Chapter 793: Chapter 344: Can Someone Like This Reach the Finish Line?

"You know that’s a [Immortal Sword Skill] that can only be activated with [Innate Qi]!"

"Do you know what [Immortal Sword Skill] represents?"

"Do you know how much Innate Qi is needed to cultivate [Immortal Sword Skill]?"

"Do you know..."

As it spoke, the mysterious creature suddenly stopped, swallowed its words, and said no more.

[Immortal Sword Skill], this was a Divine Technique that shook the entire Origin Realm during the ancient times. Just the fact that it requires [Innate Qi] for cultivation was enough to amaze the entire Origin Realm, ranking among the top five Divine Techniques born over the long ages.

The creator of the [Immortal Sword Skill], no one knows who it is.

It only knows that on a certain day in the ancient times, an Immortal Sword composed of Innate Qi descended from the heavens, piercing straight into the center of the Origin Realm.

On that day, the heavens and earth cracked, from the center of the Immortal Sword, countless fissures appeared in the land around it, wisps of Sword Qi and Innate Qi dispersed from these cracks.

Any Sword Cultivators near those fissures undoubtedly had their cultivation greatly increased, and indeed, several Sword Immortals were accomplished within those fissures.

Other cultivators also approached one after another, striving to seize the Innate Qi from the Immortal Sword.

Soon, the Innate Qi was thoroughly divided among the powerful, and Sword Cultivators also settled near the Immortal Sword.

This Immortal Sword, thrust into the ground, stood at the center of the Origin Realm for thousands of years before it completely dissipated.

After dissipating, it left only a Sword Manual, and this Sword Manual was the prototype of the [Immortal Sword Skill].

At that time, all the Sword Cultivators, upon seeing this [Immortal Sword Skill], fought fiercely over it, that period was so chaotic that heaven and earth darkened, and every day Sword Qi swept across the skies.

The period was rather chaotic.

Eventually, an astonishingly talented Sword Cultivator seized the prototype of this [Immortal Sword Skill] from among many Sword Immortals, but he too was gravely injured and vanished without a trace.

Hundreds of years passed, and the Sword Immortal who had initially seized the [Immortal Sword Skill] emerged once more, at the time, many thought he had successfully cultivated the [Immortal Sword Skill].

As a result, the first thing he did upon returning was challenge powerful figures everywhere, establishing wagers, with the only bet being Innate Qi.

At that time, he also revealed the prerequisite for cultivating [Immortal Sword Skill], which required an endless amount of Innate Qi, and all the powerful figures he challenged were the ones who had initially seized the Innate Qi of the Immortal Sword.

He did all this to cultivate [Immortal Sword Skill].

He spent his entire life just collecting enough Innate Qi to begin cultivating [Immortal Sword Skill].

It was also because of him that various wars erupted in ancient times, as everyone wanted to seize the Innate Qi from him, leading to the later events where the Origin Realm was fissured, entering the decline of ancient times.

Several thousand years later, this Sword Cultivator re-emerged, wielding an Immortal Sword composed of Innate Qi, he swept a strike across the fissures, and instantly, countless fissures began to repair, the Power of Annihilation slowly dissipating under the washing of Innate Qi, finally giving the Heavenly Dao a chance to breathe and start repairing the cracks, which led to the current Nine-Layered Giant Tower.

As an entity that had experienced all these events personally, the vivid memory of that strike from the [Immortal Sword Skill], which swept across the fissures, was still imprinted in its mind, unable to be erased.

As a firsthand experiencer, it naturally understood the aura of the [Immortal Sword Skill].

Knowing everything, it looked at Xu Ran with growing fear.

What kind of physique did it take to constantly produce and nurture Innate Qi within?

Now, it didn’t doubt Xu Ran’s words at all, it was a hundred percent sure Xu Ran could naturally generate Innate Qi, which would then nourish his physical body.

