Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 2297: Chapter 2296: Insights into Sword Intent

At the moment, Lin Dong was sitting cross-legged beside the Black Water Ocean.

The area where he sat cross-legged still had many remnants of the Blackwater Demon Emperor’s body after its death, and in that Black Water Ocean, there was a demon core.

That demon core looked like a luminous pearl, emitting light.

”Lin Dong, that is the demon core of the Blackwater Demon Emperor, a Demon Emperor Level demon core, which is a good thing for alchemy. It can be used to refine some elixirs above five-grade,” the Sovereign Witch said.

Lin Dong nodded. Earlier, when the Blackwater Demon Emperor exploded, the demon core fell out and dropped into the Black Water Ocean.

But now, it’s sunken to the seabed, and Lin Dong dared not easily dive in for fear of being corroded by the Black Water.

”That’s right, I can use my mental power, form it into shape with spiritual power, and pick it up.”

Thinking this, Lin Dong immersed his consciousness into his Qi Sea and released his mental power.

This time, his mental power was not used to form a sword for attack or form a shield for defense.

Instead, he formed it into a spiritual power hand.

That hand appeared extremely faint, as if it were an invisible hand.

At this moment, Lin Dong controlled this invisible spiritual power hand and submerged it into the Black Water Ocean.

Sure enough, this Black Water could corrode the Sky Boundary Saint Body of the Heavenly Realm Martial Artists and other Demon Emperors and could even corrode fourth-order spiritual artifacts. However, it couldn’t corrode mental power.

Mental power is formless.

Yet the Black Water can only corrode things that are tangible.

Lin Dong leveraged this point and came up with this method to retrieve treasure from the seabed.

”Ouch ouch, master is so clever,” Xiao Bai flatteringly said.

The Sovereign Witch remarked, ”This little fellow has just not long since the birth of its Artifact Spirit and could be compared to a human infant in its infancy. Yet you’ve already learned human social manners and mastered the essence of flattery.”

Xiao Bai shouted, ”Senior Sovereign Witch, I’m not flattering. I am just telling the truth.”

”Yes, the best way to flatter impressive people is to tell the truth,” the Sovereign Witch said.

Lin Dong, at this time, was in a very good mood. He had already controlled that invisible mental power hand and extended it into the seabed.

The formless mental power hand picked up the demon core from the sea.

Soon, the demon core was placed in front of Lin Dong. Lin Dong reached out to touch it and discovered it also had a corrosive property akin to Black Water.

”Can the Dragon Ring hold it? It wouldn’t corrode the Dragon Ring, would it?” Lin Dong was a bit worried.

This Black Water Demon Emperor’s demon core also had the same corrosivity as Black Water, and he was naturally concerned.

However, the Sovereign Witch laughingly said, ”Lin Dong, you’ve underestimated your Dragon Ring. Never mind Black Water—even Ruishui, which is more terrifying than Black Water, can’t corrode it!”

”Just feel assured to put it in the Dragon Ring.”

The Sovereign Witch had dwelt in the Dragon Ring for a long time and was more astonished by it the longer she stayed.

The material of this Dragon Ring was more precious than the materials of some divine artifacts she had seen.

In her eyes, this Dragon Ring couldn’t be used as an offensive weapon; otherwise, she’d think it was even more precious than a divine artifact.

Upon hearing the Sovereign Witch’s words, Lin Dong felt reassured.

So he placed the demon core of the Blackwater Demon Emperor into the Dragon Ring.

As the Sovereign Witch said, after putting it into the Dragon Ring, there was no reaction at all. It did not corrode the Dragon Ring, nor did it harm it in the slightest.

”The demon core of the Demon Emperor can later be used to refine elixirs above five-grade. Yet another treasure.”

Lin Dong felt that the Seven Extremities Array was like the Hidden Dragon Cave, where treasures were everywhere.

Was the God Susanoo’s Seven Extremities Array set up to kill him or to deliver treasures to him?

Is this not a case of losing both the lady and the army?

Lin Dong was in good spirits at this time.

After placing the demon core into the Dragon Ring, he began to continue comprehending the ”Sword Intent of Water.”

The second layer of Sword Intent and the first layer differ in that the first layer of Sword Intent splits out solid Sword Qi. Of course, the Sword Qi split with Sword Intent will carry the power of attributes.

For example, the Sword Qi split from the Sword Intent of Fire contains the attribute of the Great Path of Fire. A strike could burn a person to death!

This attribute power augmentation can elevate ordinary Sword Qi to the power level of Ancient Martial Arts.

Yet reaching the second layer of Sword Qi goes beyond mere attribute enhancements. It also requires transforming the attribute Sword Qi into form!

For instance, deploying the second layer of the Sword Intent of Fire, the Sword Qi transformed into a fire dragon not only embraces the essence of the Great Path of Fire but also transforms into a fire dragon.

The power is several times stronger than mere Sword Qi!

And the form in which Sword Qi transforms carries certain transformative attributes. For instance, transforming into a Sword Qi Fire Dragon means that the Sword Qi Fire Dragon not only contains the main attribute of the Great Path of Fire but also carries some ’dragon’ sub-attributes.

Attributes of a dragon naturally imply prowess. Therefore, the Sword Qi Fire Dragon not only contains the attribute of the Flaming Path but also embodies the attribute of might.

Unrivaled power!

This is why every time Lin Dong uses the second layer of Sword Intent, whether it’s the Sword Intent of Fire, Sword Intent of Wind, or Sword Intent of Thunder, he likes to transform it into a Sword Qi Long Dragon.

Because the Sword Qi Long Dragon is the most mighty!

Of course, sometimes a shift in approach is necessary, like earlier, using the second layer of the Sword Intent of Fire to transform into a Sword Qi Fire Phoenix!

That was because the Phoenix plays a restraining role against flying demonic creatures, effectively countering those Blackwater Fish with flying capabilities.

The key to the transformation of Sword Intent lies in the second layer of Sword Intent!

As for the key to the third layer of Sword Intent, it is to create an ”ultimate kill” through the attributes of Sword Intent.

For instance, Lin Sumei’s Streaming Light Sword Intent’s third layer ’Instant Kill’!

Lin Dong’s third layer of the Sword Intent of Fire ’Phoenix Nirvana,’ the ’Thunder Flash’ of the Sword Intent of Thunder.

The third layer’s ultimate kill technique can be diverse. It’s not limited to just one.

Some ultimate kill techniques require special environments, for example, Lin Dong’s third layer of the Sword Intent of Fire, ’Phoenix Nirvana,’ needs a flaming environment to execute.

This kind of ultimate kill created by borrowing an environment has its drawbacks but also its advantages.

The drawbacks are self-explanatory—it can only be executed in specific environments.

As for the advantages, the better the environment, the stronger the power. This reliance on an environment often leads to an ultimate kill with more power than one executed without environmental aid.

At this point, Lin Dong reviewed these comprehensions of Sword Intent in his mind.

Comprehending the second layer of the ”Sword Intent of Water” involves transforming the ”Sword Intent of Water” into form.

For Lin Dong, having the insights of the Sword Intents of Wind, Fire, and Thunder previously, it’s not actually difficult, just a matter of time.

He wondered how to make good use of this Black Water to make the ’Sword Intent of Water’ second layer he comprehends more unique and powerful than others’ second layer of Sword Intent of Water!