Chapter 569: Sword Intent Sixth Level!

Swish!

Chen Mu’s figure was like a ghost, skimming past the valley entrance where withered bones were scattered.

The shrill wind sounded like a chorus of hundreds of millions of resentful souls, frantically surging in the narrow and deep canyon, impacting the intruder’s eardrums and mind.

The thick gray-black baleful energy flowed slowly in the valley path like a living thing, obscuring vision and eroding protective true essence.

Chen Mu restrained his aura to the limit, like merging into the shadows, moving silently along the rugged and slippery valley path toward the depths.

He did not completely follow the route marked on the map given by Hong Luan, but relied on his own keen perception of sword intent and energy fluctuations, choosing to advance in directions where baleful energy was relatively thin but still faintly had sharp dao rhymes remaining.

After traveling for about three or four miles, the canyon ahead suddenly became wider, and a gourd-shaped depression appeared.

The depression was full of jagged rocks, with white bones piled into small hills, and in the center was a dark black water pool exuding bone-chilling cold.

And just as Chen Mu was about to step into this depression area—

Rumble!!

A heaven-shaking loud noise suddenly came from deep within the depression ahead.

Accompanied by the violent trembling of the earth, and two terrifying beast roars full of violence.

"Roar—"

"Hiss—"

The roar made the cliff walls on both sides tremble, gravel collapsed, and even the omnipresent ghost-crying wind was temporarily suppressed.

Chen Mu’s eyes narrowed, he stopped instantly, his figure sticking to the shadow of a protruding giant rock like a gecko, completely hiding his aura, merging with the surrounding rocks, shadows, and baleful energy.

Quietly probing his spiritual sense, like the softest tentacles, spreading toward the direction of the loud noise.

Only to see in the deepest part of the depression, not far from the cliff wall with various battle traces, especially the huge sword mark in the center flowing with dark purple thunder light, two behemoths were fighting frantically.

One of them was a giant ape over ten zhang tall, covered with dense dark golden fur like steel needles, muscles knotted like small mountains, fangs exposed, and eyes blood-red like blood!

The giant ape had no weapons in its hands, only relying on a pair of giant fists comparable to the size of a house, and with every wave, it had the power to split mountains and crack rocks, the fist wind surging, stirring the surrounding baleful energy into a mess.

Its aura was violent, domineering, and full of pure power, having reached the level of the early Heaven Palace realm.

But on its body, there were already several deep-to-the-bone wounds, the dark golden fur soaked with blood, clearly having been injured not lightly in the previous fight.

Fighting against the giant ape was a one-horned giant snake over thirty zhang long, with a waist as thick as a water vat, covered with dark cyan, metallic-cold-shining diamond-shaped scales, with a single horn on its head, and cold, cunning, and cruel light flickering in its triangular snake pupils.

The giant snake moved like electricity, its huge body slithering flexibly in the depression, sometimes hitting with its single horn, sometimes whipping with its giant tail, and occasionally spitting dark green poison mist containing poison and corrosive power.

Its aura was cold and vicious, also reaching the early Heaven Palace realm, and there were also many broken and fallen scales on its body, revealing blood-blurred wounds below, clearly having suffered no small loss under the giant ape’s terrifying power.

Two Heaven Palace realm giant beasts, for unknown reasons, broke out in a great battle.

Every collision shook the earth, and the energy aftermath ground the jagged rocks and white bones in the depression into powder.

Chen Mu held his breath and concentrated, observing quietly.

He had no intention of interfering in the fight between these two fierce beasts, only wanting to wait for them to decide the winner, or leave after both were injured, before going to investigate that Zixiao sword mark.

However, the battle did not last long.

Although the giant ape’s power was violent, its injuries were not light, and it seemed to be somewhat wary of the giant snake’s poison mist and flexibility.

Although the giant snake was cunning and vicious, it could not take it anymore in the face of the giant ape’s desperate, fierce attacks.

"Roar!"

The giant ape seized an opportunity, smashed a fist fiercely on the tail whipped by the giant snake, smashing several scales into powder, and the snake tail also twisted at an unnatural angle.

And the giant snake’s poison mist also sprayed the giant ape’s face again, making it emit a painful and angry roar, its eyes seeming somewhat blurred.

The two giant beasts each emitted an unwilling roar, realizing they could not take the other down in a short time.

The giant snake retreated first, its huge body sliding into a thick baleful energy mist at the edge of the depression like flowing water, coldly glaring at the giant ape with its cold snake pupils, emitting a threatening hissing sound.

Immediately, its figure completely plunged into the mist and disappeared, and its aura moved away rapidly.

The giant ape was panting, standing in place, vigilantly scanning the surroundings, especially the direction where the giant snake disappeared, confirming that the other party had really retreated and was not ambushing.

