Chapter 54 - 46: Eerie Sword Pavilion, Seven Kills Sword Array

Chapter 54: Chapter 46: Eerie Sword Pavilion, Seven Kills Sword Array

[Outsider Sword Demon (Normal)]

[Power: Qi Cultivation Sixth Level]

[Features: Able to use certain Sword Skills from the Sword Cultivator’s life, possesses the Power of Outer Path]

Due to his cautious nature, Lu Chen didn’t immediately engage this group of Outsider Sword Demons in close combat. He raised his left hand in a Sword Pointing gesture, placing it horizontally before his brow. In the next second, streaks of purple flames radiated from his body, coalescing into twelve solid Purple Fire Flying Swords.

"Go!"

As Lu Chen’s words fell, the purple flying swords around him transformed into streaks of flowing light, trailing brilliant fiery tails as they struck the group of sword demons rushing toward him.

In the blink of an eye, the twelve Purple Fire Flying Swords clashed with the sword demons. Some slashed directly at the sword demons’ necks, while others pierced straight through their chests. But regardless of where they struck, the moment these Purple Fire Flying Swords touched the sword demons, they transformed into monstrous purple flames that completely engulfed them.

"SKREEE!!!"

Bathed in the raging inferno, the sword demons let out miserable shrieks. They frantically swung the Meat Tumor Evil Swords in their hands, attempting to dispel the purple flames on their bodies. However, such struggles not only failed to produce any effect but actually caused the purple fire on them to burn even more vigorously.

Watching the scene of the sword demons struggling, Lu Chen’s pupils transformed into constantly spinning cyan lotuses, carefully observing their every movement.

Initially, Lu Chen thought the existence of these Outsider Sword Demons was similar to the Magic Corpses in the Ancient Cultivator’s Tomb, both belonging to a type of corpse mutation. Even though he had previously noticed that these Meat Tumor Evil Swords were like swords yet not swords, like demons yet not demons, he had only assumed that these Evil Swords had a symbiotic relationship with the resurrected corpses and didn’t overthink it.

But after activating the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil, scenes undetectable by ordinary means appeared before his eyes. This allowed him to completely understand the true nature of these Outsider Sword Demons.

The demons before him appeared to be humanoid Demon Fiends, yet their true source of power came from the bizarre Evil Swords in their hands. These Meat Tumor Evil Swords were not symbiotic with the corpses at all; they were parasitic, even directly seizing the Cultivator’s original body!

At this thought, Lu Chen’s expression grew even colder. "Twisted things that toy with the deceased... how truly nauseating."

Holding the Ink Flood Dragon Sword, Lu Chen proactively walked up to an Outsider Sword Demon. Seeing this, the Outsider Sword Demon, already tortured to excruciating agony by the Purple Mist Divine Fire, instantly charged at Lu Chen with a face full of madness. But before it could get close, a streak of black light landed on its arm, severing the limb connected to the Meat Tumor Evil Sword.

"SKREEE!"

As the arm fell to the ground, a piercing, infant-like wail emanated from the Meat Tumor Evil Sword on the floor. Looking closely, the source of the sound was actually the hilt of the sword. An ugly, distorted human face was shockingly growing right there. Lu Chen knew very well that this was the true main body of the Outsider Sword Demon.

"Die."

As his words fell, the Ink Flood Dragon Sword in Lu Chen’s hand directly pierced through the twisted human face on the Meat Tumor Evil Sword, ending this distorted life. The sharp, ear-piercing shrieks in the surroundings also completely vanished at this moment.

[You have killed an Outsider Sword Demon (Qi Cultivation Sixth Level), gained 70 Experience Points, Soul Crystal Fragment (White) *1]

Because there were other Outsider Sword Demons around, Lu Chen didn’t look at the system prompt popping up on the panel. Instead, he prepared to finish off the rest. Since he now knew the true nature of the Outsider Sword Demons, and his Purple Mist Divine Fire seemed to have a great suppressive effect against the Evil Demon and Heretic Dao, the remaining dozen or so Outsider Sword Demons couldn’t cause him much trouble and were soon turned into corpses.

Once the plaza completely quieted down, Lu Chen finally had the chance to properly sort out his harvest. A total of twelve Outsider Sword Demons brought him 840 Experience Points and six Soul Crystal Fragments (White). On average, it took about two Outsider Sword Demons to drop one Soul Crystal Fragment. Without any hesitation, Lu Chen immediately added these Soul Crystal Fragments directly to his unawakened Talent Divine Techniques.

