Chapter 577

"But I have the Fire Qilin Sword, also a Heaven-grade divine weapon, and it fits my family's inherited sword art the best."

"Brother Bu, you broke through to the Earthly Immortal Realm the other day — why not step into the furnace and have a go?"

"No, I'll wait a while longer!"

Watching Bu Jingyun had always felt something was strange, and besides, he didn't care about any of the other divine weapons.

He had come only to wait for his own fated opportunity — the appearance of the Absolute Sword!

By now the scene had already grown quite heated; quite a few martial artists had found divine weapons they were quite satisfied with.

It was just that there were too many divine weapons in the Sword-Forging Furnace, and only now had they found a Heaven-grade divine weapon suited to themselves.

Just as they were preparing to leave, they discovered that near the central position there was actually a single Immortal-grade divine weapon.

In their excitement, how could they still think of leaving? Instead they took several steps toward the central position, wanting to take that Immortal-grade divine weapon.

But Immortal-grade divine weapons were, after all, few — if you had your eye on it, naturally others had their eyes on it too.

The moment one martial artist happily announced he had found an Immortal-grade divine weapon, another martial artist struck without warning and ran him through with a single sword thrust.

Precisely because of this, what had begun as each person searching inside the Sword-Forging Furnace for a divine weapon suited to themselves,

in the end turned into these once-mighty Earthly Immortal Realm experts slaughtering one another over divine weapons.

"Sure enough, the human heart is the greediest thing of all."

Seeing Ao Jue, who had been cold and silent all along, saw the scene had already descended into chaos, and actually let out a mocking laugh.

392 The Great Dragon Head is invincible, the Qinglong Society is awesome!

The slaughter inside the Sword-Forging Furnace at first was still small-scale, mostly involving one or two people.

As time went on, the scene grew more and more chaotic.

The experts inside seemed to have gone mad.

Over a single divine weapon, they threw all caution aside and fought to the death with those beside them.

Until they were utterly spent, and were cut down by someone with a single sword, collapsing to the ground.

Not many people noticed that from every fallen martial artist, blood kept streaming out without cease.

Flowing toward the center of the Sword-Forging Furnace.

Once the blood ran dry, a blaze of flame would rise up, burning these fallen experts into a handful of ash!

"Evil, evil! There are so many divine weapons in this Sword-Forging Furnace — why must they fight to the death over just one?"

"Right! Divine weapons are important, but isn't one's life even more important?"

"Master Ao, you're the one in charge here — why not tell everyone to stop?"

Those outside who hadn't gone down yet, or whose strength wasn't sufficient,

watching the scene inside the Sword-Forging Furnace, couldn't help but feel their hearts pound and flesh creep.

Among them some were glad they hadn't gone down, while others made suggestions to Seeing Ao Jue.

"Everything inside the Sword-Forging Furnace is beyond even the Master's control."

That old man explained once more,

"Everyone, time is running out — you should continue going down into the furnace."

In just this short while, the first batch of over ten Earthly Immortal Realm experts who had gone down into the furnace had all beaten one another to death inside it.

Not a single one survived!

At this moment the old man once again made his suggestion.

Hearing his words, most found it bizarre and inexplicable, yet there were those thirty-plus whose cultivation was low.

For some unknown reason, they actually stepped straight into the Sword-Forging Furnace.

As they stepped in, raging fire surged up once more, burning them all completely to flying ash.

Duan Lang, hearing the old man's words, was also dazed in spirit, and couldn't help taking two steps forward.

Fortunately Bu Jingyun noticed in time and grabbed him with one hand,

"Duan Lang, what are you doing?"

"Ah?"

Duan Lang jolted awake and said, as if suddenly understanding,

"Not good! This so-called giving us divine weapons is actually using our lives to sacrifice-refine a demonic blade."

By now the remaining dozen or so Earthly Immortal Realm experts also realized what was happening.

"Seeing Ao Jue, what is the meaning of this?"

Seeing Ao Jue, who had not spoken all along, finally laughed out loud at this point,

"Correct! What Duan Lang said is right!"

"This Absolute Sword was, in itself, the most fiendish sword under heaven."

"It requires the three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion to be complete before it can be forged."

"You people are precisely the sacrificial offerings for the Absolute Sword."

"Either you throw yourselves into the Sword-Forging Furnace yourselves,"

"or I personally escort you on your way."

At this moment, outside the Sword-Forging Furnace, many figures suddenly appeared.

They were clearly experts of the Sword Worship Shanzhuang!

"Despicable! Seeing Ao Jue, you actually dared to deceive me…"

Severed-Meridian Sword Qi!

Before the man could finish speaking, Seeing Ao Jue pointed a finger, and a streak of sword qi shot out.

Though that man was of the Earthly Immortal Realm, how could he be a match for an expert of Seeing Ao Jue's caliber on the Heavenly Dao Gold List.

A sword qi swept in, and the man's meridians snapped inch by inch.

Then the nearest expert of Watching Bu Jingyun Shanzhuang immediately leapt up and kicked him into the sword-forging furnace.

In an instant, raging flames surged up and burned him to flying ash.

"Damnable! Everyone rush him together — fight Seeing Ao Jue to the death!"

The remaining experts finally understood that if they did not fight in concert, today they would likely all perish here.

In an instant, the experts still remaining immediately launched their attacks against Seeing Ao Jue and the experts of Watching Bu Jingyun Shanzhuang.

Duan Lang also drew his Fire Qilin Sword and thrust it into an expert of Watching Bu Jingyun Shanzhuang beside him.

Bu Jingyun, on the other hand, stood there in a daze, not moving at all.

Seeing Ao Jue did not strike immediately either, only staring blankly at the sword-forging furnace.

Then, seeing that Bu Jingyun was actually motionless, he could not help being curious,

"What? Why does Brother Bu not make a move?"

"Nothing. I just thought that until the very last moment, you would not kill me."

Bu Jingyun smiled with confidence — this time he had come because it was an opportunity personally entrusted by the Great Dragon Head.

Since this Absolute Good Sword was fated to be his, clearly he would not die so easily.

"Lord Ao said this Absolute Good Sword requires the three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion."

"The poison of greed lies in the countless swordsmen present."

"The poison of hatred, if I am not mistaken, must be Duan Lang."

"As for delusion, heh… it must be me…"

"But the final moment has not yet arrived, so you will not make the first move against me."

Seeing Ao Jue heard this, his face full of astonishment, and asked,

"How do you know all this?"

Although he had acted generous and spoken of the three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion as the necessary conditions for forging the Absolute Good Sword,

he had not specified exactly what the so-called three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion referred to.

How could Bu Jingyun know all this?

Could this man also be a master sword-forger, or was it the Qinglong Society behind him?

"No need to guess. The Qinglong Society's intelligence spans the world, and the Great Dragon Head knows everything."

Bu Jingyun had come here not only knowing that this Absolute Good Sword was his own opportunity, but had also been told by Senior Xiaoyaozi about the so-called three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion.

"How could that be?"

Seeing Ao Jue's face was full of disbelief as he said,