This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

Chapter 232 - 25: Evil Qi Enters the Body

Li Venerable did not get angry upon hearing those words. Instead, he looked at Xian Huaibi with disdain, "With just this little ability of mine, for a hundred years, I have still been able to play with you Lingxu Tower folks like clapping my hands."

Li Venerable then glanced at Dantai Qingrun and pointed at her contemptuously, saying to Xian Huaibi, "You are nothing but trash, who now, backed by others, has grown arrogant?"

Li Venerable’s mockery struck right at Xian Huaibi’s sore spot.

He was hundreds of years old and still not as good as a girl in her tens of years. A problem that couldn’t be solved in a hundred years was found a breakthrough by Dantai Qingrun in just half a year.

He didn’t say it out loud, but deep down, he was always deeply ashamed of this.

When Li Venerable brought this up, Xian Huaibi immediately became enraged, and Spiritual Power surged violently within him, as he crazily attempted to rush to Li Venerable and smash his skull with a staff to vent his anger.

But it was already too late.

With a cold laugh, Li Venerable’s half-figure had already stepped into the circle of light.

In this state, they really couldn’t do anything about Li Venerable.

After all, this was the Space True Intention, one of the most terrifying Primordial Intents.

However, at this desperate moment, Dantai Qingrun’s delicate brows slightly raised.

Because a sword qi, condensed to the extreme and as fine as silk, suddenly soared into the sky, heading straight for the mysterious purple circle of light.

In the distance, Lu Qingshan, with the Dragon Sparrow Sword in hand, still had a sliver of sword qi residue on its tip.

This was a slash of sword qi from Lu Qingshan.

What was he trying to do?

Dantai Qingrun couldn’t understand.

Although this exquisitely fine Sword Qi Silk Transformation was indeed astounding to her,

the teleportation channel formed by the Space True Intention was by no means something a Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator could destroy with a slash of sword qi.

Lu Qingshan’s sword strike would surely be futile.

But in the next moment, Dantai Qingrun’s eyes widened, her pupils shrank abruptly, and for the first time, an indelible look of astonishment appeared on her calm face.

The sword qi, which should have been of no use, burst forth with a dazzling sword light upon touching the circle of light. It emitted a deafening roar, engulfing and shattering the purple circle of light.

Crack, crack, crack!

The powerful Space True Intention was instantly melted away by this strand of sword qi!

And at the very moment when the Space True Intention dissipated, space, ripped open by a gap, abruptly closed. And so unexpectedly did it close like an invisible blade, cutting Li Venerable, who had half his body in the spatial passage, into two pieces at the waist!

The lower half of his body dropped into the unseen spatial turbulence, while the upper half fell onto the ground.

Li Venerable incredulously looked at his now empty lower half.

Where are my legs?

He thought to himself, suddenly feeling an unbearable excruciating pain, and then everything went dark as he lost all consciousness.

The ruler of the Lingxu Netherworld, a ruthless man who even survived the Beiming True Venerable’s hands, died here unclearly.

Until his death, he could not comprehend what power had dissolved the Space True Intention.

Lu Qingshan slowly sheathed the sword.

Dragon Sparrow, Spell Breaking!

The Spell Breaking Divine Ability can break through all spells; even the Primordial Intent is no exception.

Two birds with one stone.

His sword not only shattered Li Venerable’s notion of fleeing but also easily cut him down with the slashing power of space.

A line of glowing small characters appeared before his eyes.

[Nine-Pattern Golden Pill]: Defeat an enemy beyond your level (3/3).

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The death of Li Venerable weighed like the last straw that broke the camel’s back, leaving the Underworld Cultivators with no will to fight as they were already at the end of their tether.

Although they were incredibly astonished and eager to ask Lu Qingshan what exactly happened, Dantai Qingrun and Xian Huaibi were even less willing to miss the opportunity, immediately stirring up a bloody storm among the Underworld Cultivator crowd.

The situation turned into a one-sided slaughter.

Dantai Qingrun and Xian Huaibi both got a bit frenzied from the killing.

Lu Qingshan did not join in, and Qin Yitian also stood silently by Lu Qingshan’s side.

An hour later.

Following the demise of the last Underworld Cultivator, split in two by Dantai Qingrun’s sword, the battle finally came to an end.

In front of the Ancient Temple, the ground was littered with corpses and traces of blood, making the scene resemble a bloody purgatory.

Dantai Qingrun walked over to Li Venerable’s severed corpse and took the Storage Ring from his hand—fortunately, the lower half of Li Venerable’s body was the part that had fallen into the spatial turbulence.

Xian Huaibi also quickly collected Storage Rings from the corpses of other Underworld Cultivators.

"A total victory!" said Dantai Qingrun with a light step, turning to Lu Qingshan, "The credit for this victory is largely yours. I will make sure to report this to the higher-ups so that they can reward you handsomely."

Xian Huaibi, who had just come over after tidying up the battlefield, had his eyes wide open, looking at Lu Qingshan in disbelief.

Did Dantai Qingrun just say that eighty percent of the credit for this victory should go to this Foundation Establishment Cultivator??

Unperturbed, Lu Qingshan gave a cupped fist salute to Dantai Qingrun, then pointed towards the Western Mouse King, who was accepting the Demon Spirit inheritance, and said, "For now, I am not ready to leave this place yet. It is receiving the Demon Spirit inheritance, and I’m afraid something might go wrong if no one is here to protect it."

Understanding, Dantai Qingrun thought for a moment and said, "Then let Vice Tower Master Xian leave first to report the details to Beiming True Venerable, and I will stay with you to wait for its inheritance to finish, to have an extra pair of eyes."

"Thank you for the offer," Lu Qingshan’s gaze briefly swept over Dantai Qingrun’s face before he continued, "However, given your current state and that of Vice Tower Master Xian, neither of you should stay in the Demon Spirit Tomb much longer."

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan’s words, both of them were taken aback, and after exchanging a look, they suddenly realized that, unbeknownst to them, their eyes had turned blood red.

"How can the evil spirit’s infiltration be so rapid?!"

The pair were instantly alarmed and hurriedly looked inward at their Divine Souls, only to find that, silently and unnoticed, seven to eight parts of their Primordial Spirits had already been entwined by an indelible crimson evil aura, which they found hard to believe.

Logically, given the speed of the evil spirit’s infiltration of their Divine Souls, they should have been able to stay in the Demon Spirit Tomb for nearly half a month, but how could they have reached their limit in such a short time?

Under such circumstances, if they didn’t leave the Demon Spirit Tomb promptly to dispel the evil aura, and their Primordial Spirits were completely invaded by it, they would become beastly devils that know only slaughter, a scenario too dire to contemplate.

"Once you harbor a murderous intent in the Demon Spirit Tomb, the speed of the evil spirit’s infiltration will accelerate.

Thus, every time you kill someone in the Demon Spirit Tomb, the evil aura within your Divine Souls becomes denser.

And since you just slaughtered so many Underworld Cultivators, it naturally led to the current situation," Lu Qingshan explained.

It was precisely because he noticed this that, despite the dual demands for leveling up and Experience Points, he had refrained from taking action just now.

---He didn’t know how long it would take for the Western Mouse King to receive the inheritance, but he needed to keep his Divine Soul in the most normal state possible, allowing enough time to protect the Western Mouse King.

Xian Huaibi also had a sudden epiphany, finally understanding why he had just exhibited a crazed state that even he himself could not comprehend.

It was because the evil aura had entered his body and greatly affected his emotions and willpower.