Chapter 738 - 265: Golden Core’s Fall
The conversation between the four Demon Kings on Celestial Sandalwood Mountain didn’t have any reservations, so Shen Wen’an and Xu Zhan beside him could hear everything clearly.
The uncle and nephew exchanged a glance, frowning.
"Uncle, what is the Impeccable Golden Body?"
Xu Zhan spoke in a deep voice.
And Shen Wen’an beside him apparently didn’t know what the so-called "Impeccable Golden Body" was, either. He only vaguely sensed from the Jade-faced Scholar’s words that it should be some kind of secret skill or state cultivated by Body Cultivators.
From the last two sentences of the Jade-faced Scholar, it was clear that a Fifth Realm Body Cultivator who had not yet cultivated the "Impeccable Golden Body" seemed to be very desirable to other cultivators.
"Be careful, right now you are their primary target."
Light flashed in Shen Wen’an’s hand as he directly pulled out the Dragon-Slaying Magical Sword.
Xu Zhan also held the White Bone Long Spear horizontally.
The four Demon Kings of Celestial Sandalwood Mountain were evidently targeting his body, saying they would stop at nothing to capture him.
In light of this, today it seems things won’t end well.
Holding the White Bone Long Spear, the Qi Blood Rainbow behind Xu Zhan spanned a hundred feet, the dense blood qi forming an ancient and majestic battle armor on his body.
Earlier, when he had just broken through, he sparred with Shen Wen’an by the Lishui Riverbank, and the armor on his body was only blood-colored.
But now, the style of the armor on his body had prominently turned black and red.
That black color naturally emerged from the Yin Evil Qi within him.
Wearing black and red armor and holding the White Bone Long Spear, his whole body ablaze with blood flame, Xu Zhan at this moment looked like an ancient war god standing in the void.
In front, the Jade-faced Scholar, after manifesting his true form, spat out a Broken Sword, which hovered silently above his head.
The sharp aura emanating from the Broken Sword was evidently more piercing than the Dragon-Slaying Sword in Shen Wen’an’s hand.
Seeing this, Shen Wen’an’s brows furrowed slightly.
He could feel a sense of déjà vu from the Broken Sword summoned by the Golden Core Crane Demon, but he couldn’t recall where he had seen this Broken Sword before.
"Screech!"
The Golden Core Crane Demon let out a high-pitched screech, the Demon Essence within him surged instantly, directly manipulating the Broken Sword to transform into Black Light and slash toward Shen Wen’an!
Their purpose seemed clear.
To hold him off as long as possible while the remaining three brothers teamed up against Xu Zhan.
Having witnessed Shen Wen’an’s strength, the Golden Core Crane Demon understood that he couldn’t hold on for too long, so he used his trump card right away.
Black Light?
Seeing the Broken Sword manipulated by the Golden Core Crane Demon transforming into Black Light and assaulting, a flash of insight appeared in Shen Wen’an’s mind.
At this moment, he suddenly realized why the Broken Sword had a familiar aura.
A flash of light appeared in his hand, and a giant cyan gourd suddenly floated into it.
This gourd was the Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd seized from the White Mountain Monarch in the Hundred Beasts Mountain back then.
Luo Yao once said, the Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd was the supreme treasure for nurturing the magical artifacts of a Sword Cultivator, and since the White Mountain Monarch was not a Sword Cultivator, he couldn’t unleash its power.
After obtaining the Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd, although Shen Wen’an knew it was a decent magical treasure, he rarely used it.
One reason was that he didn’t obtain a suitable Sword Embryo over the years.
The other reason was that the broken Sword in the Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd was mediocre in power and somewhat redundant for him.
If not for the Black Light formed by the Broken Sword manipulated by the Golden Core Crane Demon resembling the broken Sword in the Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd, he wouldn’t have recalled where this familiar aura came from.
At the moment the cyan Sword Nurturing Gourd was taken out, Shen Wen’an had already determined that the Broken Sword manipulated by the Golden Core Crane Demon and the broken Sword in the Sword Nurturing Gourd were indeed the same magical artifact.
Thinking of this, he immediately tapped the Sword Nurturing Gourd lightly and injected a strand of Sword Element Power into it.
The Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd instantly spewed forth a magnificent stream of brilliance!
With just a gentle sweep, the stream of brilliance slowed down the approaching Black Light Broken Sword.
Subsequently, the sword body of the Broken Sword trembled slightly, emitting a low, mournful sword hum.
As if a wanderer away from home for years, it suddenly saw its hometown, its long-lost brother.
Seeing this, the Golden Core Crane Demon’s face changed dramatically.
He could clearly sense at this moment that the Broken Sword he had nurtured and refined for hundreds of years was now fiercely struggling, trying to shake off his control!
"What have you done to my magical treasure!?"
The Golden Core Crane Demon spoke human words while frantically urging the Demon Essence within him, trying to retract the Broken Sword back into his body.
He knew if he didn’t retrieve it soon, it wouldn’t just be a matter of using it against enemies; even a moment’s delay and this magical treasure might be taken by that peculiar gourd!
"Your magical treasure?"
Shen Wen’an sneered, immediately injecting another strand of Sword Element into the Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd!
Whoosh—
An even grander stream of brilliance than before sprayed out from the opening of the Sword Nurturing Gourd!
Under the wash of this brilliant light, the fiercely trembling Broken Sword instantly broke free from the Golden Core Crane Demon’s control, letting out a joyful sword cry, like a baby swallow returning to its nest, flying toward the Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd!
"No!"
"My Cyan Yuan Spiritual Artifact!"
Seeing this, the Crane Demon cried out in distress and immediately transformed into an afterimage, pursuing the Broken Sword!
"Spiritual Artifact?"
Upon hearing his cry, Shen Wen’an’s heart shook, and he swiftly slashed out a fierce Sword Qi, forcing the advancing Golden Core Crane Demon to retreat!
He had heard of Spiritual Artifacts.
It’s said to be a higher quality existence than magical artifacts.
It’s a treasure that only Nascent Soul True Monarchs in ancient times, skilled in artifact refining, could create.
Could it be the Broken Sword was actually a Spiritual Artifact?