Volume 9: Sword Opens the Gate of Heaven Chapter 35: Some people leave the island, some people enter the city
Forty-five million experience points disappeared like flowing water, and more than half of the five hundred million experience points were gone in an instant.
There are still 256 million experience points left on Lu Qingshan's panel at this time.
This is still a huge and considerable amount.
As for its use, Lu Qingshan already had a clear plan.
"You spend 1.55 million experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Dragon Bird is increased to LV5 (0/5 million) - the damage of all sword skills performed with this natal sword is increased by 50%!"
"You spend 5 million experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Dragon Bird is increased to LV6 (0/10 million) - all sword skills performed with this natal sword will increase the damage by 60%!"
"You spend 1000w experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Dragon Bird is increased to LV7 (0/2000w) - all sword skills performed with this natal sword will increase the damage by 70%!"
"You spend 2000w experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Dragon Bird is increased to LV8 (0/3500w) - all sword skills performed with this natal sword will increase the damage by 80%!"
"You spend 3500w experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Dragon Bird is increased to LV9 (0/5000w) - all sword skills performed with this natal sword will increase the damage by 90%!"
Needless to say, Longque has always been ranked first in his heart.
Rumble.
The next moment, the surging energy was so dense that it almost condensed into substance, and it overflowed from Lu Qingshan's Nascent Soul and gushed out in all directions.
This is the essence of 71,550,000 huge experience points.
The brilliant rays of light were flowing, and soon they had flowed onto the gorgeous dragon bird that was completely blazing red.
Hot and divine energy continuously flowed into the Dragon Bird.
With the infusion of these essences, magical fluctuations suddenly emanated from the Dragon Bird.
As the divine light entered the body, the dragon bird's shape began to become more and more dreamy, with ripples like water waves spreading out.
Lu Qingshan could feel the connection between himself and the Dragon Sparrow Sword, and the sense of closeness became stronger and stronger.
It's a feeling of telepathy.
After a moment, all the strange phenomena disappeared and everything returned to normal.
The dragon bird made a crisp buzzing sound and completed the upgrade.
At this time, the sword body of Longque was a blazing red glazed sword, as if it was made of ruby, and it was extraordinary and magical.
Lu Qingshan glanced at the attribute column related to the dragon bird on the panel.
"Where is the limit of the Taoist weapon?" he murmured.
The natal sword has levels, which can be upgraded with experience points. The higher the level, the higher the damage bonus it provides.
However, the reason for this situation is simply because this level represents the degree of compatibility between the sword cultivator and his natal sword, rather than improving the quality of the natal sword - Taoist weapons are already the pinnacle of magical weapons, so how can they be improved further?
This level bonus only applies to the sword master himself.
For example, when Lu Qingshan uses the Dragon Bird to perform sword skills, both the inner sword and the outer sword will receive a 90% damage increase.
But if he were to die unfortunately and Dragon Bird fell into the hands of others, the new sword master would not have this bonus.
It's like a swordsman. You have been using a sword for many years, and the feel for it has improved, so the strength you can display with this sword will naturally be greater.
But this doesn't mean that this sword is better than other swords, it's just that you are more compatible with it.
Other people using this sword will not actually gain the same “feel bonus” as you.
That's probably the reason.
The term "natal sword" only exists among sword cultivators, and it is also the unique feature of sword cultivators.
If a sword cultivator and a magic cultivator both use swords as magic weapons, even if the swords are of the same quality, and even if their cultivation base and skills are the same, the sword cultivator will definitely win over the magic cultivator.
This is because sword cultivators get damage bonuses when using their natal swords, but magic cultivators do not.
The reputation of being the best at attacking among the six sword cultivators is naturally justified.
Of course, this bonus also has an upper limit.
In his previous life, Lu Qingshan’s natal sword was a top-grade celestial weapon.
At that time, he had only upgraded the level of his natal sword to level ten. When the damage bonus reached 70%, it had reached its limit and could no longer be upgraded.
But now, the damage bonus of Dragon Bird has reached an astonishing level of 90%, but it can still continue to upgrade its level, and it is unknown where the upper limit is.
The difference between Taoist weapons and ordinary magical weapons is truly hard to imagine.
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There was still a lot of experience points to spare, so Lu Qingshan did not favor one over the other.
"You spend 790,000 experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Wangchuan is increased to LV4 (0/2 million) - the damage of all sword skills performed with this natal sword is increased by 40%!"
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"You spend 1000w experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Wangchuan is increased to LV7 (0/2000w) - the damage of all sword skills performed with this natal sword is increased by 70%!"
Gu Yiyi was extremely excited as she watched the surging divine energy flowing towards her brilliantly.
