Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 141 - 038: King of Ten Thousand Beasts

This Sword Spirit, like an Immortal Crane, wasn’t realized to be wingless by the Cultivators until it flew out.

A Spirit Transformation of a Sword Spirit had evolved into an Immortal Crane, yet it lacked wings! Due to the absence of wings, its pair of claws appeared all the more terrifying.

Even Zhou Yan, couldn’t have imagined that a Divine Sword’s Sword Spirit, which had transformed into an Immortal Crane, would be devoid of the means to fly.

It was akin to a mighty being with unmatched speed around the world, suddenly stripped of legs.

But upon seeing this, Zhou Yan suddenly understood that perhaps it was precisely because the Sword Spirit had imperfections that its evolution became more strenuous. And after successful evolution, it was through continuous transformation that it compensated for this inherent flaw.

It was for this reason that it possessed the lonely and powerful aura of the Emperor Sword Intent.

Toward such a Sword Spirit, Zhou Yan also felt genuine respect from within, just like a genius rising from adversity. Even if that genius was imperfect, they undoubtedly deserved respect.

This Jia Yongheng, regardless of any other abilities, simply by possessing such a Sword Spirit, already appeared extraordinary on his own.

"I never thought that such a powerful Demon Beast would immediately be refined into a drop of Essence Blood by this Immortal Crane Sword Spirit,"

Feng Ling Bamboo, standing beside Zhou Yan, couldn’t help but express with emotion.

Zhou Yan’s six senses and sensing power were incredibly acute, said to be unmatched; he truly couldn’t have imagined that Feng Ling Bamboo’s sensing power would also bear such strong spiritual nature!

Even Chen Tianjian of Feng Yunyan couldn’t have discerned this beforehand!

This woman, it seems, was born with a terrifying instinctual perception, capable of foreseeing a series of events that other Cultivators could neither sense nor detect!

Her murmured words also drew many disdainful or indifferent glances, but Zhou Yan knew the outcome she spoke of would indeed be the ultimate fate of that massive beast.

Zhou Yan offered her an approving smile before declaring loudly, "I’m ready, Jia Lingzhe, you can take action without worry!"

As Zhou Yan finished speaking, that oppressing sensation in heaven and earth suddenly vanished.

The massive beast that blotted out the sky and sun was suddenly struck by a light as sharp as a whip, its brilliance illuminating the sky in that instant.

Then, as if subjected to a shrinking magic, the huge beast rapidly decreased in size.

Continuing to shrink without any struggle, it eventually morphed into a deep purple Blood Bead.

With a slap of the Immortal Crane Sword Spirit’s claw, this drop of Essence Blood suddenly flew towards Zhou Yan.

Everyone watched agape at this scene, as if witnessing a myth from prehistoric times, it seemed simply unimaginable, unbelievable.

But all of this was real.

Because not only was this scene real, but what followed saw Zhou Yan unhesitatingly extending his hand out, unleashing an ancient Sword Intent, sweeping up the drop of Essence Blood into his palm.

Then, under the incredulous and skeptical gazes of everyone, he absorbed this drop of ancient Essence Blood into his own body.

Afterwards, as if nothing had occurred, his gaze continued to focus in the direction of other light sources, as if awaiting the arrival of more Essence Blood.

The scene alarmed almost all the Cultivators.

Because this kind of ancient Essence Blood absorption, let alone absorbing the Essence Blood condensed from an entire Demon Beast all at once, even a single drop required extreme caution; mishandling could lead to synchronization with the Demon Beast’s Essence Blood, resulting in a monstrous transformation.

But Zhou Yan did just that, directly absorbing the ancient Essence Blood of the entire Demon Beast, which was simply unimaginable – either he was mad or he was monstrous.

Yet no matter which it was, such a person was best left completely unprovoked!

With just one action, countless Cultivators’ views of Zhou Yan shifted.

Even after his display of authority that suppressed Xi Yu Yang earlier, it wasn’t as impactful as his absorption of a drop of Essence Blood to the Cultivators present.

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"This man must be insane!"

"If not insane, then extremely terrifying!"

"If he doesn’t go mad afterwards, we should steer clear of him as soon as possible!"

"Such a person is too terrifying. Previously, I had some thoughts about aiming for the Sword Intent Crystal Stone, but now I see that thankfully, I had not acted on it."

"Such a crazed figure, truly a terrifying character. If this person were to grow, I fear another remarkable genius would emerge in the world!"

...

