My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 349 - 346 Grandmaster (Subscription Requested)

In the Divine Blade Tower, Lu Wu spent half a day to reach the eleventh floor.

At this moment, standing before him was a terrifyingly powerful being.

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Name: Sword Master

Power: Leader 2 stars

Skills:

Basic Sword Skills 126 types (Grandmaster Level)

Advanced Sword Skills 47 types (Grandmaster Level)

Killing Sword Skills 12 types (Grandmaster Level)

Description: Well, how do you want to die?

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The moment Lu Wu saw this guy’s attributes, he finally understood why the people in Area 11 hadn’t managed to clear the eleventh floor in ten years.

Is this even something a human can challenge?

Although this guy’s power is merely Leader 2 stars, just on par with Lu Wu’s current level, the skills he mastered were terrifying!

Even Old Bone only had three sets of Grandmaster Level swordsmanship, yet here, Grandmaster Level sword skills seemed to be worthless.

All added up, there were almost two hundred sets of Grandmaster Level proficiency in swordsmanship.

Even though Lu Wu had made significant advancements in power and swordsmanship after clearing levels 8, 9, and 10, facing such a being, he still felt an enormous pressure; after all, his highest proficiency in Sword Intent of the Slaughter Sword Technique was only nearing Grandmaster Level.

But there was no turning back once the bow was drawn.

Since he had already come this far, Lu Wu could only fight.

"Kill!"

With an angry shout, killing intent erupted.

Lu Wu took the initiative to attack, his longsword aimed straight at the opponent’s face with a murderous aura.

Facing Lu Wu’s sword infused with killing intent, the opponent merely swept it aside with ease, blocking Lu Wu’s strike and, in a counter-move, slashed down at Lu Wu’s head with what could be called a sword.

As the sword slashed down, the longsword hadn’t even reached him yet when multiple Grandmaster Level Sword Intents exploded forth.

The horrifying Sword Intent enveloped Lu Wu, causing him to shudder and just as he was about to be split in two by the sword, a Man Demon Mental Realm unfolded; Lu Wu broke free from the opponent’s Mental Realm to block the sword, barely managing to hold off the attack.

In their first exchange, Lu Wu was at an absolute disadvantage.

He barely survived by relying on the Mental Realm of the Grandmaster Level Mad Demon Stick Technique, which was particularly difficult to watch.

After that round of exchange, the roles switched to attack and defense!

The Sword Master, or rather the Sword Master, launched an attack.

The opponent closed in and executed a set of Basic Level Willow Sword Technique.

The Grandmaster Level Willow Sword Technique, in the opponent’s hands, no longer appeared to be basic; it was like a divine spectacle.

With one thrust of the sword, Lu Wu felt as though he was surrounded by a lush willow forest.

In this willow forest, whether it was branches, leaves stirred by the wind, or even the drifting pollen, everything was deadly.

The endless Sword Intent enshrouded Lu Wu, leaving him in dire straits, unable to extricate himself.

Facing this kind of Grandmaster Level swordsmanship, Lu Wu’s Slaughter Sword Technique was no longer sufficient; he had to include the eruption of the Mad Demon Stick Technique’s Grandmaster Mental Realm.

But ultimately, the Mad Demon Stick was a Stick Technique, and the essence of the Mad Demon Mental Realm lay in the words "mad" and "demon."

Lu Wu, who was not using a stick nor in a mad demon state, found the Mental Realm to be quite weak; it was barely sustaining him.

Yet Lu Wu’s talent was also horrifyingly strong.

In such a situation, not only was Lu Wu holding his ground, but he was also absorbing the essence of the opponent’s swordsmanship, much like a sponge.

He knew very clearly that relying on his current power would not be enough to defeat this foe.

He had to grow stronger, and at the very least bring his swordsmanship up to the Grandmaster Level.

Right now, this was the best opportunity to temper his sword skills.

It wasn’t always that one had a Grandmaster to practice techniques with.

Three minutes in, Lu Wu withstood the Willow Sword Technique.

As the Willow Sword Technique ended, the opponent switched to the next set, the Hundred Herbs Sword.

The essence was similar, the swordsmanship alike, yet still existing at the Grandmaster Level.

It was tougher than the previous Willow Sword Technique, with an added sense of resilience and the power of accumulating strength over time.

The biggest difference was that in the Hundred Herbs Sword’s final move, there was an explosive buildup; despite being prepared, Lu Wu was still thrown into disarray.

However, fortunately, he managed to persevere.

After getting through the second set, then came the third set, the fourth set...

Lu Wu realized that this so-called Sword Master did not seem to be focused on killing him, but rather on tempering him.

As long as Lu Wu did not attack, did not aim to defeat him, the Sword Master would not unleash the combined Sword Intents of that first strike, but would continue practicing sets of sword techniques against Lu Wu.

Though each set was stronger than the last, Lu Wu noticed the opponent was always holding back; without holding back, Lu Wu truly wouldn’t be able to last this long.

After realizing this,

Lu Wu simply stopped thinking about how to defeat this opponent and immersed himself wholly in learning and absorption.

He took advantage of the opponent’s successive Grandmaster Quality sword techniques and various Sword Intents to temper his own sword skills.

