This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

Chapter 564: Chapter 50 Assault

The You Xiong Tribe really does have bears.

Indeed, a clan true to its name, its actions and words in perfect harmony.

Lu Qingshan frowned slightly as he approached the Sacrificial Spirit, closely examining the wound on its abdomen.

The powerful recovery power of demon beasts’ bodies is no secret, even making body cultivators cover their faces in shame.

Yet, why couldn’t this seemingly trivial wound on the You Xiong Tribe’s Sacrificial Spirit heal? To the point of being pushed to the brink of death?

Lu Qingshan didn’t understand, his puzzled gaze turning towards the Youxiong Clan Leader.

The Clan Leader immediately got the hint and explained, “Lord Sacrificial Spirit doesn’t know who injured it; there’s an eerily odd energy within the wound, clinging like necrotic flesh, eroding Lord Sacrificial Spirit’s life force unceasingly.

The priests have tried many methods to erase this energy, but to no avail.”

“Let me take a look at the situation,” Lu Qingshan walked up to the Sacrificial Spirit and said softly to the bear demon, “I might be able to save you.”

At this moment, the Sacrificial Spirit had no strength to resist and could only let out a low roar once more.

A thought crossed Lu Qingshan’s mind, and he sent his Divine Sense towards the wound on the Sacrificial Spirit.

As his Divine Sense neared the area, he was met with a terrifying feeling of nothingness. In an instant, the Divine Sense he had sent out was extinguished.

Lu Qingshan’s face turned pale for a moment.

The sensation of one’s Divine Sense suddenly being extinguished was not pleasant.

“Is this…” Lu Qingshan’s heart skipped a beat, recognizing the odd energy in the Sacrificial Spirit’s wound, “Annihilation!?”

Yes, the sinister energy present on the wound of the Sacrificial Spirit’s abdomen was from the Primordial Intent: Annihilation.

Lu Qingshan, who possessed the Sword Intent of Annihilation Penetration at the Unity Realm, recognized the True Intent of his own sword technique right away.

No wonder the powerful recovery ability of the Sacrificial Spirit was ineffective.

—Everything will return to nothingness before Annihilation.

“I’ll give it a try and save you,” Lu Qingshan thought for a moment and said to the Sacrificial Spirit.

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan’s words, an involuntary glint of hope flickered through the cloudy, bloodshot eyes of the bear demon.

The Oblivion sword suddenly appeared in Lu Qingshan’s hand.

Before the Youxiong Clan Leader and the Sacrificial Spirit could react, a flash of sword light covered the wound of the Sacrificial Spirit.

Oblivion: Azure Fall!

The next moment, the Clan Leader exclaimed in alarm, “Brother, what are you doing?”

By that time, Lu Qingshan had already sheathed his sword, crossing his arms and watching the Sacrificial Spirit.

The wound on the belly of the Sacrificial Spirit had not healed.

The usually unfailingly effective Azure Fall Sword had failed.

“It’s not useless, just that there isn’t enough life force,” Lu Qingshan pondered to himself, “To erase the Intent of Annihilation on the bear demon’s wound, it would require an immense amount of life force. The person who injured the bear demon is very strong.”

“I can’t save you.” Lu Qingshan couldn’t amass such an amount of life force in a short time, and even if he could, he wouldn’t be willing to use it on a bear demon who was neither kin nor kith.

So, he could only shake his head at the Sacrificial Spirit.

The faint glimmer in the eyes of the Sacrificial Spirit dimmed once again, as a low, suppressed, and agonized roar erupted.

Lu Qingshan let out a sigh and said, “But perhaps I could help you take revenge. Can you tell me, who did this to you?”

“I don’t know who injured me.” After a long silence, the bear demon finally spoke, not clarifying further.

Lu Qingshan glanced once more at the bear demon with a weak life force and did not pursue the matter further.

…

“The Sacrificial Spirit won’t live past a month,” after seeing the Sacrificial Spirit and leaving the back hill, Lu Qingshan sincerely suggested to the Youxiong Clan Leader, “I think you should start preparing to bond with a new Sacrificial Spirit.”

“But…” The Youxiong Clan Leader looked at Lu Qingshan with a somewhat innocent expression, “The priest responsible for bonding with the Sacrificial Spirit was just killed by you yesterday…”

…

Within a stone chamber of the Youxiong Tribe.

Lu Qingshan sat cross-legged, closing his eyes in meditation, his mind immersed in the consciousness sea between his eyebrows.

In the sea of consciousness, there was a Nascent Soul less than an inch tall, also in a meditative pose.

