The Prodigies War

A few days ago, several spies of the empire had already reported back the bloody battles that happened in the Mulberry Woodland one after another.

However, the report this morning was very unusual.

“Young Master Lin killed four half-step kings with a bow and became a great deterrent to the enemies! He demonstrated the might of our empire!”

“Young Master Lin also killed Ying Qiao, the young master of the Darkness Tribe. He also slaughtered the traitor Liu Wen!”

“In the battle of the Mulberry Woodland, Young Master Lin launched a bloodbath and made the Magi Brute experts terror-stricken at the sight of him!”

Lin Xun’s extraordinary feats fell on the 7th army camp one after another like snowflakes and stirred up all the cultivators.

“Young Master Lin is a god-like being!” Guard Commander Old Huang slapped his thigh and beamed with delight.

“That kid...made me worry about him…but it turns out that he’s so strong…” In the military workshop, Lu Wenting almost jumped up from the shock of the news. But very soon after that, he looked overjoyed and incredibly pleased.

The cultivators who came to exchange military credits in the military workshop were all surprised to find that the stern and serious Lu Wenting was unusually friendly and warm.

Every time he saw a cultivator, he said with a smile, “Oh, I must have a drink with Young Master Lin tonight. As a friend, I should celebrate with him!”

Many times, his remark drew envious gazes. It was a great honor to drink with Young Master Lin, let alone become his friend.

“Not only does Rune Founder Lin have a remarkable mastery in the art of runes, but he also has extraordinary talent in cultivation. He is indeed a young genius!”

In the armament department, all the rune masters were in high spirits, filled with excitement and pride. Even Master Ying occasionally nodded and stroked his beard approvingly.

“Liu Wen became a traitor…”

Hu Tong, the leader of the Starfrost Mercenary Squad, wore a complicated expression. He never thought that Liu Wen, whom he believed to be dead, was still alive and even betrayed the empire and joined the Magi Brute Race.

“He should have been cut into thousands of pieces and died the most miserable death!” Abi gritted her teeth with hatred. “I have to say that Young Master Lin did the right thing!”

As she thought of Lin Xun’s brilliant feats in the Mulberry Woodland being widely circulated, an indescribable feeling rushed up in her heart.

The youngster who she thought was just a little pretty boy turned out to be a heaven-defying genius youngster. She couldn’t believe that she told him that she had his back.

Everywhere, groups of cultivators were all spiritedly discussing Lin Xun’s remarkable performance and marveling incessantly.

After all, it was unbelievable that a teenager at the Heaven Ascension Stage could kill so many half-step kings on the Blood Kill Battlefield.

Boom!

Zhangsun Lie once again smashed the table in front of him, muttering, “Where did that bastard Blood Kill King find such a monster? In the many years I have lived, I have met countless geniuses, but I have never seen one as heaven-defying as that kid…”

The guards outside the door shuddered, and their lips twitched when they heard another desk being smashed to smithereens. The general has destroyed so many desks already because of Lin Twelve. Looks like it’s time to get some extra desks…

The guard decided to plan ahead, because he had a feeling that, as long as Lin Xun remained in the 7th army camp, similar incidents would continue to happen. It made a lot of sense to prepare more desks in advance.

Not only the 7th army camp, but other camps of the empire erupted into a commotion when the news about Lin Xun came.

“Young Master Lin is unrivaled!” Almost all the cultivators had the same evaluation of Lin Xun.

……

In the room, Lin Xun’s eyes were fixed on something.

Buzz!

The Broken Blade was glowing as it rotated while suspended in mid-air. Directly below it was a pile of powdered jade stones.

The Broken Blade had transformed!

its jet-black blade body had become as white as snow, almost transparent like it was crafted from pure crystals.

Wisps of dreamy starlight circled the blade, making it erupt with unprecedented power.

It was no longer as fierce and intimidating as before. Instead, it had a pure and holy charm with mysterious and cryptic energy rippling around it.

Lin Xun’s breath was taken away.

It was so illusory and dazzling like a masterpiece of heaven!

Clang!

As he held it in his hand, it felt as light as a feather. A shower of starlight rained front the blade body, lighting up the dim room with a sacred glow.

But Lin Xun’s eyes were drawn to the surface of the blade where dense and clear dao runes were emerging from the almost transparent core of the blade.

One look at it was enough to send Lin Xun’s heart quivering. He sensed a vast, mysterious and boundless ancient aura.

It was a transformation that he had never seen before!

He couldn’t help but release a wisp of spirit sense to investigate the mysterious dao runes closer.

Swoosh!

The transformation sped up and the Broken Blade vanished from the spot. At the same time, Lin Xun’s mind-sea shook as if a foreign object had been inserted into it.

