Chapter 770: Nurturing Eight Million Ghost Soldiers, Breaking Eighteen Levels of Hell with Force

Instantaneous movement, also known as the "Distance-Null" supernatural ability, is a technique possessed by both the martial path and the arts path.

If a True Person sword cultivator possesses this ability, they can cause their own natal flying sword, or any flying sword clones manifested from sword Qi, to perform instantaneous movement.

The killing power of a flying sword is already immense; with the ability of instantaneous movement, it becomes impossible to guard against or avoid!

A sword cultivator who possesses the "Distance-Null" ability can be called the sword cultivator among sword cultivators, and is recognized as one of the most lethal existences among arts practitioners of the same realm.

As for the martial path, the "Distance-Null" ability allows the martial artist themselves to perform instantaneous movement; martial arts masters who possess "Distance-Null" are also recognized for their strong combat power and are very difficult to kill.

A martial arts master with only the "Distance-Null" ability is fully capable of challenging a martial arts master with two supernatural abilities!

Even if they cannot win, saving their own life is certainly no problem.

The "Distance-Null" of the arts path focuses on offense.

The "Distance-Null" of the martial path focuses on defense.

As for Li Fei's "Distance-Null," it is likely the most unique supernatural ability in the entire world.

Because he himself is a "flying sword," his "Distance-Null" possesses the characteristics of both the martial path and the arts path!

Li Fei can perform instantaneous movement himself, enhancing his mobility and life-saving capabilities.

Some of his attack methods can also perform instantaneous movement, just like a sword cultivator possessing "Distance-Null."

At this moment, he suddenly appeared behind Qing Xie and threw a punch toward the center of his back.

This punch was peerlessly sharp, as if a single punch were a single sword, and it carried a massive amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy, as if a single sword had stirred up the waves of an angry sea!

Qing Xie did not turn around, because Li Fei had come too quickly and too suddenly; it was already too late for him to turn or dodge.

A pitch-black "gate" opened behind Qing Xie, filled with ghostly, chilling, and terrifying energy.

If Li Fei opening the "Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace" was like opening the "Heavenly Gate," allowing the celestial palace in the sky to descend into the human world.

Then at this moment, Qing Xie had opened the gate of hell!

Li Fei punched into that pitch-black portal, and his peerless sword Qi, carrying the heaven and earth spiritual energy like a raging tide, surged into it, like a flood pouring into a city, crushing many invisible things.

His punch ultimately failed to land on Qing Xie and failed to injure him.

Li Fei had long anticipated this.

This was Qing Xie's supernatural ability—"Prison Gate"!

He cultivated the top-tier Dao foundation "Deep Prison Ghost General," and the first supernatural ability he obtained after forming it was "Prison Gate."

This ability allows a martial artist to possess an independent space connected to the earth energy of the Nine Netherworlds, which not only allows the martial artist to use this space to block others' attacks, but most importantly, allows them to use this space to nurture ghost entities with the dense earth energy of the Nine Netherworlds.

Li Fei had fought Qing Xie in the illusion previously and had long since experienced this supernatural ability.

At this moment, he did not hesitate to fully activate the "Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace" ability, absorbing heaven and earth spiritual energy at the fastest speed, including the ghost energy within the "Prison Gate"!

The "Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace" mainly absorbs the spiritual energy of the five elements, but that does not mean it cannot absorb spiritual energy of other attributes.

All things returning to one is the true "Heaven-Mixing"!

While absorbing spiritual energy, Li Fei continuously converted it into sword Qi and bombarded the inside of the "Prison Gate."

He even used the "Distance-Null" ability on this sword Qi, allowing it to reach the spatial boundary of the "Prison Gate" directly and attack this independent space head-on!

"Prison Gate" is not a supernatural ability specialized in defense; its independent space is limited and can be forcibly burst open!

Before breaking through his realm, Li Fei did not have this ability.

But now he could.

Clang—

Qing Xie turned around and drew his sword.

The "Prison Gate" closed, and behind the gate was a blood-red sword light that collided directly with Li Fei's right fist.

