Cosmic Trading System

A dozen breaths later, Lin Yun broke through to the mid-term of level nine.

It was phenomenally fast.

Under normal circumstances, the progress that Lin Yun estimated would take him several months to achieve was now reached in just a few breaths.

"No wonder, this Blood Sword can play such a significant role during battles…"

At the moment of breakthrough, Lin Yun drew in a breath of cold air.

"Hum——"

A breakthrough fluctuation was birthed from Lin Yun's body, the natural world reacted unusually, but it was quickly suppressed by Lin Yun.

He didn't want Mingdu, who was not far away, to detect that his Martial Arts Realm had increased.

"However, the Blood Sword absorbs so much blood, carrying heavy murderous intent... Thankfully, my strength is not that of an ordinary level nine, otherwise I would have risked losing my sanity…" He added softly, after a pause.

"I am advancing, and the Blood Sword is also advancing. Moreover, the improvement of the Blood Sword seems even greater. If this continues, I fear I won't be able to progress much…" Lin Yun contemplated thoughtfully.

Now, it wasn't about how much blood was absorbed, but whether he could control it, or he could end up like the man in the black robe.

At this point, he finally understood why the Qingtian Xuejian did not use the Blood Sword to increase his power limitlessly, and why he gave it to the man in the black robe during that battle.

Because, even if the Blood Sword got more formidable, Qingtian Xuejian might not be able to control it.

"It's a shame that I didn't get that Heavenly-luck Flower, otherwise, my Martial Arts Realm could have increased by three levels without any side effects. At that time, all my powers would have increased, and I could have leveraged the power of the Blood Sword to reach even higher levels…"

Lin Yun felt regretful.

This was equivalent to the principle of geometric progression, one plus one did not equal two, but three, perhaps even four or five.

He continued to absorb the blood.

A dozen breaths later.

Lin Yun's body trembled once more.

His Martial Arts Realm had now broken through to the late stage of level nine.

This speed of progression was truly rapid.

Huff——huff——huff——

He sat cross-legged in a secluded training room with numerous energy crystals placed around him. These energy crystals had formed into a powerful energy vortex, rapidly rushing into Lin Yun's body.

Although the power of the Blood Sword could greatly enhance his strength, enabling a breakthrough in his Martial Arts Realm, he still needed to absorb a massive amount of world energy to stabilize his realm during the breakthrough.

The breakthrough could trigger a reaction of the world's energy, it was a natural phenomenon that occurred when one broke through their cultivation realm, resonating with the universe.

However, he did not want to alert Mingdu, who was not far away, so he could only use these energy crystals as a supplement.

Fortunately, the power of the Blood Sword could provide a large amount of energy. In addition to that, Shenger was controlling the surrounding world energy, ensuring that the noise from his breakthrough did not leak out.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Wipe out all life under heaven!"

"As I grow stronger, you too will become stronger, together we reach the pinnacle and sweep across the world!"

At the center of the vortex, the Blood Sword continuously transmitted these messages to Lin Yun, making his blood boil, harder and harder to suppress.

"Be careful, if you keep sending me these messages, I might just destroy you…"

Lin Yun's eyes glowed red as he growled.

He knew that this Blood Sword had a very high spirituality, it could understand his words.

At a late-stage level nine, his current strength was probably just sufficient to contend with peak-level ten cultivators.

He wanted to compete against Mingdu and his followers, his strength needed to be at least level ten.

Even at the initial stage of level ten, it might not be enough.

Right now, he was still far from it.

However, maybe because the Blood Sword had absorbed a lot of fresh blood, it was too excited, and it did not stop its excited chirping at all.

"It seems that I can only give up…"

Lin Yun allowed the Blood Sword in his hand to absorb a bit more blood, and then sighed lightly.

At this rate, he wouldn't be able to ascend to the tenth level realm.

Not to mention, even higher realms.

"Brother!"

"Brother!"

At that moment, two youthful voices rang out, and two presences appeared in the room.

Lin Yun opened his eyes.

He saw two young children, about five or six years old, dressed in small red bibs with delicately carved features. They were a boy and a girl.

