Chapter 186: Great Achievement of Blade Intent

"Hmm, the blade intent on this stretch should be roughly on the same level as my own blade intent."

Ye Liuyun sensed the strength and weakness of the blade intent here while continuing forward.

The blade intent on this road is rather peculiar. Every ten or so zhang he walks, the blade intent strengthens slightly.

All the way to the end of this stretch, he feels the blade intent here becoming even more ferocious and overbearing.

The sword is the ruler among weapons, so this overbearing aura, a will that looks down on the world, almost suffocates him.

He took the Demon Slaying Sword from his back, held it, and used it to amplify his blade intent.

The Demon Slaying Sword emitted a cheerful hum, clearly resonating with this blade intent. Ye Liuyun's pressure also seemed to lessen a bit.

But after fewer than two steps forward, the pressure surged again. Ye Liuyun had to unleash the power of his blood veins, and the eighth layer of his Immortal Overlord Body activated to counter that overbearing blade intent.

Seeing only a few steps left to the next section, he found each step arduous. Every step, that overbearing will seemed to tear him apart.

His clothes had already been shredded into fragments by the blade intent. Fortunately, no one was here, so he need not worry.

He immediately halted, contemplating the blade intent while brandishing his sword to clash with that will.

Guided by this blade intent, his own blade intent finally broke through; he felt each of his overbearing strikes' aura rising as well.

After a few chops, he stepped forward and finally entered the next stretch of path.

But once inside, the blade intent surged abruptly again. Even pushing his blood‑vein power and Immortal Overlord Body to the limit, it was hard to resist.

His whole body was instantly riddled with countless cuts by the blade intent. Before this overbearing blade intent, he felt infinitely insignificant.

"Ah!" Ye Liuyun shouted, "I'll fight you to the end!"

Immediately, disregarding his injuries, he unleashed an unstoppable momentum, chopping blade intent after blade intent at the oncoming blade intent.

The two blade intents collided continuously, while Ye Liuyun kept getting wounded. His whole body had become a bloodied figure.

Even the strength of the eighth tier of Immortal Overlord Body couldn't block the blade intent's cuts.

Yet Ye Liuyun never retreated a step, standing rigidly like a madman, battling the blade intent endlessly, as if a machine that never knows fatigue or pain.

A quarter hour…

Half an hour…

One hour…

Ye Liuyun himself couldn't tell how long had passed; suddenly, with a single slash he scattered all the blade intent before him, and those intents could no longer harm his physical body, so he stopped.

The ground beneath his feet was a pool of dried blood. His wounds had healed considerably and no longer bled.

After this arduous battle, Ye Liuyun's blood‑vein power and the defensive capability of his Immortal Overlord Body had markedly improved.

That was an unexpected delight!

Ye Liuyun immediately swallowed a Healing Elixir, then sat cross‑legged, restoring his injuries while sensing the blade intent here.

"If the two previous sections were the entry and Minor Achievement, then this must be the Great Achievement blade intent!" Ye Liuyun wasn't sure if his assessment was accurate, but could only assume so for now.

But seeing the endless canyon ahead, he kept sighing, "It seems my blade intent still has a long way to go!"

Ye Liuyun fully comprehended within this overbearing blade intent, completely losing track of time. Each day he advanced through relentless battles.

Unwittingly, he walked another six short stretches forward, reaching the mid‑peak stage of the Great Achievement blade intent.

Not only the blade intent, but this aura he also infused into the Overbearing Heaven Fist. The Overbearing Heaven Fist merged with this overbearing intent smoothly. Now each punch he throws is more than twice as powerful as without the aura.

"I have no idea how long it's been; I should go out and check, lest Senior Hao and the Sect Master worry," he thought, then took out his clothes, put them on, and retraced his steps.

Now Ye Liuyun's very aura of overbearing presence alone gave a crushing pressure that far exceeded what ordinary people could endure.

Moreover, after so many days of combat, his blood‑vein awakening had risen to seventy percent, the eighth layer of his Immortal Overlord Body grew ever more stable, and even his cultivation realm advanced to the mid‑late stage of the second rank of Sea Transformation.

When Ye Liuyun walked back, he no longer felt any threat from the canyon's blade intent.

On his way back, he found Qi Hong still waiting at the spot. Seeing him emerge, two other cultivating disciples also gathered around.

"You… how could this be! What's your name?" Qi Hong stammered. Though his realm was higher than Ye Liuyun's, if he used a sword he would undoubtedly lose.

But he had previously offended Ye Liuyun, so Ye Liuyun would surely not let him go. He clenched his sword tightly, yet dared not strike Ye Liuyun.

The other two, upon seeing this, couldn't help but feel sorry for him—who would have let him offend Ye Liuyun!

"I am Ye Liuyun, just entered the Main Institute," Ye Liuyun said his name. As for Qi Hong, he didn't wish to trouble him.

So he released all the overbearing intent from his body. Qi Hong was shaken to terror and dared not draw his sword. Even the other two disciples were forced to step back two paces by the aura.

"What? You still want to fight me?" Ye Liuyun asked coldly.

"If I don't fight, you'll let me go?" Qi Hong asked helplessly. Truly, Ye Liuyun's blade intent was so strong that he couldn't even think of resisting.

Ye Liuyun gave a faint smile, said nothing, and simply walked past them, gradually disappearing from their sight.

Qi Hong only sheathed his sword after Ye Liuyun vanished. His palms were so nervous that sweat almost dripped out.

"So he was really just passing by, with no intention of trouble! Seems I was arrogant. In Ye Liuyun's eyes, he probably doesn't even deem me worth striking!"

The other two disciples stared blankly toward the direction where Ye Liuyun disappeared, their thoughts wandering.

"The Main Institute is about to produce a great figure!"

"At such a young age, his blade intent is so strong! This demonic talent far surpasses us peers!"

Ye Liuyun ignored their thoughts, went looking for Senior Hao Chengfeng, only to find he had already left, so he returned alone to Tianqian Feng, greeted the Sect Master Grand Elder, then went back to his quarters.

"Just now the Sect Master said I had cultivated in the Rift Sky Canyon for fifteen days, yet it feels like only a few days!"

Ye Liuyun muttered to himself.

Inside the Dongtian Dadian, only Shi Yuan was cultivating; everyone else had vanished.

Shi Yuan, seeing his return, immediately showed him his recent cultivation results.

Shi Yuan's body stretched over fifty zhang; with a roar, his form suddenly altered, sprouting two extra heads and four arms.

"My heavens! Three heads, six arms? Is this the inheritance you gained at Blood Thunder Peak?" Ye Liuyun exclaimed.

"Haha, indeed! All recorded in that inheritance!" Shi Yuan said excitedly.

Shi Yuan's front body held two bone rods, each of his two rear bodies also grasped a bone rod; at fifty zhang tall, three heads and six arms, he looked imposing.