A burst of sparks scattered, and a massive sound of metal clashing rang out in the illusion.

In this head-on collision, the one forced to retreat was actually Qing Xie!

Li Fei's right fist was still flashing with golden light, and not even the skin was broken.

He stepped forward, instantly vanished from where he stood, and appeared behind Qing Xie once again.

Qing Xie seemed to have foreseen this, holding his long sword inverted in advance and positioning it vertically behind him, just in time to block the fist Li Fei had thrown.

Bang!!!

Qing Xie's protective force was torn apart like willow catkins, dozens of tears appeared on his Dao robe in an instant, streaks of blood bloomed on his body, and then his entire person was blasted away like a cannonball.

At the same time he was sent flying, the "Prison Gate" opened again, and countless sword Qi surged out like a black tide!

Others use the "Prison Gate" to nurture ghost entities, but Qing Xie uses the "Prison Gate" to nurture sword Qi.

Each of these sword Qi was extremely agile, as if an invisible ghost soldier were holding a sword behind each one.

"Nurturing eight million ghost soldiers is the only way to be the first general of the Prison Gate"!

These were the words of a Grandmaster from the Great Luo Sect who, a hundred years ago, constructed a martial arts domain with the "Prison Gate" ability as its core.

When the "Prison Gate" ability is practiced to the extreme and integrated into a martial arts domain, one can even nurture a million ghost soldiers!

Although Qing Xie had not yet reached that stage, the sword Qi he had nurtured within the "Prison Gate" numbered at least several hundred thousand!

These several hundred thousand sword Qi poured out almost entirely at this moment, covering the sky and earth as they surged toward Li Fei, filling the entire Cloud Sea Terrace.

These sword Qi did not attack Li Fei all at once, but operated according to a certain trajectory, forming a sword array at an extremely fast speed!

Li Fei had once managed to form an array by himself by combining the two extraordinary abilities of "Shadow" and "Danger Perception."

But that was only a very simple grand array and lacked variation, because he could not multitask.

And the sword array Qing Xie had set up at this moment was the first killing array in the "Great Prison Sword Scripture"—the Eighteen Hells Nether Sword Array!

The "Great Prison Sword Scripture" is the most complex and profound sword technique in the Great Luo Sect.

In theory, the Eighteen Hells Nether Sword Array requires one hundred and eighty Dao-foundation-stage martial artists who cultivate dark-attribute Dao foundations to form!

Even the Pudu Temple, the number one great sect with a thousand-year history, could not find one hundred and eighty Dao-foundation-stage martial artists who cultivate dark-attribute Dao foundations, so this sword array had never appeared in the history of the Great Luo Sect.

It was not until Qing Xie appeared that this sword array truly manifested in the world!

His second supernatural ability is—"Ten Thousand Cognitions."

This is a supernatural ability that allows a person to multitask; when practiced to the extreme, one can even handle ten thousand tasks at once!

It is precisely because of the "Ten Thousand Cognitions" ability that Qing Xie could become the number one sword practitioner of the Great Luo Sect and cultivate Dao-force at the peak of the Profound Scene.

It was also by relying on "Ten Thousand Cognitions" that he could form an array by himself and execute the Eighteen Hells Nether Sword Array!

Tongue-ripping, limb-shearing, iron trees, evil mirrors, steamers, mountains of blades, oil cauldrons, blood pools... ghost shadows were everywhere, wailing incessantly, causing one's mind to involuntarily sink into them forever.

Several hundred thousand sword Qi constituted the sword array, as if evolving the eighteen levels of hell one by one, and Li Fei was trapped within these layers of hell.

This was both a sword array and Dao-force at the peak of the Profound Scene!

Previously in the illusion, Li Fei had never forced out Qing Xie's Eighteen Hells Nether Sword Array, nor had he experienced Dao-force at the peak of the Profound Scene.

Now, having only exchanged a few moves, Qing Xie had used his full strength, which shows the magnitude of the threat Li Fei posed to him.