"Come on, come on!" She was extremely excited and beaming with joy.
Since she followed Lu Qingshan, when has she, Gu Yiyi, ever been treated like this?
Whenever the food was distributed, Longque and Taohua would have to finish their meal and be full before it was her turn to have the last bit of "leftovers".
I won’t talk about that grievance anymore.
And this time, she could actually have a "proper meal"!
Gu Yiyi was so overjoyed that she instantly forgot all her previous grievances and bitterness and almost jumped up.
Little girls are so forgetful and easily satisfied.
Accompanied by a clear and pleasant humming sound, a stream of light lingered on the sword of Wangchuan, and its shape became hazy, completing its sublimation.
"And there is also Zhenmo." Lu Qingshan did not forget this hot-tempered little brother.
Although this grumpy little brother seems even more transparent than peach blossoms most of the time.
It’s not that it’s as ignorant as Taohua, but because Zhenmo thinks “it’s cooler to keep silent” - it doesn’t want to make a fuss all day long like Gu Yiyi.
Lu Qingshan began to increase the level of demon suppression again.
"You spend 10,000 experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Demon Suppression is increased to LV2 (0/10w) - the damage of all sword skills performed with this natal sword is increased by 20%!"
"You spend 100,000 experience points, and the level of the natal sword: Demon Suppression is increased to LV3 (0/10 0w) - All sword skills performed with this natal sword will increase the damage by 30%!"
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"You spend 1000w experience points, and the level of your natal sword: Demon Suppression is increased to LV7 (0/2000w) - all sword skills performed with this natal sword will increase the damage by 70%!"
Endless brilliant divine light once again emerged from thin air, rushing towards the demon-suppressing power that was as bright as obsidian.
Buzz!
The hot-tempered little brother who pretended to be cool and aloof, after being enveloped by the divine light transformed from Lu Qingshan's experience points, felt the comfort as if he was soaking in a hot spring. Finally, he could no longer maintain his personality and let out a comfortable humming sound.
After the buzzing sound was heard, Zhenmo reacted immediately and quickly regained his composure and maintained his character.
However, these divine light spots were so majestic that they nourished it, allowing the demon who had been silent on the Sword Control Platform for who knows how many tens of thousands of years to feel the long-lost warmth.
In the end, it held back, but the Demon-Suppressing Sword betrayed its will and hummed involuntarily, making a sword whistling sound, greedily devouring these rich spots of light.
clang!
Finally, after Zhenmo had captured all the divine light spots like a glutton, a cool green light flashed across Zhenmo's sword, and everything returned to calm. Zhenmo was floating quietly in his dantian as usual.
But Lu Qingshan could clearly sense that within this seemingly calm demon-suppressing scene, there lay a divine power that could destroy the world.
At this moment, his heart moved and an inexplicable enlightenment came to him.
——Lu Qingshan suddenly realized that this improvement not only made the connection between him and the Demon Suppressor closer, but also reduced the consumption he had to bear when using the Demon Suppressor's divine power.
"This is a pleasant surprise." He couldn't help but murmur.
Lu Qingshan’s strongest trump card now is definitely not an external object like the sword talisman, although the sword talisman is indeed very powerful.
His real ultimate move is actually to use the "Demon Suppression" technique to fight the enemy by combining the power of soldiers with the power of mountains and seas.
The demon-suppressing being who possessed all the divine powers was already regarded by him as his greatest reliance.
One reason is that its divine power is so great and powerful that it is qualified to be used as a trump card .
The second reason is that the Demon-Suppressing Sword is a magic sword and is surrounded by demonic energy. Once it is wielded, if seen by others, there will inevitably be some trouble.
Although he didn't need to care about other people's criticisms and opinions because he had Xia Daoyun as a guarantor, it was better not to cause trouble unless necessary.
After squandering another 35.69 million experience points, Lu Qingshan still did not stop his improvement.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and focused his attention on the two secret sword techniques he had learned.
Without hesitation, another 60 million experience points poured out like water.
"Consume 1000w experience points to upgrade the Secret Sword: Spring Breeze Returns to level 2!"
"Consume 20 million experience points to upgrade the Secret Sword: Spring Breeze Returns to level 3!"
[Secret Sword: Return of Spring Breeze] lv3: Extremely fast swordsmanship, so fast that it can travel through space.
Secret Sword Effect: When the distance between your sword and the enemy is no more than fifty feet, you can cut the enemy from the air and the sword will hit the target with one strike.
Description: This sword cannot be dodged, but it can be defended.
Additional note: This secret sword has extremely strong compatibility and can be used simultaneously with other secret swords.
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"Consume 1000w experience points to upgrade the Secret Sword Xia Yuluo to level 2!"
