At the same time, the blade became sharper and sharper, and it soared into the sky.
In the distance, the weapons of the Hundred Wars Armored Army seemed to encounter their natural enemy. Even without anyone activating them, they continued clanging.
All the weapons within hundreds of kilometers reacted almost exactly the same way.
Even the Great Destroyer Sword on Zhou Shu's back trembled violently, feeling as if it was afraid of something.
"Kun Wu, are you satisfied with this gift?" Yin Yuzhu pulled out the saber and swiped her finger across the blood-red blade. She chuckled and said, "The blood of five hundred strong men can feed you, right?
"If you follow me, you'll have plenty to feed on—"
"Yin Yuzhu!" Before Yin Yuzhu could finish speaking, a cold shout filled with killing intent sounded in the air. "You deserve to die!"
Zhou Shu stood on the ground and looked up at Yin Yuzhu in midair, his killing intent almost tangible.
His heart had softened for a moment, but it had actually caused hundreds of armored soldiers to die in Yin Yuzhu's hands!
The only thing he could do now was to kill Yin Yuzhu and avenge them!
Boom!
Zhou Shu's aura exploded, and the ball of fiery red liquid in front of him suddenly transformed into a saber.
In the dark clouds that had gathered in the sky, lightning descended like water and smashed into the fiery red liquid.
When a divine weapon was born, it would definitely be cursed by the heavens.
Zhou Shu had already understood this when he forged the divine weapon the Crimson Firmament last time. At the time, a phenomenon had also descended from the sky.
This time, the commotion was more than twice as great as when the Crimson Firmament was formed.
Lightning rained down, threatening to destroy everything.
At the same time, a seven-colored spiritual energy vortex appeared in the sky. One life, one death. Two completely different powers landed in the ball of fire in front of Zhou Shu.
An indescribable aura emanated from the ball of fire.
Zhou Shu roared and ignored the lightning that was about to destroy everything. He reached into the ball of fire.
"Die!" Zhou Shu roared. He jerked his hand back from the ball of fire, and a long saber appeared in the air as he moved.
Boom!
The lightning continued flashing, drowning Zhou Shu's figure.
Zhou Shu didn't seem to notice. He raised his hand and attacked.
A world-shaking saber beam slashed toward Yin Yuzhu.
"It's just a few hundred ants. So what if they're killed? Do you want me to pay with my life? What a joke." A mocking voice sounded in the air. Yin Yuzhu raised the Kun Wu Saber in her hand and lightly slashed forward.
Boom!
The two saber beams collided. Zhou Shu slashed out with his new divine weapon, and the saber beam shattered.
Yin Yuzhu had casually swung her saber, but the saber beam continued to move toward Zhou Shu.
Zhou Shu snorted and blocked with his saber. A surge of power came, and he retreated with a bang.
"So it's you!" Zhou Shu's eyes erupted with a strong light. He stared at Yin Yuzhu in the air and gritted his teeth.
In the air, Yin Yuzhu's clothes fluttered. Her appearance didn't seem to have changed, but there was a faint change. In short, the feeling she gave off was completely different.
No one would think that she was the same person as Yin Yuzhu!
Zhou Shu would never have thought that he hadn't recognized her before!
Her appearance clearly hasn't changed much!
"Demon Queen Tushan!" Zhou Shu said coldly. He didn't know how she had done it, but he had already recognized that the Yin Yuzhu in front of him was a Demon Queen of the Demon Realm!
Yin Yuzhu, or rather, Demon Queen Tushan let out a coquettish laugh. Her figure didn't change, but nine tails rose from her back.
Each of the tails was as thick as an adult's waist and ten feet long.
Chapter 490: Divine Weapon, Ming Hong (2)
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The nine tails wagged up and down behind her back, making her ordinary body look abnormally petite and thin. It also made her exude an indescribable temptation.
Demoness?
Zhou Shu snorted. Although Demon Queen Tushan looked weak and beautiful, anyone who treated her as a weak woman would be courting death.
