Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 44: The Blade Names Demon Slayers, Once Again Traversing the World of Cultivation!

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen's heart stirred, and he looked at the broken sword.

"Uncle Wang, do you mean... this sword is the remnant of the Martial Spirit?"

The broken knife was less than two feet long, with an ancient-style handle wrapped in hemp rope. The blade, made of an unknown material, was covered in bloodstains that resembled rust.

Wang Lishan gently stroked the blade, and the broken sword emitted soft humming sounds.

But then he said:

"Indeed, this sword... is the Martial Spirit Remains I promised to give you!"

Lin Chen took the broken sword, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the sword was just forged from ordinary refined iron, and it couldn't even be considered a weapon made of exotic metals.

Seeing the doubt in his eyes, Wang Lishan explained:

"This sword is indeed made of ordinary refined iron... but its power lies not in the blade itself, but in its spirit!"

"Or rather... the soul of this sword is the true remnant of a martial spirit!"

"A sword spirit? Is it a weapon spirit...?" Lin Chen was taken aback. Weren't weapon spirits something from the cultivation world?

How come Earth has them too?

A hint of reminiscence flashed in Wang Lishan's eyes as he began to recount the story.

"The owner of this sword was a powerful Martial Spirit from a hundred years ago, and also my close friend back then..."

"He fought countless battles throughout his life, slaying countless demonic beasts. Yet, he never awakened his Martial Spirit..."

"Until that year, the martial world underwent a dramatic change, and countless terrifying monsters besieged the human martial artists' strongholds. And my dearest friend died from exhaustion in battle."

"It wasn't until his dying breath that he finally awakened his martial spirit... and incorporated it into the broken sword he had originally used!"

After a pause, Wang Lishan continued:

"The knife is inherently merciless, but people have a spirit!"

"The soul of my dearest friend merged into the blade... and the blade then manifested its divine power!"

"This blade can communicate with its master's mind. Although its material is ordinary, even a demon king can be wounded by it!"

Lin Chen remained silent upon hearing this, his fingertips lightly stroking the blade.

In Wang Lishan's few words, he seemed to see the life of that martial spirit expert.

He fought his entire life, and ultimately died on the battlefield.

On the verge of death, the martial spirit awakened and merged into the blade...

Even after his death, he continued to fight for humanity!

Lin Chen took a deep breath and asked, somewhat moved:

"Uncle Wang, what's the name of this knife?"

Wang Lishan said in a deep voice:

"This sword is named... Demon Slayer!"

The moment the words "slay demons" were uttered, Lin Chen's heart trembled.

The broken sword in his hand also emitted mournful cries.

"This name is very suitable..." Lin Chen said softly.

With the broken sword in hand, Lin Chen felt a surge of pride.

He knew that this was the power of the Demon-Slaying Blade, which could grant its wielder immense courage.

Even when facing the Demon King directly, they felt no fear.

"I have mastered the Lin family's Three Blades... This Demon-Slaying Blade is perfect for me!" Lin Chen solemnly tied the broken blade to his waist.

……

Three days have passed since Lin Chen obtained the Demon-Slaying Blade.

On this day, Lin Chen arrived at the Martial Arts Palace training room.

In front of the speed testing equipment, Lin Chen's figure rushed forward, almost turning into a blur.

A string of numbers also appeared on the instrument.

"37.8 meters per second... 38.5 meters per second!"

After testing for a while, Lin Chen nodded and said:

"My speed has increased again... Now I'm definitely faster than a samurai!"

Like warriors, samurai are also divided into three sub-levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

The standard for a junior samurai is a peak running speed of over 35 meters per second.

After measuring his speed, Lin Chen went to the strength testing equipment.

With the power of the waist and hips combined, the force sinks down... and a punch is unleashed!

"2647 kg!"

Seeing the power displayed on the instrument, Lin Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"The standard for a junior samurai is 2000 kilograms, and I'm currently well over that!"

I glanced at the blood and qi value on my arm—55 points!

For the past two weeks, Lin Chen has not slacked off in his practice of the breathing technique.

The spiritual food of the cultivation world, along with the special environment suitable for martial arts advancement, allowed Lin Chen to make rapid progress in martial arts.

He had long surpassed the 45-point health standard for a beginner warrior, and was even close to the 60-point health standard for an intermediate warrior.

