Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 331 - 324 Chaos Part 2

Chapter 331: Chapter 324 Chaos Part 2

As his thoughts raced, Lin Xin turned around and looked towards the four Daoist Masters not far away, who were all gathered together, staring over here with tense expressions. "It’s a pity... They definitely have Demon Talisman Seeds on them." But he didn’t dare to delay, in case someone else got their hands on the Demon Talisman Seeds first, it would be a huge loss.

"It seems I can only choose the side with the most Demon Talisman Seeds and temporarily leave this place."

He paused in his step, and suddenly his whole body shot towards the ring like a cannonball.

Shi!

The moment he passed through the ring, his view suddenly cleared up and became lush green.

The destination of the Earth Escape Talisman turned out to be a verdant forest, where a red cloth bag lay quietly amongst the grass.

Using his sword, he gently lifted the bag, and with a tremor of Sword Qi, the Storage Bag opened at once, spilling out more than twenty black Demon Talisman Seeds, which Lin Xin swiftly collected with a sweep of his sleeve.

Heaving a huge sigh of relief, he counted the Demon Talisman Seeds and found there were twenty-eight in total.

Together with the eight he had acquired himself earlier, that was a full thirty-six!

An unprecedented number!

This was the first time he had obtained so many Demon Talisman Seeds!

The Earth Escape Talisman gate behind him had already disappeared.

But from a distance, he could still sense the faint tremors of the ground, hundreds of miles away.

The tremors that reached here had become extremely weak.

But Lin Xin, with senses far surpassing the average cultivator, could still discern the specific direction.

Clearly, Wusheng was still clashing with Daoist Venerable Hong Ling, vying for treasures.

Lin Xin looked off into that direction, falling silent for a moment before his figure suddenly accelerated, rushing towards the site of the upheaval.

"I did promise to enter the Earth Escape Talisman gate, but I never said I wouldn’t come back."

Nearing thirty Demon Talisman Seeds surely didn’t seem too precious to Daoist Venerable Hong Ling, at least not as valuable as Heavenly Banner Qi, so he decisively used them to lure Lin Xin away, temporarily removing him from the battle—a probable attempt to buy time.

Racing swiftly, Lin Xin soon took off into the air, flying higher and higher above the forest, shooting like a meteor towards the location of the vibrations.

About the time it takes to brew a cup of tea later, the forest floor began to thin out, eventually disappearing completely, turning into a landscape of black hillocks.

He had returned to the entrance of the Buddha statue portal he had entered before.

The sky gradually lightened to the pale color of a fish’s belly, illuminating the expanse of hillock-covered ground.

Creature-like cylindrical pillars burbled up from underground, spitting bubbles as they emerged to replace the strange creatures that moved at night, now yawning with full mouths of sharp teeth, hunting all around. These creatures resembled stone pillars with limbs, scuttling back and forth horizontally.

Lin Xin sat down cross-legged in front of the half-closed eyes of the Buddha statue.

The tip of the Red Flower Sword gently touched the ground.

Instantly, a flare of fire blazed out of nowhere.

He scattered the Demon Talisman Seeds from his sleeve, throwing all of them into the flames.

A full thirty-six Demon Talisman Seeds, he kept just one for backup, tossing the remaining thirty-five into the fire.

"Let’s see how much I can enhance this time," he murmured, his eyes filled with anticipation as he watched the Demon Talisman Seeds burn in the firelight.

Soon, the Demon Talisman Seeds began to melt one by one. They turned into a crimson mist invisible to the naked eye, drifting towards him.

Lin Xin gently opened his mouth, inhaling slowly through his mouth and nose.

Hiss...

A large amount of crimson mist wafted out, as if alive, it flew towards his mouth and nose before quietly penetrating.

Before long, he absorbed all the thick crimson mist into his body.

Lin Xin closed his eyes, focusing on his Attributes panel.

’Damage — 22, Defense — 17, Dodge — 3, Constitution — 20, Free Attributes 35.’

"35 points... For the first time, I have this many attributes! What should I mainly upgrade..." he pondered intently.

Moments later, he didn’t hesitate to add all the points to his Damage.

Damage rose slowly from 22, to 30, to 35, to 40, to 50, to 57 points!!

From the original 22 points, it increased to 57 points, the speed and strength enhanced to more than 2.5 times the original!!

Lin Xin clearly felt that the absorbed crimson mist, hot like boiling water, began to evenly distribute throughout his body, reaching every bit of skin and internal organs.

An indescribable pleasure surged from his heart, and he closed his eyes, suppressing the inexplicable tremors of impulse in his body.

After a while, the pleasure gradually subsided.

He stood up, taking the Red Flower Sword into his hands.

"Full adaptation of the attributes will probably need some more time. Now, I just wait for the noise inside. Daoist Venerable Hong Ling, Wusheng, with their extraordinary strength, they can serve as a means for me to elevate my cultivation."

"To advance the Yuan Dou Demonic Technique, other than slowly refining the Demonic Qi and Nether Qi, the main condition is to temper the body and mind, endure thousands of life and death battles to reach the state of Prime Demonic Heart. The following layers are the same, comprehending Taoist Intent, merging the Demon Body as one, requiring the understanding of a thousand Taoist Intents, melding a thousand hearts to achieve Great Achievement and integration."

