Start slaying demons from the proficiency panel.

This opportunity requires constantly forcing internal energy to be tempered faster in the martial acupoints; otherwise, no matter how much the Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture is improved, it will only increase the internal energy in his body and will not help him temper the Heavenly Gang.

Furthermore, if Ning Xiu continued to improve the Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture before successfully refining the Heavenly Gang, he seriously doubted that he would end up dying from a body explosion, his body instantly torn apart by the surging internal force.

"Accelerate the tempering, hurry up and temper it!" Ning Xiu sat cross-legged on the ground, sweating profusely as he began cultivating the Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture, feeling quite anxious.

He never imagined that by simply advancing one level, he would actually reach the bottleneck of the upper three ranks, something that had never happened before.

No matter how much Ning Xiu tried to calm his mind, there was no sign that the surging internal energy within him was suppressed. On the contrary, it became thicker and thicker, filling every part of his body.

Under these circumstances, Ning Xiu could almost feel that his body was about to shatter into countless pieces at any moment. This couldn't continue, and he had to find a way to release the excessive internal energy that had exceeded his body's limit.

At this moment, Ning Xiu turned his gaze to the glacier.

In an instant, Ning Xiu leaped into the air and sped madly toward that direction, simultaneously choosing an opponent he desired as he approached.

Besides the old man with the cane, the white-haired demon, and the bald demon, there were four other demons from the Black Heaven Gate present this time.

Xue Feng had already died at Ning Xiu's hands. Of the remaining three, one was a third-rank weapon master and the other two were fourth-rank martial artists.

The fourth-rank martial arts masters were no match for Ning Xiu's current problem; they couldn't withstand even a few moves from him. Therefore, the third-rank weapon master became Ning Xiu's primary target.

Yubingdao is a very special road.

Those who choose this path do not cultivate their physique, magic, or martial arts; they only cultivate their weapons.

They could even remove the soldiers; they would only repair the tools.

More common weapons include knives, guns, swords, and clubs.

Some oddly shaped stones, iron sheets, alchemy furnaces, and lampstands.

Both are objects that can be repaired, and the way people use the weapons they repair is the same as how they control swords.

By cultivating the weapon with one's heart and nourishing it with one's blood, one can unleash various powerful attacks in battle. Even if the weapon master's physical body is just a fragile mortal, he can still use his weapon to unleash the power to annihilate other cultivators of the Great Dao.

As Ning Xiu rapidly approached using the Seven Steps to Catch the Cicada's Lightness Skill, the Demonic Swordsman standing on the ice also noticed him. He immediately turned around and looked at Ning Xiu, a giant sixteen feet tall with a crimson body, who looked like an evil god running towards him, with a sinister gaze.

This demon had an ordinary appearance, with a braid down the back of his head and a sword box on his back. Among all the demons Ning Xiu had ever seen, he was the most normal-looking one.

With a flick of his finger, a bronze longsword flew out of the sword box on his back and headed straight for Ning Xiu.

The flying sword was incredibly fast, leaving no doubt that it would pierce through the target's body and create a large hole.

Ning Xiu raised his head and threw a punch, the fist striking the flying sword head-on. The sword's blade shattered instantly, and numerous cracks appeared on its body.

But Ning Xiu's own fists didn't fare any better. When his fist collided with the flying sword, the four fingers instantly revealed piles of white bone, and hot blood kept flowing onto the ground, scalding the ice surface with a sizzling sound and emitting white smoke.

If an ordinary person encountered this kind of injury, even if they didn't grimace in pain, they would definitely change color.

Ning Xiu, however, wore a carefree smile, as if he were thoroughly enjoying himself, which made the demon frown.

Does this guy have some serious illness?

Another bronze sword flew out of the sword box, transforming into a beam of sword light and rushing towards Ning Xiu.

This time, Ning Xiu no longer resisted with his physical body, but instead swung the Thunder Hammer to try to repel the flying sword. However, just as the flying sword was about to collide with the Thunder Hammer, it split into ten. Only two of them collided with the Thunder Hammer, while the other eight pierced through Ning Xiu's body, leaving behind a series of shocking sword wounds.

"Pfft!" Ning Xiu immediately spat out a mouthful of blood mist. Although the injury was very serious, he could clearly feel his internal energy being released at an accelerated rate.