"What do you think? My Kun Wu Saber isn't bad, is it?" Demon Queen Tushan's mouth didn't move, and her voice sounded in Zhou Shu's ear. "On account of you helping me dig out the Kun Wu Saber, I'll spare you one more time. Leave."
She waved her hand and ignored Zhou Shu. She looked smug as she sized up Kun Wu Saber in her hand.
Boom!
Zhou Shu didn't say anything. The lightning and the seven-colored vortex in the sky were still pouring down on him.
The weapon in his hand had gradually revealed its true form. It was a straight saber more than three feet long. Its entire body was snow-white, and its blade was as bright as snow.
Buzz—
A soaring saber aura emitted from the saber. The saber trembled violently, as if it was about to fly out of Zhou Shu's palm.
Zhou Shu snorted. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood on the blade.
Sizzle—
The saber trembled violently, and a seven-colored light flowed endlessly on the blade.
Zhou Shu shouted, and the saber seemed to turn into liquid and flowed into his body through his pores.
Boom!
Zhou Shu's aura exploded. In an instant, his body seemed to become translucent. Seven-colored light flowed continuously in his twelve principal meridians and eight extraordinary vessels, as if the liquid transformed from the saber was fusing with his meridians.
In fact, all of this happened in an instant. Even Demon Queen Tushan couldn't stop Zhou Shu in time.
The sound of a large river running echoed from Zhou Shu's body. Amid the rumbling sound, his aura seemed to break through a limit and continued to rise at an unbelievable speed.
At the same time, he actually broke through the bottleneck of the first rank of the Martial Dao and successfully advanced to the Earth Immortal realm!
This was the first time he had relied on his true ability to advance in the Martial Dao. This wonderful feeling made him feel as if he had sublimated.
His aura was still rising, and Zhou Shu fell into a state of neither sadness nor joy.
He straightened slowly and raised his right hand. When he did this, his right hand was still empty, but when he raised it to shoulder level, a long saber suddenly appeared in his hand.
The tip of the blade pointed at Demon Queen Tushan. The killing intent in Zhou Shu's eyes was so dense that it was almost tangible.
"Divine Ability, Total Annihilation!" Zhou Shu let out a low roar. With a heavy step, he shot into the sky.
Swoosh!
Zhou Shu was so fast that even Tushan had no time to dodge.
She raised her Kun Wu Saber and barely blocked Zhou Shu's blade.
The two sabers collided. Demon Queen Tushan felt her arm tremble violently. The surging and majestic power made her retreat repeatedly in the air.
Tushan frowned slightly and looked down at the Kun Wu Saber in her hand. The Kun Wu Saber wasn't damaged at all, but the saber in Zhou Shu's hand was also not damaged.
How was this possible?
The Kun Wu Saber was the trump card of the Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain. It was known as the sharpest weapon!
Any weapon in the world was like a rock under its blade.
What kind of weapon is this Zhou kid using to be able to remain unscathed under the Kun Wu Saber?
Just as she thought this, she saw Zhou Shu appear in front of her again.
Anger flashed through her. She didn't kill him because she thought he was interesting and could play with her again.
But this didn't mean that he could really be impudent in front of her!
Killing intent rose in the heart of Demon Queen Tushan. She raised her Kun Wu Saber, and a light flashed on the blood-red blade. Unparalleled saber intent erupted.
Demon Queen Tushan was actually proficient in saber techniques!
This was different from ordinary demonic beasts!
Ordinary demonic beasts didn't use weapons at all!
As soon as Tushan attacked, an expert could tell the difference. Her saber technique had actually reached the peak, and it was not inferior to Zhou Shu's.
Clink Clink Clang Clang!
In one breath, they exchanged countless moves.
The sharp saber beams flattened everything within a few kilometers.
Tushan realized that Zhou Shu's strength was actually not much weaker than hers!
This was unbelievable!
The last time they fought, he had been helpless against her. If he hadn't been useful to her, she would have killed him with a casual move.
But in just a few days, he actually had such strength. Was it because of the saber in his hand?
What kind of saber is that??A trace of doubt flashed through Tushan's heart. The Kun Wu Saber in her hand was the sharpest saber in the world. She had spent a lot of effort to obtain it.