“This…”

He was shocked to find that the Broken Blade had reappeared in his mind-sea. It was still as white as snow, close to being transparent, and releasing a shower of dreamy starlight.

When he circulated his primordial spirit power, he noticed it mysteriously resonating with the Broken Blade in his mind-sea.

The Broken Blade seemed to have become a part of his body, becoming the guardian of the primordial spirit.

Not only that, the Broken Blade had imperceptibly obtained some sort of nourishment from the primordial spirit. It danced endlessly around the primordial spirit, producing joyous cheering.

Shua!

With a thought, Lin Xun summoned the Broken Blade. A flash of dazzling snow-white lightning tore across the air with a resounding blade cry and all the furniture in the house was pulverized to dust.

Lin Xun gasped. What amazing power!

Swoosh!

Then, the Broken Blade streaked across the air and danced in the small room according to Lin Xun’s will like a nimble bird, leaving a trail of starry light behind it.

The power it released caused the space to undulate like a tide.

The entire house swayed and quaked.

Lin Xun gasped, and with a thought, the Broken Blade immediately turned into a streak of white light and vanished into his mind-sea.

Peace was restored to the room.

But he still couldn’t calm down for a long time.

He realized that he had misused the Broken Blade in the past. The treasure could be regarded as a spirit weapon!

What were spirit weapons?

Treasures that were controlled by the spirit!

Just like how the legendary sword gods in ancient times could slay ghosts and demons and turn the world upside down with just their swords!

In short, it was a treasure mobilized by the spirit, hence it was called a spirit weapon. The spirit being the primordial spirit.

Treasures like that were very rare in the world. Not even old monsters such as Life Death Stage Kings were guaranteed to have one!

As a rune founder, Lin Xun knew better than many other people that spirit weapons were rare because the materials required to craft them were incredibly rare.

For example, he had discovered and obtained all kinds of rare and precious rune materials since he started cultivating, but he had never found any material suitable to craft spirit weapons.

Such rare rune materials were often referred to as divine materials by rune masters.

Hu—

Taking a deep breath, Lin Xun controlled his inner excitement and began to meditate, observing the Broken Blade suspended in his mind-sea.

After the transformation, the blurred dao runes on the Broken Blade’s surface had grown much clearer and more remarkable.

Boom!

Lin Xun attempted to feel the mysterious dao runes with his spirit sense, but his spirit was almost torn apart like it had suffered a terrifying impact.

He grunted in agony, and his primordial spirit vibrated.

“Sun Illumination!” Without any hesitation, he activated the Little Divine Meditation Art. A giant sun rose in his mind-sea, releasing millions of rays of brilliant light.

The shaking primordial spirit quickly regained its stability, but Lin Xun was still palpitating with fear. Even top Cyclic Derivation cultivators wouldn’t have been able to bear the impact.

His primordial spirit would have collapsed if he hadn’t activated the Little Divine Meditation Art in a timely manner!

However, he soon forgot about the little scare because his mind was drawn to an extremely ancient array.

It was an array cast by the mysterious dao runes on the Broken Blade’s surface. It was ancient and majestic, and outlined the character ‘yuan.’

Every stroke seemed like a trace of the great dao, imbued with the mysterious aura of the great dao and unfathomable power.

Rumble!

As Lin Xun attempted to investigate it more closely, a wave of inheritance power poured into his primordial spirit like a mighty sea.

There was indeed a kind of inheritance contained within the mysterious dao runes on the Broken Blade!

Within seconds, many incredible realizations dawned on Lin Xun like an experience of enlightenment.

“It turns out that the inheritance left in the dao rune array is the method of controlling the Broken Blade…”

After a long moment, his understanding became much clearer.

His countenance changed. He never thought that there would be a secret technique that complemented the Broken Blade contained within it.

However, he knew it was incredibly difficult to obtain the inheritance. If the Broken Blade hadn’t transformed, then he never would have had the opportunity to reveal the mysterious veil that shrouded the Broken Blade.

Similarly, if his spirit power hadn’t become incomparably strong that it condensed a primordial spirit and if he hadn’t mastered the Little Divine Meditation Art, he also couldn’t possibly obtain the inheritance!

After a long time, he finally managed to calm his emotions. Only then did he notice that there were three other mysterious dao rune arrays around the yuan character dao rune array.

However, they were too blurry, almost nonexistent. The mysteries they contained were impossible to be fathomed.

“It seems that the inheritance of the Broken Blade is divided into four parts and I only grasped the first part.”

“If I want to get the second part of the inheritance, I most likely will have to wait until the Broken Blade undergoes the second transformation...” he said ruminatively.