Kill Me More Times, I’ll Become Invincible

Chapter 320:

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Death Assessment this time: S+ (Blamed by thousands, cursed by the heavens)

Lifespan consumed by death: 400 years (40*10)

Remaining resurrection chances this week: 4 out of 5

Current age: 725 years old

Vitality: 92%

Skill: la la la

…….

Qiao Mu hesitated slightly when his gaze fell on the line about the Death Assessment.

And the result? He received an S+ evaluation.

In the past, every time Qiao Mu faced death, he would at most get an S grade, which meant about 30 years of death time. But an S+ meant 40 years, an increase of one-third.

Did this one-third increase lie in his bad reputation?

"It turned out to be just as I had originally thought. Regardless of good or bad reputation, even if I die blamed by many, I can still get a higher evaluation."

"Moreover…. the Long Life Lock even seems to favor a bad reputation, giving me an unprecedented S+ evaluation. Is it encouraging me to gain a bad reputation?"

This time, Qiao Mu alone saved the city, doing a good deed, but gaining a bad reputation.

"A group of silly things spread rumors about me. It seems that many people in the city dislike me and think I caused a disaster."

When saving the city from the Feather King’s army, the soldiers and people in the city might see him as a hero who saved the city alone.

When the cultivators from the Yunxiao Sect appeared, Qiao Pian’s reputation plummeted instantly.

I wanted to share my feelings with the bright moon, but the moon reflected in the ditch.

But it doesn’t matter.

Qiao Mu never expected anything from them, and he didn’t do things to save these silly things either.

He is more focused on another matter at the moment.

In his heart, the Long Life Lock is still there, with the last two chains gently swaying.

The Long Life Lock has a total of 5 chains, and 3 of them are already broken.

Each time Long Life Lock obtained an S-level Death Assessment, one link of the chain broke, but this time, with an S+ evaluation, there was no reaction.

"Could it be that the S+ evaluation is still not enough, and the next two chains require an evaluation higher than S+?"

Qiao Mu temporarily put aside this question, and now the question facing Qiao Mu is…

How should these four hundred years be spent?

In any case, he had to find something to do, or he would go crazy.

The higher the Death Assessment, the deeper each dream becomes, and the state of "mind flow" also becomes higher, as the Taoist says, entering stillness, and the Buddhist says, entering meditation, it is all the same.

With the current S+ evaluation, it meant that Qiao Mu could immerse himself in martial arts at any time, which also had a wonderful promotion effect on his study of martial arts.

At this moment, Qiao Mu was not in a hurry to practice martial arts.

In the flow of four hundred years, he was ready to focus on doing great things and tackle a tough challenge.

With a single thought, he looked at the solitary city in the desert, holding his Earth Sword Immortal sword.

For some reason.

In the beginning, he and Earth Sword Immortal joined forces to unleash the powerful "Heavenly Slashing Swordsmanship" move, which exceeded Qiao Mu’s expectations.

It is important to know that the usual martial artist’s internal strength only extends up to ten meters.

Using force in the air means that the strength will quickly weaken with distance.

So, when immortal cultivators can fly in the sky, while martial artists can only fight with punches and kicks, they face limitations in attack methods.

Techniques like "Blood Sword Technique" or "Fragmented Virtual Finger" can somewhat extend the attack range, but they are still limited.

Qiao Mu’s internal strength of seven hundred years is incredibly astonishing in terms of quantity, almost unbelievable. However, if the internal strength is projected outward, it will diminish rapidly, but because there is so much of it, it can surpass the typical ten-meter limit of martial artists.

Coupled with techniques like the "Blood Sword Technique" that use blood as fuel to unleash powerful attacks, he could harm someone from a distance of thirty meters.

Dealing with a martial artist, there was plenty of distance to spare.

But dealing with a cultivator who could fly in the sky and vanish underground, especially Immortal Yu Hua protected by the Green Blood Vine, trying to get close with the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps… was very difficult!

Not to mention getting within thirty meters.

The Green Blood Vine was a very fast and strange creature. If you got within thirty meters, you would likely be immediately surrounded, like walking into a trap!

Using bows and arrows or hidden weapons for long-range attacks… was even more impossible.

Even the Heavenly Slashing Swordsmanship couldn’t break the strong Green Blood Vine, let alone any hidden weapons.

At this moment, Qiao Mu was in a strange state of mind, with thoughts flowing continuously in his head as he pondered ways to defeat Immortal Yu Hua.