If she hadn't attracted so many human sacrifices, she might not have been able to find the Kun Wu Saber even if she dug through this place.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she obtained the Kun Wu Saber, a saber no less powerful than it appeared.
"If I had known earlier, I could have just taken that saber…" Tushan mumbled.
She had forgotten that he had just forged the saber in his hand.
Boom!
The two sabers collided again. The powerful explosion forced the man and the demon back a few steps.
Demon Queen Tushan stared at the saber in Zhou Shu's hand and asked coldly, "What kind of saber are you using?"
Zhou Shu didn't answer at all. He circulated his spiritual essence, and his body glowed with golden light.
He activated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique, the Golden Bell Shield Technique, the Emperor Xuan Jade Book, and even the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
His aura climbed another three notches, and he disappeared into the air with a boom.
Tushan's pupils constricted as she snorted coldly. The Kun Wu Saber in her hand transformed into a saber shadow that slashed in all directions.
There was another clatter.
The two of them were completely engulfed by saber light. Outsiders couldn't see what was happening inside.
They could only hear the sound of energy colliding. The energy that was casually released could easily shatter rocks and pierce through the ground.
Mi Ziwen and the others had already woken up from Demon Queen Tushan's divine power. They looked at the battle in the distance with horror on their faces.
In this situation, not to mention intervening to help, even if they got a little closer, they would be crushed.
"Retreat, retreat farther! Quick, get moving!" Mi Ziwen shouted, urging the Hundred Wars Armored Army to continue retreating. The shockwaves of the battle were fatal to them. If they didn't stay far away, they could be implicated at any time.
"Roar!"
Mi Ziwen and the others had just retreated dozens of kilometers when they heard a beast-like roar of pain from the middle of the battlefield.
"Zhou Shu, I'm not done with you!"
With a sharp whistling sound, everyone saw a white light shoot into the sky and instantly disappear into the distance.
At the same time, a ten-foot-long tail covered in snow-white fur fell from the sky. The tail seemed to weigh millions of pounds. When it landed, it made a violent sound, and the ground shook for a moment, as if an earthquake had happened.
The violent quake lasted for a full ten breaths before fading.
The dust and light gradually subsided, and Zhou Shu's figure appeared in the middle of the battlefield. He stood with his saber, his aura as firm as a mountain.
Looking at Zhou Shu's back, Mi Ziwen and the others immediately calmed down. It looked like the king had won again!
"Demon Queen Tushan, the Kun Wu Saber is not bad. Why don't you take a look at my saber?" Zhou Shu's voice sounded in the air. "I cut off your tail this time. Next time, I'll definitely cut off your head as a sacrifice to my dead soldiers!
"Remember, the weapon that will kill you is the divine weapon named Ming Hong!"
Chapter 491: One With The Weapon, Immortal and Indestructible (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Yin Wuyou had left the Demon Realm and returned to the Ten Nations Continent, so Zhou Shu could only let Mi Ziwen arrange for a few armored soldiers to carry him back to the camp on a stretcher.
With the help of the divine weapon Ming Hong, Zhou Shu's cultivation had surpassed the first rank of the Martial Dao and entered the Earth Immortal realm that Shi Changsheng had mentioned.
His strength had increased, but the aftereffects of the divine ability Total Annihilation didn't change.
After defeating Demon Queen Tushan, Zhou Shu fell into a weakened state.
Fortunately, this place was a remote area in the Demon Realm. On their way back, they didn't encounter any powerful demonic beasts. Mi Ziwen dealt with the ordinary demonic beasts.
Mi Ziwen and the Hundred Wars Armored Army looked a little down.
Before the expedition, they were in high spirits and went with the intention of making a fortune.
In the end, not only did they not get a windfall, but they also lost nearly half of their comrades.
In the Demon Realm, the number of the Ten Nations Alliance was not high to begin with, and now that hundreds of them had died, it was definitely a huge loss.
