In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 253 Master Su is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see the sword slave suffer!

Having received repeated reminders and warnings from Instructor Zhao, the students in military training were not surprised by the invasion of foreign enemies.

The source of this commotion is most likely that of the so-called sword slave.

Immediately, students took out their psionic lamps and shone them in the direction from which the sound came.

Then, many students gasped in shock and lost their composure.

The reason is simple: the scene in front of me is just too bizarre.

A group of humanoid creatures gathered silently within a kilometer of the camp, and by sight, their number exceeded three hundred.

They were tall and thin, like three hundred tall and thin tombstones, standing lifelessly on the ground.

Even without looking at their faces, their long, thin, ghostly stance alone is enough to scare many people into having nightmares at night.

Without a doubt, these humanoid creatures are sword slaves.

The appearance of the sword slaves caused the students physical discomfort.

Their bodies were emaciated, and their facial features were extremely distorted, as if they had suffered great fear and despair in their lives.

Rusty blades emerged from their bodies, like cold bone spurs, making it difficult to even touch their bodies.

Fighting such a monster, you lose three points of momentum before the battle even begins.

Instructor Zhao observed the students' low morale and the subtle signs of unrest, but took no action.

He simply kept a strict record of each student's performance, as cold and mechanical as a machine.

While most of the students were at a loss, the sword slaves took the initiative to act.

They were originally as still as tombstones, but when they moved, they were as fast as lightning!
Each sword slave no longer ran on its own two legs; instead, it leaped into the air with a powerful push off the ground.

Their bodies were parallel to the ground, with their hands and legs tightly clasped together, resembling a flying sword. Their flight speed was no less than that of a flying sword wielded by a Qi Refining Peak cultivator.

At such a rapid speed, a distance of one kilometer can be traversed in mere breaths.

"Oh my god, that's terrifying!"

Qi Hanyue screamed and hid behind Su Yuan, making Su Yuan roll his eyes.

However, Su Yuan, who could always rank among the top two no matter how you arranged the order, showed no intention of striving to be the first. Instead, he frowned and shielded his classmates in front of him.

This scene caused many students who had intended to join Su Yuan to stop in their tracks.

Fortunately, just then, Chi Le'an's voice rang out:
"Dear students, please gather behind me. I will do my best to protect you all."

Upon hearing this, all the students immediately perked up.

"Great! It's the Holy Son of Heaven! We're saved!"

Immediately, nearly 60% of the students surrounded Chi Le'an and pushed him to the front.

The remaining 30% of the students were more composed and spontaneously formed a formation to resist the sword slaves' attacks.

As for the last less than 10%, that naturally consists of Su Yuan, Qi Hanyue, Chen Nuoyi, and Xiao Kong. Moreover, the first two clearly have no intention of fighting.

In any case, once the students spontaneously formed three factions, it was too late to make adjustments.

The sword slave has arrived.

The first to be affected was Chi Le'an's side. They had the largest number of people and the most swordsmanship heritage, so their appeal to sword slaves was naturally greater.

More than two hundred sword slaves swarmed towards Chi Le'an's side like locusts.

Faced with this overwhelming number of sword slaves, only Chi Le'an made a move.

He didn't even summon his natal flying sword; he merely raised his sword finger towards the sword slaves.

The next second, hundreds of holy, pure white sword energies, like feathers, slashed towards the sword slaves.

The sword energy clashed with the sword slave, producing a sound like metal striking metal.

The sword energy did not dissipate, deeply piercing into the flesh and blood of the sword slave, but it became firmly lodged in his bones and the rusty sword bones covering his entire body.

Clearly, this was the work of the Sword Demon who ruled the world of Absolute Sword.

After his transformation, the sword slaves' skeletons were now comparable to steel bones that could be used to forge flying swords.

Fortunately, even though the sword slaves were not completely severed, the pure white sword energy repelled all two hundred sword slaves, eliciting cheers from the students behind Chi Le'an.

Chi Le-an's status in the team has been rapidly elevated due to his performance this time, and he is showing signs of becoming the backbone of the team.

