We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Amidst the swirling dust, a disheveled figure emerged, retreating like a bird with broken wings. It crashed heavily to the ground before the assembled spirits, raising billowing dust and creating a tremendous commotion, like an earthquake. The spirits were stunned, their faces turning ashen.

They couldn't believe that their mighty king had been defeated by a human in less than a single exchange. This was something that had never happened before, and the shock it brought them was unimaginable.

You should know that since they started following Yin Ku Sheng, they have encountered so-called Zi Yang Sect disciples, but they have always been the ones who obediently admitted defeat and ran away. They have never encountered someone like Su Chen, who not only did not run away, but also directly attacked, and more importantly, defeated Yin Ku Sheng.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" After a brief moment of stunned silence, the group of ghosts reacted and rushed over, crying and begging for their parents.

However, Su Chen was faster, arriving in front of Yin Ku Sheng several breaths ahead of them.

Upon seeing Su Chen's figure, all the enraged Yin spirits stopped in their tracks as if they had encountered a great terror. They stared in astonishment at Su Chen in front of them, not daring to take a step forward, for fear of following in the footsteps of Yin Skull Saint. They did not have the strength of their own king and had no courage to face Su Chen directly.

"Cough cough, I didn't expect the Ziyang Sect to send such a powerful figure as you into the Ghost Skull Land. Are you planning to wipe out all the Yin Souls?" Yin Skull Saint looked unwilling, but the fight just now made him realize that he was no match for Su Chen.

Although he had long anticipated that the Ziyang Sect would make a move against him, he was filled with resentment when he actually encountered them. Their lifespans were very long, and with the protection of the mysterious power of the Ghost Skull Land, their lifespans were close to infinite. As long as they did not actively seek death, they would not die.

Unfortunately, this place has long been controlled by the Ziyang Sect. The reason why Yin Kusheng was able to survive here was simply because the people of the Ziyang Sect did not want to do anything to him. But now it seems that the Ziyang Sect is preparing to kill him, otherwise they would not have sent Su Chen.

Su Chen shook his head and emphasized again, "I've already said, I'm just a disciple participating in this assessment!"

Yin Kusheng was somewhat incredulous upon hearing this: "Weren't you sent by the Ziyang Sect specifically to kill me?"

"No."

Upon hearing this, Yin Kusheng breathed a sigh of relief, discerning the truth from Su Chen's words.

However, before he could even catch his breath, Su Chen said, "I came here to kill you myself."

Yin Ku Sheng: "..."

"Then why?" After a moment of silence, Yin Ku Sheng looked at Su Chen and asked.

That's what the other party said, but they didn't make a move while he was injured. Moreover, given Su Chen's strength, there was no need for them to waste words with him if they wanted to kill him. This made him realize that there was still room for maneuver.

"Tell me how you forged your tongue into a divine weapon?" Su Chen revealed his true purpose in leaving Yin Ku Sheng behind.

Just as Yin Kusheng thought, Su Chen initially intended to kill his opponent directly, but when he discovered that the opponent was using tongues to fight, he deliberately held back. With his current insight, he could naturally perceive the power of the opponent's tongue. It was clearly not a divine weapon, but it was more powerful than the Heaven-Severing Blade.

"You want the method to refine my tongue?" Yin Kusheng had cultivated for countless years and was very experienced. He immediately understood the meaning of Su Chen's words and asked with nine parts certainty in his voice.

Su Chen nodded without hesitation.

"Are you sure you're not here to kill me?" Yin Kusheng asked again. If he could live, who would want to die? Now that he saw hope, he still needed to get a definite answer from Su Chen. Even if the other party was from a righteous sect, he didn't completely trust him.

As a spirit, he could discern the truth or falsehood in Su Chen's words. If the other party only wanted to extract the tempering method from him, he would give up all his strength to keep Su Chen here.

Su Chen was unaware of Yin Ku Sheng's thoughts. Although he wanted to kill him, he was more interested in learning the tempering method. Moreover, the Yin souls he had collected had already met the requirements of this assessment, so he naturally didn't care about Yin Ku Sheng's life. He quickly replied, "As long as you hand over the tempering method, I can let you go."

"Alright!" Seeing that Su Chen was so straightforward and did not hesitate at all, Yin Ku Sheng reached out and grabbed his own head.

With a sizzling sound, his palm plunged into the skull and moved up and down. After a while, Yin Ku Sheng took out a ball of light the size of a pebble and said to Su Chen, "This is a divine weapon tempering method that I obtained by chance. It can not only temper real divine weapons, but also temper martial artists. Unlike ordinary divine weapon tempering methods, it can temper body parts into divine weapons. When tempered to the extreme, the physical body is comparable to a martial artist with perfect supernatural powers. However, because I am a soul body, I have a congenital defect. Even after cultivating for thousands of years, I have not been able to cultivate it to perfection. This is its cultivation method. You can take it."

