Chapter 684: Spirit of the Sword Abyss

With the death of the Dark Walker, Xing Man could now enter the Seventh Sword Tomb.

Passing by the area where the Dark Walker’s corpse had burned to black ashes, Xing Man couldn’t help but take another glance, guessing in his heart that this person was an assassin from the Shadow Tower, but dared not ask further.

As they went deeper, they encountered six Dubhe Sword Souls one after another, which Chu Ming dealt with using the same technique: first trapping them with the Celestial Cyan Lock Chain, then slaying them with the Seven-Star Divine Sword.

However, the Celestial Cyan Lock Chain, after all, wasn’t a true Innate Spiritual Treasure, and by the time they killed the sixth Dubhe Sword Soul, it was already severely damaged.

As they approached within a hundred meters of the Seventh Sword Tomb’s exit, they encountered the seventh Dubhe Sword Soul.

The Celestial Cyan Lock Chain quickly expanded, trapping the Sword Soul, just as Chu Ming was about to wield the Seven-Star Divine Sword.

Boom—

The Celestial Cyan Lock Chain, which had helped them through the Seven-Star Sword Tombs, finally reached its endurance limit and shattered with a crash.

The Dubhe Sword Soul, enraged, expanded and transformed into a dazzling Seven-Star Divine Sword, with countless Sword Qi swirling around it.

The next moment!

Buzz—

The Dubhe Sword Soul, wrapped in endless pressure and Sword Qi, slashed down from the sky.

Chu Ming’s expression changed slightly, glancing somewhat regretfully at the fragments of the Celestial Cyan Lock Chain.

Immediately, a Mutated Black Flame surged from his palm.

Roar—

As if a Black Flame Dragon emerged, counterattacking the Dubhe Sword Soul.

Simultaneously, above the sky, the Seven Stars Linked Sword destroyed the void.

Boom—

The Black Dragon and the Seven-Star Destruction attacked up and down, striking directly at the Dubhe Sword Soul, exploding in an instant with a blazing light.

The energy from the explosion stirred a terrifying spatial shock.

When the aftermath dissipated, a young man in black slowly walked over to pick up the Sword Qi and Sword Fragments, marking the basic end of the battle.

After walking another hundred meters, the exit of the Seventh Sword Tomb appeared, also serving as the entrance to the Sword Abyss, the deepest part of the Seven-Star Sword Tomb.

Not finding Han Court inside the Seventh Sword Tomb, the only possibility was that he was inside the Sword Abyss.

Chu Ming stopped at the entrance, recovering for a moment, then infused all the Sword Intent and Sword Fragments into the Seven-Star Divine Sword obtained from the Dark Walker.

After roughly one two-hour period, the preparations were almost complete.

“Let’s go.”

As he stepped out, the scenery transformed once more.

Behind, the seven Sword Tomb peaks were faintly visible, and ahead seemed to be an abyss, with white mist filling the depths and the end not in sight.

The mist rolled, occasionally revealing abyss cliffs, which were extremely smooth and flat, as if cleaved by a single sword.

Xing Man gazed at the Sword Abyss, her Heart Spirit trembling.

This place, in the history of the Seven-Star Kingdom, only one person had ever reached, who was the founding Emperor of the Seven-Star Kingdom.

And before the Seven-Star Kingdom, countless powerful individuals had entered this place.

“Master, according to historical records, the Sword Abyss was cleaved by a single sword of an Immortal, filled with endless Sword Qi and Sword Intent, and even nurtured Spiritual Objects like the Sword Spirit,” Xing Man couldn’t help but say.

Chu Ming walked to the edge of the Sword Abyss, looking down while spreading out the Sword Gourd Spirit to explore.

But the Sword Gourd Spirit only entered about ten meters before it felt like it was trapped in a quagmire and could go no further.

The suppression of the Sword Abyss on Primordial Consciousness and Qi Blood Sensing was even more terrifying than in the previous seven Sword Tombs.

“Ten meters…”

Chu Ming frowned slightly, then spread out the Book and Painting Realm to explore.

In the outside world, the Book and Painting Realm could cover a maximum range of five zhang, and the suppression of the first seven Sword Tombs hadn’t affected it by half a meter, but here…

One zhang, two zhang, three zhang…

Without the slightest hindrance, the Book and Painting Realm ignored the suppression and easily expanded to five zhang.

Five zhang, approximately fifteen meters.

Chu Ming paused, then, on the basis of the five zhang of the Book and Painting Realm, released the Sword Gourd Spirit to explore again.

This time, the Sword Gourd Spirit extended five meters before it could go no further.

With fifteen meters from the Book and Painting Realm and five meters from the Sword Gourd Spirit, there was a total range of twenty meters.

“That’s enough.”

The range wasn’t large, but it was enough to react if anything unexpected happened.

Chu Ming no longer wasted time, stepping forward into the Sword Abyss.

Xing Man didn’t hesitate, quickly following.

The white mist churned, and an astonishing gravity came from beneath their feet.

Both were prepared, immediately activating their Qi and Blood Power to resist.

Fortunately, though the gravity was astonishing, it wasn’t too strong, and even Xing Man could resist it.

Stabilizing themselves, the two proactively rushed downward.

The ten thousand zhang Sword Abyss, within the white mist, was filled with furious Sword Qi.

The two had only flown down a hundred zhang before they faced hundreds of Sword Qi attacks.

And it was rumored that the Sword Abyss was ten thousand zhang deep.

At a thousand zhang depth, Xing Man nearly lost her life.

At five thousand zhang, even Chu Ming had to call upon the Mutated Black Flame.

Only upon reaching ten thousand zhang did a vast shadow appear below.

The bottom of the Sword Abyss had finally arrived.

But before they could catch their breath, in front, shadows flickered within the white mist.

In an instant, the shadows dashed into Chu Ming’s Book and Painting Realm range.

“Hmm?”

His eyes suddenly shone with Condensing Light.

The Book and Painting Realm captured the shadows, but couldn’t accurately identify what they were.

The shadows moved with extreme speed, leaving him no time to think, as a flash of cold light pierced through the mist, directly towards his face.

Clang—

The Seven-Star Divine Sword struck out, blocking the flash of cold light.

Focusing, Chu Ming saw that the cold light was also a sword.

And the one holding the sword handle was a man with a blank expression and rigid demeanor.

With a single sword strike blocked, a sword-shaped mark suddenly lit up on the person’s forehead, and another sword surged forth with a boom.

“It’s a Demonized!” Xing Man recognized the shadow, “According to the Seven-Star Kingdom’s Secret Strategy, many strong individuals have ventured into the Sword Abyss. Some, for unknown reasons, lost their humanity and became the Demonized under the Sword Abyss!”

Demonized?

Chu Ming swept his sword horizontally, slashing through the shadow, then summoned the Mutated Black Flame, transforming it into a Black Flame Dragon, roaring out.

“Ah—”

With a painful scream, the Demonized was subdued by the Mutated Black Flame and the Seven-Star Divine Sword.

Chu Ming walked over to inspect the corpse, and beneath its tattered robes, he found a Storage Space Treasure.