Chapter 69: Sword Spirit

When Lu Li discovered that his Sword Momentum was easily blocked by Qu Ji.

He immediately realized a problem: he had already returned to the world of the Tianxuan Continent.

This place is different from the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer; here, there is the suppression of cultivation realms.

A Demon Beast cultivator of the Second Realm, no matter how ugly his moves are, the Demon Qi he can erupt with still far exceeds the Spirit Qi that he can mobilize at the Initial Realm, even if the Five Mountains Sword Momentum is an incomparably exquisite sword technique.

Therefore, to behead the Demon Beast cultivator before him, he must raise his own cultivation!

He possesses the Experience Gourd, and the experience stored inside is almost overflowing; he imagines it is enough for him to raise his cultivation by several realms.

And he was already at the Initial Realm Great Perfection; the most important thing right now is to break through the realm!

This is not the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer, and Lu Li cannot look down upon the heroes here.

If he had not encountered a Demon Beast cultivator today, he would certainly have waited until he returned to the Qingyang Sword Hall to think about breaking through, and he might even have asked Uncle Jiang Yebai to guard him.

Steady.

But now, there is no need to wait.

Seeing the Spirit Cleansing Grass held in Lu Li's hand, Zhou Tai's fists suddenly clenched tight.

What is he doing? Could it be that he wants to break through at such a critical juncture? It is simply a fantasy.

One must know that breaking through a realm is a very serious matter; one usually finds a quiet place, spends half a day calming the mind and spirit, and carefully impacts that bottleneck.

When Zhou Tai broke through the Initial Realm back then, it was at the Qingyang Sword Hall, under the protection of several senior brothers, and it took a full three hours to break through!

But now, the Demon Beast cultivator is right before them, and Jiang Yinuo is desperately stalling; where is there time or an environment for Lu Li to break through? To be fair, when he knew Lu Li wanted to break through, Zhou Tai was still somewhat excited in his heart.

After all, Lu Li had already been stuck at the Initial Realm for how many years.

His breakthrough from the Initial Realm could be considered a major event within the Qingyang Sword Hall.

And relying on the relationship between the Hall Master Jiang Yebai and Lu Li's father, normally, Lu Li's breakthrough would have Jiang Yebai personally guarding him.

But now, it is simply not the time for a breakthrough.

"There is no time for you to mess around, leave quickly."

Zhou Tai grabbed Lu Li, intending to drag him away.

But just as he took a step, Lu Li had already swallowed the Spirit Cleansing Grass into his mouth.

Almost at the same time, a mysterious ripple spread from Lu Li's body, suddenly shaking Zhou Tai away.

Where the ripple spread, the Spirit Qi in the entire secluded forest directly became violent.

Then, as if it had received some kind of traction, it poured backward toward the location where Lu Li was.

The next moment, the aura on Lu Li's body rose sharply.

His Initial Realm, broken!

Zhou Tai's body leaped to the side; he held his long sword, his eyes staring at Lu Li in disbelief.

"How is he capable of this?"

The things that happened one after another today almost overturned Zhou Tai's view on cultivation.

Lu Li first unleashed an extremely powerful sword strike while at the Initial Realm, directly beheading a first-rank Demon Beast.

Then, he faced a strike from a Demon Beast cultivator and did not die, but instead swallowed the Spirit Cleansing Grass and broke through directly!

How is everything happening to Lu Li different from his own understanding? His current situation is a bit like when Liang Fa saw Fei Bin on the Helan Ancient Road; his worldview has collapsed.

Back then, his own breakthrough was as difficult as constipation; how is Lu Li's breakthrough like drinking water? Boom!

A loud noise came, and the red Flying Sword collided with the magic staff.

Jiang Yinuo landed beside Zhou Tai, looking at Lu Li with the same look of disbelief.

"Senior Brother Lu, you have reached the First Realm?"

She was still a bit dazed; she had only been fighting Qu Ji for a short time, and Lu Li had already broken through? And on the other side, the Demon Beast cultivator Qu Ji also looked over here with a surprised gaze.

