CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 41: SHOCKING GOD SWORD TECHNIQUE

Wang Ruoxie looked at Leng Ao indifferently, then rushed toward a Thunder Bat to kill it.

For others, encountering an attack from a swarm of Thunder Bats this time might be considered a calamity.

But for him, these Thunder Bats, which were Tier Two middle-level demon beasts, were practically delivering essence blood to him.

Currently, his cultivation had risen to the Fourth Layer of Energy-Introducing Realm, and the essence blood of Tier Two low-level demon beasts could hardly enhance his cultivation further.

However, just the essence blood of a few hundred Thunder Bats could elevate his cultivation to the Fifth Layer of Energy-Introducing Realm, not to mention there were tens of thousands of Thunder Bats here.

Although it was impossible to harvest all the essence blood from all the Thunder Bats, even the essence blood of just a few thousand would be enough to raise his cultivation to at least the Sixth Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm.

The Purple Gold Warship was divided into regular cabins and VIP cabins, with hundreds of people in the regular cabins mostly at the early and middle stages of the Energy-Introducing Realm, whereas the twenty people in the VIP cabins, except for Wang Ruoxie, Zheng Yuan, and Leng Ao, were almost all at the late stage of the Energy-Introducing Realm, with even two Element Transformation Realm experts among them.

Zhao Huang in the Second Layer of Element Transformation Realm and Xia Yuan in the First Layer of Element Transformation Realm, with their power, were essentially slaughtering; almost every strike could kill dozens of Thunder Bats.

And those in the late stage of the Energy-Introducing Realm also appeared quite relaxed, with each strike at least killing several Thunder Bats.

As for those in the middle and early stages of the Energy-Introducing Realm, they could only team up in groups of several or a dozen to besiege and kill one Thunder Bat, and from time to time, screams were heard, indicating someone was killed by a Thunder Bat.

Leng Ao, who had mastered the Minor Achievement level of Following the Heart swordsmanship, wielded his sword at will. Though his cultivation was only in the Sixth Layer of Energy Introducing Realm, he killed Thunder Bats almost as swiftly as those in the late stages of Energy-Introducing Realm, if not faster, slaying several Thunder Bats with each strike.

And that woman in the purple dress was even more formidable; her swordsmanship was seemingly above Leng Ao’s, reaching the Great Success level of Following the Heart. Combined with her Seventh Layer cultivation of Energy-Introducing Realm, her prowess was comparable to even an Eighth Layer martial cultivator.

Wang Ruoxie immediately noticed that the swordsmanship cultivated by the woman was probably a Profound Level lower-grade martial technique, with power far exceeding Yellow Level techniques.

The woman in the purple dress slashed out with her sword like a crescent moon, the sharp sword light instantly decimating more than a dozen Thunder Bats in front of her.

Even those in the Eighth Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm seemed noticeably slower in hunting Thunder Bats compared to her.

At this moment, Zheng Yuan appeared rather battered. Wielding a Treasure Artifact saber of Yellow Level upper grade, he was battling against three Thunder Bats, his arm already torn with numerous gashes by their sharp claws, oozing fresh blood.

Seeing this, Wang Ruoxie’s figure trembled slightly, arriving directly near Zheng Yuan, and swiftly slashed out with his sword. The sword light pierced the void, instantly killing the three Thunder Bats.

Although he was only at the Fourth Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm, he had also mastered the Great Success level of Following the Heart swordsmanship, and the swordsmanship he cultivated was the swordsmanship from his past life—the Shocking God Sword Technique.

The Shocking God Sword Technique was a Saint Level lower-grade martial technique, consisting of nine styles. With his current cultivation, he could only practice the first style—Cloud Emergence Technique.

However, even though it was just the first style of the Shocking God Sword Technique, if the Cloud Emergence Technique could be cultivated to perfection, its power would rival general Profound Tier upper-grade martial techniques, even comparable to Earth Tier martial techniques.

"Thank you, Brother Wang,"

Zheng Yuan looked at Wang Ruoxie with gratitude and said.

