The demon monk in the second dimension

At the same time, Xia Zhi's internal magical power circulated as he cultivated the "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Demon Heart Sword Light Scripture".

The "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Demonic Heart Sword Light Scripture" is a technique that can only be practiced at the Golden Core stage. It uses the seven emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, and greed as its cultivation method, ultimately transforming them into a demonic heart of six desires, which is then integrated into the sword technique.

This book was generously provided by a fellow member of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and it contains forbidden martial arts techniques from within the sect.

It is not something that can be learned by those who do not possess great perseverance and willpower.

When cultivated to a high level, one can unleash ten thousand sword lights, each of which can stir the opponent's seven emotions, making the enemy unable to concentrate on the battle, losing their composure, and suffering a mental breakdown.

To cultivate this sword manual, one needs not only one's own seven emotions, but also to absorb the seven emotions of others, and the two must be combined.

As an 800-year-old demon, Xia Zhi has whatever she desires.

After taking control of the Sun's Base and giving its people hope of defeating the Kabane, a great deal of joy from the seven emotions converges here every day at the Summer Solstice.

The ultimate form of the Sword of Joy can make an opponent give up the fight, stand still with their mind blank, fall into a state of great joy and satisfaction, and offer their neck for slaughter.

At this time, Xia Zhi was practicing the seven emotions of love through the loach and the nameless creature.

Speaking of which, Ikoma's hair seems to be naturally green, right?

……

In his fourth year in this world, Xia Zhi was not most satisfied with the two girls, Wuming and Qiu.

It wasn't because Xi Zhijian quickly mastered the basics and achieved some minor success, and was on the verge of great mastery.

It's not about ruling over the entire Sunborn and reaping the benefits of blood crystals without effort.

Instead, after four and a half years and eighteen forging attempts, Chi Guang finally advanced to the Nascent Soul stage!

Upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage, the natal flying sword truly gains sentience and can perform tasks on its own.

On Earth, this translates to the most basic form of artificial intelligence.

Therefore, Xia Zhi often travels to a neighboring Qing Dynasty city specifically to find those large cities that might have a large number of Kabane.

In this world teeming with Kabane, the Crimson Light Sword cuts them down as easily as mowing grass.

Even black smoke is no obstacle to it.

Xia Zhi gently stroked the blade of the Crimson Light Sword, giving it commands.

"You're already a qualified flying sword; it's time to learn to find food on your own."

hum!

The Crimson Light Sword emitted a clear sword cry, its body glowing faintly red, and soared into the sky.

Next, it will travel overseas, automatically search for Kabane, and "eat" them.

Once it's full, it will come back and let the Summer Solstice help it digest before setting off again.

This is also why Xia Zhi decided to forge her natal flying sword in this world.

The Crimson Light Sword has grown up!

It's much easier for it now, no longer requiring Xia Zhi to go through the trouble of running around and taking care of it like a father and mother.

Watching the Crimson Sword fly away, Xia Zhi went to the Blood Pool to take a look at the White Bone Banner.

Beside the blood pool, warriors were throwing blood crystals into it.

Upon seeing Xia Zhi, Arakawa Kibito, who was in charge, and the other samurai all bowed to him.

"My lord!"

Xia Zhi waved.

"Hmm. I'll take a look. Please make yourselves at home."

"Hi Yi!"

Xia Zhi arrived at the Blood Pool and reached out a hand.

A spiritual thought arose, and the White Bone Banner flew out of the blood pool on its own and came into Xia Zhi's hand.

After more than four years of nurturing, the original seven-foot-long banner has now grown to ten feet long.

Because the White Bone Banner is cultivated using Kabane corpses and blood crystals, a blood-red pattern representing the Kabane stands out in the lower right corner of the white bone banner surface.

At the same time, the appearance of patterns on the banner is also a sign that the White Bone Banner has entered the Golden Core stage.

Xia Zhi estimated that when he left this world, he would have reached the Golden Core stage, the Crimson Light Sword would have completed its tribulation, and the White Bone Banner would have become a Nascent Soul stage magic weapon, which would be perfect.

Chapter 57 Greed of the Seven Emotions

The source of the seven emotions is the power of the soul.

Therefore, after expending a lot of emotions, people usually feel physically weak and as if their soul has been hollowed out.

So even though the Kabane have little intelligence, their demonized souls can still provide the seven emotions.

Because the mutated iron element craves other iron elements, which in turn causes the Kabane to crave blood, the Kabane can provide Xia Zhi with a large amount of the seven emotions of greed.

In order to cultivate the "Seven Emotions and Six Desires Demon Heart Sword Light Scripture", abbreviated as "Demon Heart Sword Light Scripture", even though the Crimson Light Sword was not by his side and the White Bone Banner had to be nurtured in the blood pool of Xianjin Station, Xia Zhi still frequently appeared on the front line of the battle against the Kabane.

Now, he can easily shatter a Kabane's heart with his bare hands, and his skin is as tough as steel, making it difficult for the Kabane to damage him even in close combat.

Moreover, Xia Zhi is a cultivator, not a martial artist.

However, now that there are more than two hundred people, all of whom are members of the Kabaneri's hunting party, it wouldn't be so shameful as to require Xia Zhi to personally take action.

Sitting cross-legged on the roof of the car in Kecheng, Xia Zhi circulated the "Demon Heart Sword Light Scripture" and immediately felt a vast wave of greed from the seven emotions coming from all directions.

