This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

"Lu Dao You?" Ma Yuan was momentarily stunned, not immediately recognizing who Lu Dao You referred to as mentioned by Lin He.

"Big brother, it’s that yellow-haired brat!" Ma Shan said indignantly from the side.

After that, Ma Shan looked around at the many cultivators on the scene and noticed a detail that he had previously overlooked.

"Where is Lu Qingshan?!" Ma Shan asked in astonishment and uncertainty.

Indeed, it was conspicuous that among the cultivators present, Lu Qingshan was the only one missing.

Triggered by Ma Shan’s remark, Lin He also realized that at some point, Lu Qingshan had disappeared into the crowd.

However, the pressing matter at hand was still to deal with Ma Yuan and his companions.

Lin He waved the flag in his hand, commanding the Fire Serpent to spew out a blaze, finally capturing all of Ma Yuan’s Dark Stinger Gold Bee Gu insects without sparing a single one.

Seeing the corpses of the Dark Stinger Gold Bee Gu insects all over the ground, Ma Yuan felt a pang in his heart, and a ruthless intent gradually emerged on his face.

Watching Lin He manipulate the Fire Serpent to split and charge towards his own party,

Ma Yuan could no longer contain his anger.

"Old fool, you’re pushing me too far!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Yuan’s body suddenly radiated a thick blood light.

Pop—

Pop—

Pop—

A succession of sounds of clothes bursting echoed.

Ma Yuan’s body inflated like a balloon, his clothing tearing apart in an instant to reveal his muscular body.

Menacing blood-colored patterns emerged on Ma Yuan’s naked body, like magma coursing over a cracked earth.

Facing Ma Yuan’s sudden transformation, Lin He’s face flashed with shock, "Blood Frenzy Gu, you’ve actually managed to cultivate it!"

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[Blood Frenzy Gu]: First Grade Gu Insect.

Description: Requires human children as the main material for cultivation, taking years to slowly refine. Once successful, its power is unstoppable.

Refining Requirements: Charm Attribute Points greater than 5

Gu Insect Effect: Upon activation of the Blood Frenzy Gu, the cultivator enters a berserk state, immune to most First Grade spell damage, Strength +n (n = Charm Attribute Points), Health Points +30.

Duration: Three minutes

Cooldown: Sixty days

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This Gu Insect, once refined within the Qi Refining Realm, was nearly invincible.

The process of refining the Blood Frenzy Gu was extremely cruel, taking one human child as the raw material, paired with a hundred poisonous insects as auxiliary materials, sealed within a closed container for years of refinement.

During this period, not only was it necessary to ensure the survival of the child, but the Gu cultivator also had to continuously nourish it with their own essence blood.

Back then, Ma Yuan was discovered during the process of refining this Gu, and under the pressure from Great Xia, the Ma Family had no choice but to cleanse their household.

Who could have expected that Ma Yuan, pretending to escape, changed his identity and lay low in Yuanshan City.

After lying low, Ma Yuan did not give up on refining the Blood Frenzy Gu but instead continued his previous work and eventually succeeded in cultivating it!

—The failure rate of refining Blood Frenzy Gu is very high.

Hiss—

Having activated the Blood Frenzy Gu, Ma Yuan became ferociously vigorous, facing an oncoming Fire Serpent head-on without dodging. He stretched out his swollen hands and forcefully grasped the Fire Serpent made of spiritual power.

Ma Yuan gave Lin He a sinister laugh as he looked at him, the light flashing fiercely on the blood-colored patterns in his hands, and brutally tore the Fire Serpent in two in front of everyone.

Sparks scattered everywhere, landing on Ma Yuan’s body.

Ma Yuan remained unaffected.

To know, a First Grade formation controlled by someone would normally leave a Qi Refining Cultivator utterly powerless to resist.

But at this moment, under the enhancement of the Blood Frenzy Gu, Ma Yuan was not at all afraid of the power of the Fire Serpent Formation.

The terror of the Blood Frenzy Gu was such!

"Miss, you must flee; I’ll stop him! Since the Ma Family has harbored Ma Yuan in cultivating the Evil Gu, we just need to report it to Great Xia, and the Ma Family won’t escape inquiry!" Seeing this turn of events, Lin He realized that there was probably no chance of surviving under the hands of Ma Yuan, now that he had succeeded in cultivating the Blood Frenzy Gu.

All he could think of now was using the power of the Fire Serpent Formation to hold Ma Yuan back for a while, to allow Lin Yao a chance to escape.

Lin Yao bit her lip, unsure of what to do.