A team of steady students followed closely behind, facing nearly a hundred sword slaves.

With the team's concerted efforts, nearly a hundred sword slaves were successfully repelled.

It was only after they actually fought that the students discovered that, apart from their somewhat eerie appearance, the sword slaves were actually quite powerful. Their bodies were incredibly tough, their speed was remarkable, and their overall combat strength was estimated to be comparable to a peak Qi Refining cultivator from the ancient cultivation world.

However, they are far from being comparable to the Qi Refining prodigies cultivated by modern education.

Just keep wearing them down and dismantle the sword slaves along their joints.

Despite saying that, after repelling the first wave of attacks from the sword slaves, a large number of students still managed to get behind Chi Le'an.

Compared to risking injury and going head-to-head with the sword slaves, it's definitely more worry-free to follow Chi Le'an, the "commander-in-chief".

Just as the students from the first two groups were resisting the sword slaves and forming a fusion, Su Yuan and his group of four also encountered the sword slaves that were rushing towards them.

There are only a few, just over thirty.

For Su Yuan's team, whose members were all at the Foundation Establishment stage, this was practically like delivering food to the enemy.

To deal with such a minor character, Chen Nuoyi naturally wouldn't use a trump card like the "Five Dragons Heavenly Heart Sword".

With just a sweep of dragon energy, the sword slaves were pressed heavily to the ground by the heavy shockwave, unable to move.

Xiao Kong didn't even have a chance to make a move.

After suppressing these sword slaves, Chen Nuoyi did not try to kill them, but turned to Su Yuan and asked for his opinion.

If we're talking about the person who understands Su Yuan the most, it has to be Chen Nuoyi.

From the moment Su Yuan shielded everyone in front of him and chose not to join the battle, she knew what Su Yuan was planning.

It's simply a matter of observing the physical data of the sword slaves from an outsider's perspective to see if they have any commercial value.

How could she not know him?
The students have fought so many rounds with the sword slave, Su Yuan must have already observed some results.

The sword slaves she suppressed were the best test subjects.

Su Yuan didn't reply, but slowly walked to the sword slaves, carefully examining them, and shook his head with a sigh:
"Sigh, they're all pitiful people."

"He was harmed by demons and monsters in life, and even in death his body could not be laid to rest, and has been wandering in this desolate world ever since."

"Now that I'm here, I can't just stand by and do nothing."

As Su Yuan muttered to himself, the Xuanqi Demon Sword, which was bound in layers within his dantian, trembled slightly.

Immediately, the enchanting voice of the Xuanqi Sword Spirit rang out:
"Su Yuan, are you pitying a bunch of lowly people?"

"Stop your useless sympathy. The law of nature is survival of the fittest. Hurry up and cut them down."

"If you want to learn, you should learn from that sword demon who enslaved an entire world."

"How about trying to use the power of the Xuanqi Sword? As long as you grip the Xuanqi Sword tightly, surpassing that so-called Sword Demon is just around the corner..."

These words, with their demonic resonance, were like the ravings of a demon. Those with weak resolve would likely be immediately seduced and unleash the demonic sword.

However, Su Yuan ignored Xuanqi Sword's enthusiastic promotion and simply said to Chen Nuoyi with a determined look:

"My mind is made up. I will do everything in my power to help the sword slave pass on!"

"Let's not delay. Let's first take their bones back and melt them down to refine magical artifacts, and then save their flesh and blood for a blood sacrifice."

"If we can deliver all the sword slaves in the world from suffering, the Yuan Sect will not have to worry about the raw materials for magical artifacts for the next ten years."

Chen Nuoyi: "..."

Yes, as expected.

Xuanqi Sword Spirit: "..."

It silently retreated to the deepest part of the Senluo Spirit Root.

She really wanted to ask someone: if the sword master was even more evil than the demonic sword, would the demonic sword's bewitchment still be effective?

She had never imagined that her persuasion would be so powerless.

These were clearly words that led to depravity, but when spoken to Su Yuan, they sounded as if Su Yuan was being persuaded to reform.

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