Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 305 - 252: Master Su’s Kindness—He Can’t Bear to See the Sword Slave Suffer!
Because of Instructor Zhao’s repeated reminders and warnings, the military training students were not surprised by the enemy invasion.
The source of the commotion was most likely what was called the Sword Slaves.
Immediately, a student held up a Spiritual Ability Lamp and shone it in the direction from which the sound came.
Then, many students gasped in astonishment and lost their composure.
The reason was none other than the bizarre scene before them.
A group of humanoid creatures had gathered at some unknown time, silently arriving within a kilometer of the camp, and by rough estimation, there were at least over three hundred of them.
Their figures were tall and thin, resembling three hundred tall, slender tombstones, standing deathly silent on the ground.
Even without looking at their faces, just their ghostly slender posture was enough to cause nightmares for many at night.
Undoubtedly, these humanoid creatures were the Sword Slaves.
The appearance of the Sword Slaves further caused physical discomfort among the students.
Their bodies were emaciated and skeletal, and their features grotesquely distorted, as if they had experienced immense fear and desperation in life.
Rusty sword blades pierced out from their bodies, like cold bone spurs, making it difficult for anyone to even want to touch their true form.
Fighting such monsters, the momentum was naturally diminished before the battle even began.
Instructor Zhao saw and noted the low morale and undercurrents of anxiety among the student team but made no move.
He simply recorded the performance of each student meticulously, as cold as a machine.
And while most students were unsure of what to do, the Sword Slaves were the first to move.
Originally as still as tombstones, when they moved, they were as fast as lightning!
Each Sword Slave no longer ran on their legs but sprang fiercely from the ground, leaping into the air.
Their bodies were parallel to the ground, with arms and legs tightly bunched together, appearing like flying swords, their flight speed no less than a Qi Cultivation Peak Cultivator’s Flying Sword.
With such breathtaking speed, they could cross the thousand-meter distance in just a few breaths.
"Oh my god, terrifying!"
Qi Hanyan screamed, darting behind Su Yuan, causing Su Yuan to roll his eyes.
However, even though Su Yuan ranked in the top two on such occasions, he showed no sign of bravely leading the charge. Instead, he frowned and shielded the students in front of him.
This scene made many students, who initially intended to turn to Su Yuan, halt their steps.
Fortunately, at this moment, Chi Le’an’s voice rang out:
"Fellow students, please gather behind me, and I will do my best to protect everyone."
As soon as he said this, the students were instantly revitalized.
"Great, it’s the Celestial Heart Saint Son! We’re saved!"
Immediately, nearly sixty percent of the students gathered around Chi Le’an, pushing him to the forefront.
Over thirty percent of the students were more stable, voluntarily forming a formation to resist the Sword Slaves’ assault.
As for the last less than ten percent, they were naturally Su Yuan, Qi Hanyan, Chen Nuoyi, and Xiao Kong, and the first two obviously had no intention of fighting.
Regardless, after the students spontaneously divided into three groups, there was no time for adjustments.
The Sword Slaves had arrived.
The first in line was Chi Le’an’s group, which was the largest and contained the most Sword Dao inheritance, naturally attracting the Sword Slaves the most.
Over two hundred Sword Slaves surged towards Chi Le’an’s group like locusts.
Facing this nearly overwhelming number of Sword Slaves, only Chi Le’an stepped forward.
He didn’t even summon his Lifebound Flying Sword, merely raised his Sword Point towards the Sword Slaves.
The next second, hundreds of sacred pure white Sword Qi, like feathers, slashed towards the Sword Slaves.
When the Sword Qi collided with the Sword Slaves, it emitted the sound of clashing metal.
The Sword Qi did not dissipate, instead plunging deeply into the Sword Slaves’ flesh, becoming stuck within the dense bone and rusted blade-like skeletons.
Clearly, this was the handiwork of the Sword Demon, the ruler of the Absolute Sword World.
The Sword Slaves, after his transformation, had bones comparable to the Steel Bone used in forging Flying Swords.
Thankfully, even though the Sword Slaves were not severed, the pure white Sword Qi repelled the two hundred Sword Slaves, eliciting cheers from the students behind Chi Le’an.
