Chapter 396 - 378: Astonishingly Powerful Saber Technique

"Master, did you break through to the Profound Bone Realm?"

Hearing Su Yu’s words, Qin Fangqiong instantly retracted his aura. A slight smile touched his lips as he stroked his beard, saying nothing.

’This student of mine finally noticed. It wasn’t a waste for me to display my aura for so long.’

"Ahem, it was just a stroke of luck. I only just returned to the Profound Bone Realm the day before yesterday. After another day of consolidation, my Realm is now completely stable."

Upon his master’s confirmation, Su Yu’s calm expression couldn’t help but break into a look of delight.

The Profound Bone Realm!

In Black Stone City, this meant you were a truly significant figure, not just in the Outer City, but in the Inner City as well.

With his master now a Profound Bone Realm expert presiding over them, the White Ape Martial Arts Hall’s position was completely secure. They could even become the leader of the Martial Arts Hall Alliance!

After all, for so many years in the Outer City, Hong Jingtian of the Hongshan Martial Arts Hall, Yan Xiao of the Iron Armor Martial Arts Hall, and Liu Cheng of the Chasing Wind Martial Arts Hall—the three top Martial Arts Hall Masters—had never broken through to the Profound Bone Realm.

If not for the many Overseas Dragons who had come from places like Liangzhou and Jian’an Prefecture, the Outer City wouldn’t have had a single Profound Bone Realm expert for all these years.

If you had to name one, then according to Su Yu’s knowledge, it would be Huyan Muyuan, the Patriarch of the Huyan Family. The man had secretly broken through to the Profound Bone Realm but had kept it under wraps.

"Congratulations, Master, on returning to the Profound Bone Realm! In this chaotic era, our White Ape Martial Arts Hall can finally stand on solid ground."

Qin Fangqiong smiled and waved his hand dismissively. "We must still keep a low profile. Saying we’re on ’solid ground’ is an exaggeration. In this chaotic era, several Profound Bone Realm Hall Masters from the Black Lotus Sect have already appeared. Which power would dare claim they can sit back and relax?"

"What you say is true, Master. The Black Lotus Sect is like a tsunami. We can only follow along on the great ship that is Black Stone City and proceed with caution."

"Correct. That’s a reasonable assessment. However, this does give us a bit more confidence in dealing with the Huyan Family. When I last saw Huyan Muyuan, although he had the strength of the Profound Bone Realm, his foundation was unstable. He most likely broke through using some special means."

"Now that I have returned to the Profound Bone Realm, not only are my injuries fully healed, but my strength has also increased. I have some confidence in dealing with Huyan Muyuan, even if he has a few trump cards."

"Then, Master, we can make our move! The pressure we put on the Huyan Family’s businesses has already affected their finances. If I take this opportunity to leave the city, they definitely won’t let such a chance slip by..."

...

After leaving the White Ape Martial Arts Hall, Su Yu arranged with his senior martial sister to head to Qingxi Village in three days.

Back at the Su Mansion, after dinner, Su Yu went into the courtyard, took out the Demon Ape Demon-Vibrating Saber manual, and began to read through it.

"The Demon Ape Demon-Vibrating Saber is all about embodying a Demon Ape, instantly igniting the Qi and Blood within the body to surge violently like molten lava. It drives a Martial Artist into a ’frenzied’ state of overwhelming battle lust, where one fights to the death!"

"The moves are ferocious and domineering, emphasizing ’extreme force without a sharpened edge shatters all techniques,’ and ’where the frenzy passes, only white bones remain’!"

"There are seven moves in total. The first is Demon Ape Leaps the Abyss..."

Under the moonlight, Su Yu gripped Mo Yuan and began to practice.

His current comprehension of saber arts had already reached the point of perfection, a realm that many who practiced for decades could never achieve.

Therefore, his progress in learning a new saber technique was remarkably fast.

His figure flashed forward. With Mo Yuan concealed behind his back, he instantly leaped into a large clearing under an Iron Locust Tree.

As the Ape Tendons in his arm snapped taut, Mo Yuan shot out from behind him. Its edge easily scraped a mark on the ground before slashing upward like a bolt of lightning.

Under the moonlight, Mo Yuan shimmered with a silver light, leaving a moon-colored silver arc in the air. It looked beautiful, but it hid a terrifying killing intent.

This move, like a Demon Ape leaping an abyss, rapidly closed the distance with the enemy. The opening move was an upward slash, aimed straight for the enemy’s throat.

If the opponent were even a fraction of a second too slow, their fate would be to die by a single slash.

"Second move, Demon Ape Splits the Heavens!"

Su Yu’s left hand grasped the hilt, swiftly changing his one-handed grip to two. The Qi and Blood in his body erupted like a volcano, and scorching Qi and Blood gathered in his arms.

His Great Tendons writhed like rising earth dragons, and an overwhelming sense of domineering power washed over him.

BANG!

In the blink of an eye, the power in his arms built to its limit. The blade of the Mo Yuan Saber came crashing down with the force of Mount Tai, its momentum savage and unmatched. It split the air, creating a sonic boom.