Various low murmurs kept surfacing, occasionally dispelled by the oppressive atmosphere and an extraordinarily impressive move by Zhou Yan.

But no one knew the key.

Because Zhou Yan’s Soul Power was extremely strong, he even felt that the Demon Beasts did not dare to slight him; it seemed as if his Soul, through the essence of Xingyi, commanded the reverence of all beasts.

It was as though all beasts before him, had to submit!

This was a vague feeling after seeing the Demon Beasts, but when the Essence Blood fell, this feeling had grown incredibly intense.

Zhou Yan finally understood that the secret technique of the Xingyi Twelve Forms also seemed to bestow upon him the powerful traits of the Demon Beasts, to the extent that the breath within his body was like that of the King of Ten Thousand Beasts; a multitude of Demon Beasts before him proved to be much weaker, ultimately unable to harm him!

Unless it was a Demon Beast with exceptionally powerful Essence Blood, it’s likely the other Demon Beasts all felt an instinctive fear towards a Beast King and subsequently showed him reverence!

It was an unfathomable feeling that suddenly arose, as if he himself were the king of the forest.

But Zhou Yan trusted his feelings and confirmed the reality of this outcome.

Therefore, he unhesitatingly absorbed all the Essence Qi blood from that terrifying, breath-takingly large lizard-like behemoth.

Moreover, even after absorbing such Essence Qi blood into his body, he did not have to bear any risks, for even without the sense of being the King of Ten Thousand Beasts from the Xingyi Profound Meaning, the Purple Flame Lotus Seeds would draw in that Essence Qi blood to conduct a refinement, and then transfer the purified bloodline carrying the Purple Flame Breath to him.

Thus, even without those feelings and beliefs, he would remain unworried and would still proceed in the same manner.

This was the result of his plan, thought out long ago; from the moment he met the group, he had considered using their capabilities to freely capture powerful Demon Beasts for him, refining them into Essence Blood and allowing the Purple Flame Refinement to transform it into an ancient bloodline, to aid his assault on the Sword Spirit Realm.

The process was now realized.

Zhou Yan did not realize that his actions had erected an image of a ’madman’ for himself.

But when he came back to his senses, and his gaze swept around, seeing the reverent looks from all sides, he too understood such an outcome.

Yet this effect was exactly what he wanted, which made things even better for him.

...

Chen Tianjian’s attacks and Jia Yongheng’s attacks combined, and the massive beast as destructive as the end of the world was instantaneously slaughtered, easily as if demolishing the decayed. Naturally, this opening also led to the roar of myriad beasts.

From within the light source, Demon Beasts kept flying out, the number of Demon Beasts began to increase.

But after weathering the first tempest, all the Cultivators understood that if they allowed the Demon Beasts to strike first, the outcome would be disastrous, so as soon as the Demon Beasts appeared, countless Cultivators also made their move.

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The destructive Sword Intent, Sword Spirit, and Sword Soul crisscrossed in the Void, making Heaven and Earth seem to collapse, and the ground of the Ancient Array was ridden with holes and utterly damaged.

Huge, pitch-black chasms appeared one after another, like insurmountable rifts.

This Void was chaotic, but no matter which Demon Beast it was, once seen by Jia Yongheng’s Immortal Crane Sword Spirit, it would become a cluster of Essence Blood, seeming as if this Immortal Crane Sword Spirit was exceptionally effective at refining Demon Beasts.

In an instant, the fearsome Sword Spirit directly refined the Demon Beast into Essence Blood, which was exceedingly formidable!

And droplet by droplet of this Essence Blood was absorbed by Zhou Yan with an unchanged expression from the palm of his hand.

One beast, one droplet.

Two beasts, two droplets.

At the first one, all Cultivators’ faces were filled with shock and uncertainty.

By the second droplet, all Cultivators were shaken beyond belief.

Upon the third drop of Essence Blood, Zhou Yan’s actions caused onlookers to gasp in shock, finding him terrifying to an extreme degree.

And by the fourth and fifth droplets, some Cultivators suddenly realized that Zhou Yan was indeed the most fearful person, the Emperor Qi Sword Body, the number one in the world.

As it reached the sixth, the seventh, and then each subsequent droplet after the eighth, all Cultivators, even talents like Chen Tianjian Feng Yunyan and Jia Yongheng, became numb.

They were completely convinced that Zhou Yan was without a doubt a most terrifying figure, the number one in the world with the Emperor Qi Sword Body Physique, and his reputation was wholly deserved!