Li Fei was trapped within layers of "hell," and he could not use "Distance-Null" to pass directly through this sword array.

There are countless "interlayers" in space; by passing through these "interlayers," one can instantly appear at another point from one point—this is the principle of the "Distance-Null" ability.

But when Qing Xie set up the Eighteen Hells Nether Sword Array, each level of hell became its own world, thereby forming eighteen "faults" in space.

Li Fei could perform instantaneous movement within a single small world, but he could not move directly from one small world to another.

Sword Qi surged like a tide, attacking from all directions.

Li Fei unleashed the Sword State: Golden Body and Jade Marrow; after the "Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace" ability was activated, the Sword State: Golden Body and Jade Marrow became a combination of the Heaven-Mixing Golden Body and the Flying Sword Body.

In terms of pure defensive power, apart from martial arts masters who possess the "Indestructible" ability, there are few martial arts masters in the world today who are "harder" than Li Fei!

The streaks of sword Qi struck Li Fei's body and were annihilated one after another, while Li Fei remained unmoved.

But after each streak of sword Qi was annihilated, a little bit of black appeared within the golden light on Li Fei's skin.

As more and more sword Qi were annihilated, the black within the golden light became increasingly dense.

This was Qing Xie's third supernatural ability—"Ghost Seal"!

As long as an attack hits the opponent, a mark can be left on their body; the more marks there are, the heavier the damage caused when they are finally detonated!

This is the "Ghost Seal."

Each "Ghost Seal" is composed of the power of a supernatural ability; no martial arts or arts can block or remove it!

Therefore, Li Fei's protective force and extraordinary abilities like the Golden Body and Jade Marrow were useless, and even using Dao-force like the "Fixed-Fate Vajra Image" was equally useless.

However, his Sword State also incorporated the "Heaven-Mixing Golden Body," which contained the power of the "Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace" ability, allowing it to form a certain resistance against the "Ghost Seal."

As the "Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace" continued to absorb heaven and earth spiritual energy, Li Fei could also continuously eliminate the power of the "Ghost Seal" on his body.

It was just that there was simply too much sword Qi around!

The speed at which Li Fei cleared them was far behind the speed at which the "Ghost Seals" were increasing.

As long as he remained within the sword array, the "Ghost Seals" on his body would only increase, until the moment they were completely detonated.

Qing Xie could not break Li Fei's defense yet, but once the "Ghost Seals" accumulated enough, the result would be different.

"Prison Gate," "Ten Thousand Cognitions," and "Ghost Seal"—Qing Xie's three supernatural abilities complemented each other, and combined with his Dao-force at the peak of the Profound Scene, they created a combat power stronger than many martial arts masters with four supernatural abilities!

Suddenly, countless streaks of golden sword Qi bloomed from within Li Fei's body.

The golden sword Qi and the blood-red sword Qi clashed head-on, exploding continuously.

Soon, the golden light spread to the surroundings, eventually propping up a golden "lake" within this "hell" filled with ghost shadows and eerie terror.

Sword State: Heaven-Mixing Sword Realm!

A Heaven-Mixing Sword Realm is like the prototype of a martial arts domain, and especially with Li Fei activating the "Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace" and having a continuous supply of heaven and earth spiritual energy, this sword realm became even more powerful.

Li Fei forcibly propped up a small world of his own within the sword array Qing Xie had set up!

Once this small world appeared, the "Ghost Seals" could only stack on top of the Sword Realm and could no longer cause direct damage to Li Fei.

Li Fei calmly maintained the Heaven-Mixing Sword Realm, remaining motionless within the sword array.

If it were any other martial arts master, as long as they did not cultivate a dark-attribute Dao foundation, it would be almost impossible to replenish spiritual energy in Qing Xie's sword array, and their force would decrease with every bit used.

But Li Fei has the 【Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace】, so even dark-attribute ghost Qi can be absorbed just the same.

Moreover, the more sword Qi is annihilated in the surroundings, the more ghost Qi he can absorb.