Since when did it become so easy for human sword cultivators to break through? This is not scientific!

Others were shocked by Lu Li's speed,

However, Lu Li felt that this feeling of breaking through was very familiar.

"This feeling, so I had already broken through a realm once while in the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer..."

For ordinary sword cultivators, breaking through a realm is a matter that needs to be treated carefully.

Capturing every trace of insight, constantly impacting the bottleneck, and searching for those tightly closed gaps.

Furthermore, breaking through a realm does not just depend on the sword cultivator's own strength, but also on whether the shackles of this realm are willing to be broken by you.

For ordinary cultivators, this is not easy.

But Lu Li is different; he practiced in the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer for nearly ten years, and now breaking through is like knowing the strategy in advance.

If not for the mandatory requirements of the Heavens Sword Dao System, Lu Li would definitely have chosen to break through earlier.

After all, who doesn't hope to be both explosive and enduring? The reason he stayed at the Initial Realm for three years was not that he did not want to break through.

Everything was just the system's task.

However, the experience in the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer also made up for the deficiencies of these three years.

Those narrow, winding paths that are easy to defend and hard to attack were already familiar to Lu Li.

For ordinary cultivators, the bottleneck of a realm might not be willing to loosen.

But facing Lu Li, the realm barrier felt very comfortable.

This man is not ordinary.

Realm: I am willing.

When he opened up that passage on the barrier of the realm, he rushed out directly.

Lu Li broke through to the First Realm in an instant!

Beside Qu Ji, the Demon Beast Scorpion Tiger was still desperately feeding.

Its beast brain seemed unconcerned with Lu Li's breakthrough; it only knew that once it finished eating its companion, its own strength would become even greater.

Qu Ji gently stroked the Scorpion Tiger with his hand and said in a gloomy, hoarse voice, "A breakthrough? How truly interesting."

"But this is fine too; a First Realm sword cultivator must taste much better than one in the Initial Realm."

Qu Ji was himself a Second Realm demon cultivator, and his Scorpion Tiger Demon Beast had also finished eating the corpse of its companion and would soon become a mutated Demon Beast.

The suppression of overall strength made Qu Ji not take Lu Li and the other two seriously at all.

His voice was very unpleasant, making one wish to slap him immediately to stop him from opening his mouth again.

Some might even be utterly baffled as to how he could produce such an unpleasant sound; Lu Li wanted to go over and strike him with a sword right now, but he did not move.

Because another mysterious ripple had appeared on his body, spreading out toward the surroundings.

This ripple was different from the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth just now, as if it contained a trace of some other attribute.

Having experienced this feeling before, Jiang Yinuo let out a low cry: "This!"

"This is... a Sword Spirit."

"Senior Brother Lu is about to awaken a Sword Spirit."

Jiang Yinuo's legs trembled, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Zhou Tai, standing beside her, was almost dumbfounded; not only had Lu Li broken through the Initial Realm in a second, but he was also immediately about to awaken a Sword Spirit.

Could it be that the man who was once above him was about to return? Even the Scorpion Tiger, which had just finished eating, felt this unusual aura; its tiger body shuddered, and it looked at Lu Li with a trace of panic.

Qu Ji was stunned for a split second, but the next moment, a cruel and ferocious light erupted in his eyes.

"That you can obtain the recognition of a Sword Spirit makes you the highest-grade ingredient."

He slapped the back of the Scorpion Tiger, and the Demon Beast lunged forward violently.

Qu Ji held his staff high, and strands of Demon Qi gathered above his head.

He swung it hard, and a dark orb of energy smashed toward Lu Li!

Qu Ji's thinking was very simple: no matter how good the ingredient was, it had to go into his stomach; there was no need to wait for Lu Li to fully awaken the Sword Spirit!

At this moment, countless figures suddenly appeared in Lu Li's mind.

There were purple thunder clusters, dancing human figures, and galloping ancient beasts... They scrambled to come before Lu Li, wantonly emitting fluorescent light, as if they were saying to Lu Li: "Choose me."