Su Chen scanned the other party with his primordial spirit, confirming that there were no tricks involved. He then absorbed the other party into his primordial spirit, refined it, and quickly absorbed the relevant memories. Waves of memories flooded into his mind, gradually piecing together a rather mysterious and profound secret manual.

While Su Chen was absorbing the memories, the Heaven-Slaying Blade was always protecting him, preventing the Yin Skull Saint from taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. However, the Heaven-Slaying Blade was obviously overthinking things. The Yin Skull Saint did not make a move, but waited quietly, and also told the other Yin spirits to be quiet so as not to disturb Su Chen.

A moment later, Su Chen finished absorbing the energy. A flash of joy appeared as he opened his eyes, but it quickly vanished before he regained his composure. Without even glancing at Yin Ku Sheng, he transformed into a blur and disappeared into the horizon.

Yin Kusheng finally felt relieved after seeing Su Chen leave.

"Su Chen, is this tempering method very powerful?"

Before long, a man and a sword arrived at the desolate land of ghosts. The Heaven-Slaying Blade could sense Su Chen's urgency and knew that it was due to the influence of the tempering method. It couldn't help but wonder what kind of tempering method could make Su Chen so excited.

Su Chen chuckled and nodded upon hearing this: "Indeed, it's very impressive. Not only can I cultivate, but you can too."

"Me?" Duan Tian Dao was stunned. He had never heard of a cultivation method for divine weapons. Divine weapons always relied on their masters and time to accumulate power. He was no exception. As long as Su Chen infused him with divine power every day, he would eventually become a divine weapon with divine power.

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, Duan Tiandao immediately realized the power of this tempering method. It was a technique that could be used to cultivate divine weapons, and it might be able to help him quickly advance to the realm of divine powers. So he urged, "Let me see it."

Su Chen didn't keep him in suspense and transmitted his memories to Duan Tian Dao. He had really hit the jackpot this time. Even he hadn't expected that a mere test would yield such a powerful technique that could temper the physical body into a divine weapon.

It should be noted that his physical body had already reached the limit of the Longevity Realm. The reason why he was unable to enter the Divine Power level was entirely because the path to the next level was blocked. He had tried many methods, but all of them were ineffective. Even when he used the power of Primordial Chaos and the power of Divine Power to temper himself, he could only slowly strengthen himself, but he could never enter the Divine Power level. Now, the appearance of this technique gave him hope.

"This technique is truly amazing! I feel that after I start practicing it, I will soon reach the realm of supernatural powers!" Duan Tiandao exclaimed at the opportune moment.

Su Chen smiled upon hearing this, and was about to speak when he suddenly sensed something amiss. He turned to look at the Heaven-Slaying Blade and was immediately startled.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he entered into a state of cultivation, at a speed that was astonishing.

What alarmed Su Chen even more was the speed at which the Heaven-Severing Blade was cultivated.

The speed of entering a meditative state is fast, which may be because this technique is well-suited to the Heaven-Severing Blade. However, the speed of cultivation is so fast that it can no longer be described as a "suitable" technique; rather, it is more like a custom-made solution.

And indeed, not long after Duan Tian Dao entered meditation, Su Chen felt his aura growing stronger and stronger, with a faint tendency to master the technique and break through to a higher level of supernatural power.

"His cultivation speed is faster than mine using the panel. Could it be that this cultivation method is for cultivating divine weapons?"

Su Chen gazed at the Broken Sky Blade, who was engrossed in cultivation, and couldn't help but think to himself. Then, he waved his hand, using his Primordial Chaos Power to shield the Broken Sky Blade, so as not to disturb its cultivation.

At the same time, Su Chen himself prepared to cultivate. He brought up the panel, which displayed the specific name of the cultivation technique: "Nine Elements Refining Weapon Technique!"

This is not a supernatural power, but a technique, yet its effects are in no way weaker than those of a supernatural power.

Su Chen inscribed it into the panel and checked its cultivation conditions.

To his surprise, the conditions for cultivating this technique were related to Yin spirits. Without hesitation, Su Chen immediately opened the gourd and began to cultivate with the help of the Yin spirits inside.

The Nine Elements Refining Weapon Technique has nine levels. When you cultivate to the ninth level, your physical body can be transformed into a divine weapon.

From the first level to the ninth level of cultivation, the number of Yin Souls required increases more and more, and in the end, even Yin Souls at the Divine Power level are needed. Su Chen did not capture many Yin Souls at the Divine Power level in his gourd, only three at most.

Fortunately, the seventh level doesn't require a particularly large number of Divine Power Realm Yin Souls, only nine. In addition, Su Chen has hunted down too many Longevity Realm Yin Souls, so he can use these Longevity Realm Yin Souls as a supplement.

