Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 617 - 612 Changes 2

Chapter 617: Chapter 612 Changes 2

"Steel Men!" Lin Xin immediately recognized the name of the Daoist soldiers.

Second Rank Daoist Soldiers, the Steel Men, possessed immense strength, their defense and power were both a level higher than Iron Men, making them monstrous aberrations.

Among all second-rank Daoist soldiers, the Steel Men were the most revered for defense in the complete records of the Qing Shan Realm.

This was already the pinnacle of evolution for the mud creatures and clay figures lineage, the ultimate form of this series.

There was no higher evolution possible from here.

"Join the battle," Lin Xin felt somewhat relieved in his mind.

Having attributes augmented was indeed the best way to evolve and strengthen a Daoist soldier’s construction.

He then proceeded to upgrade the rest of the Iron Men to Steel Men, one by one.

Boom!

A Steel Man slammed its palm down, and instantly, two Void Demon Spirits who failed to dodge were crushed dead.

Several other Void Demon Spirits nearby swarmed, trying to cling onto the Steel Man’s arm, but were effortlessly flicked away.

Bang!

Those Void Demon Spirits were instantly smashed onto the snow-covered ground on the other side, reduced to pulp.

The snow ground had already been compressed by the battle to the point of being solid as iron, harder than refined steel.

"Guard!"

One Steel Man roared loudly.

The remaining thirty-eight Steel Men quickly joined in the frenzy.

"Guard!!"

In an instant, a thin layer of fluorescent light emerged from them.

Suddenly, the already not-so-fast movements of these Steel Men doubled in speed.

Three groups of eighteen Steel Men rooted themselves like eighteen meat grinders in front of the Snow Ice Fortress.

Blood and flesh splattered and piled up.

Lin Xin stood behind watching until his eyes blurred, and decided to go back to rest and regulate his breath.

The Mud Slime Pond was still slowly rising, its aura visibly strengthening at a speed detectable by the naked eye.

Second-rank Steel Men facing Ninth Grade Void Demon Spirits were practically carrying out a massacre.

The Daoist soldiers produced by the Mud Slime Pond slaughtered a great number of Void Demon Spirits, allowing continuous upgrade in rank positions and evolutionary levels.

After one evolutionary phase of the Mud Slime Pond, Lin Xin sat down on the chair inside the fortress.

Listening to the sounds of the battle outside, his mind sunk into the White Jade Small Cauldron in his dantian.

The originally somewhat ethereal small cauldron faintly became more solid, and the innate pure qi it absorbed and exhaled gradually increased in concentration.

"Indeed effective!" Lin Xin opened his eyes, "The Mud Slime Pond is a Daoist soldier I have ritualized. Its evolution actually could enhance my cultivation.

I’ve only recently entered the Fifth Rank, Third Level, and the constraints on my cultivation are starting to slowly stabilize and solidify. Under normal circumstances, I’d need at least a hundred years to stabilize, but now with this advancement, I need only ten years to completely solidify my realm and then surge to the next level!"

His heart was brimming with joy.

"It’s a pity that I damaged another Daoist soldier construction; if both had advanced together, it might have provided even greater assistance to me."

After closing his eyes again, he fell into a deep state of breath regulation. The fortress was protected by formations, and the inscribed dwarves stood guard.

With these two layers of alert, no Void Demon Spirits could secretly infiltrate without alarming Lin Xin.

Quickly, after three hours, the Steel Men outside roared fiercely again.

The Mud Slime Pond actually started vibrating again, and the killing speed of Steel Men far surpassed that of Iron Men. Their fists naturally carried a transparent force field; one punch, and if you’re hit, you’re injured; if you’re smashed, you’re dead.

However, the Void Demon Spirits seemed inexhaustible, flooding in like waves of black water from all directions, seemingly intending to exhaust the Steel Men to death.

Lin Xin’s eyes snapped open. "Another upgrade?"

He quickly walked over to the brass-colored pyramid.

Only to see the pyramid started shaking slowly and a floating golden symbol emerged on top, radiating golden light. Afterward, it calmed down, without any further change.

After the change, Lin Xin called over a Steel Man and pressed his hand against it.

Hum!

The Steel Man howled in pain as its body rapidly twisted and changed, but there was no sign of evolution.

Lin Xin continuously infused his attribute amplification—ten points, twenty points, thirty points, fifty points, one hundred points!

One hundred fifty points!

Boom!!

The Steel Man suddenly exploded.

"The ultimate form, it seems it really can’t be upgraded any further." Lin Xin shook his head slightly, indicating that the Steel Men had reached their limit. Even his attribute enhancement had no effect.

But even so, after the evolution of the pyramid, the product should be Stone Men, which will also benefit my cultivation to some extent.

He swiftly conducted Inner Vision and, as expected, after this evolution, his Green Yuan Decision had stabilized.

"No wonder the seniors of Green Lake Mountain cultivated Daoist soldiers; battling with Void Demon Spirits is not just for gaining contribution points."

Lin Xin understood in his heart.

He walked to the mouth of the Snow Ice Fortress, where the corpses and bones of the Void Demon Spirits had piled into a mountain outside the gate, the stench hitting him in the face.

The eighteen Steel Men, like Sea-Calming Divine Needles, were glowing and moving swiftly, tirelessly intercepting the Void Demon Spirits trying to break through.

Lin Xin flicked his hand, and a white flame shot out, gently landing on the more than ten-meter-tall mountain of Void Demon Spirits’ corpses and bones.

Whoosh!

