Swoosh!
A series of sword energies swept over! Tearing through layers of void, stirring up waves of heat!
The sword hum resonated, like the sound of thunder, the thunderous roar causing eardrums to throb, the entire Soul Refining Hall and its surrounding miles were filled with the rolling sound of swords!
"Who are you? In this martial kingdom's territory, there is no master expert like you! Hmph, hmph, hmph, how audacious, to actually be tracking me!"
Ji Shu's chilling voice transmitted, instantly reaching Shan Xiongxin's ears, as if Ji Shu was speaking right beside Shan Xiongxin's ear.
"Hmph!"
Shan Xiongxin stopped the wound on his right shoulder, raised the Golden Ding Zao Yang Spear with his left hand, and struck fiercely, shattering seven or eight sword energies in an instant!
"Hmph, hmph, hmph, you have some skill!"
"However, your journey ends here! A mantis trying to stop a chariot, overestimating your strength!"
Ji Shu sneered. The scarlet maggots on his chest suddenly sucked in a mouthful of heart's blood, a scarlet light flashed, and the closed pupils on his brow instantly vibrated open!
Swoosh!
A crimson sword energy shot out from his pupil!
"You've discovered my secret, I cannot let you live!"
Ji Shu roared, and a crimson sword energy shot from the pupil on his brow.
Swish!
Crack!
The sword energy dispersed, shattering the Golden Ding Zao Yang Spear in one blow, and pierced sharply towards Shan Xiongxin!
"Pfft!"
A mouthful of blood spurted out. The immense impact force, which had split Shan Xiongxin's tiger's mouth open!
"Not good!"
Shan Xiongxin hurriedly took out a brown pill from his chest. When he left Shu County, Wan Mizhai told him that once this pill was taken, it would instantly compress all the yuan force in his body, immediately erupting with a hundredfold speed, allowing him to traverse a thousand miles. However, the price was that he would be unable to use yuan force for a month, and it should not be taken unless absolutely necessary!
Seeing the terrifying sword energy rushing towards his face, he had no time to think and swallowed the pill in his hand.
After taking the pill, Shan Xiongxin felt a continuous stream of yuan force surging through his body. In an instant, he disappeared from the Wuling mountain range at extreme speed.
The sword energy instantly slashed towards a mountain, which shattered, and dust soared into the sky!
"Hmph, hmph, interesting!"
Ji Shu looked at the rapidly fleeing Shan Xiongxin and stopped chasing.
"A mere ant, no need to pursue. Ji Shu, you just need to continuously provide me with the heart's blood of martial artists to repair my primal soul."
A hoarse voice came from his chest!
"My hall's secret scripture seals the hall master's lifelong achievement. Only as my primal soul continuously strengthens can the power of the secret scripture be released step by step!"
"The more power is released, the more your strength will grow. Once you completely absorb the power sealed by the hall master, who in this world will be your opponent?"
"This martial kingdom's empire will be yours, yours!"
In Ji Shu's brow, within the scarlet pupil, a figure constantly circulated the Soul Refining Hall's secret scripture, and wisps of yuan force continuously nourished his body.
Just now, by releasing a trace of the secret scripture's power, he had pushed Shan Xiongxin, who was at the second level of the master realm, to the brink of death in just a few rounds!
If the power within the secret scripture were fully unsealed, how powerful would it be? At that time, the entire martial kingdom would be in his grasp.
Ji Fa, Chen Taisheng, and the like would be reduced to ashes with a flip of his hand!
"Don't worry, I will provide you with heart's blood, but do not disappoint me!"
Ji Shu glanced back at the ruins of the Soul Refining Hall. The scarlet pupil on his brow instantly closed, and a blood-red scar coiled around his brow.
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Shu County City.
Shan Xiongxin lay on the bed, looking pale and weak, his body trembling slightly, and black blood constantly oozing from the wound on his right shoulder.
All his muscles were contracting violently, and layers of cold sweat seeped out!
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Wan Mizhai used gentle yuan force to continuously expel the sword energy that had invaded Shan Xiongxin's body.
Buzz!
Clang!
Clang!
The sword energy wrapped around Shan Xiongxin's right shoulder was forced out and instantly slashed towards the roof.
Bang!
A crack nearly a foot wide appeared, and sunlight streamed in from outside through the gap. Shan Xiongxin's right shoulder skin and flesh burst open, exposing bone.
"My Lord, that Ji Shu ventured deep into the ruins of the Soul Refining Hall and must have obtained the terrifying power hidden within the Soul Refining Hall!"
Zhu Sheng looked at the unconscious Shan Xiongxin, his voice low and serious.
"Indeed! To force Shan Xiongxin, a master of the second level, into a purely defensive state, and even make him use a pill, that Ji Shu took away almost half of Shan Xiongxin's life in one move!"
Yang Hao looked at the terrifying sword wound: "That Ji Shu must have obtained something extraordinary!"
"My Lord, I fear the war in Jing Province will end prematurely!"
Zhu Sheng said with a worried expression.
"This Ji Shu has been patient all along, just to make others overlook him. If Wu Yong hadn't discovered his strange behavior, we would still be in the dark until now."
"Now that he has obtained the secret power of the Soul Refining Hall, he will definitely return to Yi Province immediately to digest it. By then, Jianmen will be Ji Shu's stepping stone!"
"He intends to step on the shoulders of the second largest sect in the martial kingdom to seize the empire!"
Zhu Sheng fanned himself with the wooden feather fan and walked to Yang Hao's side: "My Lord, this chaotic land, while seemingly a struggle for dominance among heroes, is in fact, we have been a pawn in Ji Shu's hands from the very beginning!"
"The first step, using force to attack force, using our hands to help him obtain the Sheng Yuan Pill, while he only ceded Guanghan and Hanzhong."
"The second step, King Wu died, the Heavenly Gate rebelled, the world fell into chaos, he hid in Yi Province, keeping a low profile, and easily took away the terrifying power hidden in the Soul Refining Hall!"
"My Lord, Ji Shu must have remnants of the Soul Refining Hall around him, otherwise, how would he know that the Soul Refining Hall still hides destructive power?"
Yang Hao's expression was grave: "Continue!"
Listening to Zhu Sheng reveal Ji Shu's true face step by step, Yang Hao suddenly felt as if his Du and Ren meridians had been unblocked, and he had achieved great success in his divine art.
"The third step, pacify Jianmen, fight the Heavenly Gang Sect, pressure the Martial King of the imperial court, forcing the Martial King to abdicate. At that time, My Lord will be a mere soldier at his disposal, to pacify the two regions of Yong and Liang for him!"
"At that time, he will be the new Martial King of the martial kingdom!"
Zhu Sheng waved his hand, sweeping away the darkness before Yang Hao's eyes.
"What a plan, what a brilliant plan. However, he probably underestimates me. This empire, from the very beginning, was reserved for me, Yang Hao!"
Yang Hao's expression softened into a smile.
"Exactly, My Lord. Ji Shu has made a clever calculation, and the situation of the empire is proceeding according to his expectations. But he has underestimated My Lord!"
Zhu Sheng smiled and bowed slightly to Yang Hao. Su Dan Novels.
"Indeed, he is using me, but am I not also using him!"
"Time waits for no one. This Ji Shu has accelerated his pace, and we must also speed up our unification of Xiliang!"
"Zhu Sheng, inform Lu Kang and have him expedite his strategic deployment. We must sweep through Xiliang before the situation in Jing Province becomes clear!"
Yang Hao waved his hand, his voice serious and powerful!
"As my Lord commands!"
Zhu Sheng bowed slightly.