"Big Brother, you can't blame yourself for this. It's my responsibility," Zhou Shu said. "I knew that there was something wrong with Yin Yuzhu, but I still sent you over. I was inconsiderate."
"Second Brother, you don't have to comfort me." Mi Ziwen smiled bitterly. "I still have this bit of endurance. When leading troops to war, how can we win all the time? If we lose, we lose. There's no excuse.
"I'm the commander-in-chief of the Hundred Wars Armored Army. Naturally, I'll bear this responsibility.
"I knew that there was something wrong with Yin Yuzhu too. To be honest, I underestimated my opponent."
All of them knew that there was something wrong with Yin Yuzhu, but they had underestimated her. From the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament space to the Demon Realm, they still had a foothold. Although they had suffered heavy losses along the way, it had to be said that the people who survived were more or less proud.
They had subconsciously thought that the Demon Realm was not as terrifying as the rumors said.
Weren't they living pretty well?
Although Mi Ziwen and the others didn't say it explicitly, they hadn't taken Yin Yuzhu seriously in their hearts. She was only a first-rank martial artist. Plenty of first-rank martial artists had died in front of them.
They had all forgotten that whether in the Ten Nations Continent or the Demon Realm, a first-rank martial artist was already at the top of the pyramid.
Any first-rank martial artist was not an ordinary existence.
Zhou Shu could easily kill a first-rank martial artist, but it didn't mean that they could underestimate a first-rank martial artist.
To put it bluntly, Zhou Shu's previous performance and the rapid increase in their cultivation had deluded them.
This delusion had led them to such a crushing defeat.
Otherwise, even though Yin Yuzhu's cultivation was much higher than theirs, if they had been careful enough, they might not have had so many casualties.
"I didn't expect a Demon King to be so despicable." Zhou Shu shook his head. "The Demon King schemed against us. It's already a blessing in disguise that we only lost a few hundred people."
Zhou Shu meant what he said.
If Demon Queen Tushan had acted up when she first entered the camp, even Zhou Shu wouldn't have been able to stop her.
She alone could slaughter the Ten Nations Alliance Army. Even Zhou Shu himself would have to rely on luck to escape.
At that time, even if Zhou Shu used his divine ability Total Annihilation, he would still be far from being a match for Tushan.
Fortunately, she had other intentions and had lured the Hundred Wars Armored Army to the foot of the Weapon Burial Mountain.
If not for the countless remnant weapons in the Weapon Burial Mountain, Zhou Shu wouldn't have been able to forge the divine weapon Ming Hong.
Without the Ming Hong Saber, he wouldn't have been able to break through to the Earth Immortal realm.
Without breaking through to the Earth Immortal realm, he wouldn't have had the strength to fight Demon Queen Tushan.
Speaking of which, Tushan was too smart for her own good. She had dug a hole for herself!
Now that Zhou Shu was already at the Earth Immortal realm, coupled with the connate divine weapon the Ming Hong Saber and his divine ability Total Annihilation, he could already fight a Demon King!
He had cut off one of Tushan's tails and forced her to flee in panic.
Although she was not top-notch among Demon Kings in terms of combat strength, since Zhou Shu could cut off one of her tails, it meant that he was no longer at a loss when facing other Demon Kings.
If a Demon King really attacked, Zhou Shu would at least have a chance of defeating him.
"This can be considered a lesson," Zhou Shu said seriously. "The Demon Realm is much more dangerous than we imagined. We're behind enemy lines now, and there are dangers everywhere. We really can't let our guard down for a moment."
Mi Ziwen nodded. This was a stain on his leadership history. He would remember this experience and reflect on it in the future. He must not make similar mistakes again.
"Second Brother, that Demon Queen went through a lot of trouble to get us to help her find that Kun Wu Saber."
Mi Ziwen pondered. He had heard what Demon Queen Tushan and Zhou Shu had said. Thinking back to Tushan's behavior since she appeared, he had some guesses.
"From what she said, I'd say she wants to do something and needs a divine weapon," Zhou Shu said. "Ordinary heaven-grade weapons must not be able to meet her requirements. Only connate weapons can. When she saw my Ming Hong Saber, she said that if she had known earlier, she wouldn't have needed to go through so much trouble. This means that what she needs is not the Kun Wu Saber but a connate weapon!"
