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In those critical seconds, the image of Jian Wuchen once again appeared in his mind with perfect clarity.It was no longer about the exertion of muscle power.Nor was it about the speed of the slash.Rather, it was about absolute calm in the eye of the storm.Never try to fight against the wave that comes crashing in.Let the wave pass through, then use its energy.Zilong closed both eyes tightly.The monster’s claw pressed down harder, threatening to crush his chest.He waited in total silence.One second.Two seconds.Then his eyes snapped open wide, radiating sharp black light. His body shifted a fraction of a second later with an extremely slippery movement. The lethal claw narrowly missed its target.The black sword in his hand cut through the air in a single perfect trajectory.SRAAAK!An extremely deep, gaping wound appeared across the neck of the Sky Realm Demon Beast. The creature gasped and roared in a choked cry. Zilong moved following the momentum of his own body rotation.
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Zilong stood up and clapped his hands together. “This thing is not merely an ordinary storage ring for dead items.” He looked down at the black ring that fit snugly on the ring finger of his right hand.“This is a complete small world.” Zilong carefully stroked the surface of the ring. “And it seems I have not even scratched the surface of all the secrets it holds.”He had no intention of wasting time forcing open every secret of the ring right now. An artifact of this high level was clearly impossible to fully comprehend in a short time.For the moment, what he had already discovered was more than enough to meet all his most urgent needs.A safe sanctuary.Abundant extra time and a golden opportunity to leap higher.Zilong channeled a small remnant of Qi into the ring on his finger. A thin black light suddenly enveloped his entire body. In the blink of an eye, his vision shifted, and he had returned to the ancient stone chamber in the real world.BOOM!The moment his consciousness re
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The Purple Qi inside his Dantian spun automatically in response to the surrounding environment. He immediately released his spiritual perception, spreading it outward without obstruction.One thousand meters.Ten thousand meters.One hundred thousand meters.Yet no matter how far he extended his awareness, he found no end or boundary wall of any kind. The space felt boundless.Zilong furrowed his brow, filled with a mix of awe and wonder.“A space this massive…” He slowly knelt and pressed his palm directly onto the grassy ground.In that instant, an extraordinarily dense wave of Heaven and Earth Qi surged into the pores of his body without him needing to force its absorption.His Dantian spun rapidly, welcoming that pure energy.Zilong’s eyes slowly widened to their fullest.“The Qi content in this place… is extremely pure!” He drew a deeper breath, feeling the flow of energy refreshing every inch of his muscles and bones.The concentration of Qi here was almost tangible, like a thic
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Zilong still stood upright amid the destruction. Yet his knees had almost completely lost their strength. With the last remnants of his power, he drove the black sword into the ground to support his swaying body.“This sword art…” Zilong regulated his ragged breathing, gripping the hilt tightly. “…is truly still too terrifying for me to control completely.”He stared at his right palm, which trembled violently and was covered in blood. If the previous battle had lasted even ten seconds longer, he would have collapsed and become easy prey for the monsters.He slowly raised his head.The ancient stone door still stood firm and silent behind him, holding mysteries yet to be unraveled.“I did not come to the Spirit Mist Forest just to throw my life away in a pointless fight,” he said softly.Zilong wiped the remaining blood from his lips with the back of his hand, then stepped back toward the stone door.The moment the blade of his black sword approached the door’s surface—DUM!The blade
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The sword in that figure’s hand moved extremely slowly, yet was utterly lethal.Not a single movement was wasted.Not a single drop of strength was spent in vain.Every step had an absolute purpose, and every slash always followed the direction of the wind and the flow of the enemy’s movement.Zilong drew a deep breath, allowing that essence to sink into his soul. “So… true swordsmanship is not about how much brutal power you unleash…” His eyes suddenly sharpened like an eagle’s, radiating bright light. “…but about how you use the least possible strength for the most lethal result.”The giant bear was now right in front of him.Its deadly claws swept downward, ready to tear his body into pieces.Zilong shifted slightly.One small step to the right.The giant claws missed his shoulder by a hair’s breadth.The black sword in his hand flowed like water.SRAAK!A long, deep wound was carved into the monster’s front leg.The bear shrieked in pain.Its second claw lashed out wildly from the
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Qin Zilong finally grasped the core of the relic. The sword was not merely a parasite that drained its master’s Qi. The weapon possessed its own unique and complex circulatory path. As long as he insisted on forcing control through brute strength, the sword would continue to rebel and destroy him from within. But the moment he humbled himself and followed its natural flow…The sword ceased to be a burden and transformed into a true extension of his own body.Zilong smiled faintly—a smile full of confidence in the midst of deadly encirclement. “In that case, let’s try again.”A three-eyed leopard-shaped Demon Beast lunged fiercely from the side, aiming for his neck.Zilong stepped casually. His body tilted a few centimeters to the left with elegant ease. The monster’s lethal claws merely sliced through empty air right in front of his chest. The black sword moved in perfect harmony with the momentum of his fluid turn.SRAAAK!Fresh blood sprayed into the air. The leopard staggered, losi
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