The physical pleasure of relaxing under immense pressure is far more pronounced than the pain of an injury.

Ning Xiu was overjoyed and, disregarding his bloodied body, continued to approach the demon and smashed his hammer down on the man's face.

"Madman!" the demon cursed, quickly dodging away.

Although he was a third-rank expert, his body was no different from that of an ordinary person. If he had taken Ning Xiu's hammer, he would probably have died instantly on the spot.

As the demon man moved his hands in quick succession, the sword box on his back exploded, and all five remaining bronze swords flew out. Two of them landed at the demon man's feet, and as he stood on the flying swords, they immediately carried him away from Ning Xiu.

The remaining flying swords, under the control of the demon, quickly formed a sword formation to besiege Ning Xiu.

"I don't believe you can't die," the demon thought to himself, staring at Ning Xiu's battered body.

The fight here naturally attracted the attention of the white-haired demon, but the dragon's strength should not be underestimated. Even if the group of them joined forces, it would be quite difficult to subdue the dragon.

Therefore, no one was available to come and assist the commander of the Imperial Guard at that time, so he had to deal with Ning Xiu alone.

[093] Black Heaven in front, Golden Serpent hidden behind

Under the control of the demon, the thirteen bronze swords quickly formed a sword formation, surrounding Ning Xiu and completely blocking all his escape routes.

Each bronze sword glowed with a pale green light, allowing one to clearly sense its sharp, murderous aura.

Ning Xiu held the Thunder Hammer on his shoulder, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at where the demon was. Just as he had thought, the intense battle could consume the surging internal energy in his body, thereby relieving the pressure his body was under.

Thanks to this internal energy, the wound that the demon had just pierced through his body with a sword was immediately stopped bleeding and would not affect Ning Xiu's physical condition too much.

"kill!"

With a soft shout from the demon, thirteen bronze swords burst into green light and shot rapidly toward Ning Xiu. On each bronze sword, a green snake with bared fangs appeared, flicking its long tongue to bite Ning Xiu's body.

Weapons possess spirits, which is precisely the manifestation of the third rank in the art of weapon control. The weapons they nurture have given birth to weapon spirits with slight intelligence, which will unleash even greater power when fighting against people.

Faced with the attack of thirteen serpent spirit shadows, Ning Xiu fully activated his protective golden bell, frantically pouring his inner strength into it and maximizing its power.

Then the protective golden bell lit up, its brilliant golden light like the blazing sun, and a large amount of golden light burst forth, far exceeding the protective golden bell that Ning Xiu usually used.

boom!

The first bronze sword struck the protective golden bell, and the serpent spirit's teeth immediately began to gnaw at the surface of the bell.

click!

The snake spirit's teeth broke instantly, but two more cracks appeared on the surface of the golden bell where it had bitten it.

The bronze sword slowly pierced the golden bell, but it quickly became stuck and stiffened, unable to move.

The next dozen or so bronze swords struck the golden bell one after another, piercing it one after another, but none of them could truly penetrate it, let alone harm Ning Xiu in the slightest.

"What?!" The demon was astonished at the sight. He knew all too well how sharp his carefully crafted bronze swords were.

However, it was unable to break through Ning Xiu's protective golden bell.

The demon frowned and immediately changed formation. With his gesture, the thirteen bronze swords stuck in the protective golden bell retreated backward, soaring into the sky and closing in on each other.

Under Ning Xiu's gaze, the swordsman's blades combined to form a giant sword. The entire sword emitted a dazzling green light. Under the control of the demon, the giant sword descended from the sky, as if judging a sinner, and fell precisely towards Ning Xiu.

The moment the giant sword fell, a heavy sense of oppression enveloped Ning Xiu, making it difficult for him to take a step to the side and leave the area where the giant sword was about to land.

As a result, the ice beneath Ning Xiu's feet began to crack invisibly, with numerous fine lines appearing. At the same time, a violent friction sound emanated from beneath the ice, suggesting that this place could collapse at any moment.

As the giant sword drew closer, Ning Xiu felt a sense of impending death.

"Well done." Ning Xiu channeled his inner energy into the Thunder Hammer in his hand, gripped the handle tightly, and swung the hammer upwards.

Just then, the Thunder Hammer, which had been behaving very normally, suddenly lit up with a large number of electric arcs, and the entire hammer seemed to possess unprecedented divine power under the enhancement of the electric arcs.

