Chapter 581 - 580: Birth of a True Artifact

Chapter 581: Chapter 580: Birth of a True Artifact

After killing the man in white, Qin Feng found a secluded spot to begin the Refinement of the Sea God Relic.

This Sea God Relic contained an incredibly dense Sea God Essence Qi. If he could refine it, his strength would advance by leaps and bounds.

But Qin Feng was forced to abandon the thought.

An extremely potent power lay dormant within the Sea God Relic, as unyielding as a stubborn rock. Even his Star River True Power, at the Extreme Dao Third Layer Realm, couldn’t make a dent in it.

He could only refine it slowly over time, a process as gradual as water wearing away stone.

Inside his body, wisps of essence qi were slowly refined from the pearl-like Sea God Relic and absorbed into his Star River True Power. As a result, his Star River True Power was improving almost constantly.

This rate of Cultivation was several times faster than before.

With a flicker, he appeared atop a large mountain.

It was a forest of ancient, blood-red maple trees.

’I’ve heard there are seven Sea God Relics in total. If I could gather all seven, my Cultivation speed might increase by several more times!’

PFFT!

An aura pulsed within him as another Profound Water Acupoint was refined.

Over this period, he had refined another twenty to thirty acupoints one by one. This brought the total number of refined Profound Water Acupoints to nearly four hundred.

Strangely, however, it seemed that after he had formed the Black Water Profound Snake Body, every time he refined one of the Black Tortoise True Acupoints, the power would augment his Black Water Profound Serpent bloodline instead.

It seemed that ever since he had condensed the Black Water Profound Serpent bloodline, his original Black Tortoise Bloodline had begun merging into it as well.

This caused Qin Feng’s Black Water Profound Serpent bloodline to grow much stronger and undergo a strange, indescribable mutation.

When Qin Feng transformed into a Black Water Profound Serpent, his control over the Water Element grew even stronger.

In other words, his innate talent was increasing.

If the Black Water Profound Serpent he transformed into was once considered ordinary among its kind...

...then now, it would be considered a genius.

Moreover, this transformation was still ongoing.

The more Profound Water Acupoints he refined, the more formidable his Black Water Profound Snake True Body became.

Standing atop the mountain, he gazed out at the complex terrain of the Sea Soul Continent. Ancient tombs were scattered everywhere, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

’Of the seven Sea God Relics, I have one. Of the remaining six, five were obtained by the experts of the Five Seas Dragon Palace, and the last is in the hands of some mysterious person. Getting any of the others will be difficult.’

Qin Feng’s brow furrowed.

The Five Seas Dragon Palace was immensely powerful, no weaker than the Top Ten Divine Gates among the Seventy-two Orthodox Sects.

Any expert from the Five Seas Dragon Palace would be at least as strong as Xuan Wuji!

「Four days had passed since he entered the Sea Soul Realm.」

As his figure flickered, Qin Feng swept his gaze across the Sea Soul Continent. Just then, dozens of miles away, a pillar of Spiritual Light shot into the sky.

The vast radiance stirred the Spiritual Qi above the Sea Soul Continent, drawing it in to form a massive vortex!

This was the sign of a Treasure emerging!

’Could a True Artifact be emerging?!’

Qin Feng looked up, his eyes shining brightly.

After a moment’s thought, Qin Feng sprang into action. Wisps of black wind surged from his body, forming a dark current that shot across the ground, covering dozens of miles in the blink of an eye.

A few dozen breaths later, Qin Feng appeared atop a small hill. Below was the very spot from which the Spiritual Light was erupting.

Qin Feng’s gaze swept below, landing on one of a dozen or so ancient tombs at the foot of the hill. A huge fissure had split open in that particular tomb.

An intensely brilliant light poured out from within.

’It’s a Water True Artifact!’

Qin Feng’s eyes lit up.

Obtaining this Water True Artifact would be a significant boost to his power.

Take Jiang Chao of the Star Sect, for example. He was known as the Pengchuan Water God, but if it weren’t for his Water True Artifact, the Black Emperor Tide Banner, someone with his aptitude would never have become an Inner Sect Disciple.

He didn’t rush over immediately. Qin Feng scanned the ancient tomb, and a strange aura registered in his Divine Thought’s Sensing.

’What a sophisticated Illusion Array!’

A cold sneer touched Qin Feng’s lips. He was about to make a move when his expression shifted. Hearing the sound of someone approaching in the distance, he silently concealed himself in a crevice between two rocks.

