Chapter 455

[Guard One Qi: High-tier Shushan internal breathing method, belongs to internal martial arts; after cultivation, it can condense spiritual energy, strengthen the body, and also amplify the power of all sword arts]

[Heart · Sword Control: The sword is the blade of the heart. His proficiency in sword control has reached the peak; he can kill enemies with sword control purely through the intent of the heart, without relying on any spiritual energy]

[No Regrets Sword Intent: A sword art created by combining Shushan sword arts and the essence of his own methods, with peerless power]

[Taiyin Strange Gate Sword Array: He is familiar with the highest-spec array manuals of the Profound Heaven Sword Sect and is proficient in the arrangement of many sword arrays]

[Sword Flight: The top movement technique of this world; one can travel by stepping on a flying sword, crossing thousands of miles in an instant]

[Demon-Suppressing Talisman, Thousand Sword Art, Inedia Method]

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[BUFF]

[Guard One Qi: He is operating his internal breathing technique, with spiritual energy circulating throughout his body, making his body indestructible and greatly increasing the power of his sword arts]

[No Regrets Sword Intent: His sword strike critical damage is increased by an additional 100%]

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[Introduction: Xiang Wuhui, legendary swordsman, never without wine in his life, reached the Venerable realm a hundred years ago. He is a 56th-generation disciple of Shushan and the junior brother of the last Sect Master before the sect collapsed, Sword Saint Wei Tianhai]

Seeing this information, Su Ming was shocked.

Level 70, which is the half-step Saint realm, known as a Half-Saint.

Strictly speaking, Xiang Wuhui is still just a cultivator within the Sixth-Turn Venerable range, not having completely broken into the Seventh-Turn.

But his attributes far exceed those of ordinary Venerables by many times...

This is all because he is an Elite.

It is generally very difficult for a human in the lower planes of a dungeon world to become an Elite, unless they are refined into living puppets or monsters.

Monsters are easily judged as Elite monsters and gain a large amount of attribute bonuses.

Just like the Sect Master of the Mountain Mausoleum Sect, Yue Chenshan.

Being able to rely on one's own cultivation to gain the recognition of world rules and become an Elite existence is almost an impossible thing.

But this Sword Venerable did it.

Ni Shuang’s eyes were sharp, Jiang Yunqing also began to buff everyone, and Ji Yao was even about to start summoning soul monsters to join the battle!

This old man had activated sword marks to form a cage to surround them as soon as they arrived; naturally, they wanted to strike back.

Su Ming only felt sweat soaking his back.

Once this old Sword Venerable was angered, he feared that none of them would be able to leave.

His strength was definitely one of the best in this world.

Su Ming immediately gave a look and said in a low voice.

"Ni Shuang, Ji Yao, Yunqing, don't move yet!"

Everyone’s eyes focused, and they quickly retracted their skills.

Su Ming stepped forward and said sternly to Xiang Wuhui.

"Senior Xiang, please release this sword Qi cage," he said, cupping his fists and bowing, his attitude respectful.

Xiang Wuhui stood up, dusted off his dirty, dusty Daoist robe, and said expressionlessly.

"You must promise this old man to get down the mountain before I can release this sword Qi cage..."

"Hiss... wait."

A hint of surprise suddenly flashed in Xiang Wuhui’s eyes.

"Kid, do you know who this old man is?"

He approached Su Ming and asked, frowning.

Because Su Ming had just called him Senior Xiang, accurately stating his surname!

"Naturally, Senior has been dominating the martial arts world for a hundred years; your graceful scenes of slaying demons have even been copied into paintings."

"Although you have retired from the world, legends of you circulate everywhere in the human world, so I recognized you at a glance."

Su Ming smiled faintly; a series of flattery combos could be said to be heart-piercing.

Unfortunately, Xiang Wuhui was a person of pure cultivation; naturally, he couldn't be dizzied by this praise.

He just looked up and took a sip of wine, smiled faintly, and looked at Su Ming.

"Hehe, kid, you're quite clever."

"Your flattery skills are truly not bad."

"It's just a pity that this Demon-Suppressing Tower is a forbidden ground that determines the fate of the human world; as long as you promise not to leave, I still cannot let you go," he said, shaking his head.

He had a hint of drunkenness on his face, and his speech was not particular, but from beginning to end, he had never dealt a lethal blow to Su Ming’s group.

So Su Ming could be sure that this old senior was indeed a righteous expert of Shushan and could be negotiated with!

This person’s sword cultivation must be able to guide him a little.

For such a Sword Venerable, one must be sincere and win by wisdom, not fight with brute force.

"This Demon-Suppressing Tower, I don't necessarily have to enter."

"I came from afar with no malice, only to explore the essence of the sword path and wanted to come to Shushan to apprentice and learn."

"But I didn't expect that this place was already a wasteland..."

As Su Ming spoke, his expression also became extremely sincere.

Once these words were spoken, Xiang Wuhui’s smile was graceful.

"Hahaha, kid."

"You weren't this polite when you ignored my advice on the bridge earlier."

He flicked his sleeves and said loudly.

Hearing this, Su Ming frowned...

No wonder the old Sword Venerable’s voice was so familiar.

It turned out that the voice on the illusory bridge that advised him to return was left by this senior.

"Could it be that the array was also left by you?" Su Ming asked suspiciously.

Xiang Wuhui shook his head.

"That array was left by my senior brother."

"He knew that the Profound Heaven Sword Sect had been destroyed and there was no one to reinforce it, so this Demon-Suppressing Tower could not suppress the demonic beasts within forever."

"There must be external sword cultivators entering to help suppress and kill them."

"So, he left an entrance array for me in the Profound Heaven Sword Sect secret realm."

"However, he miscalculated one step, which is that the demon race is not stupid either; they have slaughtered human sword cultivators on a large scale over these years, burned sword cultivation techniques, and almost killed off a generation of sword cultivators."

"Nowadays, there shouldn't be many sword cultivators left in the human race, right?"

He looked at Su Ming and asked leisurely.

Su Ming nodded.

Xiang Wuhui had not left the mountain, but he had calculated eight or nine out of ten things that happened in the human world correctly.

Worthy of being a Half-Saint of Shushan.

He should also be proficient in calculation methods.

Xiang Wuhui’s senior brother... was the last Sect Master before the Profound Heaven Sword Sect was destroyed.

So it was that person who left the array...

Su Ming felt somewhat surprised in his heart.

No wonder the sword array marks were so exquisite and natural.

That person was a true Sword Saint with Seventh-Turn strength!

But this is a B-grade dungeon; it is unlikely that a Seventh-Turn Saint-level cultivator would appear, only historical figures.

So that person should have died in the final battle of the Profound Heaven Sword Sect.

This also made Su Ming curious about what happened back then that caused a Seventh-Turn Sword Saint to die?

A hint of an imperceptible sigh emerged in Xiang Wuhui’s eyes.

"Human sword cultivators have already become extinct."

"Since that is the case, the array he left behind is completely adding trouble for this old man!"

As he spoke, Xiang Wuhui’s expression became somewhat displeased.

"Fortunately, that array can only be opened once."

"After you get out, no one will be able to come in again."