Only then did it sit down on the ground, leaning against a huge rock, stretching out a palm like a palm-leaf fan, covering the deepest wounds on its body, dark golden blood flowing out from between its fingers.

It panted in a low voice, its blood-red eyes revealing exhaustion, pain, and a hint of relaxation after victory.

Just then, the giant ape’s keen beast-like perception seemed to have captured something.

It turned its head abruptly, its blood-red eyes, like two searchlights, instantly locked onto the giant rock where Chen Mu was hiding!

Although Chen Mu restrained his aura very well, the fluctuations of the battle just now and the smell of blood seemed to have captured a trace of something unusual for this keen-perceiving fierce beast.

"Roar?"

The giant ape emitted a low, suspicious, and vigilant throat sound, its huge body tensed slightly, and although its injuries were not light, the terrifying pressure belonging to a Heaven Palace realm fierce beast slowly spread.

Chen Mu knew that he couldn't hide anymore.

He had no intention of conflicting with this injured fierce beast, but since he was discovered, there was no need to panic.

Slowly walked out from behind the rock shadow, his figure appearing exceptionally small in contrast to the giant ape’s huge body, but his aura was steady, without the slightest fear.

The giant ape saw Chen Mu, a flash of surprise in its blood-red eyes, seemingly not expecting that the one hiding there was such a tiny human.

But the aura that Chen Mu faintly exuded, which made it feel a trace of inexplicable pressure, made it not launch an attack immediately, only staring vigilantly.

Chen Mu’s mind turned, his gaze swept over the hideous wounds on the giant ape’s body, as well as the exhaustion and desire for recovery in its eyes.

A thought stirred in his heart, and he remembered the few spiritual fruits he had picked up in the "Spring Hall" of the Four Seasons Secret Treasury.

Among them was a strange fruit called "Life-Creating Fruit," which had miraculous effects on healing, restoring blood energy, and supplementing vitality, and its medicinal properties were mild, even for alien beasts, it had great benefits.

Immediately, his hand flickered, and a fist-sized, emerald-green, fragrant strange fruit appeared in his palm.

It was the "Life-Creating Fruit."

Chen Mu did not speak, just flicked his wrist, and threw the "Life-Creating Fruit" toward the giant ape.

The movement was casual, yet it landed precisely in front of the giant ape.

The giant ape was stunned, subconsciously stretched out its huge palm, and caught the emerald fruit that was like a green bean relative to its body size.

As soon as the fruit was in hand, the pure and majestic vitality and the alluring fragrance made its spirit lift!

It could feel that this small fruit would definitely be of great benefit to the recovery of its injuries.

The giant ape’s blood-red eyes looked at the fruit in its palm, then at Chen Mu, its vigilance decreasing slightly, and its suspicion becoming stronger.

But the instinct of the alien beast and the desire for recovery still made it sniff the fruit in front of its nose, confirm it was non-toxic, and throw it into that bloody mouth without hesitation.

Gulp.

The fruit entered its belly, and almost instantly, a warm, mellow, and majestic heat flow containing vitality spread from the giant ape’s belly, rapidly flowing to its limbs and bones.

Those deepest wounds felt itchy, the blood flow slowed down significantly, and even tiny flesh buds began to squirm and grow.

The lost blood energy and vitality were also significantly supplemented.

The giant ape roared comfortably in a low voice, most of the exhaustion in its eyes gone, and its gaze toward Chen Mu already carried undisguised longing.

"Roar! Roar!"

The giant ape roared twice, its huge palm stretched out, making a "want more" gesture toward Chen Mu, its blood-red eyes full of anticipation.

Chen Mu smiled slightly, not stingy, took out two more "Life-Creating Fruits," and threw them over.

These two fruits were enough to stabilize the giant ape’s injuries and restore a considerable amount of vitality.

The giant ape was overjoyed, hurriedly caught them, and swallowed them whole.

More majestic vitality melted in its body, its injuries improved at a speed visible to the naked eye, and its aura also recovered quite a bit.

It excitedly patted its thick chest, emitting a "bang bang" muffled sound, and its gaze toward Chen Mu already carried a bit of closeness and gratitude.

"Roar?"

The giant ape roared low, this time, the sound lacked much of the bestial violence, and had a bit more meaning of communication.

Although it could not speak human language, having reached the Heaven Palace realm, its intelligence had opened, and it could transmit intentions through simple spiritual fluctuations.

Chen Mu could clearly receive its meaning.

"Human, you gave me such good fruit, what do you want? This territory? Or..."

The giant ape’s gaze glanced toward the sword mark flowing with dark purple thunder light on the cliff not far away.

Chen Mu shook his head, transmitted with spiritual sense, and directly transmitted his intention into the giant ape’s consciousness.

