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Chapter 629 - 358 Is that the Divine Sword Gourd?

Chapter 629: 358 Is that the Divine Sword Gourd?

Atop Jiuling Mountain, in front of Qin Hao, Amir executed a slash, a blue stream of flame transmuted into a fiery line chopping directly at Qin Hao’s face.

This blade glow was unmatched in its searing heat, capable of burning the very space around it. As the slice of blade light passed through, the surrounding space crackled and burst, the previously tranquil space shattered by Amir’s single slash, and even the air seemed to burn and dissolve.

This slash aimed straight for Qin Hao, and if it connected, Amir was confident that even a Nascent Soul Perfection Cultivator would be bisected at the waist by his blade.

However, confident as Amir was, Qin Hao had his own self-assurance.

Before him, the Yellow Gourd that had transformed into the Xuanhuang Little Sword emitted a sword cry.

The next second, Qin Hao traced his finger in the air before him.

Controlled by him, the Xuanhuang Little Sword immediately unleashed a stream of golden Sword Qi.

This golden Sword Qi didn’t emanate with overwhelming power.

Compared to Amir’s Flame Demon Slash, Qin Hao’s sword strike could even be described as modest in its presence.

Aside from the Sword Qi being golden, it bore no other anomalies.

It was even just the size of a palm.

Yet, despite the Sword Qi’s unimposing presence, it was exceedingly condensed and potent.

As Amir watched Qin Hao make his sword strike, observing the golden Sword Qi, Amir’s gaze abruptly turned serious.

After all, amateurs watch the excitement; professionals watch the process.

Amir, a seasoned old Nascent Soul who had lived for tens of thousands of years, would not commit the elementary mistake of judging strength by visual phenomena alone.

The moment Qin Hao reached to his waist and released that small yellow gourd,

Amir sensed something amiss.

The aura released by the gourd contained extremely pure Innate Qi.

Ordinary treasures could not possibly contain such a pure level of Qi.

Having spent countless years in the Divine Flame Clan, plundering numerous planets, Amir had rarely come across objects that naturally embodied Innate Qi as pure as that of the Yellow Gourd.

Almost instantly, he concluded that the unassuming little yellow gourd was definitely a treasure,

and moreover, a top-tier magical treasure.

Especially when that yellow gourd transformed into the Xuanhuang Little Sword, Amir’s gaze contracted violently, and his pupils even quivered slightly.

The Divine Sword Gourd!

In such a remote, deserted world, he would have never expected to encounter such an artifact.

This item, not to mention ordinary Sword Cultivators, even 99% of the famous Sword Cultivators across the universe do not have such treasures by their side.

Generally, only peerless Sword Cultivators could refine such objects.

The Divine Sword Gourd was already a rare object, and the means of acquisition were scarce, with only two possibilities.

The first: Ancient Sacred Lands or sect inheritances.

These usually belonged to sacred places or sects from ancient times that had Sword Immortal ancestors, with the ancestral lifebound Divine Sword Gourd handed down, typically bestowed upon a Holy Land’s Holy Son or the sect’s Divine Child.

Yet, in the Central Star Domain, there were very few who had such legacies of the Divine Sword Gourd – extremely rare.

The second way: Ten Thousand Origin Sea!

It came down to the Source Crystals, using them to enter the multiple Ancient Secret Realms within the Ten Thousand Origin Sea.

With some luck, one might enter an Ancient Sword Immortal Secret Realm and stumble upon the Divine Sword Gourd by sheer fortune.

However, the chances were even slimmer; over the past tens of thousands of years, only two cases emerged from the Ancient Secret Realms within the Ten Thousand Origin Sea, who managed to acquire the Divine Sword Gourd by chance.

One of them was obtained by the Holy Son of the Source Sword Holy Land in the Central Star Domain. As soon as the Holy Son emerged from the Ten Thousand Origin Sea, he was personally escorted back by several ancestors of the Source Sword Holy Land, lest he be robbed by other experts from different Holy Lands.

The second case was that of a Loose Cultivator fortunate in luck.

But to be honest, it was debatable whether that Loose Cultivator was lucky or not.

