Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 879 - 874 Gathering II

Chapter 879: Chapter 874 Gathering II

"This time, Honored Master summoned us here, fearing the conflicts and slaughter that may arise after the Great Calamity." Zhou Songyun, originally gifted with terrifying insight, would have soared to great heights long ago, leaving other disciples far behind, had it not been for his late start in cultivation.

Moreover, having once been an emperor, he had experienced all manner of splendor and beauty, making him less susceptible to worldly temptation and even more steadfast in his resolve.

Lin Xin also held him in high regard, not concealing many insider details from him.

"Conflicts and slaughter? Brother Zhou mentions the Jiu Se Divine Lord and Tian Yin Dragon King?" Zhao Wumian asked curiously. "But now, the Great Calamity is sweeping across, and we barely have time to protect ourselves..."

"Let’s wait for Honored Master to arrive before we discuss further."

Zhou Songyun shook his head, sensing that this gathering could have a profoundly significant impact on everyone.

Soon, the core disciples of the first batch gradually assembled.

The time had reached midday, with the simulated sun slowly rising to its zenith.

Hoo...

A breeze carrying a scent of blood wafted by.

In the central open space of the platform, a cold woman with long white hair dressed in white gold heavy armor slowly appeared on the platform.

"It’s Senior Sister Lu Li!!"

"The eldest sister is out of seclusion!"

"Haven’t seen the eldest sister for years; she truly has reached a profound and unfathomable realm, perhaps even the Heavenly Venerable is no match for her?"

"Very likely, the eldest sister is a prodigy, and her Yuan Blood Slaughter Soul Sword is boundless in its carnage, accumulating countless resentful souls and beings."

Many senior and junior disciples looked at Lu Li with admiration and awe.

Lu Li glanced around lightly and nodded slightly in greeting.

She was no longer the little girl relying on her Spirit Tomb Immortal Vein. After all, it was merely a spirit vein physique with a potential of the Fifth Rank.

Now, she had long surpassed the limits of her physique, reaching the life candle realm among Earth Immortals.

As the first Netherworld General, the Yuan Blood Slaughter Soul Sword on her back had also evolved into a terrifying giant demon engulfed in demonic flames.

Rumor had it that she once encountered a Heavenly Venerable who swept with star-destroying weaponry, yet she retreated unharmed, suffering only minor injuries.

"Honored Master has arrived." Lu Li suddenly said softly.

Her voice was like ice and snow, bone-chillingly cold, but the strangest part was that, despite having no malice, it sounded as if it carried an endless aura of blood and evil, resonating with waves that could lure life towards destruction.

Many disciples immediately sorted themselves into formation, neatly standing on the platform as they did in the past, awaiting Honored Master’s arrival.

Chizz!

A curtain of blood-red light suddenly descended, and from within stepped out a handsome man wrapped in a radiant red glow.

The man, wearing a clean white robe, still exuded an inexplicable terror of a boundless sea of blood and slaughter.

"We pay respects to Honored Master!"

Numerous disciples immediately echoed, uniformly kneeling on the ground, led by Lu Li, bowing with one knee to Lin Xin, performing a proper salute.

"Rise."

Lin Xin said indifferently.

"You, who were in seclusion, remain so; those refining artifacts should continue refining, those engaged in alchemy should persist in that. The reason I interrupted your practices and called you forth.

Is precisely for the many great battles that may occur soon."

"Great battles...."

At the mention of this, Lu Li’s beautiful eyes lit up.

"May I ask, Honored Master, whether we can participate in this battle, truly involve ourselves in it? Instead of idly guarding Nether City in the Ghost Realm, wasting time."

"Perfect opportunity to practice the flame-incineration technique I’ve just developed!" A male disciple jested cheerfully.

"Haven’t you considered the backlash?"

A pure young female beside him reached out silently, twisting at his waist with a three-hundred-sixty-degree turn, tearing off a piece of flesh in one swift motion.

The male disciple screamed in agony, not daring to speak further.

"Is it true that the Jiu Se Divine Lord is rallying an army? Is the Jiu Se Divine Domain what we should be preparing against?"

"With Tian Yin Dragon King by their side, would they dare to expend their strength against us first?"

"Should conflict arise, we in Nether City within the Ghost Realm, united with many factions, along with top-tier seekers like Universal Heavenly Venerable, whether win or lose, Jiu Se would suffer great elemental energy depletion. They should not be so unwise.

However, if given external support, that changes everything."

"Rumor has it that a while back, the Evil God King invaded our Nether City in the Ghost Realm, and now its whereabouts are unknown."

Other disciples speculated and analyzed.

No one was stupid, only missing much external news due to intense cultivation.

Connecting the dots now, they immediately sensed the underlying issue.

Lin Xin waited for the crowd to freely discuss and speculate.

Time slowly passed, and about half a quarter of an hour later, everyone calmed down, unable to reach a unified conclusion, instead turning their gaze upon Honored Master.

Waiting for him to reveal the answer.

"Honored Master, in truth, excluding Senior Sister Lu Li, for us other disciples, truly intervening in this battle is an unwise choice.

After the Great Calamity, only Heavenly Venerables and Venerables are the main combat strength. If we enter the calamity’s aura, even our free activity time would be restricted, let alone engaging in conflict.

It seems Honored Master should have already devised a plan."

Wei Qing, composed and calm, whose cultivation was forged through numerous life-and-death experiences, spoke, naturally drawing agreement from many disciples.