In the end, Su Chen spent several hours cultivating the Nine Elements Refining Technique to the eighth level. In terms of realm, it was equivalent to the Great Perfection of Divine Power, which was one step ahead of Su Chen's Yuan Power cultivation. This was something Su Chen had not expected.

The moment he finished cultivating, he felt a long-lost sensation in his body. Every cell seemed to be pulsating, bursting with vitality. Within his body, a surging power surged, like a wave washing over his entire body and reaching every limb and bone.

"You're awake?" Su Chen had just finished cultivating when he heard Duan Tian Dao's voice in his ear. He opened his eyes and saw that Duan Tian Dao had woken up before him and had stopped cultivating, guarding him by his side.

This surprised Su Chen: "You've finished your cultivation?"

"Hmm, you've almost finished your cultivation, just a little faster than me. Judging from your aura, you should have reached the eighth level, right?" Duan Tiandao asked in an enigmatic tone.

Su Chen nodded.

"I'm about the same as you, I've also cultivated to the eighth level, and now I've entered the realm of great mastery of divine powers!" Duan Tian Dao said with considerable pride.

He knew Su Chen's cultivation speed, so he wasn't surprised at all that Su Chen could cultivate the technique to the eighth level in such a short time.

However, what concerned him was not these things, but that he had won against Su Chen in terms of cultivation speed this time, reaching the eighth level of the technique a period of time earlier than Su Chen.

Su Chen could easily tell that Duan Tian Dao was happy. If he had enough Yin Souls, he would have definitely cultivated to the limit.

"How long have we been cultivating?" Su Chen asked, somewhat worried about the duration of the assessment.

During this cultivation, he had consumed most of the Yin spirits in the gourd, and now he needed to hunt them down again.

"Seven days have passed since the start of the assessment," Broken Sky Blade replied. The assessment lasts for ten days, meaning Su Chen only has three days left to hunt.

"By the way, Su Chen, could you give me the Soul-Slaying Whip to refine?"

Suddenly, the Heaven-Slaying Blade asked.

"Refine? You can refine the Soul-Slaying Whip?" Su Chen was taken aback upon hearing this.

Duan Tiandao nodded hurriedly: "Yes, this is the ability I gained after mastering that technique. What, you can't do it?"

Su Chen shook his head.

"That shouldn't be the case. I've cultivated this technique to the eighth level, and I can clearly feel that I can strengthen myself by refining other divine weapons, which will help me cultivate faster. The reason I stopped cultivating just now was because of this. Without other divine weapons, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven if I wanted to advance further." The Heaven-Slaying Blade was puzzled and explained the reason.

"Perhaps this cultivation method is more suitable for cultivating divine weapons,"

Su Chen guessed that the Heaven-Severing Blade was a technique created by a powerful figure for divine weapons to cultivate, which was why it gave him this feeling. He reasoned that he didn't experience this feeling because he was forcibly cultivating it through the panel, and he wasn't too concerned about it, as long as his physical body became stronger.

After thinking for a moment, Su Chen finally decided to take out the Soul-Slaying Whip and give it to the Heaven-Severing Blade for refinement. Although the Soul-Slaying Whip was very powerful, the Heaven-Severing Blade would be of greater help to him, and the relationship between the two would be closer. Rather than keeping it, he would rather give it to the Heaven-Severing Blade for refinement.

Upon obtaining the Soul-Slaying Whip, the Heaven-Slaying Blade was overjoyed and immediately began refining it. Seemingly sensing the Heaven-Slaying Blade's greed, the Soul-Slaying Whip finally couldn't sit still and tried to resist. However, the Heaven-Slaying Blade was no longer something the Soul-Slaying Whip could resist, and suppressed it with just a thought.

"No, do not refine me! I am willing to submit to you!"

The spirit of the Soul-Slaying Whip could no longer be concealed and spoke, wanting to submit to Su Chen.

"Submitting now? Too late!" Duan Tiandao sneered. He hated this kind of hindsight advice the most.

Su Chen only needed this; there was no need for any other divine weapons. Without hesitation, he began refining the Heaven-Severing Blade.

Su Chen didn't say anything, but stared intently at the Broken Sky Blade, wanting to see how it refined the divine weapon.

He refined the Heaven-Severing Blade very quickly. In less than half an hour, he had completely refined the Soul-Slaying Whip, absorbing all the divine weapon power and supernatural power from it to replenish himself.

Su Chen could sense that the power of the Heaven-Severing Blade had become even stronger!
Stronger than myself!

"Haha, that feels good!" Duan Tian seemed to be enjoying a delicious meal, letting out a satisfied and pleasant sound.

Su Chen let the Heaven-Slaying Blade revel for a while, then said, "There are still three days until the end of the assessment. We need to make the most of these three days to hunt down Yin Souls."

"Alright, these are minor issues!" Duan Tiandao didn't care at all. With his increased strength, he could hunt down Yin spirits even faster.

Su Chen waved his hand: "Then let's begin." (End of Chapter)