The Immortal Sword formed within Xu Ran’s body was already the first Immortal Sword, and just this one Immortal Sword required a tremendous amount of Innate Qi.

This much Innate Qi, even in ancient times, was not something a single person could possess.

One must know, the Sword Cultivator who initially cultivated the [Immortal Sword Skill] had gathered all the Innate Qi of the Origin Realm to cultivate [Immortal Sword Skill].

Compared to ancient times, Innate Qi now is incredibly scarce, not even close to a millionth of what it once was. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Yet, under such circumstances, the person facing the trial was able to forge the first [Immortal Sword].

"Has the Nine-Layered Giant Tower lost its mind? How could it let such a person undertake this trial, shouldn’t it open a back door?"

The mysterious creature was deeply confused in its heart.

Just this first [Immortal Sword] alone was enough to deliver a Dimensional Reduction Strike in these trial checkpoints!

"Alas!" the mysterious creature sighed, "I have to be killed again!"

The mysterious creature murmured softly, and then its body began to split apart, cracks appeared on the stone head, and countless Earth Qi began to emanate.

Its limbs also started to crack, and countless Earth Qi dispersed from its body.

For a moment, the entire valley was filled with Earth Qi.

At the same time.

In the valley where the rich Earth Qi was felt, new buds sprouted from the ground, and in the blink of an eye, massive trees erupted from the earth!

"I don’t want to be killed by the [Immortal Sword Skill], that feeling is too painful, I’d rather end myself."

The mysterious creature looked at Xu Ran, continuing to speak.

"Though, ending myself is quite painful too, it’s still much more bearable!"

The mysterious creature’s hoarse voice came, as the cracks on its body increased, its voice grew more hoarse and quieter, until finally, its voice disappeared completely.

"Boom!"

Countless fragments of rock fell from high above, leaving large pits on the ground, simultaneously shattering the Environmental Runes to pieces.

Xu Ran looked down for a moment and said, "A pity, I wanted to take them back for further study, see if I made any progress, but then..."

Xu Ran was equally puzzled by this outcome.

The previously arrogant mysterious creature suddenly disintegrated on its own; from its words, it was a form of self-destruction.

"Is the [Immortal Sword Skill] that terrifying?" Xu Ran wondered.

If the mysterious creature were here, it would certainly give him a stern lecture.

[Immortal Sword Skill] isn’t a little terrifying, it’s extremely terrifying!

Not to mention the [Immortal Sword] strike, even being touched by the aura it emanates would be excruciatingly painful!

Such an experience is something no one would wish to try.

But he had no choice but to end himself.

This trial required that all other creatures besides oneself be slain completely.

It was either being killed by Xu Ran or ending himself, only these two choices.

"But this did save me a lot of time!"

As Xu Ran finished speaking, a voice sounded from high above.

[Trial of the Nine-Layered Giant Tower completed, would you like to continue?]

This voice did not surprise Xu Ran at all, it had appeared earlier, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately responded.

"Continue!"

As Xu Ran responded, his form began to become illusory, bit by bit disappearing from the valley, leaving no trace as if he had never been there.

After Xu Ran left, the valley that had collapsed rose once more in a mirage of illusions, and the surroundings began to restore to their previous state.

And the gigantic peak reappeared once more at the end of the road, with stones lining both sides of the path.

Looking toward the far end of the road, there was a rune composed of shattered stones, the Illusion Rune that Xu Ran had seen before.

Looking up, in the middle of the mountain, there were a pair of enormous eyes, besides these eyes, there was a nose, lips, and ears nearby.

It looked exactly the same as when Xu Ran first arrived.

Suddenly.

The closed eyes snapped open, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on the forehead, and horror was evident in the eyes.

"Hoo!" a gust of strong wind blew, "Though I can be resurrected, the feeling of death is genuinely unpleasant!"

Having said that, its gaze turned towards the road, constantly recalling Xu Ran’s figure in its mind.

"Can such a person reach the end?"