Chapter 172 Sky Sword

In stark contrast to Fang Yue's berserk form, Jian Wufeng was pinned to the ground, as if bound by invisible iron chains, unable to move an inch.

His body was weak, sapped of all strength, utterly exhausted.

With one rising and the other falling, Jian Wufeng faced a desperate situation he had never experienced before – truly the first of his life!

The feeling of death looming, the suffocating sense of crisis, the impending annihilation, the feeling of being reduced to dust and ashes in the next second, made his heart pound violently and his mind go blank.

He, Jian Wufeng, who once dominated the capital, who stood high above in Qing Country, the unparalleled sword cultivator who served as the Heavenly Sword Sect's master, a Rain-rank expert, was about to perish here!

In this final moment, this last moment of despair, only six words were in his mind!

"Heavenly Sword Lord, save me!"

Almost as soon as the thought arose…

*Crack!*

A crisp sound suddenly rang out, so clear even in this chaotic situation!

And then…

The sword cracked.

The Heavenly Sword, passed down through generations of the Heavenly Sword Sect, feared by countless people in Qing Country, hailed as the number one sword in Qing Country, had cracked.

It split into two halves from the middle of the blade.

The Heavenly Sword cracked suddenly, cracked strangely, cracked despairingly.

Jian Wufeng's eyes widened on the spot, his gaze empty, his mind blank.

*Buzz!*

When he blankly looked up, Fang Yue, fully armed, had already swooped down in front of him, the jet-black sword in his hand piercing through his chest.

Caught completely off guard, the berserk power shattered his body, leaving only fragments of bone to shoot into the depths of the earth like shrapnel.

Rain-rank expert, [Heavenly Sword] Jian Wufeng, had fallen on the spot from this single blow!

The subsequent force caused the ground to sink sharply, forming a huge circular pit!

The surrounding ground within a hundred meters split and heaved, the surface cracking open like peeling skin, causing the surrounding youkai to flee in terror like startled birds.

Rocks and debris flew everywhere, and smoke and dust filled the air.

When the smoke cleared and everything returned to calm,

The area within a hundred meters had been reduced to ruins, trees were broken, the ground was shattered, a scene of utter devastation.

And in front of Fang Yue, there was no trace of Jian Wufeng's body.

Against such berserk power, Jian Wufeng had no power to resist, and was directly obliterated, his body crushed to dust, not even a complete corpse remained.

The only proof that Jian Wufeng had existed was the broken sword on the ground.

That divine weapon, once called the Heavenly Sword by the world, was now broken in half, lying on the ground like ordinary iron, with no luster, and no longer the terrifying sword intent that Jian Wufeng had exuded when wielding it.

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn], for killing [Jian Wufeng], Comprehension +20."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn], for killing [Jian Wufeng], rewarding Mastery +0, Deflection +0, Lifespan +30 years, [Bizarre Realm] Progress +100%."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn], [Bizarre Realm] has reached 100%, [Bizarre Realm] breakthroughs to [Calamity High-Rank]!"

Fang Yue: !!!

Having just killed Heavenly Sword Jian Wufeng, Fang Yue was immediately excited upon hearing the system notification.

He quickly opened the attribute list.

As expected, the two basic attributes instantly reached their maximum values.

"Mastery: 69980 [Base: 70000/Reached Realm Limit] [State/Bonus: -20]."

"Deflection: 69980 [Base: 70000/Reached Realm Limit] [State/Bonus: -20]."

The two basic attributes had actually increased by 20,000 points in an instant, reaching their peak values.

The Bizarre Realm also smoothly advanced from [Calamity Mid-Rank] to [Calamity High-Rank].

"Bizarre Realm: Calamity High-Rank [0%]."

With the breakthrough in realm, Fang Yue could clearly feel that his use of the bizarre spiritual roots (guilinggen) power had become even stronger.

The numerical value might not have changed at all, only the change in realm, but in reality, a qualitative change had already occurred. A mere 1 unit of bizarre value could create ten times the intensity of bizarre value as before, at [Calamity Mid-Rank].

Looking at the other system notifications…

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn], Mastery value has reached the realm limit, converting into [Realm Breakthrough Progress]."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn], Deflection value has reached the realm limit, converting into [Realm Breakthrough Progress]."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn] for successfully cultivating, increasing [Realm Breakthrough Progress]: 100%."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn], [Realm Breakthrough Progress] has reached 100%, breaking through the realm!"

"System Notification: Congratulations to player for breaking through the [Human High-Rank] realm, advancing to the [Cloud Initial-Rank] realm, rewarding Health Points +30000, rewarding Mastery +10000, Deflection +10000, Lifespan +40 years."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn], [Realm Breakthrough Progress] has reached 100%, a late bloomer, breaking through the realm, rewarding special attribute [Comprehension] +10."

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Nightwatch Dawn], with [Maximum Attributes], a late bloomer, breaking through the realm, rewarding special attribute [Comprehension] +10."

After killing Heavenly Sword Jian Wufeng, Fang Yue's own strength had leaped forward by a large margin.

He had originally thought that it would take a long time of arduous cultivation to make any breakthroughs, but he hadn't expected to directly obtain a qualitative improvement after killing Heavenly Sword.

This was the evil of the bizarre spiritual roots (guilinggen).

Killing people could also increase strength! In some ways, killing human martial artists was much more efficient than killing youkai to increase strength through regular channels.

[Kill! Kill! Kill! Let us hunt those enemies who have fallen into darkness! Hahaha!]

The parchment seemed to be in high spirits, shouting in an extremely happy and excited tone.

But Fang Yue had no time to pay attention to the parchment now, because he was also in a state of excitement.

He had broken through! He had broken through [Human High-Rank], directly reaching the realm of [Cloud Initial-Rank]!

From this moment on, he was a Cloud-rank expert, truly becoming the strongest existence below the Rain-rank.

In an era where Rain-rank experts were rarely seen, Cloud-rank martial artists were the strongest martial artists that could be found in Qing Country!

Fang Yue carefully felt every change in his body. Soon, he discovered that he seemed to have a new understanding of the origin of life. He had become clearer about the surrounding environment, everything around him, and his senses had become more acute.

If he wanted to, with his senses fully open, he could even capture fast-moving objects, every frame of slow-motion action, and comprehensively receive all information and systematically analyze it.

This feeling was like his brain had suddenly been upgraded, from an antique old machine to the latest supercomputer. The processing speed exploded, and things that could not be done before could now be operated, and even things that could not be discovered before were now discovered… such as the origin of life.