Facing the swarming Kabane, Mima Amaterasu drew her black sword and roared at the Hunters.

"Our lord is watching us from the city of Ke! Ta-ta-kai!"

"Purify the six senses! Purify the six senses!"

Boom boom boom!

Gunfire roars!

Having fought the Kabane for so long, the Hunters have developed their own set of tactics.

They first used mortars to divide the battlefield.

More than a dozen shells exploded in the dense Kabane formation, creating fleeting passages.

Subsequently, the motorcyclists used tactical maneuvers to infiltrate the area.

These motorcycles have a classic sidecar design, which is a regular motorcycle with a stroller-like seat attached to the side.

On this seat, an air-cooled machine gun sits atop it, firing gunpowder bullets as if they were free!

Da da da!

Kabane were mowed down one after another by machine gun fire, but most of them did not have their diaphragms of heart punctured.

But then, it was the turn of the main force of the hunters to attack.

Armed with Vulcan rifles and bayonets fixed, they engaged the Kabane in close combat!

The hunters fought in small groups of three, covering each other.

Some warmongers stuck a Vajra talisman on themselves, grabbed black guns, and charged into the Kabane group, howling as they went.

What appears to be a chaotic battle is actually an orderly affair.

Meanwhile, above Cleveland, there are snipers hunting down the Techies, as well as some strange Kabane creatures that are a mix of two or three.

These are caused by the mutated iron elements, which are still undergoing mutation but have not yet fully mutated.

To prevent them from turning into black smoke later, they are the key targets that need to be removed.

After the battle, Xia Zhi was able to absorb a considerable amount of the Seven Emotions of Greed, which was not bad.

……

On the desolate mountain outside Xianjin Post Station, Xia Zhi sat cross-legged.

Between his legs lay a crimson light, radiating a demonic aura, making it impossible for him to control his crimson sword.

For more than a month, it ate countless kabane outside, until it was so full that it couldn't eat anymore before coming back.

At this moment, the crimson demonic light around the Crimson Light Sword intensified.

If someone steps inside, their mind will immediately be filled with pure murderous intent, turning them into a bloodthirsty psychopath.

Summer Solstice had already foreseen this.

Therefore, when he sensed the return of the Crimson Light Sword, he made a special trip outside the city to prevent the Xianjin Post Station from being destroyed.

On the desolate mountain, Xia Zhi continuously condensed her magical power into incantations and poured them into the Crimson Light Sword to soothe its restlessness.

For three whole days and three nights.

When his magic power is exhausted, Xia Zhi uses the Soul Devouring Technique to absorb blood crystals before casting the spell again.

Three days later, the Crimson Light Sword gradually regained control of itself.

It gathered its demonic light, and the crimson blood patterns on the sword became dazzlingly red, clearly indicating that it had improved even further.

After spending some time with Xia Zhi, the Crimson Light Sword once again transformed into light and disappeared.

……

As time went by, more and more post stations in Japan were recaptured.

More and more people are joining the army.

Compared to the training of samurai, simply practicing shooting and bayonet fighting is much simpler.

In terms of food, with more land available for cultivation, there were no problems with food distribution after the summer solstice.

The problem is the population.

Due to the unique nature of Yicheng being enclosed by city walls, it naturally becomes crowded when the population exceeds a certain level.

Before the summer solstice, whenever a post town was breached and someone was lucky enough to escape, almost no post town was willing to accept them.

In the original timeline, after the Kenkin Station was breached, the elders of the Yomogawa clan believed that Kongo Atsushi would take them in because they had someone on their side serving the Shogun.

But now, clearing out Kabane requires manpower, repairing the newly recaptured post town requires manpower, and farming also requires manpower.

Even if you transformed criminals into Kabaneris with superhuman strength and power, it wouldn't be enough.

Moreover, Kabaneri are unable to have children.

Their blood has mutated, and their reproductive systems have been severely damaged.

For example, Wuming, a sixteen-year-old girl, has never even had her first period.

After the Kabane's rampage, Xia Zhi only had five or six million people under his control, and his development was temporarily restricted by population.

But the summer solstice is not in a hurry at all.

He traveled all over the world and found that everyone was living in dire straits in Kabane.

The situation in Japan is relatively better, with the post station barely clinging to life.

Europe, where the Kabane disaster first broke out, has been completely turned into a wasteland, and North and South America have also become the domain of the Kabane.

My Great Qing Dynasty is gone. In the Middle East, you can dig a couple of times in the sand and you'll find a surprising Kabane.

Japan's advantage lies in being an island nation.

Despite the constant earthquakes and typhoons, Kabane can't swim!

Therefore, aside from the fact that some post towns are destroyed due to the rampant black smoke, which would increase the number of Kabane, every Kabane killed in Japan is one less to kill!

Moreover, the implementation of the merit system during the summer solstice further spurred major post cities to actively send out troops to clear out Kabane.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Kabane on the island of Hinoh will one day be completely eradicated.

……

In the sixth year since Xia Zhi came to this world, the Crimson Light Sword has devoured more than ten million Kabane, advancing from the Nascent Soul stage to the Fusion stage.

In the tenth year, Xia Zhi broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

In the twelfth year, the total number of post towns controlled by Xia Zhi exceeded 200.

In the fourteenth year, the Crimson Light Sword devoured hundreds of millions of Kabane, advancing to the Tribulation Transcending stage!