"Consume 20 million experience points to upgrade the Secret Sword Xia Yuluo to level 3!"
[Secret Sword: Summer Rain] lv3: One does not know the spring is gone when it rains continuously, and one does not know the summer is deep until it clears up. This sword technique has unlimited power.
Description: If you strike the enemy with a sword but fail to kill him, you can strike again with the sword. This sword will be 40% more powerful than the previous one and consume 25% more energy. Repeat this process until you can no longer strike the enemy with the next sword.
Additional explanation: The limit of this sword's power lies in the cultivator himself.
Additional explanation: No matter how many times this secret sword is used, it only counts as one sword, and is completed in an instant.
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After completing all this, the original experience value stock of 512 million has dropped sharply to 88.76 million.
However, such horrific consumption would bring unimaginable improvement to Lu Qingshan's strength.
Lu Qingshan waved his hand slightly, and Longque and Wangchuan shot out from his body.
The two natal swords drew a breathtaking sword light in the air and floated freely in the vast sky and earth.
The fiery red and dark blue streams of light were more brilliant than meteors. They danced wildly, forming a long snake. At the same time, there was a chilling sound of thunder.
The sword energy and thunderous sound echoed, and the sword shadow was almost invisible.
"A thousand times the speed of sound..." Lu Qingshan said softly.
After his cultivation reached the perfection of the Spirit Transformation and the level of his natal sword was further improved, the power of Longque and Wangchuan's flying swords actually jumped from the original 200 times the speed of sound to breaking through the threshold of 1,000 times the speed of sound.
How terrifying would the power of a flying sword at such a high speed be? How many people would be able to react?
All these upgrades took no more than a quarter of an hour in total.
"Almost." After feeling his current combat power, Lu Qingshan was satisfied. He opened his eyes and his cultivation exploded.
His entire body was like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, with overwhelming sword energy. The surrounding space seemed to be shaken by the fierce sword energy.
Lu Qingshan's anger did not disappear with the death of the monk Zhishou Tower here, but he suppressed it in his heart and did not affect his judgment and reason.
Let’s rescue Tan Tai Qing Run first and discuss the rest later.
This is Lu Qingshan’s plan at the moment.
The next moment, a sword light rose up with a roar, turned into a black shadow, and quickly left the Blade Island located on the ocean, heading straight for the Qingluo Sect that Rosen had mentioned earlier.
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at the same time.
A group of monks, without anyone's permission, left Qingcheng, passed through several big cities such as Youcheng and Hedaokou, and did not use the teleportation array, but went to Chang'an City in a mighty manner.
Along the way, the Daxia monks from various cities who should have stepped forward to stop this group of monks were all silent, and no one even dared to make a symbolic step forward to question them.
This made this team of monks seem to be in an uninhabited area in the entire human heartland.
This is actually true.
Logically speaking, this group of monks, which consists of no more than 500 people, should not be able to cause much waves even if they were dropped into any small place, let alone in the heart of Daxia.
However, as these five hundred monks continued to travel eastward, letter after letter was quickly transmitted to the imperial city, Chang'an City, located in the center of Zhongtian Realm.
Finally, at the edge of the capital city of Chang'an, a team of monks numbering a thousand people, wearing uniform silver armor, appeared.
"Chang'an Guard."
These are cultivators trained by Daxia. Each of them is an elite cultivator and is proficient in magic arrays and good at fighting.
In the world of cultivation where people pursue personal power, cultivating a team of elite monks who obey orders is an extremely difficult and resource-intensive task.
Only Daxia has the ability and financial resources to do this.
The Chang'an Guards, who were regarded as the elite and guarding Chang'an, were actually facing the approaching team of 500 monks as if they were facing a great enemy and were extremely vigilant.
Under the sunshine, amidst the sea of clouds, in the sight of Chang'an Guards, that group of monks suddenly appeared.
The composition of the group of monks, which numbered about 500 people, was very strange.
More than half of them were wearing shackles that blocked their magic power and had pale faces, like prisoners. The other majority of monks looked like jailers escorting prisoners.
At the front of the entire team were two middle-aged monks.
Among the thousand-man Chang'an guard team, Marquis Anxi, who was at the front with shining silver-white armor on his body, gritted his teeth and went out alone.
He stopped in front of the group of cultivators, bowed, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Marquis Anxi of Chang'an, I pay my respects to the Chang'an Sword Immortal and King Qing!"
The leader of the Chang'an Guard clenched his fists, feeling that every day was a year and he was on edge.
Under tremendous psychological pressure, Marquis Anxi swallowed his saliva and continued, "You two, I am here to welcome you two adults and take over the 'rebels' by order of the Lord!"