"Indeed, I have arrangements." Lin Xin looked around at all the disciples, speaking slowly.

These disciples received on average no more than a thousand attribute points enhancement from him.

The rest was their own incredible physique and cultivation built using the three mysterious realms.

They had remarkably reached their current level.

There were eight people in the Sixth Rank Fourth Realm, sixteen in the Third Realm, and surprisingly thirty-nine in the Second Realm of Origin Earth.

And in the First Realm of Earth Immortal, there were ten people.

In total, just those who stepped into the Earth Immortal realm numbered an impressive seventy-three!

Of the more than two hundred disciples who initially sky-rocketed to Human Immortal, some have now reached the Earth Immortal level, and there are so many of them.

This was due largely to the added effect of his attribute points, as well as the differing time flow in the small world.

But even more so, it was the result of their own desperate efforts and hard work.

Lin Xin himself is actually no longer obsessed with cultivation levels.

Since stepping into the Heavenly Venerable, his actual combat physical body has already far surpassed the Dao Seekers by an unknown amount.

Although his cultivation level has just entered the Heavenly Venerable, that is not the main system to measure his strength at all.

The Green Yuan Decision has become more of an auxiliary tool, merely used to drive the Supreme Jiuyue Divine Wind Sword.

And now, he has also begun to guide and strengthen his disciples in the same way.

Originally he didn’t intend to interfere with their development, but now that the threat is imminent. In the melee, he may not be able to ensure the safety of Nether City in the Ghost Realm, and at that time many disciples will need to lend a hand.

"I have summoned you this time because a melee is imminent, to empower you with the means to protect yourselves, and to safeguard Nether City.

Your Master has created a Secret Technique that can greatly enhance your combat ability in a short time."

As soon as he spoke, all voices fell silent immediately.

"Greatly enhance... how great can it be?" Lu Li was very interested in this. The stronger her combat power, the more she could rapidly enhance the power of the Original Blood Slaughter Spirit Sword, coupled with her own comprehension and insight, her cultivation would advance like flying.

Lin Xin glanced at her.

"How great... just like... this!"

Swoosh!

He suddenly reached out, grabbed remotely, and instantly lifted Lu Li into the air, suspending her in mid-air.

With a tearing sound, Lin Xin’s back erupted skyward with fourteen pairs of densely packed white wings.

The brilliant and crystal-clear wings slowly unfurled, shooting out countless white silk-like rays of light, covering the sky as they flew towards all the disciples below.

Thud thud thud thud.....

White rays of light fiercely pierced into the center of each disciple’s brow.

No one resisted, including Lu Li; all the disciples quietly and even somewhat intoxicatedly admired the fourteen grand wings behind Lin Xin.

The wings seemed to sway like tassels in the air, undulating gently like aquatic plants in water, each more than ten meters long.

In an instant, hundreds of white threads extended from Lin Xin as the core, linking to all the disciples on the platform in front.

Lin Xin closed his eyes slightly, his body slowly rose, his feet off the ground, gently floating in mid-air.

His body was enlarging, enlarging... the front garments directly tore open, revealing a pale white chest.

A black line appeared in the center of his chest.

Crack!

The black line on his chest suddenly split open, as if someone was prying the edge with great force, pulling it apart forcefully.

The black line slowly opened into a circular black hole.

Lin Xin’s back also slowly split open four elliptical black mouths, a wisp of white smoke slowly puffing out from the black mouths.

The white threads shooting out began to shine, brighter and brighter, even becoming somewhat dazzlingly glaring.

Another six arms slowly extended from behind Lin Xin, calmly resting on either side of his body.

Blood-colored spiritual light and white purification light entangled each other, suddenly dyeing the surrounding sky a pale red.

Lin Xin’s eyes slowly opened, the left eye was a silvery-blue galaxy, while the right eye was a brilliant, pure, infinite white light.

Boom!!

A blood-colored lightning flashed across the sky in an instant.

All the white threads quivered suddenly, starting to grow brighter, increasingly appearing semi-transparent.

"Feel... the absolute power..."

Lin Xin’s eight arms gently waved, like a spider, instantly pulling hundreds of white threads.

A fierce wind howled and swept around, countless giant stones slowly levitated and cracked. The mysterious realm space was shaking, twisting, seemingly unable to withstand it, gradually cracking into black fissures.

Streams of invisible attribute flows surged towards all the disciples along the white threads.

The white purification light and the red primordial spirit holy light, two equally powerful halos, gradually carved out areas on Lin Xin’s body.

The primordial spirit holy light occupied the left side, the purification light occupied the right side, respectively taking up the left and right sides of Lin Xin’s body.

Oddly dividing his enormous body into two colors.

From the center of his brow to below the abdomen, forming an exceedingly clear demarcation line. Left red, right white.

Attribute points were being transmitted madly, based on each disciple’s ability to bear, assigned with different transmission speeds and quantities.

Meanwhile, Lin Xin was also carefully monitoring their physical body and soul force limits, stopping immediately if a problem arose.

The transmission speed was set to input at a minimum of one hundred points per second.

Time slowly passed by.

One thousand points....

Two thousand points....

Three thousand...

Four thousand....

Finally, the first disciple who couldn’t withstand the attributes appeared.

A white light thread snapped.

A man flew out, his body undergoing incredibly wondrous changes. That was the awakening of the bloodline and genes buried deep within his body, producing strange transformations.