NOVPUBChapter 1024: Chapter 890: Invincible Beneath the Saint Lord Chapter 1024: Chapter 890: Invincible Beneath the Saint Lord However, for some reason, the intelligence of the spirit within the Bloodthirsty Sword seemed to be limited. No matter how Lin Yun, the True Martial Saint Lord, or the Heavenly Principle Tower’s spirit tried to sense or communicate with it, they were unable to ascertain specific information.
Even when Lin Yun had Little White and Little Blue come out to communicate with the spirit within the Bloodthirsty Sword, the situation remained the same. It wasn’t that the sword’s spirit was unable to communicate or intentionally hiding information, but rather, the spirit itself was unclear about what was happening. It had merely reacted instinctively upon hearing the account from Shan Black the Ghost Practitioner.
In the end, Lin Yun, the True Martial Saint Lord, and the Heavenly Principle Tower’s spirit deduced that the Bloodthirsty Sword must be the same as the Blood Emperor’s Blood Prison Sword, for the reaction of its spirit could not be feigned. However, for some unknown reason, the consciousness of the Bloodthirsty Sword’s spirit was severely damaged, and it had forgotten its past.
Alternatively, the spirit of the Bloodthirsty Sword might have been a new spirit formed later, possessing only fragments of the original Blood Prison Sword’s information, thus unclear about the specifics.
“The Blood Prison Sword has sustained grave damage, which bodes ill for the Blood Emperor’s own state. No wonder he hasn’t appeared in eons. If he hadn’t met with some misfortune, considering how many layers of the new Netherworld were broken, his presence might have been seen there…” Shan Black the Ghost Practitioner sighed softly, his thoughts complex.
The Blood Emperor had once shattered eight layers of the new Netherworld, a legend among legends in the Netherworld. Hence, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to break through several more layers of the new Netherworld.
The Blood Emperor had once been an idol whom he admired. Now that it was likely something had happened to the Blood Emperor, his feelings were hard to describe.
“Your strength is already formidable. This sword is seriously damaged, and it shouldn’t exhibit any backlash-type behavior, so feel free to use it…” After studying it for a while, the Heavenly Principle Tower’s spirit finally came to this conclusion.
Reassured by the words of the Heavenly Principle Tower’s spirit, Lin Yun quickly began to unleash his strongest power, allowing the Heavenly Principle Tower’s spirit and the True Martial Saint Lord to assess his current strength.
“Hum!”
He swung the sword, and the blade resonated, amplifying Lin Yun’s power to the fullest extent.
A sword swing, and then another.
“Boom—Boom—”
With each sword strike that Lin Yun executed, the space within the Heavenly Principle Tower immediately underwent earth-shattering changes.
One could see that swathes of space spontaneously appeared, rapidly shattered by the force Lin Yun wielded, with the immense destructive power of broken space rampaging around, as if heralding the end of the world.
“Hum! Hum!”
The face of the Heavenly Principle Tower’s spirit was solemn, and its little hands rapidly formed seals, controlling the space within the Heavenly Principle Tower to prevent the power from spreading.
“Is this… a power on the verge between a Peak Saint Lord and Saint Lord Level?” The True Martial Saint Lord’s expression changed slightly, and he took a sharp breath.
Being at the lower tier of the Saint Lord Realm himself, he was particularly sensitive to this level of power. Although his own strength had decreased, he could still clearly sense the level of power displayed by Lin Yun.
While it hadn’t reached Saint Lord Level, it was enough to contend with a Saint Lord Level practitioner. Below the Saint Lord Level, unless one encountered an equally monstrous individual, one could be considered invincible.
He had anticipated that Lin Yun would be strong, but to actually witness Lin Yun reaching such a level, he was still somewhat shocked.
Originally, he had been uncertain whether Lin Yun, after reaching the upper tier of the Saint Lord Realm, could break through the thirty-fifth layer of this universe. Now, he was more certain of it.
Even more, he had a mad idea that perhaps Lin Yun could attempt to break through the thirty-fifth layer of this universe after reaching the middle tier of the Saint Lord Realm.
After all, Lin Yun was young, his realm was low, and he had a strong ability to challenge beyond his level, which was a tremendous advantage.
He was also uncertain how much these advantages would assist Lin Yun.
But judging by Lin Yun’s breaking through the thirty-fourth layer of this universe, these advantages should be significant.
“This… This Lin Yun… is he truly just in the lower tier of the Saint Lord Realm?” On the other side, Shan Black the Ghost Practitioner, who had not left, watched this scene, his eyes widening in disbelief.