They were Little Blue and Little White, the two spirits entrusted to him by the Holy Mother when he left Earth.

After leaving Earth, Lin Yun had arranged for these two to assimilate into a decent object and had supplied them with copious Spirit Crystals to help them cultivate.

Sporadically, he would purchase resources from the Cosmic Trading System that could benefit the cultivation of these two.

A while ago, he remembered, the two little ones had reached the seventh level realm.

Cultivating as a spirit entity was hard, but they were incredibly powerful.

As expected, the Holy Mother had said that these two had exceptional talent.

With their innate Yin and Yang spiritual forms, they could cultivate together as if aided by the divine.

"Why have you come out?" Lin Yun asked.

"I and Little Blue sensed a powerful spirit item. Brother, won't it listen to you?" Little White looked at the Blood Sword in Lin Yun's hand and with a youthful voice, asked.

"Is it the spirit item you're talking about?" Lin Yun was taken aback.

"Mhm, mhm," Little White nodded vigorously.

"Brother, do you need to utilize this sword? Little Blue and I feel that the spiritual entity within this sword isn't as advanced as us. Our Grandmother taught us techniques to handle other spiritual entities. We can help you deal with it!" Little White declared.

"You can deal with it?" Lin Yun suppressed the killer intent in his mind, his tone unusually calm, but his eyes flashed with surprise.

"Yep, Brother, doesn't it disobey you? Little Blue and I will teach it a lesson for you!" asserted Little White, nodding aggressively, in a manner that was utterly adorable.

"Won't this affect its function?" Lin Yun hesitated.

He wanted to use the Blood Sword to ascend the Martial Arts Realm. If the ability of the Blood Sword disappeared or became suppressed, he feared he wouldn't be able to accomplish this.

"There should be an impact, but it shouldn't be significant..." Little White bit his little finger, thought for a moment, and said, "However, Little Blue and myself can make it listen to you and offer its maximum assistance to you."

"All right, you go ahead!" Lin Yun finally agreed.
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Anyway, without Little White and Little Blue's assistance, he estimated that he wouldn't be able to fully utilize the Blood Sword. It was better to let Little White and Little Blue try. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

"Ok, Brother, just wait." Little White laughed.

"Hum—" The next moment, the two turned into a ray of spiritual light and rapidly zapped toward the Blood Sword in Lin Yun's hand.

At this point, Lin Yun noticed that Little White and Little Blue had an aura of the peak level of the seventh realm of spirit entities. They were just a wee bit away from breaking into the eighth realm.

Spirit entities only had grades, not specific levels. The power difference among spirit entities of the same grade was not great. The actual strength depended on the enchanted treasures they had cultivated. Powerful enchanted treasures rendered them powerful, but weak ones made them weak.

A spirit entity cultivating a powerful enchanted treasure could easily defeat opponents of higher ranks.

For instance, the Holy Mother had cultivated a Chasing Mountain Whip, a remarkably powerful enchanted treasure.

The power of an ordinary spirit entity seldom surpassed that of a cultivator of the same realm, even the lowest-ranked one.

However, the Holy Mother could handle many cultivators of the tenth realm. She claimed that she hadn't fully cultivated the Chasing Mountain Whip; otherwise, she would have been even stronger.

The compatibility level was crucial for a spirit entity's ability to cultivate a treasure. If the compatibility level was high, it could cultivate easily, but if it was not, cultivation was challenging. After cultivation reached a certain degree, it could no longer continue and could never fully tap into the complete strength of that enchanted treasure.

"I wonder what rank the spirit entity inside this Blood Sword has, whether Little White and Little Blue can deal with it..." Lin Yun gazed at the Blood Sword in his hand, silently contemplating.

He had known all along about the spirit entity inside the Blood Sword, but the material of the Blood Sword was complex and high-level, so he couldn't probe the exact level of the spirit entity in the sword.

However, the power level of the Blood Sword used to feel like the peak of the tenth level and was increasingly on the verge of a breakthrough to the eleventh level. He figured the spirit entity within it wouldn't be particularly weak.