In a trance,

Ma Yuan’s figure flashed as he charged toward Lin He.

Once Lin He was killed and the formation flag seized, with no Fire Serpent Formation for cover, the remaining Lin Family cultivators would be no more than lambs to the slaughter!

"Miss Lin, use your Phantom Sound to control Ma Yuan for a breaths’ time; I can kill him."

A strange man’s voice suddenly came to Lin Yao’s ear.

His tone was calm, but the content of the message left Lin Yao in disbelief.

At this moment, under such conditions, Ma Yuan could be called an invincible existence among Qi Refining Cultivators.

Who would dare to claim they could kill him!

Yet the firmness in the man’s voice made Lin Yao unconsciously follow his commands.

"Imperial!" Lin Yao whispered, her lips parting slightly.

Imperial Soul Sound Wave Secret Technique!

Even in his frenzied state, Ma Yuan might be immune to most of the damage from First Grade Spells, but that was limited to those that attacked the physical body.

His divine soul protection had not been strengthened at all by the Blood Frenzy Gu.

And the Imperial Soul Sound Wave that Lin Yao cast targeted his divine soul directly.

Ma Yuan felt only a shock to his divine soul and briefly lost consciousness.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yao sighed internally.

Divine Soul Attack Secret Techniques were too precious and not something a minor Lin family could possess.

The Imperial Soul Sound Wave she emitted, though aimed at the divine soul, was actually not considered a Divine Soul Attack Technique.

Because the Imperial Soul Sound Wave had no lethality, it only momentarily stunned the divine soul, causing Ma Yuan to lose concentration momentarily.

But even the non-lethal Imperial Soul Sound Wave Secret Technique was something her father had sought from the Lin Family in Zhenjiang City.

Such techniques were not available in Yuanshan City.

In the very moment Lin Yao released the Imperial Soul Sound Wave, a shadow flashed by.

It was Lu Qingshan!

The strange man giving orders to Lin Yao was none other than Lu Qingshan, who had vanished from the crowd at some unknown time.

He had disappeared without a trace, only to suddenly reappear.

As Ma Yuan was just recovering from Lin Yao’s Imperial Soul Sound Wave attack, he saw a flash of cold light in front of him.

Then his divine soul shook again.

Again?!

In the moment before losing consciousness, this thought crossed Ma Yuan’s mind.

Crying Soul Sword, "Soul Shock"!

The Soul Shock Technique, difficult for even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to withstand, was obviously something Ma Yuan had no chance of resisting.

Falling Bright Sword Technique!

Crying Soul Sword: Sharpness +1.

Just enough to break defense.

Lu Qingshan moved extremely fast, his swordplay swift as the wind, his figure elusive as a ghost. Within the duration of the Soul Shock effect, two cold flashes had already passed by.

Lu Qingshan struck with two swords.

By the time Ma Yuan regained his senses, his entire body was already in severe, burning pain.

Ma Yuan felt intimidated.

Years of battle experience allowed Ma Yuan to subconsciously sidestep as Lu Qingshan’s sword descended once more, trying to evade the blade’s edge.

Even in a frenzied state, he could not ignore the damage from Lu Qingshan’s Sword techniques.

However, what he expected to be a swift sidestep, evading the attack, did not go as planned.

It was as if he were trapped in a swamp, his movements inexplicably slowed.

Falling Bright Sword Technique: Each sword strike carries a layer of the Power of Dark Erosion, each layer slowing the speed by 1, stackable.

Two layers of the Power of Dark Erosion had been stacked on Ma Yuan, reducing his speed by 2.

Not adjusting in time, he was as if delayed, and was struck by another one of Lu Qingshan’s sword techniques.

Explode!

With a thought, Lu Qingshan detonated the three layers of Dark Erosion Power accumulated on Ma Yuan’s body.

Ma Yuan fell into a "Bind" state!

Without any mercy, Lu Qingshan delivered another sword strike right at the head.

A series of data information appeared:

"You have activated the Sword Artifact Skill ’Soul Shock’."

"’Soul Shock’ has successfully hit. The target will enter a temporary Soul Loss State..."

"You have used Falling Bright Sword Technique on the target, Falling Bright Sword Technique hit... causing 10 points of damage!" (x3)

"You detonated Dark Erosion, the target is temporarily bound!"

"You have used Falling Bright Sword Technique on the target, Falling Bright Sword Technique hit... causing 10 points of damage, and an additional 5 (10*0.5) points of vital damage, inflicting a total of 15 points of damage on the target!"

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"The target has died, you have killed Ma Yuan (Lv10), and gained a total of 100 experience points!"

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