This move was one of absolute suppression by force. The moment he struck, Su Yu also activated his Demon-Slaying Saber Stance.

Once this stance was activated, the long saber in his hand would be imbued with demon-subduing power, instantly doubling its destructive force and pressure!

The Mo Yuan Heavy Saber chopped down domineeringly. The farther it fell, the greater the pressure became, its power undoubtedly reaching its peak as it hit the ground.

A fist-sized stone on the ground was pinned down, unable to move. Immediately after, the blade sliced through the earth as if it were tofu and sank into it.

’So strong!’

A thought flashed through Su Yu’s mind. ’This slash doesn’t look very destructive, but when combined with the Demon-Slaying Saber Stance, all its power is focused on the edge, giving Mo Yuan a domineering sharpness that can cut through anything.’

’What’s even more terrifying is that the moment I strike, the immense pressure can suppress everything near the blade. If an enemy tried to block it, they would suffer a massive impact. Anyone below the Jiao Tendon Realm would probably be unable to withstand even a single slash!’

"Third move, Inscribe the Earth to Seal the Demon!"

Su Yu continued to practice the next move. This technique relied on swinging the Heavy Saber violently to create an impenetrable area of a demon-vibrating stance around him, leaving enemies within a several-meter radius with no escape.

The Mo Yuan in his hands furiously drew circles of a viscous, dark-red saber wind in midair. Within a radius of several meters, falling leaves were caught and frozen in the air, unable to move.

...

"Fourth move, Demon Blade Crosses the River!"

Su Yu shifted his stance. The Great Tendons in his waist and hips spun violently like a winch. Leveraging the abnormal flexibility and extension of his Great Tendons, he held the saber with one arm and swept the Heavy Saber horizontally with brutal force.

WHOOSH!

The Mo Yuan Long Saber traced a half-moon arc of blood-red light through the air. In its wake, it left white waves of vacuum several feet long that lingered in the night air without dissipating.

The extra half-foot of attack range granted by the snap of his Great Tendons now became an indefensible, lethal zone. It blocked all forward advances with the tyrannical might of "a single slash to cross the great river and sever the path between life and death."

"Fifth move, Extreme Realm Demon-Slaying!"

Su Yu stood under the Iron Locust Tree, holding his saber in one hand. The molten lava-like Qi and Blood surging through his body and the Demon Ape Evil Qi swirling around him instantly receded like a frantic tide, condensing entirely onto the sharp tip of the Mo Yuan Long Saber in a single moment.

VMMMM—

The blade trembled violently. The originally cold, black blade now glowed with a deep and inscrutable, dark-red light.

Su Yu thrust the saber forward in a single point.

It didn’t create the slightest whisper of wind, but the power of the dark-red light tracing the path of the saber’s tip was astonishing.

Several dozen feet away, an Iron Locust Tree leaf spiraling down in the night wind was directly pulverized into more than a dozen tiny fragments in midair by an invisible pressure, long before it could touch the blade’s edge.

This move, when combined with the Demon Ape Evil Qi, was a fatal killing technique capable of piercing any Protective Gang Force.

Imagine stabbing an enemy in the heart with this—it would be an instant kill!

"Sixth move, Demon Shadow Sheds its Shell!"

Su Yu imagined a powerful enemy attacking him from behind. Instead of retreating, he advanced. The great dragon of his spine twisted, and his body suddenly flickered, dodging the attack from the rear.

At the same time, the Great Tendons in his right arm snapped back with a loud CRACK, and the Mo Yuan Heavy Saber slashed diagonally upward in reverse along his hip.

The saber light was like a black bolt of lightning rising from the abyss, its chilling glint vanishing into the night in an instant.

This move was insidious and vicious, designed specifically for the moment one was trapped in a seemingly fatal situation. It used incredible physical flexibility to reverse-slash the throat of an ambusher from behind.

"Seventh move, Frenzy Demon Vibration!"

The boundless Demon Ape Evil Qi around Su Yu erupted, making him seem like a Demon Ape that had just fought its way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

His arms danced, whirling the Heavy Saber into a black blur of light so dense not even a drop of water could pass through. He hacked furiously beneath the Iron Locust Tree, the Mo Yuan Heavy Saber producing a series of sharp, ear-piercing booms under the continuous, high-frequency explosions of his Great Tendons.

The saber’s momentum grew, wave after wave, stronger each time. Wherever it passed, anything in its path would be brutally shredded to pieces.

This move was an all-out assault, meant for dealing with enemies surrounding him.

And with Su Yu infusing it with Demon Ape Evil Qi, its power was even more astonishingly terrifying.

He practiced it twice in a row, attempting to integrate the Demon-Slaying Saber Stance. A single slash bursting with the power of the Demon-Slaying Saber Stance was particularly hard to defend against.

After a hundred slashes as relentless as a raging tide, Su Yu let out a long breath, calming the lava-like boiling of his Qi and Blood.

[Demon Ape Demon-Vibrating Saber (Entry-Level)]

[Because you have comprehended the Spiritual Source Demon-Subduing Saber to the Perfection Realm, your Demon Ape Demon-Vibrating Saber Realm has been enhanced.]