This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 1590 - 48: Interception and Counterkill (Part 2)

After some investigation, Lu Qingshan discovered that the number of black dots far exceeded his expectations.

But soon, he figured out the crux of it.

The Taoist clan could never completely block his path back to Heavenly River City, so what would he do if he were Dao Wuya?

By putting himself in their shoes, he quickly came to the conclusion.

Seek help from the Demon Race.

Lu Qingshan already understood that these black dots were ambush lines set by the Demon and Taoist clans to kill him.

However, as he traversed the seabed, he treated the ambush lines of the Demon and Taoist clans as nothing, easily passing through them.

Yet, after crossing the ambush line, Lu Qingshan did not immediately return to Heavenly River City but stopped at the seabed.

He always had no tolerance for any obstruction.

So, in Lu Qingshan's eyes, there was never a notion of being content just for avoiding an ambush.

On the contrary, for him, if you fail to ambush me, then be prepared for my counter-kill.

This is Lu Qingshan's philosophy.

Besides, there was another important reason.

After advancing to the Eighth Realm, he underwent several Heavenly Tribulations in succession, and his cultivation directly soared to the Fifth Tribulation Realm, but correspondingly, the experience points he accumulated in Central Spirit Domain were also greatly consumed.

Though not depleted yet, upcoming difficulties could be foreseen.

Planning ahead.

He urgently needed new experience points.

At other times, how could there be so many "experience packages" delivered to his door waiting to be slaughtered?

In gaming terms, this was a time-limited "leveling treasure ground."

Of course, not just anyone could "level up" here.

The joint forces of the Taoist and Demon clans gathered so many cultivators that if Lu Qingshan acted rashly, he would immediately face encirclement, and being outnumbered, it would spell certain doom.

Hence, the strategy for "leveling" was set.

Stealth attack.

When facing many, stealth and ambush are always the best choices.

Stealth is a skilled art.

Yet Lu Qingshan is a master of it.

He planned to launch a stealth attack against the Taoist and Demon cultivators from beyond their sight range, where he was currently positioned.

This sounded incredible.

Not to mention Lu Qingshan was now at the seabed, a thousand zhang away from the sea surface, the near ten thousand li distance between the sea surface and the Taoist and Demon cultivators was like an insurmountable chasm.

Almost no spell or magic artifact could inflict effective strikes from such a far distance, let alone in a stealth attack—how blind would one have to be not to see a spell coming from ten thousand li away?

Most importantly, such a distance exceeded visual and divine sense range; how could one accurately "guide" the strike?

These three problems seemed like impossible challenges....

Except in Lu Qingshan's case.

The flying sword of a Sword Cultivator is the absolute dominator in attack range.

Forget about competitors, there isn't even one that can catch a glimpse of its shadow.

And Lu Qingshan, on this basis, also possesses two shooting range divine skills.

One belonging to himself, the other to his life-bound sword, Fuyao.

[Heart Eye]: Increases flying sword range by a hundred thousand li.

[Undertake Shadow] (Passive): Like a dragon splitting a shadow, the goose falls and forgets to return. If Fuyao is used as a flying sword, the effective attack range increases by 100%.

In other words, if he used Fuyao as a flying sword, the theoretical range would reach a terrifying two hundred thousand li.

What concept is this?

Lu Qingshan doesn't know.... Because even he has never attempted an attack at the extreme range of a flying sword.

Flying swords lose mana during flight, and the amount of loss is proportional to the speed of the sword.

It can be imagined, a flying sword that travels two hundred thousand li would have its power greatly reduced, even close to nothing.

Wanting it to still have sufficient attack power and return is too difficult, requiring astonishing cultivation, which is not something the current Lu Qingshan can achieve.

However, achieving less than ten thousand li of long-range strike is not a problem for Lu Qingshan.

Fuyao's second divine skill [Contain Light] solved the second problem.

An invisible and breathless sword, naturally suited for stealth attack.

As for the "guidance" issue, it was resolved with heart sense.

Lu Qingshan has always been decisive, once conditions are met, how could he hesitate any longer?

He immediately closed his eyes and entered the state of heart sense.

Instantly, several medium Demon Lords patrolling six thousand li above the ground appeared in Lu Qingshan's perception, like red dots on radar.

"Go!" Lu Qingshan's killing intent was chilling.

In the next moment, strong spiritual energy burst from beneath the sea surface.

Fuyao shot out swiftly.

Fuyao is not Oblivion, and traveling in the Heavenly River Sea would certainly be hindered by the power of the Ruishui River, like walking in a swamp.

Although invisible, the seawater formed a tornado full of white bubbles, marking Fuyao's path of action.

The location where Lu Qingshan stayed and the sea surface was only a thousand zhang apart, but Fuyao's arrival at the sea surface consumed as much as advancing several thousand li in a normal environment.

But after breaking through the water, the sky was the limit.

For Fuyao, the six thousand li distance was covered in just a few moments.

A few moments later, a medium Demon Lord patrolling in the high sky was suddenly punctured, blood splattering the sky, and then the broken physical body plummeted from the tens of thousands of zhang high sky.

The other two accompanying Demon Race cultivators were also killed through and through, all before they could even react.

A medium Demon Lord, equivalent to a human race Three-step Integration stage cultivator, died instantly under Lu Qingshan's single sword!

...

Lu Qingshan sensed the "red dot" disappear from his perception.

Although he didn't witness it, he was confident the target was dead.

Nevertheless, he instinctively glanced at the deep blue panel.

The kill notification timely scrolled down.

"It turned out to be a medium Demon Lord...." Lu Qingshan felt extremely assured.

His flying sword was formidable, but not yet enough to instantly kill a medium Demon Lord; the real killing blow came from the Primordial Spirit Secret Sword.

[Secret Sword: Sun Sight]!

Effect 2: Sword Light Differentiation—The sword initially as one beam of light can split into hundreds or thousands of beams.

Description: There is no limit to the number of differentiated sword lights; the more the differentiation, the lower the power. The most powerful form is a single beam of light.

Supplementary Description: Differentiated sword lights can attach to the sword body, enhancing the momentum of the flying sword.

Supplementary Description: This secret sword is but one beam of light, silent in arrival and disappearance, ignoring point-surface defenses, directly striking the primordial spirit.

Through Sword Light Differentiation, Lu Qingshan split off a strand of primordial spirit condensed sword light to attach to Fuyao.

The same silent and traceless secret sword, paired with Fuyao, was almost flawless.

Thus, at that moment, the medium Demon Lord not only suffered Fuyao's assault but also a Primordial Spirit Secret Sword launched by Lu Qingshan's Tribulation Realm primordial spirit.

Additionally, the demonic cultivator was inadequately prepared, unable to defend in time.

With these three factors combined, this led to the miracle of Lu Qingshan killing a medium Demon Lord with a single strike.

Looking at the massive experience points earned, Lu Qingshan was exceedingly pleased, his eyes brimming with even more killing intent.

The hunt, continues!