Invincible Beyond Heavens: Cultivating With A Broken EXP System

”What kind of swordsmanship is this?”

Watching this sword strike descend, the black-robed man’s expression changed at once.

As a follower of a protector of the Ironblood Sect, his vision was naturally not low. He had seen many powerful martial skills before, but he had never seen a sword strike this astonishing and this fierce.

This single strike actually made him feel a trace of fear.

”What a joke! How can I, a dignified disciple of the Ironblood Sect, be afraid of a mere youth? Die!”

The black-robed man roared, forcibly driving away the fear in his heart. He poured out his strength violently, and the giant palm wrapped in dense devilish qi clawed down toward the hundred-zhang Sword Qi.

The hundred-zhang palm collided fiercely with the hundred-zhang Sword Qi. In the next instant, a brilliant light directly severed the devilish qi-laden palm in midair.

Chila!

The Sword Qi, flashing with the divine light of the five elements, instantly tore the palm apart. After that, the remaining sword force shot toward the black-robed man at lightning speed.

”How is this possible?”

The black-robed man was so frightened that his soul nearly scattered.

He could not understand how Li Yun, despite the gap in realm, could so easily break his ultimate move and even pose a fatal threat to him.

His essence qi erupted, condensing around him into a shield. Dense devilish qi intertwined with it, forming an armor-like protective layer.

Kacha!

However, when the Sword Qi descended, all his resistance was swept away with a single strike, as easily as a blade cutting through soft wax. The protective layer around him was instantly cleaved open, and immediately afterward, his entire body was split into two.

The black-robed man, a powerhouse at the perfection of the 3rd level of Heavenly Core Realm, fell here.

At the same time, the qi around Li Yun rapidly weakened. After executing the Grand Profound Five Elements Sword, the power within his body was completely exhausted, and his cultivation instantly dropped back down.

Originally, his cultivation had been at the 9th level of Mortal Core Realm. However, because of the remnant power left by the Heavenly Core Realm expert, his realm had now broken through to the Half-Step Earthly Core Realm.

”Hoo!”

Li Yun let out a long breath.

Fortunately, by relying on the Grand Profound Five Elements Sword, he had successfully slain his opponent.

”Good!”

”Well done!”

Seeing this scene, the surrounding cultivators cheered one after another.

These black-robed men had finally been defeated and killed. A great calamity that could have shaken the Azure Void Region had been strangled before it could truly erupt.

”Do not celebrate too soon!”

Mu Cangyang suddenly shouted sternly. ”Look! The process of that scholar expert transforming into a corpse puppet has not stopped.”

”What?”

As soon as he spoke, everyone’s expressions changed, and they all looked toward the corpse of the expert dressed as a scholar.

Sure enough, although the black-robed man had fallen, black qi still permeated the scholar expert’s body, and the black light emanating from his eyes continued to grow stronger.

Although the transformation had become much slower than before, it was still continuing. The corpse was still changing in the direction of becoming a corpse puppet.

”No need to worry. I have a way to resolve this.”

Wine Monk stepped forward. At some unknown point, he had already recovered from part of his injuries.

He pressed his palms together and began chanting softly, ”Thus have I heard...”

Following his chant, bright golden light emerged in a majestic stream and fell upon the corpse of the scholar expert. Under the illumination of this golden light, the evil black qi was gradually suppressed and cleared away.

A full half hour passed before the black qi on the corpse finally vanished completely.

”It is finally over!”

Seeing this scene, everyone felt relieved. They let out long sighs, and the heavy stone pressing on their hearts finally fell.

”Li Yun, Wine Monk, we owe you thanks this time.”

Mu Cangyang spoke in a deep voice. ”If it were not for you two, all of us would have died here, and the Azure Void Region would have faced a great calamity. I owe both of you an immense debt of gratitude.”

”That is right. Two young brothers, I also owe you a great debt. In the future, if you have any command, just summon me, and I will rush over immediately without a second thought.”

”The same goes for me. There is no way to repay the kindness of saving my life. If either of you has any request in the future, I will definitely arrive at the first possible moment.”

Hearing Mu Cangyang’s words, the rest of the crowd also spoke up. Many even pounded their chests and made solemn promises.

In response, Li Yun and Wine Monk only smiled faintly and did not say much.

In reality, although the situation just now had been dangerous, both of them had gained many benefits.

Wine Monk had obtained the Spirit Relic left behind by a Spirit Manifestation Realm expert. With the power of this Spirit Relic, his cultivation would definitely advance by leaps and bounds in a short time. It might allow him to break through to the 3rd or even 4th level of Heavenly Core Realm very quickly.

Moreover, his cultivation path before reaching the Spirit Manifestation Realm would likely become much smoother, without major bottlenecks blocking his progress. Perhaps it would not be long before he became the youngest expert on the Heaven Ranking of the Azure Void Region.

As for Li Yun, the benefits he received were just as great.

Although the possession by the Daoist-robed expert had been brief, the benefits it brought to Li Yun were no less valuable than the Spirit Relic.

After experiencing that possession, Li Yun’s cultivation would truly be able to break through to the Earthly Core Realm in a short time. Of course, this was only one relatively small benefit.

More importantly, during the possession, the Daoist-robed expert had also left behind a further legacy of the Nine Syllable Mantra. This legacy was far more complete than the one Li Yun had previously obtained, and all of its details were extremely refined.

Furthermore, within this legacy were the Daoist-robed expert’s personal insights, especially his detailed understanding of three syllables: Approach, Soldier, and Battle.

With these insights, it would not take long for Li Yun to master these three syllables.