaped spaceship arrived in the territory of the Dark Sea.

With his blood-red hair flowing down his shoulders and clad in silver armor, Minghai boarded the spaceship and began his journey to the Demon Realm Canyon within the Glory Secret Realm of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

A month later.

Inside the silver, shuttle-shaped spaceship.

Minghai sat cross-legged in meditation, his eyes closed, his hands clasped under his abdomen, holding a crystal-clear, seven-colored ring-shaped diamond in his palms—the primordial treasure, the 'Heart of Space'—and silently cultivated.

(End of this chapter)