Chapter 2291 Unexpected Discovery, Nourishing the Sword with Essence Blood

Several days later, Chen Xuan and Chen Peng finally emerged from the endless yellow sand.

A long, continuous mountain range blocked their way.

This mountain is not very tall.

It was like a giant pass, completely separating Tianfeng Valley and Tianjian Valley.

This is the famous Iron Ruler Beam.

It gets its name from the mountain that lies across the land, which resembles an iron wing!

"Master, is this Iron Ruler Ridge? Where should we go to find the Sword Slave?"

Chen Peng released his divine sense and carefully investigated.

At this moment, his face was full of confusion.

He had been secretly investigating for a long time, but found nothing.

As for the so-called sword slaves, they were nowhere to be seen.

Apart from the bare mountain ridge in front of us, there seems to be nothing else.

"What's the rush? Since the Void Heaven Treasure Map marks this place as having sword slaves, then there must be sword slaves here!"

"Let's search here thoroughly first!"

Chen Xuan smiled slightly.

They continued onward with Chen Peng in tow.

Soon, the two appeared on the iron ruler beam.

The terrain is similar to that in Tianfeng Valley.

This iron ruler beam is also just bare yellow earth.

Fortunately, there wasn't the same violent sandstorm as in Tianfeng Valley.

This made Chen Xuan and Chen Peng feel a little better.

"Hehe, this Iron Ruler Ridge is quite interesting! From the outside, it looks like a huge mountain range. But once we got to the top of the Iron Ruler Ridge, we discovered that this mountain range is not an ordinary mountain range at all, but a monster's lair!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the so-called sword slaves are the demonic beasts here, right?"

Chen Xuan smiled slightly.

The next instant, the Dragon-Seeking Sword, under his control, pierced directly into the soil with a whoosh.

Soon, a monster about a foot in size, hiding underground, was killed by the Dragon-Seeking Sword with a single strike.

Crimson blood essence rapidly soaked into the ground.

The yellowish-brown soil was dyed a deep crimson.

"This... Master, how can you see the demonic beasts hiding here?"

Chen Peng was extremely surprised to see that Chen Xuan could accurately kill a demon beast with a single move.

He had just used his divine sense to investigate carefully.

Even with his terrifying divine sense at the early stage of Golden Immortal, he was still unable to see through the demonic beast hiding beneath the Iron Ruler Beam.

But Chen Xuan could easily and accurately kill the monsters hiding below with a casual strike.

This is incredible.

"This Iron Ruler Beam has the remarkable effect of blocking divine sense from probing. To be precise, there is a very strange illusion array on the entire Iron Ruler Beam."

"It can alter what our divine sense can detect. Therefore, ordinary True Immortals who come to Iron Ruler Beam naturally cannot see the demonic beasts here."

"The reason I was able to find that sword slave just now was because I secretly activated the Heavenly Illusion Demon Eye!"

Chen Xuan offered an explanation.

With a casual gesture, he retrieved the Dragon-Seeking Sword.

To his surprise, there was a faint trace of blood on the Dragon-Seeking Sword.

This made Chen Xuan look surprised.

"This...something's not right. My Dragon-Seeking Sword has reached the level of a superior-grade supreme immortal artifact!"

"Logically speaking, slaying demonic beasts and true immortals should not leave any bloodstains. Why is there a trace of blood left here?"

Chen Xuan looked curious.

hum!

He activated his divine sense and carefully examined the condition of the Dragon-Seeking Sword.

Soon, Chen Xuan discovered that the trace of blood on the Dragon-Seeking Sword had disappeared rapidly.

It seemed to be completely absorbed by the Dragon-Seeking Sword.

After a moment, Chen Xuan clearly felt that the aura emanating from the Dragon-Seeking Sword seemed to have increased slightly compared to before.

Although this slight improvement is very small.

If Chen Xuan hadn't observed carefully, he might not have noticed.

But for Chen Xuan, this was simply unbelievable.

"Under normal circumstances, the quality of the Dragon-Seeking Sword needs to be improved by soaking it in various sword-nourishing elixirs."

"Now, my Dragon-Seeking Sword has only been stained with a trace of blood, yet its quality has been improved by a tiny bit. This is simply unbelievable."

"Could it be that all these changes are due to the sword slave I just killed?"

Chen Xuan looked curious.