Within that Nascent Soul, there seemed to be a flame burning fiercely, though it appeared hazy and indistinct.

Above that flame hovered a tiny, exquisite, translucent short sword, tumbling in the firelight.

The short sword was wrapped in a halo of red light, and its surface showed mysterious black ripples. Its form was unstable, as if it might vanish at any moment.

This was the Heart Sword that Lu Qingshan had cultivated.

Even though he had only obtained the spell of the Heart Sword for a few days, with the help of experience points and his own efforts, Lu Qingshan had already attained entry-level mastery.

The Heart Sword has three levels of realm, each able to forge one Heart Sword.

The first level forges the Sword of Severing Troubles, also known as the Embryo Light Sword.

The second level forges the Sword of Severing Greed and Anger, called the Refreshing Spirit Sword.

The third level forges the Sword of Severing Lust and Desire, named the Sword of Ghost Essence.

Each Heart Sword is further detailed from one to nine refinements.

The Embryo Light Heart Sword that Lu Qingshan had just forged was at the initial level of the first refinement.

Yet, even this just-mastered technique was already impressively powerful to Lu Qingshan.

When Youxiong Jin attacked him, Lu Qingshan counterattacked with his sword while also releasing this first-refinement Embryo Light Heart Sword.

The effect was surprisingly effective.

In that instant, the soul of the Void Refining Youxiong priest was slashed by the sword.

With his mind unsettled and suffering from extreme pain, he was unable to concentrate to gather his energy and couldn’t use his defensive techniques effectively.

This also led to Lu Qingshan breaking through the priest’s White Tiger Illusion, allowing him to finish his enemy with a single sword stroke without any hindrance.

—Because the priest had not been able to set up any defensive measures and was completely exposed to Lu Qingshan’s sword.

And how could the fleshly body of a beast cultivator withstand the stroke of a sword cultivator?

Youxiong Jin had acted, yet was instantly defeated with one sword strike, there was nothing more to say.

“It seems that unless a cultivator at the Primordial Spirit Realm has reached the Control Realm or possesses specialized Primordial Spirit Defensive Spells, they generally cannot withstand the might of the Heart Sword,” Lu Qingshan mused to himself.

No wonder the spell “Heart Sword” was so highly praised even by Xia Daoyun when he used it.

Lu Qingshan was also very satisfied.

Immediately, he turned his gaze to the panel and checked his Experience Points.

He had already made his proclamation, so next he would face the Sacrificial Spirit of the Giant Deer Clan at the pinnacle of Fifth Grade.

He didn’t yet know the combat power of the Giant Deer Sacrificial Spirit, but its rank at the peak of Fifth Grade was not to be questioned, surely an opponent not easily dealt with.

As the saying goes, sharpening your weapon right before battle, while not ideal, can still shine bright.

Beforehand, he wanted to further enhance his strength.

Immediately, three million Experience Points poured out, boosting Lu Qingshan’s cultivation to its peak.

“[Heaven Cutting Sword Scripture] (Nascent Soul Chapter) upgraded to lv16, Spiritual Power Value +10000!”

“Your rank has been upgraded to Nascent Soul Perfection, Divine Sense +100!”

“[Heaven Cutting Sword Scripture] (Nascent Soul Chapter) upgraded to lv17, Spiritual Power Value +10000!”

“Your Spiritual Power Value limit has exceeded 200,000, innate ability [Spiritual Power Genesis] (High Level) is upgraded to [Spiritual Power Genesis] (Ultimate Level)!”

[Spiritual Power Genesis] (Ultimate Level): As your cultivation increases, your control over Spiritual Power becomes more exquisite and its power more formidable. Spiritual Power Amplification +70%.

“[Heaven Cutting Sword Scripture] (Nascent Soul Chapter) upgraded to lv18, Spiritual Power +10000!”

…

“[Heaven Cutting Sword Scripture] (Nascent Soul Chapter) upgraded to lv20, Spiritual Power +10000!”

“[Heaven Cutting Sword Scripture] (Nascent Soul Chapter) has been upgraded to the maximum level, an additional 100,000 Spiritual Power Value granted!”

“Detection has reached the current Level cap; Void Refining advancement mission available!”

“Receive Void Refining advancement mission requirements (subject to real-time changes).”

“Current requirements: Raise Immortal True Intent, Causality True Intent, Slaughter Sword Intent (already achieved), and Annihilation Penetrating Sword Intent to Perfection Realm.”

After glancing at the requirements for the advancement mission, Lu Qingshan sighed.