Chapter 492: One With The Weapon, Immortal and Indestructible (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
"Connate weapon?" Mi Ziwen said doubtfully.
The concept of connate weapons was still confined to the group of forgers. Mi Ziwen didn't know about it.
Zhou Shu explained briefly and then said, "This Demon King is extremely powerful, and it's very difficult to kill her. Since I've failed to kill her this time, the location of our camp is no longer a secret."
Zhou Shu's expression was solemn. When he entered the Dream Realm, he had learned that Demon Queen Tushan was a unique Demon King in the Demon Realm. She had always been alone and didn't have an army of demonic beasts under her.
But it was hard to say if she would cooperate with other Demon Kings and send an army to besiege the Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch.
She knew where the Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch was.
He had to guard against this.
"If all else fails, we can retreat deep into the cave. It won't be easy for them to find us," Mi Ziwen said in a deep voice. The karst cave where the Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch was ran extremely deep and extended in all directions.
They had been there for so long, but they hadn't explored the limits of the cave.
"Let's get ready first." Zhou Shu pondered. "Demon Queen Tushan has no troops. With her personality, she might not cooperate with other Demon Kings."
Mi Ziwen blinked. He really wanted to ask Zhou Shu,?Are you sure you know her character?
That Demon Queen has an unpredictable personality. Who can guess what she'll do?
"I'm more curious about what she wants to do that needs a connate divine weapon," Zhou Shu said.
"Second Brother, is a connate divine weapon very powerful?" Mi Ziwen asked curiously. "Will Tushan's strength increase greatly after obtaining the Kun Wu Saber?"
"Connate divine weapons are very powerful, maybe even more powerful than you think, Big Brother," Zhou Shu said seriously. "Tushan lost to me only because she had just obtained the Kun Wu Saber and hadn't refined it into an intrinsic divine weapon. Otherwise, I might not have been able to defeat her.
"Connate divine weapons are different from acquired weapons. Connate divine weapons can be refined into intrinsic divine weapons by martial artists. This way, connate divine weapons will be connected to the meridians of martial artists. While strengthening the meridians of martial artists, they can also nurture the power of connate divine weapons.
"Let's put it this way. The longer a martial artist nourishes a connate divine weapon, the greater its power will be. If it can really be nurtured for hundreds of years, it will only be a matter of time before the martial artist's strength increases by several times."
Mi Ziwen's expression changed slightly. It was against common sense for martial artists to increase their strength by several times. If it wasn't his second brother saying it, he wouldn't even believe it.
"Are connate divine weapons really that powerful?" Mi Ziwen murmured.
"A connate divine weapon, one with the weapon. This is a way to pursue breaking through the limits of the human body," Zhou Shu said in a low voice. "In extreme situations, you can even treat weapons as human bodies and become immortal."
Zhou Shu thought of Shi Changsheng. Shi Changsheng's current state should be similar to what he said.
He used the Longevity Sword as his body. As long as the Longevity Sword was not destroyed, he would not be destroyed.
As a connate divine weapon, under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be a problem for the Longevity Sword to exist for tens of thousands of years.
As for martial artists? A first-rank martial artist only had a lifespan of 300 to 500 years. An Earth Immortal could double their lifespan, but they only had a lifespan of less than a thousand years.
Zhou Shu didn't know about Grotto Heaven masters, but he estimated that they would at most live for thousands of years.
Compared to connate divine weapons, thousands of years was really nothing.
Of course, relying on a connate divine weapon to be immortal wasn't as simple as Zhou Shu made it out to be. Just nurturing the connate divine weapon to the point where a human soul could reside in it required a lot of time and effort.
Mi Ziwen opened his mouth, the shock on his face not even fading.
He looked at Zhou Shu and hesitated for a long time before finally saying nothing.
Although Mi Ziwen was rich, a connate divine weapon was probably not something that money could buy.
