Let’s get right to it!
Wang Xiu, holding the Mingxue Executioner Sword, began to attempt merging the Heaven and Earth Longevity Demon Slaying Slash and the Immortal Execution sword techniques.
Of course, the two sword techniques were distinct, and merging them would not be simple. If one were not a true Supreme Swordmaster, it would be unthinkable. Fortunately, Wang Xiu’s expectations were not too high. He did not hope to completely merge the two sword arts, but simply wished to incorporate some of the profundities of Immortal Execution into the foundation of the Heaven and Earth Longevity Demon Slaying Slash.
In other words, he just wanted to borrow the damage-amplifying characteristic of the Immortal Execution technique, which used the heterogeneous Essence Blood within the Immortal Slaying Sword, and infuse it into his Heaven and Earth Longevity Demon Slaying Slash. As the master of the Immortal Slaying Sword, with the help of the Sword Spirit, and the fact that his Heaven and Earth Longevity Demon Slaying Slash had already reached the Perfection Realm, achieving this was not difficult.
Time passed, second by second, minute by minute. In the blink of an eye, a whole night had gone by.
When the light of dawn pierced the darkness, Wang Xiu finally awoke from his meditation, his eyes flashing with sword light.
He slightly curved the fingers of his right hand. Instantly, the Mingxue Executioner Sword beside him let out a clear hum and flew into his hand.
In that moment, an Endless Blood Sea materialized behind Wang Xiu. The intensely dense power of Essence Blood rushed into his body; however, it was not refined and absorbed by him. Instead, it followed the operational pathways of the Heaven and Earth Longevity Demon Slaying Slash, swiftly transforming into a surging, mighty torrent of sword qi.
Once the grand circulation of the sword art was complete, Wang Xiu leaped out of the courtyard and violently swung the longsword. In an instant, sword qi shot into the sky.
One after another, stout, blood-colored pig phantoms shot out from Wang Xiu’s longsword, roaring and rampaging through the void, exuding the chilling edge of the Sword Dao.
The power of Essence Blood gathered, growing more and more potent.
At first, they all remained in the form of fat pigs, but as the number of blood-colored pig phantoms reached seven, Wang Xiu suddenly grasped a faint inkling from the void.
Instantly, the seven blood-colored pig phantoms began to burn fiercely. Within those roaring flames, they started to merge into one. Ultimately, they transformed into a small, crimson Fire Dragon that shot forward, baring its fangs and claws.
A huge green boulder, about a zhang high, was instantly shattered into fine dust under the Fire Dragon’s assault.
After gathering the blood of seven pigs to summon the Dragon sword qi, the power is passable. Wang Xiu nodded slightly. But it’s a far cry from the genuine power of the Same Life as Heaven and Earth; the difference is like that between the clouds and mud.
The reason for this, naturally, was that the Essence Blood contained within a mere seven pigs was too little. Even when sacrificed, there was no significant effect.
In that case... Scarlet, more blood!
Wang Xiu took a deep breath. The Mingxue Executioner Sword in his hand began to grow hot, and the Blood Sea behind him started to boil. More and more Essence Blood flowed into his body.
Power of Seven Executions!
Power of Ten Executions!
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Power of Sixty Executions!
Power of Ninety Executions!
Power of a Hundred Executions!
Power of Three Hundred Executions!
Soon, the power from a full three hundred pigs’ blood was sacrificed by Wang Xiu, manifesting behind him in a blazing inferno. Within the flames, three hundred sturdy, fat pigs began to rapidly merge, forming a flaming red, dragon-shaped blade of sword qi tens of times larger than before.
Amidst a majestic and powerful dragon’s roar, Wang Xiu violently swung the longsword in his hand. Instantly, a massive, crimson sword-qi dragon, over twenty zhang long, shot forward. The void trembled wherever its power raged. Even the floating clouds on the horizon were swept away by its impact.
"Not bad!" Wang Xiu nodded. This strike finally had some of the power of the Same Life as Heaven and Earth.