He himself was once a powerful Ghost Practitioner, but now, with the Heavenly Principle Tower damaged, his realm had also drastically declined. However, his insights, experience, and even his spiritual state remained. Earlier, when Lin Yun had easily dealt with a fourth-tier super-realm Ghost Practitioner, it was because even though he had only the ghost power of a fourth-tier super-realm, he possessed a force comparable to a Saint Lord, leaving Lin Yun virtually powerless to resist, and that had been the reason.
Now, he could sense Lin Yun’s strength roughly.
The gap between a lower-tier Saint Lord and a lower-tier Saint Lord Level was immense, like the difference between heaven and earth, not an exaggeration at all. This was a qualitative gap, difficult to bridge with sheer numbers.
If it weren’t for a direct confrontation, choosing hit-and-run tactics, a lower Saint Lord killing dozens, or even hundreds of lower Saint Lords is not a difficult task.
Now, seeing that Lin Yun is just at the realm of a lower Saint Lord but possesses the strength close to the threshold of a Saint Lord level, how could it not be shocked?
“Good, good, good…” The spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower’s eyes shimmered with bright gleams, expressing excitement.
In fact, it wasn’t quite certain whether Lin Yun would be able to maintain the same level of strength increase after his breakthrough to the Saint Lord Realm. Seeing the strength Lin Yun demonstrated at this moment, it was reassured.
“Lin Yun, you can rest assured and focus on your cultivation, I will block the Ghost Practitioners outside for you, and whatever resources you need, I can provide them all,” the spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower said with a generous wave of its small hand.
Such visible hope always greatly uplifts the spirits.
Given Lin Yun’s current pace of cultivation, it wouldn’t be long before he could break through the thirty-fifth layer of the universe; it was almost a sure thing.
“Thank you, senior, for your mentoring,” Lin Yun said with a smile, expressing his gratitude with a cupped fist.
No matter the reason for the other’s kindness towards him, since he had benefited from it and the other harbored no ill intentions, gratitude was always due.
“Haha, you don’t have to be so formal; I also wish for you to break through the thirty-fifth layer of the universe as soon as possible and improve the environment of this universe. If you truly feel grateful, then cultivate to a higher realm faster and break through the thirty-fifth layer of the universe soon!” the spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower said with a direct and cheerful tone.
Such straightforwardness from the spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower increased Lin Yun’s fondness for it.
It seemed that this little one was not difficult to deal with, Lin Yun thought to himself.
Although he was aware that this lifeform that appeared as a child had lived for countless eons, he couldn’t help but see it as a child.
In fact, all things possess spirits; yet humans stand at the peak of all spirits. Born of artifacts, these spirits generally do not possess the same level of intelligence as humans. While the spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower had lived for hundreds of millions of years, its true intelligence might indeed be that of a human child, at least in certain aspects.
With everyone feeling a sense of urgency, they didn’t chat for long before Lin Yun went into seclusion again.
The True Martial Saint Lord also went into seclusion to detoxify. Perhaps, due to his drastically reduced strength, he hadn’t been expelled by the universal laws of the universe they were in.
The spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower had the most leisure time. Although its main body had not been lightly damaged, after hundreds of millions of years, it had repaired almost everything that could be fixed; the remaining damages were not so easy to mend.
Most of its energy was focused on Lin Yun, occasionally checking on Lin Yun’s cultivation progress, occasionally analyzing what kind of resources were best for Lin Yun’s cultivation, and occasionally giving directions on the True Martial Saint Lord’s detoxification. From time to time, it also gave guidance to Xia Qingqing and her group’s cultivation, as a way of forming a good relationship with Lin Yun.
As Lin Yun’s strength grew stronger and his feats seemed increasingly defying the heavens, the spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower’s expectation of Lin Yun helping it find the reincarnation of its master grew greater. Once found, its master’s strength, just taking shape, might indeed need Lin Yun’s help in many areas.
It had to plan ahead for its master.
Time flew like an arrow.
One month later, Lin Yun had stabilized his state at the lower Saint Lord realm.
The effect of Lin Yun breaking through the thirty-fourth layer of the universe had not diminished; his cultivation speed remained extremely fast.
Then, after another year, Lin Yun cultivated to the peak of the lower Saint Lord realm.
He was but one step away from breaking through to the intermediate Saint Lord realm.
One year, for cultivators in the Saint Lord Realm, is truly inconsequential.
To achieve such a great improvement in one year, Lin Yun’s cultivation speed was undeniably terrifying.
However, the next breakthrough, for Lin Yun to reach the intermediate Saint Lord realm, would not be accomplished in a short time.
It represented a hurdle.
(The author has been out and about during this time. Because of not having a personal computer, writing has been very inconvenient. Initially, I managed to persevere and write for two days, but later it became too difficult to continue, so I gave up. I returned home yesterday, took a wrong turn on the highway and didn’t arrive home until late at night. After resting a bit today, I will resume regular updates tomorrow.)