[Talent Divine Techniques (38/100): Unawakened]

[Current Experience Points: 2002]

"It seems there are still quite a few sword demons present in this plaza. I’ll deal with all these sword demons first before heading to that bizarre Sword Pavilion..." Lu Chen looked up at the towering, ruined Sword Pavilion not far away, his eyes full of vigilance.

If the Outsider Sword Demons in the plaza were an appetizer, then the bizarre Sword Pavilion not far away was the real key to this Dungeon. Even from a distance of over a hundred meters, Lu Chen could feel the faint Sword Intent leaking out from within the Sword Pavilion. Aside from being gloomy and cold, this Sword Intent carried a hint of madness and killing intent, making Lu Chen highly apprehensive.

And aside from this bizarre Sword Intent, another reason Lu Chen didn’t want to casually approach the Sword Pavilion was its bizarre right-angled shape. From his angle, the entire Sword Pavilion looked as if someone had slashed it diagonally with a sword, slicing away more than half of it. Lu Chen couldn’t imagine what kind of existence could possess such power to slice off this fifty-meter-tall, five-story Sword Pavilion with a single strike.

Visually estimating, anyone who could achieve this would need to have power at or above the Golden Core Stage at the very least. Seeing traces of a Golden Core Stage existence’s attack inside a Dungeon was not a good thing for Lu Chen. After all, at present, he could at most deal with a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator with average Talent and slightly weak aptitude. As for the Golden Core Stage, even the most ordinary Golden Core... that was currently an existence beyond his reach. Even if he threw countless lives at it, he still wouldn’t be able to kill it.

"Qi Cultivation against Golden Core... The designers of this reality game shouldn’t have designed such an anti-human Dungeon, right?"

After saying that, Lu Chen began to explore the entire plaza. An incense stick’s worth of time later, he had found all the Outsider Sword Demons in the Sword Pavilion plaza and killed them with single sword strikes, harvesting quite a few Experience Points and Soul Crystal Fragments.

[Talent Divine Techniques (58/100): Unawakened]

[Current Experience Points: 3402]

"Right now, the sword demons in the plaza have been cleared out, and the area outside the Sword Pavilion plaza is blocked by a stretch of Black Fog. Once I get close, the game panel will prompt me not to proceed any further.

"Looking at it this way, the only place I can go now... is that bizarre Sword Pavilion."

With this in mind, Lu Chen took a deep breath, walked up to the main doors of the Sword Pavilion, and slowly pushed them open.

RUMBLE...

Accompanied by a decaying, muffled dragging sound, the Sword Pavilion, which had been dormant for who knew how long, finally saw the light of day again and welcomed a new guest. However, the masters living inside the Sword Pavilion didn’t seem friendly to Lu Chen, their visitor.

Almost at the exact moment Lu Chen stepped onto the first floor of the Sword Pavilion, several urgent whooshes of air tearing through space came from all around him. Without any hesitation, Lu Chen used the Flowing Cloud Step to vanish from his spot, landing on an empty space to the side.

He raised his head, and what entered his line of sight were seven Outsider Sword Demons. Standing in a special formation, they completely surrounded him. Six of these seven Outsider Sword Demons were more or less the same as the ones in the plaza; they were just normal sword demons. But the leading one was quite special.

Not only was the decay of flesh and blood on its body much less severe than the other sword demons, but even the Meat Tumor Evil Sword in its hand was a bit more solid. Emitting a bizarre blood-red aura all around it, one could tell at a glance that it was vastly different from an ordinary Outsider Sword Demon.

[Outsider Sword Demon (Elite)]

[Power: Qi Cultivation Ninth Level]

[Features: Able to use certain Sword Skills from the Sword Cultivator’s life, and form a Sword Array with other sword demons, possesses the Power of Outer Path]

F-Form a Sword Array?!

Looking at the panel of this Elite Level Outsider Sword Demon, Lu Chen felt a strong sense of foreboding in his heart. If it was just a simple gang-up, even with an Elite Level sword demon among them, they would still pose absolutely no threat to the current Lu Chen. But it was different if they formed a Sword Array. Because this wasn’t a simple "1+1=2" scenario; it was a "1+1>2" situation!

Seriously, it was one thing for them to gang up on him, but they could actually form a Sword Array together? Where was their pride as Sword Cultivators? They should come fight him one-on-one!

Putting aside the fact that the Outsider Sword Demons couldn’t hear Lu Chen’s inner thoughts to begin with, even if they could, not only would they not feel ashamed, but they would actually take pride in it. After all, to the Evil Demon and Heretic Dao, "morality" was a derogatory term!

"SKREEE!"

Along with an excited roar from the Elite Level sword demon, the seven of them charged at Lu Chen in a special formation.

Special Sword Array—Seven Kills!