Chapter 257: Subduing the Broken Sword

After offering up the ghostly limbs and lighting the Ghost-Nurturing Incense, Lin Feng proceeded to offer up the other ghosts in his possession one by one.

When it was finally the turn of the Shuzhuan Gui, Lin Feng summoned it out and pondered for a while.

Subsequently, the half-torso belonging to the Barbarian Saint emerged quietly from the shadows beside Lin Feng.

Currently, the Shuzhuan Gui's strength remained at the Fierce Ghost level; to advance to a Disaster Ghost, it would require at least two or three more days of offerings.

This was not something Lin Feng couldn't wait for, but even if it became a Disaster Ghost, Lin Feng had no certainty that he could completely subdue that broken sword.

Therefore, this time, Lin Feng decided to go all the way: he would sacrifice this half-torso of the Barbarian Saint to the Shuzhuan Gui, directly allowing it to advance to a Calamity Ghost!

In this way, the Shuzhuan Gui's abilities would surely be greatly enhanced, and Lin Feng would have more confidence in subduing that broken sword.

In the recent battle, that broken sword had made no small contribution, but using the sword by force was naturally not as effective as having it fully subdued.

"Hoo~ Let's begin!"

Having made his decision, Lin Feng did not delay and immediately began the process of sacrificing the Barbarian Saint's half-torso to the Shuzhuan Gui.

As the sacrificial ritual began, the Barbarian Saint's half-torso began to disappear bit by bit, as if erased from thin air by something.

Meanwhile, a tremendous change began to occur on the Shuzhuan Gui; the simple scholar's robe it originally wore began to transform into a unique style of garment.

This robe was illustrated with a vast array of primordial scenes: barbarian sacrifices, giant bone trees, towering altars, and so on.

These patterns looked like ancient, special scrolls of history, or perhaps like the unique records of the distant past found in historical texts.

At the same time, special red patterns began to appear on the Shuzhuan Gui, though these were not exactly the same as those on the Barbarian Saint; instead, they gradually condensed into ancient seal characters, looking like special tattoos from antiquity.

But Lin Feng understood that these special seal characters were a form of writing closer to the origin, which would bring a qualitative leap to the Shuzhuan Gui's strength!

Sure enough, as the Barbarian Saint's half-torso completely merged with the Shuzhuan Gui, its aura began to surge rapidly!

It broke through the Fierce Ghost level, and a massive book appeared beside it. As the book opened, a special Ghost Domain filled with fog, confusion, and primordial wilderness unfolded with it at the center.

"Swish, swish~"

Seeing the Shuzhuan Gui wave the brush in its hand, this Ghost Domain seemed to materialize, beginning to condense and take shape deep within Xinglong Ling.

At this moment, its book and brush seemed to possess the terrifying ability to alter the false and the real; with every stroke it made, things in the surroundings would change accordingly.

The entire range of influence could encompass about half of Xinglong Ling; there was no doubt that at this very moment, the Shuzhuan Gui had successfully broken through to the Calamity Ghost level.

"From being able to distort memories to now distorting reality within a small area?"

"No, no, no, that's not right. It hasn't truly changed reality, but rather changed people's perception through the Ghost Domain and those special ancient seal characters!"

"Making what people see, hear, and even feel indistinguishable from reality—unless one's strength far exceeds that of the Shuzhuan Gui, one cannot tell the true from the false!"

Lin Feng first checked the surroundings with suspicion, then realized that even the Tanshi Gui, which had promoted to a Disaster Ghost, did not have the ability to truly change reality, and thus understood that the essence of the Shuzhuan Gui's current ability was still an influence on the biological will.

"However, even so, it is terrifying enough. To be able to change perception within a domain without contact is truly frightening!"

Seeing the Shuzhuan Gui's current abilities, Lin Feng felt quite satisfied. With such a powerful effect, he believed the Shuzhuan Gui would be of great help in subduing the broken sword and in other applications!

"Good! Then let's try to see if we can subdue that sword!"

Now that the Shuzhuan Gui possessed such abilities, Lin Feng naturally had to test whether he could subdue the broken sword!

Thus, Lin Feng immediately summoned the Xi Gui, Tanshi Gui, and Guai Shen Yi Gui, then prepared to begin attempting to forcibly alter the broken sword's will.

Lin Feng had the Xi Gui possess him, then split into numerous clones to form a formation, so that he could strike at the broken sword at any time, whether to control it or suppress it.

The Tanshi Gui also split into numerous clones, ready to open its mouth and forcibly suppress the broken sword through curses, acting as a support to facilitate control.

After completing these preparations, the Guai Shen Yi Gui directly unfolded its Xue Hai and Shishan, then reached out into the sea of blood to grab the suppressed broken sword.

Then, it pulled the broken sword out from the Xue Hai. As it left the place of suppression, the broken sword immediately began to struggle violently, and those extremely sharp sword lights began to shoot out in all directions.

"Fix! Fix! Fix!"

"Die! Die! Die!"

However, at this moment, Lin Feng and the Tanshi Gui struck simultaneously, and two terrifying powers were concentrated on the broken sword. The sword, which had been struggling wildly and releasing sword light, suddenly became rigid.

Subsequently, the Shuzhuan Gui at the side also immediately waved its brush, and scarlet ancient seal characters began to condense and take shape on the book in its hand.

Soon, the content of this page was completed, and it was torn off by the Shuzhuan Gui, turning into a special sheet of paper that fell onto the broken sword.

At the same time, the Shuzhuan Gui was also writing in mid-air, and a large number of seal characters began to fall madly onto the broken sword.

As that page merged into the broken sword, the entire sword suddenly fell into a strange state of silence, and then the sword body was occupied by the large number of seal characters written by the Shuzhuan Gui.

It was unknown how much time had passed, but as these seal characters slowly faded away, the original broken sword seemed to have undergone some unknown change.

"Is it done?"

Lin Feng was still a bit uncertain; after all, he had never tried to change the will of a sword before.

"Try it on that mountain!"

Whether it succeeded or not, a test would reveal the truth. Lin Feng directly ordered the Guai Shen Yi Gui, as only it could wield this sword with its formidable body.

"Hoo~ Swish, swish, swish!"

"Bang, bang, bang! Boom—"

The Guai Shen Yi Gui then swung the sword toward the distance. Instantly, terrifying sword light poured out wildly as it swung down, and the mountain peak in front was instantly destroyed completely by these sword lights!

"Damn! Good thing I tested it first!"

Noticing such an effect, although Lin Feng had long known the power of this sword, his brows couldn't help but twitch.

There was no doubt that he had completely subdued this sword now, but even so, this thing was still quite dangerous; a moment of carelessness could cause terrifying destruction to the surroundings.

"Hand this sword to me and let me see!"

Of course, dangerous as it was, this thing was undoubtedly a great weapon of slaughter!

If he had fully mastered this sword when he fought the Barbarian Saint earlier, he believed the opponent wouldn't have been able to escape with even half a torso, and even if another Barbarian Saint had intervened, it would have been useless! ===== CHAPTER 258 =====