A moment later, a figure descended from the sky with a WHOOSH. It was a young man with a grim, sinister expression. He glanced at the great tomb, a look of delight flashing in his eyes.

’A True Artifact! There’s actually a True Artifact emerging here! This is a gift from the heavens! My, Sun Huan’s, lucky day has finally arrived!’

Just as his figure flickered, his expression changed. He looked up at the sky and saw a streak of fiery red light tearing through the air.

His face darkened, a flicker of killing intent in his eyes. A moment later, a sinister smile spread across his face as his body silently merged into the earth below.

The fiery red light flashed, and a stunningly beautiful woman appeared where Sun Huan had just vanished.

Her features were enchanting, and she had an otherworldly air about her. Dressed in light gauze, she exuded a seductive aura. She did not look like someone to be trifled with.

Seeing this woman, a flicker of recognition crossed Qin Feng’s eyes. He knew who she was.

She was the Supreme Elder of a small sect called the Purgatory Sect.

Her name was the Li Huo Demoness.

She practiced a Fire Martial Arts Technique. Among Martial Arts Giants, her raw strength was only average, but her methods were formidable. Coupled with her stunning beauty and amorous charm, many a Martial Arts Strongman had fallen at her feet.

Later, it was said she betrayed her sect to steal a Treasure, then established herself at Li Huo Cliff, calling herself the Master of Li Huo Palace.

She took in handsome male disciples as consorts daily, building a tidy little enterprise for herself.

Among Loose Cultivators, she was an influential figure who could call the shots.

She lived quite freely, it seemed.

However, her appearance in the Sea Soul Realm was quite a surprise to Qin Feng.

As the red light subsided, her gaze instantly fell upon the area beneath the Spirit Light Pillar.

"It’s actually a True Artifact!" The Li Huo Demoness’s gorgeous eyes lit up as she stared at the ancient tomb. She already carried herself with a flirtatious air, and in her excitement, her body trembled like a flower in the wind, revealing tantalizing glimpses of her figure.

Qin Feng’s expression remained neutral as he watched the Li Huo Demoness walk step-by-step toward the ancient tomb.

But just then, a vicious glint of cold light shot out silently from the earth. A saber flash, carrying the weight of a mountain, suddenly slashed upward from below.

"An ambush!"

The Li Huo Demoness’s expression changed drastically. Pink Demon Fire erupted from her body as she threw out a palm strike, her figure simultaneously blasting backward in retreat.

"Who’s there in the shadows? Wait! I am the Master of Holy Cliff Li Fire Palace! There must be some misunderstanding!"

The sharp saber flash tore through the Demon Fire and grazed past the Li Huo Demoness’s body. The heavy blade light then slammed into the Void itself, causing it to crack and shatter.

The Li Huo Demoness’s expression changed drastically. She wasn’t skilled in this type of direct combat to begin with, and with Sun Huan’s surprise attack, she was thrown completely on the defensive.

BOOM! The air detonated! An earthy-yellow figure spun out, whirling like a top.

"There’s no misunderstanding. Daring to covet the True Artifact is a crime punishable by death!"

"Thousand Peaks Mountain-Breaking Slash!"

Sun Huan let out a vicious sneer. His figure darted forward as the saber light shifted, a blade flash powerful enough to cleave the Firmament itself locking onto the Li Huo Demoness like a shadow.

The Li Huo Demoness’s beautiful face went pale with fright, but a ferocious glint flashed in her eyes.

"You’ve gone too far! I’ll fight you to the death! Heavenly Fire Burning City!"

A phantom image of a fiery-red world materialized around her—it was her Li Huo Purgatory Secret Realm. She was unleashing her Heaven and Earth Power.

RUMBLE!

The earthy-yellow saber flash slammed into the red radiance, splitting her Heaven and Earth Power as if it were lightning. To the Li Huo Demoness’s horror, it then slashed through her body with a deafening roar.

CRACK!

Her body split in two!

WHOOSH!

After the wind died down, Sun Huan stumbled out of the red glow, coughing. He carried his simple Crocodile Long Saber. His clothes were in tatters, and his skin was covered in festering burns, charred black in many places.

Clearly, although he had killed the Li Huo Demoness, Sun Huan had not escaped unscathed.

"The True Artifact... is mine!" he spat in a cold voice. He shot a vicious glare at the Li Huo Demoness, who had died with her eyes wide open, before his gaze fell upon the ancient tomb, burning with fervent desire.

*(Author’s Note: First Chapter for now. The second and third will be released together around 7 o’clock.)*