However, after pondering for three days, he couldn’t find a certain method…

On the fourth day, Qiao Mu stopped spinning his wheels. He stood up; the dream world then changed once again, turning into the moment just before his death in battle:

In the high sky, Immortal Yu Hua stood on top of the clouds. Green Blood Vine emerged from his sleeve and instantly turned into a forest of bluish vines.

In his dream, Qiao Mu held the King Qin Sword and leaped towards Immortal Yu Hua once again.

This time, he was not in a weakened state after continuous battles, but in the peak of his strength. Surely he could——

Snap.

The vines of Green Blood Vine rapidly extended, piercing Qiao Mu’s ankle. With a strong pull, the airborne Qiao Mu lost his balance and fell over. Then a flash of lightning surrounded his whole body.

Fresh blood entered the vines of Green Blood Vine, and Qiao Mu noticed that this strange monster could actually absorb human blood…

Qiao Mu, defeated.

"Darn, can’t even beat grass."

With a thought, Qiao Mu’s body returned to normal, and he stood in place lost in thought.

The grass might not be able to defeat the Green Blood Vine, a strange creature carefully raised by the Nascent Soul Immortal. It is different from other animals, not very smart, but can communicate with its owner’s thoughts.

In a way, the Green Blood Vine can be seen as a living treasure of Immortal Yu Hua, a weapon made of flesh.

As a Nascent Soul Elder of the Beast Control Sect, Immortal Yu Hua’s main strength lies in the spiritual beasts he raises. So, dying at the hands of the Green Blood Vine is not fundamentally different from dying at the hands of a Nascent Soul Immortal.

"This old fellow is raising such flesh weapons, I wonder what shady business he’s up to. Could it be just for his own pleasure that he’s raising these many flesh plants?" After another death in his dream, Qiao Mu started to cheer himself up.

After calming down a bit, he started the next round of attacks, trying to defeat Immortal Yu Hua in his dreams.

Prepare for battle in his mind!

………

The fourth day.

After three days of hard thinking, plus fighting in the dream battlefield a hundred times and dying a hundred times.

Qiao Mu came up with a first conclusion.

"With the martial arts skills I have now, even if I try a hundred times, I won’t be able to defeat the old d*mn brute who plays with flesh weapons once."

"After thinking for three days, I still couldn’t come up with an effective method."

Dealing with the Nascent Soul Immortal is extremely difficult with the current methods available.

Over these 400 years, focusing solely on improving martial arts and accumulating internal strength through gradual progress would definitely enhance one’s power, but it wouldn’t be enough.

Improving martial arts skills further would mean having more internal strength and being faster, yet still needing to get close to Immortal Yu Hua who is protected by the Green Blood Vine.

The martial arts skills mastered, the methods possessed, the current martial path…none of these were enough to surpass the Green Blood Vine and find a way to kill the Nascent Soul Immortal.

Therefore, a breakthrough must be sought elsewhere.

Qiao Mu didn’t fail against the Nascent Soul Immortal due to his personal lack of accumulation, but rather due to the shortcomings of martial arts.

The advantages of immortality over martial arts are like a modern soldier with a machine gun, mowing down martial arts masters.

After being defeated in battle, the martial arts expert thought about how to increase muscle, practice hard skills, improve reaction speed, and practice lightness skills… This was naturally extremely difficult, and could even be said to be an impossible path to success.

Previously, Qiao Mu was able to defeat immortal cultivators by following this foolish path, relying solely on year after year of accumulation to reach a level that ordinary martial artists could not achieve.

But in front of the Nascent Soul Immortal, the gap between the two sides had reached an insurmountable level.

"It’s a pity I only have one Iron Spiritual Root," sighed Qiao Mu, acknowledging the hardships of martial arts.

Immortal cultivation seeks spiritual root aptitude, resources, and the power of incense offerings.

Those who can embark on the path of immortality are either geniuses, wealthy individuals, or have the support of incense offerings.

The Nine Immortal Gates have existed to this day, gathering the talents accumulated over thousands of years in this realm and exploiting the resources of the entire world.

If martial artists can easily keep up with immortal cultivators, it would be considered a fantasy tale.

"My martial arts skills are too weak, even though I am already at the peak of martial arts, it’s still not enough," Qiao Mu pondered in his heart.

"So I must explore further in martial arts, to take it to the next level."

There is no way ahead.

But Qiao Mu is not alone actually.

Standing at the forefront of martial arts in Jiu Province like him, there are several other top martial artists.