After thinking about it carefully for a while, I still had no answer.

But at this moment, he had no intention of waiting any longer.

hum!

The Heavenly Illusion Demon Eye was activated.

Chen Xuan quickly began searching the surrounding area.

Before long, Chen Xuan saw a sword slave resembling a rat, at the late-stage Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm, quietly hiding underground, about three or four miles away from him and Chen Peng.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but look overjoyed.

"Let's try this sword slave again!"

As he spoke, Chen Xuan activated his Thunder Wings and vanished from the spot in an instant.

However, the sword slave hiding underground was very vigilant.

Upon seeing Chen Xuan and Chen Peng rushing towards its hiding place, the sword slave suddenly darted underground.

The speed was so fast that it caught both Chen Xuan and Chen Peng off guard.

"Master, this sword slave is actually skilled in earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from the ground). Even though we are fast, we can't catch up with it!" Chen Peng said with a frustrated expression.

In a one-on-one fight, he could kill a sword slave at the late-stage Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm with a single blow.

But this sword slave, who was at the late-stage Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm, didn't engage in direct confrontation with them at all.

Instead, they rushed underground before they arrived.

Even if the two wanted to fight, they wouldn't have the chance.

"This guy is indeed a bit cunning!"

"In that case, let's have Irontail Scorpion give it a try!"

After a moment's thought, Chen Xuan unleashed an army of eight thousand Iron-Tailed Scorpions.

After the last devouring, the overall strength of the Irontail Scorpion army has been greatly enhanced.

Although, at this moment, the Irontail Scorpion army only numbered eight thousand.

Their combat effectiveness has improved considerably compared to before.

If these Iron-Tailed Scorpions were used to deal with that sword slave at the late-stage Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm, they would not be enough.

Fortunately, Chen Xuan did not have such a plan.

He only wanted the Irontail Scorpion army to force the fleeing sword slave out.

"Go!"

With a wave of his hand, all the Iron-Tailed Scorpions swiftly used Earth Escape Technique and disappeared from their original positions.

The sword slave darted straight into the ground.

The speed suddenly increased.

The next instant, hundreds of iron-tailed scorpions blocked their path.

However, this sword slave, who resembled a rat, was no pushover either.

After letting out a squeak, it swiftly swung its claws, directly striking the leading Iron-Tailed Scorpion, a late-stage Earth Immortal at the Great Perfection realm.

Unexpectedly, this Irontail Scorpion was also very experienced in combat.

Faced with the attack of the sword slave, who was at the late-stage Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm, it immediately used the Earth Escape Technique to escape.

However, the group of iron-tailed scorpions behind it took a real and terrifying hit at that moment.

They were all sent flying dozens of feet away by the sword slave.

He was immediately on the verge of death.

Chen Xuan naturally saw this scene clearly.

He was especially furious when he saw that the Irontail Scorpion army had just met the Sword Slave and was severely injured by him.

"This sword slave is quite interesting. In that case, don't blame me for taking action myself!"

Chen Xuan sneered and put the Iron-Tailed Scorpion in his hand into the Immortal Beast Tower to heal its wounds.

He, however, pointed his finger rapidly into the ground.

hum!

A soft chirping sound rang out.

Just as the sword slave was about to escape, a thick, dark chain appeared around him.

Before the sword slave could react, the dark chains snapped shut with a whoosh.

They tied the sword slave up tightly.

Even though the sword slave screamed and struggled incessantly, it could not break free from the bindings of the dark chains.

Soon, they were pulled out of the ground by dark chains.

Chen Xuan, who was prepared, immediately snorted coldly.

The Dragon-Seeking Sword was also activated at any moment, slashing down at the Sword Slave.

puff!

The sword slave didn't even have time to utter a scream before Chen Xuan killed him with a single sword strike.

Its round body was instantly broken in two.

Before long, the corpse of this sword slave, who was at the late-stage Great Perfection of the Celestial Immortal realm, vanished rapidly.

Only on Chen Xuan's Dragon-Seeking Sword was a trace of thick essence blood left.

Wow!

Suddenly, a bright blue light shone from the Dragon-Seeking Sword.

The bloodstains from the sword slaves were quickly absorbed by the Dragon-Seeking Sword under the influence of this blue light.

Chen Xuan sensed once again that the aura emanating from the Dragon-Seeking Sword had increased significantly compared to before.

