King of Creation
Chapter 466 - 460: Heart Sword

Chapter 466: Chapter 460: Heart Sword

Hum!

When the last discerned Origin Sword Vein emerged out of nowhere and filled Ye Zhen’s First Sword Vein, the First Sword Vein inside Ye Zhen suddenly burst into bright golden light, with a loud humming sound.

A complete giant golden sword suddenly spanned across the interior of Ye Zhen, illuminating his First Sword Vein and signifying that the Sword Heart Enlightenment was fully forged successfully.

Almost simultaneously, a feeling of blood connection emanated from the newly forged giant golden sword, which was from the First Sword Vein. In an instant, Ye Zhen was as aware of this as he was of the hairs on the back of his hand—aware of the newly forged Divine Power through Sword Heart Enlightenment.

A look of astonishment suddenly appeared on Ye Zhen’s face.

"Oh, who would have thought, after successfully forging the Sword Heart Enlightenment, there are still such unique skills? It seems that the Sword Vein Divine Power through Sword Heart Enlightenment is not wholly a supportive Divine Skill...."

The feeling of blood connection from the newly forged Sword Heart Enlightenment Divine Power let Ye Zhen instantly grasp the effect of this Divine Skill.

Apart from the supportive role of Sword Heart Enlightenment that Ye Zhen already knew, there was actually a sword move involved.

This sword move was called Heart Sword, the power of which Ye Zhen was not too sure about, but its special effect was somewhat surprising.

Thump thump thump!

Just as Ye Zhen was about to try this sword move, the strange rhythm from beneath the earth suddenly picked up its urgency.

Facing this urgent rhythm, a smile appeared on Ye Zhen’s face.

It must be because he had been focusing on the final step of forging the Divine Skill and had not responded to that creature underground that it had grown impatient.

In fact, Ye Zhen had been communicating with this underground dweller for several months now. Although its rhythmic thumping had never changed, Ye Zhen had come to roughly understand the creature’s intentions based on the frequency, strength, and intervals of its thumps.

With a slight stir of Divine Sense, just like before, Ye Zhen prompted the First Sword Vein to vibrate slightly twice, as a response.

The moment he activated the First Sword Vein, Ye Zhen noticed something unusual.

Connection!

Suddenly, in the moment he stimulated the First Sword Vein, Ye Zhen felt a connection between him and that strange rhythmic dweller beneath the ground.

Most crucially, this connection stemmed from the creature underground actively reaching out to him, forming a mysterious link with his newly forged First Sword Vein.

Although this mysterious connection was very weak, it was enough for simple communication, and even, Ye Zhen could convey his thoughts to the underground creature through the newly forged Divine Power of Sword Vein.

Of course, only very simple thoughts could be communicated.

Ye Zhen clearly understood the fundamental reason for this—it was because his Divine Power of Sword Heart Enlightenment was completely forged, leading to this qualitative change.

This indicated a very fundamental issue: this strange underground creature had a destiny with Ye Zhen’s Divine Power of Sword Heart Enlightenment.

As for this rhythmically pulsating underground creature, Ye Zhen already had some guesses.

A hundred percent related to swords!

In the base of Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, anything capable of linking with the Sword Vein Divine Power of Sword Heart Enlightenment must be related to swords.

"Could it be a Spirit Sword?"

At this thought, Ye Zhen felt a sudden excitement in his heart.

As all spiritual artifacts possess spirit nature, this strange rhythm underground should also likely be a form of spirit nature.

Of course, this was merely conjecture.

"If it is a Spirit Sword...."

With this thought in mind, Ye Zhen glanced at the distant, empty sky dome. Since the Sword Origin Sect had yet to make a move and hadn’t attacked, why not communicate with this little fellow underground? Although communication was very strenuous, there might be unexpected gains?

With this idea, Ye Zhen’s spirit delved into the newly forged Divine Power of Sword Heart Enlightenment, making a strenuous attempt to communicate with the underground dweller through the Sword Manual of Extinction.

....

Meanwhile, hidden within a forest dozens of miles away, the Sect Master of Sword Origin Sect, Yu Ruhai, furrowed his brows in deep frustration.

Yu Ruhai’s frustration stemmed from the reports brought by three Sect Elders who were skilled in tracking.

The masters required to form the Four Symbols Sword Formation that he had brought had moved from the surface to the designated location, that is, at the foot of Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, ready to set up the Four Symbols Sword Formation at any moment.

Though the Earth Vein of Spirit Sword Grave Mountain was too unique to be triggered for forming the array, the formation powered by human effort was not limited by this restriction.

All the preparatory work for the ambush had been set, yet, the Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect had failed to locate the expected Qiyun Sect masters ambushing near Spirit Sword Grave Mountain.

It was like being fully prepared to strike decisively but suddenly discovering there’s no target!

The target is gone!

On the peak of Spirit Sword Grave Mountain sat only Ye Zhen in serene meditation.

"It’s impossible, there must be a place we haven’t searched yet. Since we are searching, remember to search even above the clouds! Work quickly, we must have results within half an hour, otherwise, our ambush may be exposed!"

In Yu Ruhai’s commanding voice, several Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect once again took to the skies, searching in all directions.

From his vantage point, Yu Ruhai could even distantly see a figure meditating at the summit of Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, clearly accompanied by the unique Cloud Winged Tiger King hovering in the sky above Spirit Sword Grave Mountain.

"Where could the main force be hiding," Yu Ruhai pondered with a troubled expression!

Regrettably, after half an hour, the returning Sect Elders brought even more troubling news to Yu Ruhai, the Sect Master of Sword Origin Sect.