Chi Le’an’s position in the team was rapidly elevated due to this performance, with an undercurrent of becoming the backbone.
The group of stable students followed, confronting nearly a hundred Sword Slaves.
With the team’s concerted effort, nearly a hundred Sword Slaves were successfully repelled.
It was only after truly engaging in combat that the students realized that apart from their ominous appearance, the Sword Slaves were not as formidable in battle.
Their bodies were hard, and their speed was swift. Their overall combat power was estimated to rival Qi Cultivation Peak Cultivators of the Ancient Cultivation Realm.
However, they were far from comparable to the Qi Cultivation Prodigies trained by modern education.
As long as they slowly wear them down, dismantling the Sword Slaves at the joints would suffice.
Although, despite this, after fending off the first wave of Sword Slaves, a significant number of students fled to Chi Le’an for safety.
After all, following the ’Commander’ Chi Le’an was undoubtedly more reassuring than facing the risk of injury against the Sword Slaves.
Amidst the first and second group of students resisting the Sword Slaves while beginning to merge, the group of four led by Su Yuan also faced off against the Sword Slaves coming their way.
The number wasn’t substantial, just a little over thirty.
For Su Yuan’s team, where each member was at the Foundation Establishment stage, this was literally a piece of cake.
Against such minor adversaries, Chen Nuoyi naturally wouldn’t use the ’Five Dragons Celestial Heart Sword’ as a trump card.
Just a sweep of Dragon Qi, and the Sword Slaves were firmly pressed against the ground by the tremendous pressure, unable to move.
It didn’t even give Xiao Kong a chance to act.
And after subduing the Sword Slaves, Chen Nuoyi did not attempt to destroy them but instead turned to Su Yuan to inquire about his thoughts.
Well aware that no one knew Su Yuan better than Chen Nuoyi.
From the moment Su Yuan shielded everyone without engaging in battle, she knew exactly what he was up to.
He simply wanted to observe the Sword Slaves’ various physical data from an outsider’s perspective, purely to evaluate whether they had any commercial value.
Didn’t she know him?
After all those rounds of engagements between the students and Sword Slaves, Su Yuan must have already drawn some conclusions.
The Sword Slaves subdued by her were the best test subjects.
Su Yuan didn’t reply, only walked slowly to stand in front of a Sword Slave, examining it seriously, lightly sighing:
"Ah, poor souls."
"In life, they were harmed by Demonic Cultivators, and even in death, their bodies couldn’t rest in peace, endlessly wandering in this desolate world."
"Since I’ve come this far, I can’t stand by idly."
With Su Yuan’s murmured words, the Profound Strange Demon Sword shackled in layers within his Dantian slightly trembled.
Soon after, the Profound Strange Sword Spirit’s beguiling voice resounded:
"Su Yuan, are you sympathizing with a group of wretches?"
"Put away your useless compassion; survival of the fittest is the true essence of the natural order. Cut them down!"
"If you want to learn, you should learn from the Sword Demon who enslaved an entire world."
"So, do you want to try wielding the power of the Profound Strange Sword? If you grasp the Profound Strange Sword, surpassing that so-called Sword Demon is only a matter of time..."
These words were stirring, like the mutterings of a heart demon, likely to tempt those with an unstable Dao Heart to immediately unleash the Demon Sword.
However, Su Yuan ignored the eager call of the Profound Strange Sword, resolutely saying to Chen Nuoyi:
"I’ve made up my mind, I want to fully redeem the Sword Slaves!"
"Without delay, let’s dismantle their bones to take back and refine into Magical Treasures, and keep the flesh for blood sacrifice."
"If we can redeem all the Sword Slaves in an entire world, the Primordial Sect won’t have to worry about Magical Treasure materials for the next ten years."
Chen Nuoyi: "..."
Well, just as expected.
Profound Strange Sword Spirit: "..."
It silently retreated to the deepest part of the Senluo Spirit Root.
She really wanted to ask someone, if the Sword Master was more wicked than the Demon Sword, how could the Demon Sword’s temptation still have any effect?
She never thought her enchantment would be so powerless.
Clearly words meant to lead to corruption, yet when spoken to Su Yuan, it seemed like persuading Su Yuan to remain virtuous.