His heart was also deeply shocked; he had thought that Wang Ruoxie’s promise to protect him was a joke, but he did not expect Wang Ruoxie’s strength to be so formidable.

You must know that Wang Ruoxie was only at the Fourth Layer of the Energy-Introducing Realm, while he was at the Fifth Layer.

Facing three Thunder Bats at once had already left him quite struggling, but Wang Ruoxie had slain three Thunder Bats with a single sword strike.

Clearly, Wang Ruoxie’s prowess had far surpassed his own cultivation realm, and it might not even be impossible for him to challenge those of higher realms.

"Among friends, there’s no need to be so formal,"

Wang Ruoxie smiled faintly and replied.

Though he had only met Zheng Yuan by chance, through their brief interaction, he could see that Zheng Yuan was genial and a person worth befriending.

"Indeed."

Zheng Yuan nodded solemnly upon hearing that. Friends, sharing life and death, naturally no need for formalities.

"How is it possible... how could this guy have mastered the Great Success level of Following the Heart swordsmanship?"

Although Leng Ao continued hunting Thunder Bats, he had seen what just happened. He was also a sword cultivator and had mastered the Minor Achievement level of Following the Heart swordsmanship, so he could naturally sense the strength of Wang Ruoxie’s sword.

He could never have imagined that the person he always looked down on had surpassed him in swordsmanship realm.

Thinking of the mocking words he had spoken to Wang Ruoxie before, he now only felt his face burning hot as if he had been slapped fiercely.

"To think, in this Southern Prefecture, I would encounter such a swordsmanship prodigy,"

The woman in the purple dress also glanced at Wang Ruoxie with a different glint in her eyes, even more shocked than Leng Ao because she saw that Wang Ruoxie’s swordsmanship realm had already reached the Great Success level of Following the Heart. She also noticed that the swordsmanship he cultivated seemed extraordinary.

"Could it be an Earth Tier martial technique?"

The woman in the purple dress pondered secretly. She was cultivating the Half Moon Sword Technique, which was a Profound Level lower-grade martial technique, far exceeding Yellow Level techniques in power.

But the power of Wang Ruoxie’s recent sword strike far exceeded her Half Moon Sword Technique. Even Profound Level upper-grade martial techniques could not possess such might.

Moreover, she had once seen a senior of the Innate Realm performing an Earth Tier lower-grade martial technique. Yet in her view, the mystical quality of that person’s technique was still not as remarkable as Wang Ruoxie’s swordsmanship, indicating that the swordsmanship Wang Ruoxie practiced was at least of the Earth Tier lower-grade level.

As for Celestial Level martial techniques, she didn’t even consider them, as even in the entire Eastern Domain, Celestial Level techniques existed only in legends, let alone in this East Victory Kingdom.

At this moment, Wang Ruoxie continued to swing his sword, striking the incoming Thunder Bats.

The brilliant sword light swiftly swept through the void, trailing a swath of blood.

The bodies of Thunder Bats kept falling onto the deck.

Wang Ruoxie naturally wouldn’t waste them. Each time he killed a Thunder Bat, he collected its essence blood, and he didn’t pass up on the Thunder Bats killed by others, rapidly storing their essence blood in porcelain bottles.

After a round of fierce battle, more than half of the tens of thousands of Thunder Bats had been slain.

After all, with two Element Transformation Realm experts and over a dozen late-stage Energy-Introducing Realm martial cultivators, even with their vast numbers, the Thunder Bats still could not withstand their hunt.

Wang Ruoxie alone had killed at least over a thousand Thunder Bats. Of course, he had already gathered the essence blood of these Thunder Bats into porcelain bottles, and even collected the essence blood of the Thunder Bats others had slain.

It was a shame that most of the Thunder Bats’ bodies were mangled, some reduced to mere chunks of meat, making it impossible to extract essence blood.

Even so, his storage pouch now contained nearly ten thousand drops of essence blood.

He was quite eager, pondering to what extent nearly ten thousand drops of Tier Two middle-level demon beasts’ essence blood could elevate his cultivation.