Fortunately, Qiao Mu has an exceptional memory, his ‘spirit’ after experiencing seven hundred years of spiritual refining, is now ranked first on the Spiritual Refining List.

Those top martial artists from Jiu Province whom he has encountered and fought with, vividly exist in his memory.

With a single thought, the dream world subtly changed, and two martial artists appeared standing side by side before him.

One with white hair, still as handsome and dignified as the Earth Sword Immortal.

One is the Martial Saint with deep eyes like an abyss and a cold face.

As for Founding Emperor Yan…though he is strong, when he fought against Qiao Mu, he lived like an ancient relic from three hundred years ago. His martial arts skills are high, but he practices an ancient method from three hundred years ago.

For Qiao Mu now, Founding Emperor Yan’s martial arts direction has little reference value.

Qiao Mu first looked at Earth Sword Immortal.

He may not know Immortal Yu Hua’s cultivation realm.

But judging from his intuition, comparing him to Taoist Qingzhuo who caused a solitary city in the desert to be swallowed by a fierce wind, his cultivation in the Immortal Gate should be at a similar level to the primordial stage of Nascent Soul.

Here comes the question.

Let’s not discuss the prowess of the two Nascent Soul Immortals for now…

Why isn’t 725-year-old Qiao Mu a match for Immortal Yu Hua? Yet the Qiao Mu from the solitary city in the desert almost endangered Elder Qingzhuo’s life with the flower sword created by Earth Sword Immortal?

In his dream, Qiao Mu carefully observed the battle outside the solitary city in the desert, watching himself swing the Hualiu Sword with a frown on his face.

"Back then, the sword light I unleashed with the Hualiu Sword reached at least hundreds of meters, far exceeding the ten meters limit of internal strength release."

"This doesn’t make sense."

"Could it be that my internal strength, combined with the Hualiu Sword transformed by the Earth Sword Immortal, has produced some strange change?"

Earth Sword Immortal was a peculiar genius with a narrow focus, his swordsmanship was unmatched in the world, and he could make rapid progress in cultivating the immortal path.

But he was not a master in all aspects, from Qiao Mu’s current perspective, Earth Sword Immortal’s achievements in the paths of qi and blood and internal strength were not actually high.

"It was me who wielded the sword that day, but essentially it was a collaboration between me and Earth Sword Immortal, using my vast internal strength to make up for Earth Sword Immortal’s ‘shortcomings in heroic spirit’."

Alone, either Qiao Mu or the ‘shortcomings in heroic spirit’ Earth Sword Immortal would have been defeated by the Nascent Soul Immortal.

Why would Earth Sword Immortal, who wholeheartedly studied the Iron Crotch Skill, need to give up his physical body to transform it into a sword?

"My inner strength, combined with the Earth Sword Immortal, underwent a mystical change that allowed it to surpass the ten-meter limit of outward release of inner strength."

As Qiao Mu thought again, this time the dream world transformed into a wild mountain village in Nan Province’s Heyang City, where he first met the Martial Saint.

The former Saintess Wu Qingxin, who switched from martial arts to immortal cultivation, had mastered the "Etching Bones Li Fire," causing many inner strength experts to struggle.

The Etching Bones Li Fire was developed by an immortal expert specifically to counter martial artists, using their blood and inner strength as fuel.

Only by unleashing a large amount of inner strength could one briefly suppress the burning of the Li Fire.

It could be suppressed, but not extinguished.

However, as Qiao Mu carefully recalled and recreated the memories from his dream, he discovered that the Martial Saint known as "Old Hu," who appeared as a swordsman, had at least two methods to deal with the Etching Bones Li Fire.

One of them was the exquisite knife technique called "Cow Cleaver Knife."

The flashing blade of the knife separated the flesh of martial artists touched by the Li Fire with precision, resembling a surgical knife that maximized body preservation.

This is pure martial arts skill, something 725-year-old Qiao Mu can also do now.

Secondly.

When Qiao Mu, Jade, and others fought fiercely against Martial Saint Wuqing and Flying Dragon, several of them, including Qiao Mu, were burned all over their bodies by the Etching Bones Li Fire, deep into their bones.

It seemed like a hopeless situation, as even the most skilled swordsmanship could only separate burning flesh from intact flesh.

But after being burned by the Li Fire for some time, it might have seeped into their bones, making it impossible to separate.

Even Qiao Mu today couldn’t do this, as it was beyond just skill.

But Martial Saint managed to do it.