The entire mountain of corpses erupted into flames, burning with white fire.

Inside, the bones disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Purifying Fire, bloodline fire, is indeed formidable," Lin Xin’s heart shivered. He simply divided a strand of Purifying Force, ignited it within the mundane flame sparked from the Mundane Fire Decision, and then sent it forth.

It achieved such terrifying power.

"If I were to release this, it might have the power of an average Second Rank Spell Method, right?"

After estimating in his mind, Lin Xin temporarily shifted his attention to the Steel Man.

The Steel Man had already slaughtered countless Void Demon Spirits. Based on the increased Attribute points, in the span of two days, they had increased by twenty-two points, which, converted at a ratio of one to one hundred, amounted to two thousand two hundred lesser Void demons.

"This number should be about right," Lin Xin lifted his head and looked up into the sky, starting to wait quietly.

According to the information he obtained, exceeding this number of kills wouldn’t further weaken the enemy. Following this, the Void Demon General would take matters into its own hands.

Void Demon Generals typically evolved from lesser Void demons, and their strength was determined by the number of their kin.

It didn’t take long.

Crack!

A yellow lightning bolt streaked across the sky. A massive aura pressed down thunderously.

The heavens and earth abruptly turned into a grey white. Everything instantly solidified and became still.

"Polar Region!? Human Immortal!"

A glint of cold light flashed in Lin Xin’s eyes as he slowly drew out the Red Flower Sword and the Yinluo Sword.

"It looks like I must apply for the Soul Tower."

In his hand, a prepared streak of white light suddenly broke through the void and disappeared at high speed.

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Mortal Realm · White Jade City.

"Business has come! We’ve received an application for the Soul Tower."

Within a white room constructed of large Crystal Stones, over a dozen cultivators sat encircling a massive cylindrical crystal, their eyes intently fixed on the several dozen small screen segments on the crystal’s surface.

"Do we have a ready-made one, or should we immediately submit an application to make one?" The leader, a female cultivator, asked in a low voice.

"The remaining stock of Soul Towers just happens to be one, and the research institute hasn’t sent over new ones," someone responded.

"Then send it directly to him. Mark the price at one hundred Contribution Points," the female cultivator said.

"I will immediately prepare the Spatial Teleportation Formation. It will take about twelve days."

"Be mindful of the spatio-temporal turbulence."

"Understood."

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Outer Regions Void · Fifty Spirit Miles west of Xian Yuan Mountain.

In a desolate and uninhabited snowy city, a blue column of light descended from the sky.

Within the halo, three figures hunched over, gasping for air. Pale-faced, covered in sweat, and in tattered clothes with burn marks, they appeared desperate.

"Where is this...? Damn it all! We finally killed that bastard, only to be teleported to this godforsaken place!"

Among the trio, a petite girl with a sweet and cute appearance cursed vehemently.

"Xu Ling, stop making a fuss. It looks like a deserted dead city. Seems we’re rather lucky," another woman said, propping herself up and looking around.

"Song, big brother, are you alright?"

The remaining man with a goatee appeared particularly pale, breathing heavily. His green Taoist Robe, now torn and ill-fitting, looked more like an undersized garment on him, slightly absurd.

"Be careful, Bai Yu. The Teleportation Formation I activated should be an ancient Teleportation Formation Map. These Formation Maps are mostly used for extremely long-distance teleportation.

The people of Green Lake Mountain would not place such a Formation Map in their Sect without reason," the man stated gravely.

"I understand, Green Lake Mountain... hmph, do they really think they’re the rulers of the Human World? That everyone should obey them! By what right do they judge you, big brother Song?"

The bearded man sighed. He was Song Danhao who had emerged from Qiushi, yet now, somehow, he had also arrived in the mysterious dead city of the Outer Regions Void.

"I bet they didn’t expect that I could complete the Formation Diagram and successfully teleport, and just once at that. Let’s go. We should leave quickly, find a way out. It will be troublesome if the people from Green Lake Mountain catch up to us."

At that moment, Song Danhao had none of his earlier lecherous frivolity, instead, his face bore the marks of age and hardship, having seemingly endured many trials along the way.

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With the Red Flower Sword held upside down,

Lin Xin floated suspended in the void, watching the Void Demon General, who was also suspended, opposite him.

Like an enlarged version of a lesser Void demon, the monster’s body surface emitted a faint red glow, and the tongue that slid in and out of its gaping mouth also bore a blood-red eye, greedily watching the human on the other side.

Waves of demonic power, as dark as ink, spread from its body, continuously contaminating the gray Polar Region of space around it, with a faint sound resembling the buzz of locusts.

"Fifth Rank Void Demon Spirit."

Lin Xin softly released the Red Flower Sword, his gaze growing ever sharper and colder.

Shii.

The blade fell vertically and slowly disappeared within the void in front of him, as if consumed by an invisible lake, swallowing the sword from top to bottom.

"Just in time to serve as a sacrifice for my Formation."

ROAR!!

In an instant, the Void Demon General moved, appearing right in front of Lin Xin in a flash, its claw reaching out to grab him.

Between its claws, dense black vapor formed, turning into countless void-like particles that resembled insects, scattering and rushing towards Lin Xin from all directions.

ROAR!!

Almost simultaneously, a white blaze of fire exploded behind Lin Xin as a blood-red Qilin burst forth, its body wrapped in a blazing, pale fire as it fiercely met the charge.

BOOM!!!

The two massive creatures collided head on. Sparks of fire and black and red fragments scattered in all directions.