Chapter 7: The Sword Pellet Unsheathed

Li Boyang had always been a man of action, and this time was naturally no exception.

As Li Boyang’s consciousness sank into his dantian and sea of consciousness, the sword pellet within his body began to stir.

This was the first time Li Boyang had attempted to drive the sword pellet to leave his body; he was unsure of the consequences, but he knew he could not stand by and watch Xi Luo die.

Hum!

It seemed like the sound of a sword, yet it also felt like a mere illusion.

The moment Li Boyang’s consciousness sank into the sword pellet, his perspective detached from his physical body.

His normal five senses were lost, replaced by a mysterious, sixth-sense-like sword pellet perspective.

Li Boyang was very familiar with this perspective.

Because during his embryonic stage, he had once used this same perspective to observe the movements of the outside world.

Hum!

In an instant, the golden sword pellet turned from ethereal to solid and flew out from his dantian.

During this process, Li Boyang did not feel his connection to his body severed; instead, it felt as if his soul had been split in two.

A portion of his soul remained in his body, while a greater portion merged with the golden sword pellet.

With a mere thought, the golden sword pellet adjusted its state and shot out; to describe it as "as easy as moving one's fingers and arms" or "following one's heart" would be perfectly appropriate.

Swish!

By the time the sound of breaking air rang out.

The golden sword pellet had already flown through the crack in the door, darting toward the battlefield over ten kilometers away.

However, what Li Boyang did not notice was that at the very moment the sword pellet shot out.

A little girl, looking no more than six or seven years old, was standing not far outside the door, watching everything happen in a daze.

In this era where food was generally scarce and malnutrition common.

The little girl’s actual age was likely a bit older than she appeared.

Even so, watching that golden light shoot out from the house, the little girl remained frozen in place, unable to recover for a long time.

"The... the Mountain God... has manifested!"

Not until the golden light completely vanished from her field of vision did the little girl, who could not even speak clearly, stammer these words.

………………………………………………………………………………………………

Swish!

The golden light tore through the air and slashed across the sky.

Flying at supersonic speeds, the sword pellet appeared near the battlefield before long.

The golden sword pellet arrived in a flash, and only then did the sonic boom echo in mid-air.

Because its speed was truly too fast, the Ruifu currently in battle did not even react before one of its heads was severed by a single strike.

"Ah!"

Accompanied by a miserable wail.

The Ruifu, left with only one head, suddenly spat out even more ferocious flames.

Seizing this golden opportunity, the Red Leopard stepped on fire clouds, crossed through the flames, and bit fiercely toward the remaining dragon head with a speed that was nearly ghostly.

Who would have thought that the Ruifu’s head would react at the very last moment.

"You wretched mountain ghost! You are courting death!"

The grief-stricken and furious Ruifu endured the intense pain to turn its head, as surging baleful energy rolled with the flames, manifesting into substance.

Swish!

Just then, the golden sword pellet that had already moved away actually turned back.

Before the Ruifu could perish together with Xi Luo.

The golden sword pellet broke through the layers of baleful fire and successfully severed the Ruifu’s second head.

The entire process was smooth and fluid, completed in one go.

The Ruifu was as fragile as livestock waiting for the slaughter, leaving even Xi Luo, who had already resigned herself to death, stunned.

As for Li Boyang, the initiator?

He was still immersed in the exhilaration of that clash of blades.

With his whole heart and soul poured into the golden sword pellet, Li Boyang experienced a subtle sensation different from that of a physical body.

Breaking the sound barrier, killing without a drop of blood staining the blade...

Driven by Li Boyang’s will, the golden sword pellet possessed power far exceeding his physical body in terms of speed, lethality, and sensitivity.

Unknowingly, some fragmented memories were awakened.

Those were the memories from when Li Boyang first arrived in this world and was refined into a sword pellet by the strange old man.

At that time, Li Boyang’s heart was filled with anger and killing intent, and using this anger and intent as a medium, he broke through the shackles of the cauldron and killed the strange old man.

The battle between the two spanned thousands of kilometers, until the strange old man was slain near Feilai Peak.

[Is this the memory I lost?]

Without the constraints of a physical body, Li Boyang in his sword pellet form appeared exceptionally calm.

No, using the word "calm" to describe Li Boyang at this moment was actually not quite accurate.

More accurately, without the stimulation of various biological hormones, Li Boyang in this state was closer to being unfeeling and indifferent.

—Devoid of emotion and desire, and devoid of perception.

Li Boyang instinctively knew that if he allowed this state to continue, he would once again become that cold sword pellet from before.

Having lived two lives, Li Boyang clearly did not intend to sever all emotions and desires to become a cold killing weapon.

Therefore, there was almost no hesitation.

After tracing a graceful arc in the sky, the golden sword pellet flew back toward the direction it had come from without looking back.

Swish!

Just as it had when it arrived, the golden sword pellet abruptly vanished once more.

Leaving only a thoughtful Xi Luo staring at the direction where the sword pellet had disappeared, unable to recover for a long time.

Rumble...

Not until the Ruifu’s body fell from the sky, kicking up a cloud of dust in the mountain forest.

Did Xi Luo finally snap out of it, and with a rather strange expression, she reverted to her original civet cat form.

And it was at this moment that faint baleful energy surged out from the Ruifu’s corpse, flowing along the earth’s veins toward Li Boyang’s location.

"Ruifu, the two-headed white-winged one, is a dragon; it dies in baleful energy."

Seeing this, Xi Luo hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she could only shake her head with regret.

Because she knew she was powerless to stop the flow of that baleful energy.

The Ruifu was a ghost-god born of heaven and earth, conceived by baleful energy; it was a dragon-bird of the dragon kind.

Any creature that killed a Ruifu would inevitably be cursed by it and possessed by its baleful energy.

This was also a major reason why the Valkyrie from a thousand years ago, despite having the ability to kill the Ruifu, ultimately chose only to seal it.

When the golden sword pellet severed the Ruifu’s first head, Xi Luo knew things had become troublesome.

She had originally intended to bite off the Ruifu’s second head before Li Boyang, killing the opponent herself.

What Xi Luo had not expected was that the golden sword pellet would turn around so quickly and swiftly sever the Ruifu’s second head.

"That guy is truly too reckless; he is simply fearless because he is ignorant!"

Muttering incoherently, Xi Luo began to summon clouds and rain, bringing down nectar to extinguish the remaining ice-fire baleful energy.

This was one of Xi Luo’s divine abilities as a local Mountain God.

She had to resolve the lingering effects of the Ruifu’s death as quickly as possible before she could go to visit Li Boyang again.

"Leaving behind so much trouble even after dying..."

"Big sister was right after all, you really are a jinx."

Looking at the Ruifu’s mangled corpse, Xi Luo hesitated, but ultimately chose to drag it back to the nearby Mountain God Temple.

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