Therefore, he is not afraid of a war of attrition at all.

Qing Xie has to maintain three divine abilities simultaneously, so his consumption is far greater than his; if it continues to drag on, the one laughing last will definitely be him!

Qing Xie clearly notices this point as well and decisively changes his tactics.

He thrusts out a sword, and the eighteen hells and eighteen layers of small worlds begin to stack together!

The pressure borne by the Primordial Sword Realm grows increasingly intense, and as Qing Xie detonates the 【Ghost Seal】 for the first time, this sword realm shatters with a boom!

Li Fei suffers a backlash, and his blood soul count immediately drops by over two hundred.

He switches to the sword state: Golden Body and Jade Marrow, and the stacked sword formation continues to grind toward him.

All around are black mist and a sea of blood, countless ghost shadows and sword Qi!

Li Fei finally utilizes 【Blood Rage】.

Incorporating the fifth implant and breaking through his realm, his physique is reinforced twice more, and the limit of 【Blood Rage】 increases from 122 to 310.

Then, by unleashing the divine ability 【Heaven-Mixing Golden Palace】 to maintain the 'Primordial Heaven-Gold Body' under the new sword state of Golden Body and Jade Marrow, the limit of 【Blood Rage】 rises to 580!

Fortunately, after 【Blood Rage】 is strengthened to its limit, one use can last for ten minutes; Li Fei only needs to consume one '580' per battle, which is just about enough.

Otherwise, even 6, 00-plus blood souls might not be enough for him to squander.

After using 【Blood Rage】, Li Fei then uses the Vajra Seal: Dragon-Elephant, doubling the power of Blood Rage to 1160!

An unprecedented, violent torrent rages within his body, threatening to completely shatter his sword state of Golden Body and Jade Marrow!

99% of the damage is transferred by the Myriad Blood Bead, ultimately only leaving Li Fei feeling a slight swelling pain in his body.

For such power, every time it is used, the Myriad Blood Bead must consume over 200 blood souls to bear the damage!

If it were an ordinary Martial Arts Master, using it once would leave them half-dead.

"This kind of power..."

Li Fei looks down at his own palms, revealing a look of intoxication.

The entire illusion trembles along with it, beginning to become unstable!

On the Cloud Sea Terrace, the sea of blood surges, black mist covers the sky, the eighteen hells have finished stacking, and a fierce, baleful aura shoots into the sky.

The next second, a golden stream of light tears through the sea of blood, slashes open the black mist, and pierces through the layers of hell.

Inside the secret chamber, Li Fei and Shen Zhen open their eyes almost simultaneously.

Shen Zhen looks at Li Fei with a strange expression, wanting to speak but hesitating.

The illusion that Li Fei had just constructed suddenly collapsed.

Shen Zhen is very curious about what kind of power Li Fei simulated in the illusion to make the entire illusion collapse instantly.

One must know that this illusion was still being maintained by her true energy.

In other words, the power Li Fei simulated in the illusion far exceeded the upper limit of her cultivation base!

Although it was only a simulation, the illusion would not have collapsed if it were not close enough to reality.

"He just broke through his realm, and his cultivation base is already far superior to mine?"

Shen Zhen finds it somewhat hard to believe.

"Apologies, there was a small situation."

Li Fei says to Shen Zhen.

"... oes the Marquis wish to continue?"

"Let's leave it at that for today; sorry for the trouble, True Person Shen."

"You are too polite, Marquis. If you need my help another day, just send word."

"Very well, many thanks, True Person Shen."

Li Fei rises to see Shen Zhen out of the secret chamber, finally personally escorting her out of the Marquis's mansion gate.

The reason he did not let Shen Zhen continue helping with the simulation is that he already has a rough idea in his mind.

Although that battle in the illusion was not finished, Li Fei is confident that he can break Qing Xie's Eighteen Hells Dark Nether Sword Formation with that final strike!

Even if he cannot immediately defeat the opponent after breaking the formation, that final strike was not Li Fei's strongest power.