He didn't want his greed to damage the brotherhood between him and Zhou Shu.
Zhou Shu didn't think too much about it. If there was a chance, he didn't mind helping Mi Ziwen forge a connate divine weapon.
But from the looks of it, the materials in the camp were no longer enough to forge another connate weapon.
If nothing else, the Heaven Refining Stone had almost been exhausted.
Although they had brought a lot of forging materials over from the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament space, they still had to supply the entire Ten Nations Army with weapons and equipment. It was impossible for them to use all of them to forge connate divine weapons.
The strength of connate divine weapons was in their growth potential. Without nurturing, their power was only slightly stronger than heaven-grade weapons.
"Second Brother, do you have any instructions on how we should guard against that Demon Queen Tushan?"
Mi Ziwen had to rush to discuss countermeasures with Meng Bai and the others. The location of this camp was no longer a secret. All their strategic deployments had to be adjusted accordingly.
Zhou Shu usually didn't interfere in these matters and left them to the various generals. As Zhou Shu's elder brother and Meng Bai's personal disciple, Mi Ziwen was qualified to participate.
"No," Zhou Shu blurted out. He suddenly paused and waved his hand. "Wait. Where's Tushan's tail?"
"In the storeroom," Mi Ziwen said, puzzled. The body of a Demon King was, in a sense, a natural treasure. They certainly wouldn't abandon it.
Zhou Shu looked thoughtful. "Where's Little Lu? How is she?"
"In order to resist Tushan, Miss Lu forcefully used a forbidden technique, but she was interrupted by Tushan. Tushan didn't intend to kill her, so her injuries aren't too serious," Mi Ziwen said.
Zhou Shu nodded. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Big Brother, please help me call Little Lu over. Also, go find General Meng and the others later. Let me figure out what Tushan wants the connate divine weapon for!"
Mi Ziwen looked puzzled, but he still followed Zhou Shu's instructions and went to find Lu Wenshuang.
Lu Wenshuang's face was pale, and she walked unsteadily.
But her situation was still better than Zhou Shu's.
Zhou Shu, who was in a weakened state, didn't even have the strength to walk!
"Little Lu, how are your injuries?" Zhou Shu asked.
"Thank you for your concern, Master. It's nothing serious. I'll be fine after resting for a few days," Lu Wenshuang said.
"That's good." Zhou Shu nodded. "Don't be so rash next time. Remember, if you can't win, run. Where there's life, there's hope. You're still so young. It's not embarrassing to lose to a Demon King."
"Got it," Lu Wenshuang said unhappily. She wasn't unhappy because she had lost. She was unhappy because Zhou Shu looked down on her and because she had dragged him down.
Lu Wenshuang wasn't afraid of losing, but she wasn't willing to be a burden, nor was she willing to be underestimated, especially by Zhou Shu!
Zhou Shu pondered. "I have an assignment for you first. Let me make this clear first. This mission isn't compulsory. Whether you do it or not is up to you."
"I'll do it," Lu Wenshuang said firmly before Zhou Shu could finish speaking.
"I haven't finished—"
"Master, would you deliberately harm me?" Lu Wenshuang asked.
"Of course not. After all, you're my only disciple, though only in name—"
"That'll do." Lu Wenshuang said. "Master, you won't harm me. Then, as long as I can help you, I'll do it."
She, Lu Wenshuang, was definitely not a woman who would only drag others down!
"Alright." Zhou Shu pondered for a moment and said, "I have a divine ability that can let you…"
His lips moved, but no sound came out. Even though they were inside the camp, he still used his voice transmission technique.
Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique was too heaven-defying. It was better for fewer people to know about it. After all, no one was willing to let their secrets be easily pried into.
Lu Wenshuang's expression kept changing. She frowned and relaxed.
Lu Wenshuang opened her mouth but couldn't help asking, "Master, have you ever used this on me?"
"Nonsense, of course not! Am I that kind of person?!" Zhou Shu shouted. "If I was willing to use it on a woman, why would I need you? I could use it on Tushan myself! If you dare to doubt me again, I'll punish you according to the family law!"