Lin Xin mused.

"I have already been through a thousand battles of life and death, within the gloomy mansions I should have met this condition, then the realm of a flourishing demonic heart only lacks the devouring of enough demonic and nether qi."

"Whether it’s the pure sword cultivator’s path, desiring to elevate sword intent, or enhancing the Primitive Demon Body or Yuan Dou Demonic Technique, it is necessary to comprehend a thousand kinds of Taoist intent. It seems to coincide with my previous thoughts," a smile gradually spread across his face.

"It seems indeed proceeding step by step according to the original plan is most appropriate."

In fact, he no longer attached great importance to the Yuan Dou Demonic Technique, as the state of the demon body was too unsightly for him to accept, so he had higher hopes for raising attribute points and increasing his strength and cultivation level. After all, for him, since the Return to Origin technique was integrated into the demonic arts, everything relied on the demonic qi within his body. Demonic qi could be transformed effortlessly into spiritual energy, although people could recognize at a glance that it came from a Demonic Path Cultivator and he could no longer hide it as easily as before.

But the gap between Scenic Level and Intent Level was vast as the heavens and the earth, so even for him, it was uncertain whether simply raising attribute points would be enough to resist someone of Scenic Level.

"First, I shall raise my cultivation through slaughter and Demon Talisman Seeds to the limit, and then see," he decided.

Calming his mind, he had a little over four years left, he thought to achieve whatever height he could.

At his stage, he could completely free himself from the constraints of cultivation techniques, taking the refinement of sword intent as the foundation. As for cultivation techniques, they were simply a backup option. After all, the ultimate aim of techniques was to follow the paths trodden by predecessors, then smoothly enter the Realm they defined. That didn’t mean that without techniques one couldn’t forge their own Realm. A Realm that truly belonged to oneself often required finding one’s own way to truly form and solidify. Such a Scenic Level was much stronger than one reached simply by following a technique.

With an attribute system in his possession, he didn’t need to adhere strictly to the Technique System, though techniques could guide one more conveniently to Scenic Level upon reaching high realms of cultivation.

Reaching the Fifth Layer of the Yuan Dou Demonic Technique would allow entry into Scenic Level and acquire the Primitive Demonic Realm’s Yuan Jing. This was clearly recorded in the techniques.

And the requirement to reach the Fifth Layer was the comprehension of a thousand kinds of Taoist intent.

So both paths coincided. The cultivation technique was just Lin Xin’s second option.

Buzz...

The ground suddenly began to shake violently.

Lin Xin withdrew his focus and looked ahead. The future tasks were clear: to collect Demon Talisman Seeds while seeking sufficient Taoist intent to comprehend, uniting a thousand into one to form Yuan Jing. This was the path he would take.

As for the present...

"With so many Demon Talisman Seeds before me, if I do not take them, wouldn’t it be a great pity after I have gone through the effort of infiltrating and disguising myself for so long?" he muttered with a slight smile on his lips.

Boom!!!

The Evil God Temple in front of him suddenly burst forth with a column of light edged with white silver from underground.

A column of light over ten meters in diameter shot up into the sky, piercing through the ground and the Buddha statue, slashing through the clouds above.

The column of light lasted for a short while before quickly dimming. It became thinner and vanished completely within seconds.

Where the Evil God Temple once stood, a black hole belching white smoke appeared.

A figure shot out from the hole, attempting to escape.

Upon seeing this, Lin Xin’s lips curved slightly, and he harnessed his qinggong, dashing toward the person like a bolt of lightning.

Bang!!

The two collided in an instant, the man caught off-guard was knocked aside by Lin Xin, tumbling across the ground several times before he struggled to sit up.

"Who!?" The person was Wusheng, the Knife Wielder, who had previously clashed with Lin Xin.

A cut opened on his forehead, trickling blood. His clothes were ragged, indicating a tough battle he must have fought earlier.

Wusheng scanned the area cautiously, his gaze immediately falling on a figure blocking his path, his pupils shrinking instantly.

"It seems the news of me becoming the Crown Prince has just been released, no one should know my true face. I am very curious about how exactly you learned of this news," Lin Xin said, not knowing when he had positioned himself on a hill above the man’s escape path, looking down at him with a superior stance.

"Your return was swift, though within my expectations, but..." Wusheng stood up and brandished his black blade again.

"If you are after the Heavenly Banner’s qi, then you might be disappointed," he said with a dark expression. "It has already been absorbed into my body, stopping me now is too late and meaningless."

"I don’t need any Heavenly Banner qi." Lin Xin’s Red Flower Sword in his hand slowly lit up with red fire.

"I have come here specifically to kill you."

The corners of his mouth curled slightly.

Boom!

With an explosion, the two collided fiercely.

Blood-colored flames and black fog tumbled and consumed one another. Both figures clashed in a flurry of flashes, exchanging dozens of blows in an instant.

Each attack was a convergence of all their strength.

Having just made contact, Wusheng immediately felt something was amiss. The Crown Prince’s speed and strength were much greater than during their earlier exchange.

It wasn’t just a slight difference, but a near halving of power.

Swoosh!

The red sword blade executed a Cross Slash, tracing a line of blood under Wusheng, as it flew past him.

Leaping to avoid the sword, he hadn’t landed when he suddenly saw a red light crashing towards him.