"I have no intention for the territory. Just to comprehend the sword intent in that sword mark. During this period, I need to be quiet and focused. Can you guard for me for a while? As a reward, I can give you another spiritual fruit afterward."

Chen Mu’s request was very simple, just asking this giant ape with not-weak strength, who had just received a favor, to help block other interference when he comprehended the sword mark.

For the giant ape, this was just a favor, and it could get another spiritual fruit, why not?

The giant ape heard this, its blood-red eyes blinked, seemingly thinking.

Soon, it nodded its huge head heavily, emitted a low roar, and spiritual fluctuations came.

"No problem! You helped me, I’ll watch for you! Whoever dares to come and make trouble, I’ll slap them to death!"

Having said that, it also waved its huge fist demonstratively, bringing up a gust of wind.

Chen Mu nodded in thanks, and did not break his promise, taking out another "Life-Creating Fruit" and throwing it to the giant ape.

The giant ape caught it happily, this time not eating it immediately, but carefully holding it with its claws, seemingly wanting to save it to enjoy slowly, or take it back to its nest.

It did not delay, dragging its huge body with greatly improved injuries, moved to the other side of the cliff wall where the sword mark was, found a relatively flat stone, and leaned back comfortably.

While licking the scabbed wounds on its body with its rough tongue, it stared with wide blood-red eyes, vigilantly scanning the depression entrance and surroundings, fulfilling the duty of "guarding."

With this Heaven Palace realm giant ape sitting in town, unless another expert of the same level came, ordinary alien beasts and evil spirits would definitely not dare to approach.

Chen Mu saw this, no longer hesitated, turned and walked toward the sword mark on the cliff wall.

The closer he got, the clearer and heavier the majestic and terrifying sword intent pressure became.

Dark purple thunder light flowed inside the sword mark, and every time it flickered, it seemed as if a nine-heaven thunder exploded in Chen Mu’s sea of consciousness, shaking the soul.

Chen Mu faced the impact of the sword intent, sat cross-legged three zhang away from the sword mark.

Closing his eyes, Chen Mu sank all his mind into the comprehension of this sword mark.

He no longer resisted the sword intent pressure, but tried, with his own sword intent as a guide, to contact, resonate, and analyze the Zixiao Thunder Sword Intent contained in the sword mark that had been silent for three thousand years.

In an instant, in Chen Mu’s sea of consciousness, it was as if tens of thousands of thunders exploded at the same time.

Countless fragmented pictures, comprehension fragments, and rule patterns, like a bursting dam, flowed into his sea of consciousness along the channel of sword intent resonance.

Chen Mu "saw" a towering figure wrapped in purple thunder, holding a divine sword, as if a thunder god had descended, drawing ten thousand thunders from the nine heavens, and swinging his sword toward an endless darkness shrouding heaven and earth!

That sword was fast as if surpassing time, fierce as if collapsing the void, and the will contained within was not only the destruction of thunder, but also a will to punish evil and cleanse the universe.

He "saw" the sword light slash into the darkness, colliding and annihilating with more terrifying and strange forces within, and finally both returned to silence, leaving only this sword mark containing part of the essence of both sides and the battlefield baleful energy, which had withstood three thousand years without being worn away...

Countless sword dao true meanings, like the purest nutrients, poured into Chen Mu’s sword dao foundation.

His own sword intent, under the stimulation and nourishment of this same-attribute external force, began to boil, transform, and sublimate violently.

The fifth-level sword intent, under this external force infusion and stimulation, the barrier that was originally perfect and stable, began to loosen and expand.

Time passed rapidly in the deep comprehension.

Around Chen Mu, faint golden-red sword light began to radiate involuntarily, and within the sword light, purple electric snakes jumped and wandered faintly.

The aura was constantly condensing and climbing.

The guarding giant ape seemed to feel the increasingly strong sword intent fluctuations on Chen Mu, and the surprise in its blood-red eyes flashed, then it watched the surroundings even more vigilantly.

I don't know how long it took, perhaps a day, perhaps several days.

Chen Mu, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the sword mark, had his aura suddenly converge.

All golden-red sword light and purple electric snakes were completely converged into his body.

Chen Mu slowly opened his eyes.

At the moment of opening and closing, two condensed to the extreme sword lights that seemed capable of cutting open the void flashed and disappeared from the depths of his pupils!

A purer, more perfect, and faintly possessing a trace of "Thunder Punishing Evil" and "Unbreakable" sword intent erupted from his body and shot into the sky.

Although it was not as majestic and ancient as the sword intent in the sword mark that had been precipitated for three thousand years, its pure and sharp artistic conception indicated a qualitative leap.

Sword Intent, Sixth Level!