After sacrificing the power of three hundred pigs’ blood, this strike from Wang Xiu was nearly three times as powerful as his normal attacks, much stronger than the Wind-Thunder Talisman Sword Art. It seemed to be powerful enough to threaten most Golden Core Perfected Persons and leave them severely injured.
And this was just the effect of sacrificing three hundred pigs’ blood. If he sacrificed five hundred, he could probably unleash five times the power, and so on. Of course, he couldn’t just stack buffs indefinitely. Wang Xiu’s physical body had its limits; it wasn’t as if he could control sword qi of any strength just by burning more pigs’ blood. If the sword qi exceeded his limit, it might detonate inside his body before he could even unleash it.
Based on his Perfection Realm mastery of the Heaven and Earth Longevity Demon Slaying Slash, Wang Xiu estimated that in his normal state, he could at most withstand the sword qi unleashed by burning the blood of one thousand pigs. In this state, he could unleash his strongest, deadliest strike with ten times the destructive power. Any more than that, and it would easily lead to the sword qi spiraling out of control. At that point, he might injure the enemy by a thousand while losing eight hundred himself.
However, if he supplemented this with the Mighty Heavenly Dragon Subduing Demon Golden Body from the Great Vajra Temple to enhance his physical strength, Wang Xiu felt this number could be doubled or even tripled. If he were willing to risk mutual destruction, perhaps he could even unleash an ultimate strike with the power of two thousand, or even three thousand executions.
At that time, a terrifying explosion of twenty or even thirty times his normal power would not only make him unbeatable in the Golden Core Stage but could also heavily injure an ordinary Nascent Soul Venerable if they were caught off-guard. Such power was terrifying enough to be spoken of, considering Wang Xiu’s current Cultivation Level was merely the fourth level of Core Formation.
Someone like Li Zuoyue, who could fight against Nascent Soul Venerables from the pinnacle of the Golden Core Stage, was already considered a top talent. He even had a chance to be ranked on the Golden Core Ranking of Nanzhou, earning widespread renown.
Wang Xiu, on the other hand, was confident he could handle Golden Core cultivators in his normal state. When going all out, his various trump cards could even threaten Nascent Soul Venerables. It was simply inconceivable.
Even more absurdly, under normal circumstances, when a Sword Sect disciple used Same Life as Heaven and Earth, it was a life-risking technique, to be used at most once or twice in a lifetime.
But Wang Xiu? Thanks to the properties of the Mingxue Executioner Sword, which was forged from Profound Nether blood gold, this move could theoretically be used as a regular attack, as long as he had a sufficient supply of pig Essence Blood.
Others burned all their Essence Blood and sacrificed their lives to unleash sword qi with tenfold power.
But Wang Xiu? As long as his body could withstand the load and he made no operational errors, when he faced demon cultivators in the future...
Thousand Executions Slash! Thousand Executions Slash! Thousand Executions Slash, slash, slash!
As long as his blood bank was full, he could keep slashing until the fiends broke down!
"With this move, my chances of victory against Golden Core Demon Cultivators have finally reached a passing grade," Wang Xiu murmured to himself.
After testing the Three Hundred Executions Slash, he did not proceed to test the Thousand Executions Slash. After all, even with He Daren frantically slaughtering pigs for disaster relief, the pig blood accumulated in the Mingxue Executioner Sword was only enough for six or seven thousand. This would allow him to perform the Thousand Executions Slash only six or seven times, so it couldn’t be wasted.
A killer move should be used on Demon Cultivators. Can’t let the piggies die in vain, right?
After testing the modified Heaven and Earth Longevity Demon Slaying Slash, Wang Xiu sat cross-legged to restore the mana he had consumed.
「Half an hour later.」
Four beams of sword light streaked toward Spirit Turtle Peak. Li Zuoyue had arrived with his three younger cousins to keep their appointment.
"Let’s go!" Li Zuoyue declared with a hearty laugh. "Junior Brother, let me take you to Vermilion Bird City to experience the prosperity of the mortal world!"