Chapter 489 - 432: 50.0

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[Basic Sword Qi].

The four simple, small characters formed by Dao Patterns were completely unremarkable, even exuding a sense of immaturity and crudeness.

This was the loot he had acquired after slaying his very first enemy at the beginning of his journey. It was also the first true "sword-type" Magic he had mastered in this life. It had accompanied him through his most insignificant days, hacking away the initial thorns of his path.

"It’s been a long time," Qi Yun thought, feeling neither joy nor sorrow.

The next moment, he stopped suppressing it.

Within his body lay a massive amount of profound intent of the Sword Dao, forcefully plundered and Refined through [Seizing Profound Intent]. This profound intent belonged to the two Great Masters—the Dragon Slayer Sword Master and San Si Master—serving as the culmination of their life’s blood, enlightenment, and cultivation. Like a chaotic cosmic river bursting its banks, it transformed into an indescribably pure, majestic, and fierce torrent, surging right into the four small characters of [Basic Sword Qi] on his status panel!

BUZZZ!!!

[Basic Sword Qi], which had been dormant for countless years, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, brilliant radiance!

The light was not static but pulsed violently like a heartbeat. With every throb, a slight yet distinct tremor came from the panel, as if it could not bear the infusion of such a colossal Dao.

The progress bar behind [Basic Sword Qi] might have only held a token amount of accumulation before, but now—

It skyrocketed! It overflowed! It broke through!

There was no gradual progression, no buffer. It was like forcefully pouring a vast ocean into a single teacup.

The progress bar representing his level of mastery was completely filled and ruptured the instant the torrent struck, entering a profoundly mysterious state of "overloaded" evolution!

[Magic auto-update complete. This is a minor version update. The Magic’s effects have been adjusted as follows:]

[Basic Sword Qi 2.0: The essence of the Sword Qi is purified. Power is increased by 50%.]

[Basic Sword Qi 3.0: When casting the Magic, Sword Qi quantity +1.]

[Basic Sword Qi 4.0: Casting range is increased.]

[Basic Sword Qi 5.0: Sword Qi now has a lock-on effect.]

...

The panel’s notifications washed over Qi Yun’s Heart and Spirit like a waterfall.

At first, he could still clearly see the specific enhancement entries. Later on, the speed grew faster and faster. The entries became more numerous, more minute, and delved ever deeper into the essence of the Sword Dao.

Qi Yun quietly "watched."

On the panel, the pattern representing [Basic Sword Qi] was undergoing a complete transformation, a fundamental leap in its very nature. Every violent flash of light represented a "version" jump. Every restructuring of the Dao Patterns signified the ultimate excavation or the brand-new derivation of a certain Sword Dao characteristic.

8.0... 9.0... 10.0...

The Sword Qi began to take on different attribute traits. Some were as scorching as the sun, some as piercingly cold as ice, some as heavy as mountains, and some as light and agile as the wind... These were the various elemental and Yin Yang variations contained within the plundered Sword Dao.

15.0... 20.0...

The structure of the Sword Qi grew increasingly complex and exquisite. It began to weave itself into the minute rudiments of sword arrays, spiraling forward, splitting into shadows of light, or generating a cycle of illusion and reality... This was the ultimate deduction of Sword Dao application techniques.

25.0... 30.0...

The "intent" contained within the Sword Qi began to stand out. Some carried the resolute decisiveness of "severing," capable of cutting through anything. Others carried the crystal-clear purity of "cleansing," meant to shatter the Ten Thousand Laws. These were the brands of the Sword Heart and sword soul.

35.0... 40.0... 45.0... 49.0...

The surging torrent of Sword Dao’s Daoist Intent remained majestic, but the evolution speed of [Basic Sword Qi] seemed to slow down.

The light emitted by the panel itself grew brighter and brighter. The characters carrying this Magic even began to swell slightly, exuding a heavy Dao Rhyme that seemed to bear the weight of ten thousand swords returning to their origin.

Finally—

BOOM!

The final burst of pure, profound intent of the Sword Dao smashed ruthlessly into the Magic’s patterns.

On the panel, the light instantly retracted, turning into a warm and profound dark gold as the patterns completely stabilized.

[Basic Sword Qi 50.0: New mechanism added—Ignore Defense!]

Fifty versions of frantic iteration!

From the initial, crude [Basic Sword Qi 1.0] that could only unleash a single, weak blade of air, it had transformed into the current [Basic Sword Qi 50.0]—its patterns dark gold, its Dao Rhyme internalized, looking as though a single glance at it could pierce and injure a Great Master.

It lay quietly on the panel, yet it felt as heavy as the eternal azure sky.

Qi Yun slowly opened his eyes. The Cyan Gold divine light in the depths of his gaze, which had reflected the scene of ten thousand swords resonating in the Daluo Heaven, now settled down into a bottomless calmness.

The fierce, pale-gold sword mark on his glabella had already faded away. He slowly exhaled a breath of Muddy Qi.

Then, he turned to the side, his plain gaze sweeping over the distant figures who were either shocked and angry, horrified, or still seething with killing intent.

The next instant, Qi Yun smiled faintly. He did not form any hand seals, nor did he chant any Curse.

He simply pointed a finger at the Crown Prince of the South Sea Dragon Palace, who had just barely survived the bombardment of the vast sea of lightning and was now hovering above the Broken sea surface, his dragon scales charred black and his breath unsteady.

It was a light tap.

The movement was casual and effortless.

RIIIIP!!!!

An extremely sharp sound—like fabric being instantly sliced open by the sharpest tailoring shears—ruthlessly tore through all other noises in Heaven and Earth!

A "light" burst forth from Qi Yun’s fingertip.

No, it wasn’t light.

It was a "Sword Aura."

A manifestation of the "sword" that was pure and terrifying to the extreme!

It took on a "primordial" color from the time when chaos first opened. It was neither black nor white, yet it seemed to contain the sharp edge of all the colors in the world.

The moment it appeared, it instantly became the center of Heaven and Earth!

It was not massive—only about a few meters long—but it blazed like a great sun traversing the sky, dazzling, domineering, and suppressing all of eternity!