Chapter 1724: Slaying Wang Bodang
"Wait!"
All of a sudden, Ling Feng noticed a small mountain piled up in one corner of the Forging Heaven Ring's space. Countless oddly shaped stones were stacked together, each one emitting strands of pure sword qi.
He casually picked one up. These stones resembled the Sword Enlightenment Stones that Yan Cangtian had once bid on for him back at Tianwei Academy, but the sword qi they contained was far purer and denser. A single one of these stones was nearly comparable to ten Sword Enlightenment Stones.
"These stones are..."
Ling Feng narrowed his eyes. Although he had no idea what these stones were, joy still spread across his face.
This was exactly what he needed.
With this mountain of strange stones and the Heaven-Seizing Sword Condensation Art's insane devouring ability, reaching the Great Perfection level of sword will was probably not far away.
"Sword Soul Crystals!" The Despicable Donkey stared at the stones for a few moments before letting out a loud cry. "Damn! In the Xijian Region, a Sword Soul Crystal this large would be worth over a hundred thousand high-grade elemental crystals!"
"Really?"
Ling Feng curled his lips.
There was an entire mountain of Sword Soul Crystals inside the Forging Heaven Ring.
He had struck it rich this time. Truly rich!
Still, Ling Feng quickly calmed down. Since embarking on the path of cultivation, he had never lacked wealth thanks to his status as a high-tier alchemist. Money alone was no longer enough to excite him.
But these Sword Soul Crystals were genuinely priceless treasures.
An ordinary person might need several days, perhaps even longer, to absorb a single Sword Soul Crystal. Ling Feng was different. With the Heaven-Seizing Sword Condensation Art, absorbing one was a matter of an instant.
He even had the urge to find a secluded place immediately and enter seclusion. He would do nothing except absorb Sword Soul Crystals.
That alone would be enough.
Not long afterward, Ling Feng discovered a gigantic forging furnace inside the ring. Flames blazed within it, burning fiercely through countless years without ever extinguishing.
"The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame!"
His eyelids twitched.
The flames inside the forging furnace were actually another type of abnormal fire, and it was a high-grade one at that.
Originally, Ling Feng had entered this Profound Sword Underground Palace in search of the fire seed of the Primordial Earth Flame. Unexpectedly, he had failed to obtain the Primordial Earth Flame but had instead acquired the even more powerful Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
It could be considered an enormous stroke of fortune.
Although devouring the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame would not be enough to push the Devouring Flame into its fifth phase, it would greatly increase its power.
Just then, the sound of rushing wind rang out as a figure rapidly approached.
"It's you!"
The newcomer was none other than Wang Bodang.
At a glance, he saw Ling Feng and the corpse at his feet and immediately realized what had happened.
"Hand over the treasure, or die!"
That "Sima Xu" had stolen the treasures from the sword tomb, and Wang Bodang's group had chased after him all this time. Who could have expected Ling Feng to reap the benefits instead?
"And if I don't?"
Things were no longer the same.
The current Ling Feng had been planning to hunt Wang Bodang down and kill him. It was a pleasant surprise that the man had delivered himself right to his doorstep.
"Then die!"
Wang Bodang snorted coldly.
The last time they fought, Ling Feng had retreated in defeat, which made Wang Bodang believe he had completely figured him out.
Unfortunately for him, the current Ling Feng was no longer the man he had faced before.
"Earth's Judgment!"
Ling Feng slashed out with his sword.
Wang Bodang sneered and easily knocked the blade aside.
"To possess this level of cultivation before reaching the Emperor tier, you can be considered a noteworthy figure. Unfortunately, you're far too greedy. You tried to seize something that never belonged to you."
He shot Ling Feng a cold glance and prepared to follow up with another slash, intending to cut off his head.
At that moment, however, he clearly saw an eerie smile curl onto the young man's lips.
"What?"
A chill rose in Wang Bodang's heart.
A bad feeling suddenly surged within him.
In the next instant, Ling Feng had already closed the distance and seized his left shoulder.
"Let go!"
Wang Bodang's face changed drastically. He hurriedly circulated his sword essence, trying to blast Ling Feng away.
Yet an overwhelming suction force burst from Ling Feng's palm.
Deep within the sea of mind, his sword will trembled violently.
"Heaven-Seizing... Sword Condensation!"
As Ling Feng softly uttered those four words, a shadow of death instantly descended.
Wang Bodang's heart pounded wildly. Every hair on his body stood on end as an icy chill raced up his spine. An overwhelming sense of danger struck his soul, terrifying him to the point that he almost lost his wits.
"Get away from me!"
"Hehe, too late. Since you've delivered yourself to me, I have no choice but to reluctantly devour your sword will and your comprehension of the sword dao."
"No! No!"
Wang Bodang's eyes widened to their limits. His face was filled with horror and disbelief.
Yet he could only watch helplessly as his sword will gradually dissipated, completely devoured by the terrifying young man before him.
The martial practitioners of the Xijian Region possessed immense power, but every one of their abilities was founded upon sword will.
The Heaven-Seizing Sword Condensation Art that Ling Feng cultivated was practically their natural bane.
Once Ling Feng managed to get close enough to activate the technique, all that remained was to wait for death.
Before long, Wang Bodang's sword will had completely vanished, and all his comprehension of the sword dao had been devoured by Ling Feng.
Without his sword will, seventy to eighty percent of his strength disappeared. He was practically crippled.
But Ling Feng still showed no mercy.
With a crisp crack, he twisted and snapped Wang Bodang's neck.