High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Finally, a top human expert has arrived!

That majestic sword aura that stretched across the sky, and the terrifying pressure that followed, instantly changed the situation on the battlefield!

The nine-headed calamity serpent, having lost one head, let out a painful and furious hiss. Its remaining eight heads thrashed wildly, their eyes fixed on the figure that was walking through the air. The Primordial Barbarian Elephant King also halted its charge, its mountain-like body slightly lowered, and it let out a deep, thunderous warning growl, filled with apprehension.

The newcomer was dressed in a simple blue robe, and his face appeared to be no more than middle-aged, but his eyes seemed to contain endless years, deep and sharp. The ancient longsword in his hand trembled slightly, emitting a clear and melodious sword sound, and the surrounding space rippled slightly in response.

"Sword Venerable!" A surviving old human war king recognized the newcomer, his voice trembling with excitement, "It's the Sword Venerable who oversees the 'Tomb of Ten Thousand Swords'! He's actually emerged from seclusion!"

Sword Master, a renowned war god-level expert of the human race, possesses unfathomable combat prowess. He is particularly skilled in the art of swordsmanship and has been guarding an important secret realm of the human race for many years. He will not easily reveal himself unless it concerns a matter of life and death for the human race.

Sword Master's gaze swept across the battlefield below, littered with corpses and flowing with blood. He paused briefly at the spot where Chen Mingyang had fallen, a hint of sorrow and chilling killing intent flashing in his eyes.

His gaze finally settled on Su Jie, whose face was pale and whose left arm hung limply. He nodded slightly and said in a clear voice:

"Young friend, please recuperate first. These two wicked beasts are yours to handle."

Before he finished speaking, he lightly slashed with his longsword.

"Zheng—!"

A silver sword aura, more refined and dazzling than before, split into two in an instant, like a reversed Milky Way, slashing towards the Nine-Headed Calamity Serpent and the Primordial Savage Elephant Emperor respectively!

The sword energy appeared slow, but in reality it was extremely fast, containing the supreme sword intent to sever rules and destroy all things!

The remaining eight heads of the Nine-Headed Calamity Serpent simultaneously spewed forth torrents of energy of different attributes, attempting to block it. The Primordial Savage Elephant King roared, and a thick, earth-yellow energy shield materialized around him, like armor of the earth!

however--

"Swoosh! Swoosh!"

Where the sword energy passed, the torrent of energy was cleaved in two, like tearing silk! The thick, earthen-yellow shield could only withstand the unparalleled sharpness for a moment before being torn apart!

"Pfft!" "Roar—!"

Two more heads of the Nine-Headed Calamity Serpent were severed at the root, spewing out venomous blood! A huge, deep wound, revealing bone, was ripped open in the incredibly tough skin of the Primordial Barbarian Elephant King, and dark golden blood flowed down like a stream!

With just two casual sword strikes, he severely injured two second-tier royal-level demonic beasts!

The power of the Sword Master is evident!

The two royal-level demonic beasts were shocked and furious, but even more so, they were terrified! They realized that the human before them was far more dangerous than the human boy they had encountered before!

They roared in resentment and actually retreated! Their massive bodies began to slowly retreat into the depths of the beast tide, while simultaneously driving countless king-level demonic beasts around them to surge forward like a tide, attempting to block the Sword Venerable's advance and buy themselves time to escape.

Sword Venerable frowned slightly. Although he was strong, it was not an easy task to keep two royal beasts of the same level who were determined to escape from the obstruction of thousands of demon beasts.

He wielded his longsword, unleashing sharp sword energy like the scythe of death, reaping the surging king-level demonic beasts, but his vision was obstructed by the layers upon layers of beast tide.

Su Jie observed all of this, his mind racing. He naturally wanted to keep these two royal-level demonic beasts to prevent future troubles, and he also coveted the massive amount of blood essence they could provide.

However, he was also aware of his current condition. His left arm was in excruciating pain, and his blood and energy were greatly depleted. Forcing himself to use the Void Finger again would be extremely risky. Moreover, the Sword Venerable had already made his move, and the primary goal was to ensure the defeat of the beast tide and stabilize the situation.

"Don't be impulsive!" Su Jie forcibly suppressed the urge to immediately pursue, his gaze sweeping over the chaotic battlefield below.

The Sword Master's two astonishing sword strikes not only severely injured two royal-level demonic beasts, but the sharp sword intent and terrifying energy emanating from them also directly killed and tore apart a large number of king-level and general-level demonic beasts within a radius of several miles!

At this moment, that area seemed to have become a forbidden zone for life, but at the same time, it also left behind the corpses of countless high-level demonic beasts. Their essence and blood energy had not completely dissipated and was still permeating the air, forming a dense field of blood energy!

For ordinary martial artists, this mixed and chaotic blood energy, imbued with the ferocious will of demonic beasts, is poison; absorbing it carelessly could lead to qi deviation and demonic possession. But for Su Jie, who possesses the [Blood Furnace] system, it's practically a treasure delivered to his doorstep!

"System! Activate the Blood Furnace at full power to absorb and refine the blood energy of all unclaimed demonic beasts on the battlefield, prioritizing the refinement of the remnants of King-level demonic beasts!" Su Jie immediately issued the command in his mind.

[Command confirmed! The Qi and Blood Furnace is operating at full capacity...]

[A large amount of free blood and qi energy detected, absorption begins...]

[Refining the remains and blood of a King-level demon beast, gaining +15 points of Blood Essence!]

[Refining the remains and blood of a King-level demon beast, gaining +22 points of Blood Essence!]

[Refine the remains and blood of a general-level demon beast to gain 3 points of Blood Essence!]

【…】

System notifications began to blare like a screen being flooded with messages! Although the essence provided by a single demon beast was far less than that from personally slaying one, the sheer number of them made up for it! In the area cleared by the Sword Venerable's two sword strikes, there were no fewer than a hundred King-level demon beast corpses, and thousands of General-level ones!

The Qi and Blood Furnace was like an invisible black hole, frantically devouring the residual Qi and Blood energy on the battlefield, purifying it and transforming it into pure Qi and Blood essence. Su Jie could feel the numbers on the system panel jumping rapidly at a visible speed!

At this moment, the Sword Venerable's profound gaze pierced through the layers of beast tides, landing on the backs of the two rapidly departing royal-level demonic beasts, and then into the deeper darkness in the direction they fled.

There, he clearly sensed at least three or four other royal-level auras that were in no way inferior to the two before him, and perhaps even more subtle and powerful, lying dormant like rocks, coldly watching this side.

"Hmph, decisive indeed. So be it..." The Sword Venerable sneered inwardly, instantly weighing the pros and cons.

Forcibly breaking through the beast tide to pursue them is not impossible, but it would likely lead to being surrounded, or even prematurely triggering a full-scale conflict with more royal-level beings in the darkness, which is too risky.

The most important thing at this moment is to stabilize the defense line and ensure the safety of Su Jie and the remaining human forces.

With his mind made up, he no longer tried to break through the beast tide to chase the two fleeing royal beasts. Instead, he spread out his sword light, transforming it into a dense and magnificent sword curtain. This more efficiently cleared out the remaining beasts on the battlefield, as well as those demonic beasts that were used as expendable pawns to block him. This relieved the pressure on the human warriors and completely cut off the possibility of the other side launching a counterattack.

Su Jie seized this precious moment to catch his breath, using his cultivation technique to heal his injuries and replenish his blood and energy while simultaneously pushing the system to absorb and refine the essence.

Become!