Although he had reached Nascent Soul Perfection, he knew that the journey of cultivation at the Nascent Soul Stage was just beginning.

…

Four days later.

Quite abruptly, the cultivators of the Youxiong Tribe received a summoning order from their Clan Leader.

When they sleepily arrived at the gathering place, they saw the ‘barbarian’ who had just returned to the tribe and furiously beheaded the priest, standing at the forefront, bellowing, “Pick up your weapons, today I’ll lead you to storm the Giant Deer Clan!”

It wasn’t that Lu Qingshan was rude; it was just that it was always the way of the Barbarian Tribe.

Beast Cultivators who followed the path of priests were fine, but the Body Cultivators of the Barbarian Tribe were mostly of the character that would fight if they didn’t agree.

So, to maintain his persona, Lu Qingshan imitated them and played the role of the wild and unrestrained cultivator to the hilt.

So much so that the Youxiong Clan Leader criticized in his heart multiple times, thinking that the cultivator he had invited from Shao Dian was even more barbarian than the Barbarian Tribe.

“Rush them… rush them?” The Youxiong cultivators were both shocked and confused.

What’s going on?

They hastily cast their pleading gazes towards the silent clan leader.

Compared to ‘Youxiong Hao’ who had suddenly returned to the tribe, they naturally felt more secure with and trusted their clan leader more.

“Listen to Youxiong Hao,” the Youxiong Clan Leader simply said with a deep voice.

“But, with all the high-level cultivators of the tribe gathered here… if we all leave our stronghold, and if we are defeated, don’t we risk everything, shouldn’t some people remain in the tribe?” a cultivator nervously suggested.

“If we are defeated, what’s the use of leaving people behind,” Lu Qingshan glared fiercely, “To play the role of a traitor in the end?”

“This time, led by me, Youxiong Hao, and my brother, along with all of you, we’ll either drive the Giant Deer Clan back, or we’ll all die within the Giant Deer territory, there is no third possibility,” Lu Qingshan enunciated each word with the force of thunder, stunning everyone present into silence.

The nearly one hundred cultivators present, regardless of what they were thinking or feeling, were roped into this madness by Lu Qingshan’s unexpected move that gave them no chance to react.

This had been precisely the matter that Lu Qingshan had previously entrusted to the Youxiong Clan Leader to handle.

For a Sword Cultivator, offense is the best defense.

Offense is ingrained in the bones of a Sword Cultivator, and although there may be exceptions at times, in most cases, this is the first principle for how Sword Cultivators act.

That’s why Lu Qingshan did so.

Wait for the Giant Deer Clan to attack?

Out of the question.

They would instead leave their stronghold en masse, catch them off guard, and of course, simultaneously take the Youxiong cultivators by surprise.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the Youxiong cultivators didn’t object to his decision to counter-attack the Giant Deer Clan that night; Lu Qingshan was well aware that among them were those unwilling to fight this battle with the Giant Deer Clan.

Now, Lu Qingshan, not minding their individual thoughts, served up a fait accompli: the Youxiong cultivators who had deliberated in the hall that day, none were left out, all were brought along.

Sneaky tricks, overt compliance but covert resistance?

Overcome it with force.

It was as simple and as brutal as that.

With the arrow already on the bowstring and unable to hold back, the cultivators present, willing or not, had to pinch their noses and accept the situation in this current state of affairs.

That was also Lu Qingshan’s intention.

There was no reason for the genuine Youxiong Tribe cultivators to fight tooth and claw outside, while those with a spineless character got to reap the benefits.

Without much mobilization, the group of Youxiong cultivators, led by Youxiong Hao and the Clan Leader, immediately set out toward the Giant Deer Clan’s settlement located a hundred miles away, with great momentum.

At this moment, the Youxiong Tribe was only left with some commoners and minor cultivators.

If it hadn’t been for the fact that this operation was a surprise attack, and that the minor cultivators’ Escape Techniques were too slow, which could delay the timing and turn the surprise attack into a joke, Lu Qingshan would have even been prepared to let these minor cultivators join the expedition.

Nearly a hundred cultivators set off together, their Escaping Lights forming a continuous streak, their movements unified and impressive, a pity that their hearts were not in unison.

Lu Qingshan was at the very front of the team and would be the one to lead the charge and break the formation when the time came.

The Youxiong Clan Leader was at the very back, anchoring the formation.

Furthermore, this pairing allowed for a watchful eye to be kept on all the cultivators of the Youxiong Tribe, preventing anyone from trying to escape the battle due to cowardice.

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