"Just as I thought. As long as I kill the sword slaves here, I can increase the power of the Dragon-Seeking Sword!"

"But what is the origin of these sword slaves who resemble rat demons?"

Chen Xuan looked curious.

However, he thought that he could increase the power of the Dragon-Seeking Sword simply by killing the Sword Slaves.

Chen Xuan didn't think too much about it.

He quickly activated the Irontail Scorpion and began a vigorous search in the vicinity.

For safety's sake, Chen Xuan dared not let the Iron-Tailed Scorpion army act alone this time.

With a thought, he released Chen Chong and the Gold-Eating Insect Swarm.

"Chen Chong, you are now in charge of the Iron-tailed Scorpion army and the Gold-Eating Insect swarm to search for the nearby Sword Slaves."

"You just need to force them out of the ground."

"Be careful, these sword slaves are very sharp. Irontail Scorpion suffered a great loss at their hands just now."

Chen Xuan explained.

"Don't worry, Master, I know what I'm doing!"

After agreeing, Chen Chong personally took charge of the Gold-Eating Insect swarm and the Iron-Tailed Scorpion army.

Wow!

The Iron-Tailed Scorpion army and the Gold-Eating Insect army cooperated and burrowed underground, alarming all the sword slaves within a radius of more than ten miles.

Soon, these sword slaves frantically rushed into the ground.

However, their movements were ultimately much slower.

Before long, their path was blocked by a swarm of gold-eating insects and an army of iron-tailed scorpions.

After a fierce battle, many sword slaves were forced out of the ground.

Only those sword slaves with higher cultivation levels and better luck managed to break through the encirclement of the demon beast army.

hum!

Chen Xuan wielded the Dragon-Seeking Sword, constantly hunting in the vicinity.

As soon as the sword slaves emerged from the ground, they were killed by Chen Xuan with a single sword strike.

The essence and blood within their bodies are naturally absorbed by the Dragon-Seeking Sword, continuously nourishing its power.

After about half a cup of tea's time, once Chen Xuan had wiped out all the sword slaves in the vicinity, he led the demon beasts onward.

Three days later, Chen Xuan, who was hunting monsters, suddenly frowned slightly.

He was particularly frustrated after sensing that the aura emanating from the Dragon-Seeking Sword had barely improved during this period.

“During this period, I have killed quite a few sword slaves. Logically speaking, the aura on the Dragon-Seeking Sword should have increased considerably.”

"But during this time, the aura emanating from the Dragon-Seeking Sword has shown no signs of strengthening. Could it be that the Dragon-Seeking Sword has also encountered a bottleneck?"

Chen Xuan looked depressed.

After carefully recalling the recent events of killing the sword slaves, Chen Xuan suddenly realized the truth.

"I've killed quite a few sword slaves recently, but their cultivation levels were relatively low."

"The vast majority of sword slaves are at the early stage of the Celestial Immortal realm."

"After absorbing a large amount of the essence blood of early-stage Celestial Immortal sword slaves, the Dragon-Seeking Sword is probably no longer able to increase its power."

"No wonder the aura emanating from the Dragon-Seeking Sword hasn't increased much!"

"In that case, I'll find some sword slaves with higher cultivation levels to do the deed!"

Chen Xuan sighed softly.

The Heavenly Illusion Demon Eye was rapidly activated to its maximum potential.

Everything within a radius of three hundred miles was completely visible to Chen Xuan.

Soon, Chen Xuan located several sword slaves at the half-step Golden Immortal realm.

"go!"

Chen Xuan looked very happy.

He led the group of demonic beasts and sped away at high speed.

In the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, Chen Xuan appeared at the dwelling place of the two sword slaves who were at the half-step Golden Immortal realm.

This time, these two sword slaves, both at the half-step Golden Immortal realm, not only didn't run away, but instead brazenly charged out, screaming at Chen Xuan and the other demonic beasts.

Judging from this, it seems like they're telling Chen Xuan and the other demonic beasts to "get lost."

"Although I don't understand what you're saying, I can tell you're swearing. And the swearing is really foul!"

"Heh, since that's the case, then I should teach you a lesson, shouldn't I?"

Chen Xuan smiled coldly.

The next instant, he directly activated the Dragon-Seeking Sword and swiftly slashed at the two sword slaves who were at the half-step Golden Immortal realm.