Under his watchful gaze, the Thunder Hammer and the blade of the greatsword finally collided!

boom!

In an instant, lightning flashed and a huge thunderclap erupted above the Dragon King River. This thunder was louder than ever before, and the people of the entire Qiantang City were so frightened by it that they trembled and turned pale.

Some timid people were so frightened that they fell to the ground on the spot.

The greatsword was unable to withstand such power and began to crumble and shatter from the blade tip. The bronze swords that made up the greatsword broke off one by one and were destroyed on the spot.

Ning Xiu wasn't much better off. He was instantly blown away by the huge shockwave, crashing to the ground and flying several meters away. The ice surface where he had been standing collapsed during the fight, creating high waves.

"Pfft!" The demon spat out a mouthful of blood mist, and his figure on the flying sword became swaying and extremely unstable.

Finally, with a sway, he fell off the flying sword and crashed to the ground.

The people of the Weapon Mastery Sect are generally not physically strong. All their strength and effort are focused on the weapons they cultivate. In this one breath, all thirteen bronze swords were destroyed in the battle with Ning Xiu, the consequences of which were no different from severely injuring the demon's body.

The demon lying on the ice stared at Ning Xiu with disbelief. He couldn't believe that his sword technique hadn't overwhelmed Ning Xiu, but instead had been suppressed by him.

Using a fourth-rank martial arts skill to fight a third-rank weapon master, Ning Xiu managed to destroy the demon's weapons, but his own fate was not much better.

His body was like a broken bellows riddled with shards, his breathing heavy and bleeding profusely from all over. Even his internal energy couldn't stop the bleeding.

The only good news is that his internal energy has been depleted to a normal level in this battle and will no longer cause any bursting damage to Ning Xiu's body.

Feeling his internal energy rapidly refining within his martial acupoints, Ning Xiu quickly summoned the proficiency panel and upgraded his Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture by another level.

The Burning Sun Supreme Scripture, Twelfth Level!

In that instant, Ning Xiu felt as if something within him had been unlocked, and his entire being underwent a profound transformation.

On his arms, the released internal energy underwent a visible transformation, turning into tiny, red hexagonal flakes the size of fingernails that appeared on the outside of Ning Xiu's arms.

This is the symbol of the third rank in martial arts – the Heavenly Gang Battle Body!

At this moment, Ning Xiu officially stepped into the third rank of martial arts!

"Lu Changqing has been defeated," the old man with the cane remarked, observing the battle unfolding before him.

The white-haired youth glanced back at Ning Xiu, then turned back and said, "That guy fought with Lu Changqing and is already seriously injured. Tengshan, you finish him off and don't leave any survivors to cause trouble."

The bald demon nodded, and as he slapped the ice surface with one hand, sharp ice pillars instantly shot out from beneath the ice, heading straight towards the spot where Ning Xiu lay on the ground.

As the ice pillars drew ever closer, Ning Xiu effortlessly rose from the ground. With his advancement to the third rank of martial arts, the healing effects of his internal energy were far greater than before.

He used his internal energy to stop all the bleeding wounds on his body. Although the injuries were still there, they no longer bled.

"How is this possible!" Lu Changqing, who was also lying on the ground with serious injuries, was shocked when he saw this scene, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

He was very clear about the power of his move. Even if Ning Xiu managed to slightly outmaneuver him, the injuries he suffered would be just as severe as his own, and he wouldn't even have the ability to move anymore.

But right now, the opponent easily stood up from the ground, looking like he could continue fighting.

What is this? An immortal war god?

In comparison, Lu Changqing would seem rather dull.

With a swing of his hammer, Ning Xiu smashed the ice pillar that reached him, rendering it completely ineffective.

Seeing this, Fujiyama couldn't help but glance at the white-haired demon: "He's not seriously injured."

Suppressed by several demons working together, the dragon's temper grew increasingly volatile. Seeing that the demons were distracted by chatting, it raised its front paw and slapped down at the white-haired demon.

The most dangerous thing about demons is that they are not only born with supernatural powers, but also have terrifying physical strength without any training.

The dragon's claw strike had a force of at least 8,000 jin. Unless one was a highly skilled individual who had specifically trained their strength and physique, even a master of the third rank would not dare to confront it head-on.