They still hadn’t found any traces of Qiyun Sect’s main forces lurking nearby.

Not only were there no signs of Qiyun Sect’s main forces, but in the extensive search around Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, not even a single Soul Sea Realm expert was spotted.

"Elder Kong, how can this be?"

Sect Master Yu Ruhai looked towards his chief advisor with a searching gaze.

"Sect Leader, given our current situation, there are two possibilities!" Kong Shan pondered before responding.

"Which two possibilities?"

"Sect Leader, the first possibility is that the main force of the Qiyun Sect’s ambush may be hidden in places unknown or undetectable to us!"

"Places unknown or undetectable? Elder Kong, what do you mean?" Yu Ruhai suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Exactly, Sect Leader! There is a myriad of mysterious skills and techniques in this world, and countless treasures that can conceal one’s qi, or perhaps an Illusion Array that conceals them, all of which could prevent us from detecting the Qiyun Sect’s main force nearby. That is the first possibility!"

"And what is the second possibility?"

"Sect Leader, the second possibility is that we might be overthinking this matter. Perhaps, it truly is only Ye Zhen alone, or maybe, the only ones cooperating with Ye Zhen in ambushing Elder Zhii Sheng are one or two others, like the Demon-faced Rakshasa Liao Feibai from the Qiyun Sect! With her taking action, killing Elder Zhii Sheng is also possible!"

"Hmm, that’s also true!" Yu Ruhai nodded vehemently. "Then Elder Kong, since there are two possibilities, how should we respond?"

"By remaining unchanged in the face of myriad changes!" Kong Shan declared confidently.

Now, the Sect Leader of Sword Origin Sect Yu Ruhai was even more confused. "Could Elder Kong clarify?"

"Let me ask you, Sect Leader, if we in the Qiyun Sect had a disciple like Ye Zhen, who could make it onto the Black Dragon Ranking and even become the top figure, possessing Black Dragon Fortune and capable of opening the Black Dragon Secret Palace, what would we do?"

"Of course, we would treat them as a precious treasure and designate them as the next Sect Leader, protecting them at all costs!"

"What if such a person were to be killed or were about to be killed?"

"We would rescue them no matter what! If they were already killed, the impact...."

As he spoke, Yu Ruhai’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"Elder Kong, I understand your meaning now!"

"As long as we proceed with our plan as usual and trap Ye Zhen in a deadly situation, everything will become clear. And no matter which of the two possibilities it might be, just by executing our plan as planned, we can deal an unbearable blow to the Qiyun Sect!" Yu Ruhai said.

Upon hearing this, Kong Shan nodded with a smile, "Then please issue the order, Sect Leader!"

"Please!"

"Sect Leader, please!"

As they spoke, with the Sect Leader of Sword Origin Sect, Yu Ruhai, rising into the air, the hidden Sword Origin Sect Elders also rose from the woods and fiercely charged towards the Spirit Sword Grave Mountain.

At the foot of Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, the ninety-six outer elders saw the Sword Origin Sect Elders rising into the distance, each of their expressions became extremely stern, especially the leader, who started shouting loudly.

"Deploy the formation!"

"Quickly deploy the formation!"

Almost simultaneously, after over an hour of communication, Ye Zhen made significant progress in communicating with that peculiar little creature underground, and they were now able to have simple exchanges.

Perhaps sensing that the being beneath the earth was very extraordinary and might even be an exceptionally remarkable Spiritual Artifact, Ye Zhen began intentionally enticing the little creature.

"Do you want to come out?"

"The outside is actually quite fun...."

"Will you come out..."

That was essentially what Ye Zhen meant, but while easy to say, such communication was extremely difficult, and Ye Zhen could only communicate with it through the Sword Vein Divine Power, Sword Heart Enlightenment.

Any act of coaxing was particularly challenging.

Facing Ye Zhen’s enticement, the attitude of the little creature underground was very reluctant, or perhaps, it still hadn’t grasped what Ye Zhen meant.

The response was very vague.

It didn’t say it could come out, nor did it say it couldn’t!

"Could it be that you can’t come out..." Ye Zhen suddenly thought.

Boom!

As Ye Zhen’s message passed, the entire Spirit Sword Grave Mountain shook violently, as if the earth trembled and the mountains swayed, causing the Sword Origin Sect outer elders who were forming the formation at the mountain foot to stagger.

A look of surprise suddenly appeared on Ye Zhen’s face. This energy was not small.

Almost at the same time, a triumphant rhythm came from underground, somewhat showing off to Ye Zhen.

"It looks like you do not want to..."

Roar!

Before Ye Zhen could finish his thought, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten growled.

In the moment he looked up, Ye Zhen’s expression drastically changed. A killing intent and frightening Spiritual Power Wave came from afar. A dozen immensely powerful Sword Lights were rapidly shooting towards them from a distance, the foremost one exceptionally terrifying!

Ye Zhen recognized it. The first Sword Light was indeed that of Yu Ruhai, the Sect Leader of Sword Origin Sect.

At this moment, they were about twelve miles away from Ye Zhen and quickly closing in.

Almost instantly, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten shrank its body and darted under Ye Zhen, ready to take off at a moment’s thought.

Ye Zhen understood, he had to leave. If he didn’t leave now, he would never be able to.

"You truly won’t come with me?"

"My enemies have arrived, I must go now, goodbye..."

Rapidly transmitting this message to the peculiar being underground, Ye Zhen sighed silently, his Divine Sense moved, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten transformed and suddenly soared into the sky! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). For mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)