113 Sword Domain 2 (1/2)
”Pok! Pok!? (Holy shit! How!?)
The abilities of Jia Shan surpassed Xu Miao's expectations. The old man could defeat 3rd-stage cultivators without Qi!
Jia Shan snickered, ”As I said. Watch my movements carefully if you want to learn my swordsmanship. Well, do you know anything about sword intent or sword domain?”
”Sword intent!?”
As Jia Shan was lecturing Xu Miao and the girls, five more soldiers charged at Jia Shan.
”Kill the old man!”
”He's not normal! Kill him!”
Despite being rushed from the front, Jia Shan didn't stop talking.
”We, cultivators, gather Qi, so we can condense them into Essence droplets. Then, at the 4th-stage, we gather those droplets into a pond, then a lake, then a sea, then multiple seas. At the 5th-stage…”
*SWUA*
*SWUA*
Jia Shan walked backward a step, but two heads flew into the air even though they were 50 meters away from Jia Shan. Blood of the victims stained his broadsword.
”At the 5th-stage, we study and gather various elements, such as fire, earth, water, thunder, wind, wood, iron, gold, and many others to create an isle, then an island, then a continent, then multiple continents…”
*SWUA*
*SWUA*
Jia Shan took a step back once more. Two more soldiers dropped to the ground after two slashes severed their torsos in half. Again, they were 20 meters away. The old man's sword became crimson.
”At the 6th-stage, we search for dao and form pillars with them. The more pillars, the stronger the foundations we get. This is a stage where we determine our future growth if we can become an immortal or not.”
*SWUA*
*SWUA*
The 5th guy managed to get close to Jia Shan, but his dominant hand with his sword was chopped off. Then, Jia Shan's sword pierced through the soldier's neck.
”Before we can transcend from the 6th-stage to the 7th-stage, we have to create a core on the top of all dao pillars. Depending on your achievements, enlightenment, dao, and experience, the color varies. The brighter the color, the stronger you are. The core will become an embryo of a new soul, a nascent soul, which is necessary for the 7th-stage and the later on.”
At this point, Jia Shan revealed his sinister grin for the first time. He sneered at the surviving soldiers, whose legs were trembling and couldn't move forward.
The soldiers were panicking as they also listened to Jia Shan's words. From Jia Shan's tone, he distinguished himself as a 6th-stage or a 7th-stage monster since he was so knowledgeable.
”Once a nascent soul has been born, something trivial, such as pseudo aura barrier or body strengthening techniques, is meaningless.”
A semi-transparent ghost with Jia Shan's face exited the old man's body. He wore the same robes as the host, and they had the same evil grin.
The ghost took Jia Shan's sword and stood in front of him. It swung its sword three times. Three of the soldiers were sliced like tofu even though they were far away.
The ghost swiped the blood from its sword. It swung again as if it was practicing a sword motion. The fourth soldier, who was still dumbstruck by what had happened, suddenly felt that his vision spun. He didn't even know that his head already rolled on the ground.
Jia Shan's action shocked every spectator. Xu Miao and Wei Yuan were certain that the old man didn't use a footwork technique or a fast-moving technique. Yet, once his sword moved, at least one soldier died.
The remaining soldiers shrieked in fear. They turned tail and ran.
”A nascent soul is different from the persona avatars that everyone can summon with essence. The avatars are nothing but a fragment of incomplete dao. They are, at best, only useful as a temporary strength boost when they are merged with their masters. However, Xu Miao, you must not discard those incomplete daos. After all, once you have a nascent soul, they can be useful.”
Jia Shan's nascent soul waved its sword eight times, cutting nothing but air. However, the same slashes appeared behind 8 of 9 soldiers, slicing through their backs.
As for the last soldier, he stumbled and fell face-first to the ground, which was the reason how he didn't get cut from mysterious slashes from a distance. The last man slowly raised his head to look at Jia Shan, and he noticed a faint transparent dome.
Xu Miao also sensed the transparent dome as he was inside it as well. The air was chilly, yet sharp. His arms and legs were tingling as if a million sword tips were pointing at every pore of his skin.
”What I have done just now is called [Sword Domain]. It's something that all 7th-rank or stronger cultivators can use. Unfortunately, my nascent soul is still a lot weaker than top tier guys like Xu Lanying or Xia Dun. My domain is incomplete, and it has a short range. If a peak 7th-stage cultivator used it, the range and the power would have been more efficient than mine. They only need a glance to instantly kill those bastards.”
Jia Shan's nascent soul pluck its sword to the ground, and a wound appeared behind the neck of the last soldier, who was 100 meters away.
After the last guy died, the soul went back to Jia Shan's body. He turned around and gave Xu Miao a warm smile.
”This is the demonstration of how a 7th-stage cultivator fights with his domain. If you can live long enough and reach the 7th-stage, be prepared for domain combat because they can attack you from any angle once the domains collide.”
Seeing that all soldiers were dead, the group sighed and relaxed.