He still has the 'Blood Demon State' unused, and many other means yet to be deployed!

Therefore, Li Fei feels that with his current combat strength, winning against Qing Xie should be a sure thing.

"This means that the vast majority of four-divine-ability Martial Arts Masters should not be my opponents. As for five-divine-ability Martial Arts Masters, I will have to fight one to know."

Li Fei ponders to himself.

For Martial Arts Masters or True Persons, each additional divine ability can potentially raise their combat strength by a major tier; the gap between them might be greater than the gap between the 1st tier and 7th tier of the Dao Foundation stage!

Because there is a complementary relationship between divine abilities, which is how a Martial Arts Domain is ultimately constructed, each additional divine ability brings a leap in combat strength for Martial Arts Masters and True Persons.

Being able to steadily defeat a top-tier Martial Arts Master like Qing Xie right after breaking through his realm, Li Fei is already very satisfied.

He suddenly stops in the front courtyard and turns to look in the direction of Feng Province.

"Xu Jing..."

A deep, murderous intent flashes in Li Fei's eyes.

It has been nearly two years since Hao Yi died.

These hundreds of days and nights might be very short for others, but for Li Fei, they have been very long.

He will never forget that night when he broke down and cried under the moon!

It is just that he is very clear that he is still a long way from his revenge goal, so for all this time, he has not revealed too much of his emotions.

Anger is only the most powerless form of retaliation.

Now, Li Fei finally feels that he is very close to that goal.

It seems as if he only needs to stand on tiptoe to touch it!

"Cannot be impatient."

Li Fei slowly closes his eyes, exhales a breath, and calms his emotions.

He has only just obtained his first divine ability on the martial path and the arts path.

His path of combining law and martial arts is different from those people in the Heaven One Tower; every step he takes is arduous.

Before breaking through to Grandmaster and top-tier True Person, every step he takes next will be a smooth path!

From now on, he will grow stronger with every passing day!

Moreover, Hao Yi left him a 'shortcut' to grow strong quickly back then.

Li Fei returns to the secret chamber, opens his mouth, and spits out a fiery red bead.

This is the divine ability seed that Hao Yi left for him!

Just in case, Li Fei has always kept this divine ability seed inside his body, wrapped in internal energy, and stored in an acupuncture point.

With the Myriad Blood Bead to bear the damage, unless his blood souls are about to be exhausted, he does not need to worry about the divine ability seed in his body being damaged.

The red bead in his hand radiates a warm aura, and Li Fei's gaze is gentle:

"Master..."

This divine ability seed is the last thing Hao Yi left for him.

Back then, Shangguan Xiao left a message on the stone saying that after Li Fei mastered 【Primordial Heaven-Gold】, absorbing this seed would give him a certain chance to directly obtain Hao Yi's 【Object Refining】 divine ability.

However, this probability is not one hundred percent.

Otherwise, as long as someone in a family or sect mastered the 【Object Refining】 divine ability, this ability could be passed down forever.

But that is impossible.

Li Fei holds the divine ability seed in one hand, takes out the Dream-Like Order from his bosom with the other, presses the two together, and finally inputs true energy into the Dream-Like Order to communicate with True Person Qingding using his thoughts.

"Senior, how goes the calculation?"

Li Fei asks directly.

For the past half month, he has been busy with social obligations and accumulating connections.

He has not let True Person Qingding sit idle either.

He had True Person Qingding help calculate: how to ensure he can absorb this divine ability seed with one hundred percent certainty, thereby obtaining the 【Object Refining】 divine ability.

"【Primordial Heaven-Gold】 is naturally compatible with the 【Object Refining】 divine ability; the probability of successful absorption is about thirty percent."

True Person Qingding does not waste words and says directly:

"Your 【Primordial Heaven-Gold】 finally fused with the Heavenly Water Soul Bone, raising its quality to the legendary level, so the probability of successful absorption should be able to increase to sixty percent."

Li Fei shakes his head:

"Sixty percent is not enough; I need to guarantee at least ninety percent, preferably ten tenths certainty!"

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