"Hmm, your basic strength isn't weak... So, how much power can I unleash when I'm wielding my sword?"

Lin Chen was eager to try, holding the Demon-Slaying Blade and standing in front of the strength testing equipment.

Charges up, the blade trembles slightly!

boom!

Another line of numbers appeared on the instrument.

"7676 kg!"

Now, with the help of his vibrating blade, Lin Chen can unleash a strike with three times the power of his base strength.

With a single stroke, even a brick house can crumble!

"With my current martial arts skills... am I confident I can defeat him at the late stage of Qi Refining?"

Lin Chen did some mental calculations.

If it were close combat, and he had a knife in his hand, Lin Chen was confident that he could kill an ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivator within three strikes.

"However, opportunities for martial artists to engage in close combat with cultivators are extremely rare... what truly matters is their ability to fight with true essence!"

Lin Chen's heart stirred slightly, and he unleashed his true essence and magical power at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

The demon-slaying sword floated in the air, supported by an invisible force.

Immediately afterwards, the demon-slaying sword slashed towards the power instrument at an extremely fast speed, almost turning into a blur.

boom!

After another loud bang, an astonishing number appeared on the instrument.

"10086 kg!"

The force of this strike exceeded 10,000 kilograms!

"Gather your true essence and control the sword with your qi!"

"This move is currently my strongest offensive technique!"

Lin Chen nodded in satisfaction. With the power of this one strike alone, he was confident that he could kill any cultivator below the Foundation Establishment stage!

However, this move took a huge toll on Lin Chen.

"Just one strike consumed nearly a third of my true energy?"

Lin Chen smiled wryly; his mid-stage Qi Refining power was still too weak.

Even if he had mastered the art of gathering qi to a high level, he had only achieved a minor level of mastery in the art of controlling spirits.

But given his strength, he probably won't be able to unleash a second strike in a short time...

"Let's call this move the Demon-Slaying Flying Knife!"

Lin Chen murmured something.

"However, I probably won't encounter a situation that forces me to use this sword..."

Regardless of whether he is safe inside Changchun Gate, even if he encounters a threat.

The enemy will also face various high-tech weapons from Earth.

Lin Chen's storage bag was almost half full of items such as hand grenades and nano-bombs.

After testing his strength, Lin Chen glanced at the countdown timer on his arm.

3:16.

The next time we travel through time is not far off.

After leaving the training room, Lin Chen headed to the room where he was to travel through time.

……

Martial Arts Palace, Time-Space Chamber.

As the time travel was imminent, Wang Lishan handed Lin Chen a wooden box.

"Open it and see, this wooden box contains what you asked for before..."

Upon seeing this, Lin Chen's heart stirred slightly. He opened the wooden box and found more than ten fist-sized, pitch-black bombs inside.

The bomb looks very simple, like a homemade grenade.

"Didn't you say before that there are bombs called Five Thunderbolts in the cultivation world?"

"After you brought the blueprints for the Five Thunderbolts last time, we made a batch of replicas based on that design... Of course, these grenades are essentially products of gunpowder and technology."

"As for its power... if it explodes at close range, it might be able to kill an ordinary samurai?"

Lin Chen's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

This rustic black bomb was exactly what he needed.

Its power is decent enough to threaten cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, and its appearance is very similar to the artifacts forged in the cultivation world.

That's right, Lin Chen didn't want these bombs for his own use, but rather to impersonate Wu Leizi and sell them in the market.

He didn't have many spirit stones and urgently needed to sell a batch of goods to earn more spirit stones to support his cultivation.

Right now, these "Five Thunderbolts" are quite suitable.

It won't attract much attention, and it's quite valuable.

"Excellent, these Five Thunder Seeds are exactly what I need!"

Lin Chen put the wooden box into the nanobag and smiled.

"Uncle Wang, if all goes well... we should be able to earn quite a few spirit stones this time."

"I should have enough money to buy a miniature spirit-gathering array!"

Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, Wang Lishan's expression shifted slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"That would be wonderful!"

Bringing back the Spirit Gathering Array is of great significance... It means that spiritual energy will be introduced from the cultivation world to Earth for the first time!

With his journey about to begin, Lin Chen did a final check of his equipment.

The countdown on my arm is about to reset.

"Three, two..."

"one!"

(End of this chapter)