After stumbling upon the only Source Crystal by sheer good fortune and using it stealthily in the Ten Thousand Origin Sea, he coincidentally again struck stupendous luck by teleporting directly into an exceedingly powerful Ancient Sword Cultivation Secret Realm.

In that Ancient Secret Realm, which the Loose Cultivator entered, not only was there no danger, but there was also a grand legacy.

The nameless Loose Cultivator not only received a complete legacy of an Ancient Sword Immortal but also a rare Divine Sword Gourd.

Unfortunately, the joy didn’t last long.

Just emerging from the Ten Thousand Origin Sea, he was immediately tracked by the aura of several top figures from elite Holy Lands lying in ambush around the Ten Thousand Origin Sea. They struck from thousands of miles away, killing him instantly.

The complete inheritance of the Sword Immortal and the Divine Sword Gourd were snatched away in an instant.

As for the Loose Cultivator, naturally, he was obliterated without a trace.

To this day, this tale is still a topic of casual conversation in the various large Star Domains.

Some say that within the Ten Thousand Origin Sea, there exist both opportunities and dangers, and that fortunes come with perils intertwined.

Others advise that even if Loose Cultivators get their hands on a Source Crystal, they should not tempt fate in the Ten Thousand Origin Sea.

Because, even if you enter a beneficial Secret Realm and gain immense fortune, there’s no guarantee you’ll leave alive.

Nobody knows how many powerful figures from Holy Lands are lurking outside the Ten Thousand Origin Sea, eagerly waiting to snatch such opportunities.

Of course, aside from these two methods of acquisition, there is a third, but it is nearly impossible.

That’s because the third method is self-refinement.

One cultivates or gathers Spiritual Energy Gourds and processes them through special methods into Divine Sword Gourds.

However, the method for refining Divine Sword Gourds has long been lost.

Even during the epochs several billion years ago, few knew how to refine the Divine Sword Gourds.

Let alone now.

Thus, within the Central Star Domain, the number of Sword Cultivators who possess such treasures is scarce.

That someone on such a peripheral and desolate planet would have one?

How could Amir not be shocked?

As he watched a strike slash forth from the Divine Sword Gourd,

Amir felt the energy within the condensed golden Sword Qi.

Though the Sword Qi was miniature, the energy it contained was terrifyingly suffocating.

On the summit of Jiuling City, Qin Hao’s golden Sword Qi clashed head-on with Amir’s Flame Demon Slash.

The next second, as the seemingly formidable blue flame blade glow made contact with Qin Hao’s golden Sword Qi,

it was instantaneously shattered.

The feeling was as if tofu had collided with solid rock.

Amir’s Flame Demon Slash blade glow was instantly broken to pieces.

The power of Qin Hao’s golden Sword Qi remained undiminished, pursuing Amir relentessly.

Upon witnessing this scene, Amir was so shocked that his scalp seemed to lift off his head.

He knew that a strike from the Divine Sword Gourd wouldn’t be simple,

but he hadn’t anticipated it would be this terrifying!

He was quite confident in his Flame Demon Sword Technique, yet against the golden sword light, it seemed completely inconsequential?

They weren’t even on the same level of opposition.

Seeing this, how could Amir dare to be negligent?

He swiftly deployed a series of Flame Demon Sword Technique slashes in response.

Countless blades interweaved before him, forming a protective barrier of blade light.

It was only after hundreds of Flame Demon blade lights crisscrossed that Amir was barely able to intercept Qin Hao’s single golden Sword Qi.

"This can’t be!"

Astonishment filled Amir’s heart.

This Blue Star native was just a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

He couldn’t possibly be this strong.

He had only released a single sword strike, while Amir had needed hundreds of slashes to barely fend it off.

Although the opponent was wielding a top-tier sword Treasure like the Divine Sword Gourd,

the gap between them shouldn’t be this wide!

Amir was baffled.

After all, within the Divine Flame Clan, he was nevertheless considered the strongest Nascent Soul by Yan Tianyan himself.

How could his status as the strongest Nascent Soul matter so little on this Earth?