Under these circumstances, Lu Wu’s swordsmanship progressed so swiftly it could almost be described as soaring.

After the opponent performed twenty sets of sword techniques, Lu Wu’s Slaughter Sword Technique was infinitely close to the Grandmaster Level.

However, just as he was about to make a breakthrough with this technique, Lu Wu suddenly retracted his Slaughter Sword Technique.

Because Lu Wu realized that the Slaughter Sword Technique was actually not suited for him.

The essence of the Slaughter Sword Technique is slaughter, is the intent to kill; only endless slaughter can bring the sword technique and Sword Intent to completion.

But while Lu Wu did not shy away from using slaughter as a means to resolve disputes, he was ultimately not a person who indulged in killing, which is why the technique didn’t suit him. This was also why Old Bone had initially been reluctant to teach him or even to disclose that the Slaughter Sword Technique required mastery of "Slaughter Sword Technique" before one could grasp it.

Of course, Lu Wu could have broken through first with the "Slaughter Sword Technique," but once he did, his power would surge, and the true decisive battle with the opponent would commence; Lu Wu would also lose this chance to temper himself.

Therefore, Lu Wu ultimately chose to abandon the "Slaughter Sword Technique."

As he was about to ascend to the Grandmaster level with that set of techniques, Lu Wu switched to the most basic sword skills.

Well, what he practiced could not even be called sword skills anymore, but rather was a combination of basic sword technique movements.

Using the most basic sword movements against the enemy, he continuously absorbed the opponent’s techniques into his own swordplay framework.

With sword techniques at the Grandmaster level to temper his own, Lu Wu’s training environment was incomparably luxurious.

Under these conditions, the progress in this set of techniques was truly terrifying.

After enduring three sets of techniques, he had already reached the Master Level standard and had even faintly touched the bottleneck to Grandmaster Level once more.

At this point, Lu Wu only needed perseverance, and perhaps he could break through at any minute.

But he deliberately refrained from pushing himself. He even suppressed his own breakthrough because he wanted to witness all of the Grandmaster’s sword techniques.

A set of Basic Level techniques took two minutes, 126 sets amounted to more than two hours.

Add to that 47 sets of Advanced Sword Skills and 12 sets of Killing Sword Skill.

Lu Wu gritted his teeth and persisted for a full eight hours, refining his sword skills for eight entire hours.

Eventually, Lu Wu made it to the last set of the opponent’s techniques.

He made it to the opponent’s final move.

As the opponent thrust out the final strike, after more than eight hours of endurance, Lu Wu finally launched a counterattack with the first and also the last sword thrust.

"Break for me!"

As Lu Wu let out a light shout, he thrust out his longsword.

The eight hours of absorption and tempering erupted completely at that moment.

Lu Wu’s set of sword skills attained the Grandmaster level at that moment, and the grade of his swordsmanship was also sublimated in that instant.

The originally simple and basic sword techniques,

after absorbing the essence of nearly two hundred sets of Grandmaster Level techniques, had forcefully risen to Kill Level, and even seemed to be slightly surpassing that boundary.

And with Lu Wu’s thrust, it seemed as though hundreds of Sword Intents converged into one.

With one thrust, the Sword Master’s sword light was crushed.

At the same time, outside the Divine Blade Tower, those who had waited nearly a full day suddenly saw the light that had shone for eight hours on the 11th floor abruptly extinguish.

Under these circumstances, in such an environment,

no one spoke a word, not even a breath was drawn.

If the light on the 11th floor had extinguished as soon as it had lit up or even within an hour, no one present would have held any illusion about Lu Wu’s success.

But this was not the case. The light on the 11th floor had persisted for over eight hours, which unwittingly raised the spectators’ expectations.

Could it be that the 11th floor, which no one had overcome in a century, had been breached just like that?

At that moment, everyone was extremely tense,

including the imperious and bratty Princess Cimu.

They all awaited an outcome, and this wait was obviously going to be much longer.

For a full half-hour, the doors of the Divine Blade Tower did not open, and the light on the 12th floor did not turn on.

"Did he fail?"

In their numbed waiting, Old Man Sakuragi could only mutter softly.

At this, Princess Cimu’s face showed evident displeasure.

"You made me wait a day for this result? Kill the one who wasted my time!"

As her chilly voice rang out, the old woman behind her had already reached Old Man Sakuragi, grasping his neck as if ready to snap it.

But at this moment, the 12th floor of the Divine Blade Tower, a level that had never been lit before, was thoroughly illuminated.

Simultaneously, a Sword Intent shot straight into the sky.

Within a hundred miles, all Divine Artifacts began to tremble slightly, even the sword of legendary quality belonging to that one youth was trembling at this moment.

As the owners of the swords, they all sensed the fear and submission of their Divine Artifacts.

At that moment, without anyone saying so, they all knew that a king among Divine Artifacts was about to be born.

"Crack!"

A thunderclap sounded, and the light on the 12th floor of the Divine Blade Tower dimmed, illuminating the darkness behind it.

In the arc light of the thunder, people saw a figure standing at the pinnacle of the Divine Blade Tower, a longsword in hand, standing with folded arms like a deity!

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