160: Chapter 160 Soul-Devouring Sword

"Senior Brother, have we... met this person before?"

Jiang Yuwei leaned in close to Mo Zixing and asked in a low voice:

"Is he that guy from the Outer Sect who was defeated by you, Senior Brother?"

"Yes."

Mo Zixing nodded, his gaze fixed intently on Lin Zhou:

"I saw him during my time in the Outer Sect."

With a thought, he opened Lin Zhou's system panel in his mind.

In his memory, the last time he saw him was during the Inner Sect Assessment quite some time ago.

At that time, Lin Zhou was only at the Late Stage of Qi Refining, and his Luck trait was only of ordinary blue quality.

He was considered outstanding in the Outer Sect of the Mingyu Sect, but in reality, he was nothing special.

When Qingsu Peak closed, Lin Zhou chose to leave the Mingyu Sect to Cultivate his sword skills.

Before leaving, he specifically sought him out to make a promise to spar again in three years.

How did he end up on the Demonic Path now?

At this moment.

The interface also loaded.

Mo Zixing looked down and was slightly surprised.

[Name: Lin Zhou]

[Realm: Crystallization Stage 1]

He hadn't been gone for long, yet he had actually soared all the way from the Late Stage of Qi Refining to Crystallization Stage 1?

This was simply impossible.

Jiang Yuwei was able to have such speed because she had been Cultivating by his side every day during that time.

And the Medicinal Pill supplements were more than enough.

But Lin Zhou was just an ordinary Disciple, and once he left the Sect, he had no one to rely on.

How could he possibly have such terrifying Cultivation speed?

He continued to scroll down the interface and finally found the answer.

Lin Zhou's original traits had not changed.

But in the Acquired Luck column, there was an extremely strange new trait.

On the pure black base of that trait, golden light was flickering, and its edges were constantly twisting and writhing.

[soul-devouring sword (Gold)]

[Holding the demonic artifact soul-devouring sword allows one to rapidly increase their Realm and the power of their Sword Technique by devouring the Divine Soul of the defeated. Each devoured Divine Soul requires a certain amount of time to refine. If no Divine Soul is devoured for thirty consecutive days, one will be backlashed by the soul-devouring sword. If more than one hundred Divine Souls are devoured, one will also suffer a backlash.]

soul-devouring sword?

This demonic sword was counted as a trait with a black base, yet it was of Gold quality.

This was the first time he had seen something like this.

It seems this soul-devouring sword is even more evil than he had imagined.

"You... stay away!"

Lin Zhou suddenly roared, veins bulging on his forehead.

The hand gripping the black sword began to tremble violently, and black patterns emerged on his arm.

"I can't control myself... leave quickly!"

"If you don't leave now, I will kill you!"

His voice was half in pain and half ferocious; he was clearly engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the soul-devouring sword.

But he was no match for it at all.

In less than a second, the black patterns crawled all the way up to his neck.

Lin Zhou's eyes instantly became vacant.

The hand holding the sword suddenly raised, swayed left and right, and then slashed fiercely straight at Mo Zixing.

Black Sword Qi shot straight towards Mo Zixing's face.

"Watch out!"

Su Li's expression changed, and without a second thought, she immediately drew her qinglan sword and blocked in front of Mo Zixing.

Clang!

Su Li was shaken back two steps, her arm slightly numb, and a look of disbelief appeared on her face.

Regardless of anything else, she was at the Sixth Level Crystallization Realm; how could she not even gain the upper hand?

Mo Zixing was also a bit surprised.

The item description for the soul-devouring sword mentioned that it could amplify the power of Sword Techniques, but he hadn't expected it to amplify it this much.

Lin Zhou was only at Crystallization Stage 1.

But the force of this sword strike was already approaching the strength of the Seventh Level Crystallization.

No wonder no one nearby could handle him.

In the entire Mingyu Sect, apart from Liu Qingyan at the Ninth Level Crystallization, who could suppress him.

No other Elder or Disciple had the strength to do so.

With the strength Lin Zhou displayed using the soul-devouring sword, it was more than enough to deal with them.

When Lin Zhou's strike missed, he swung his sword and attacked again.

His Sword Technique was many times sharper than it had been half a year ago, with every move viciously aiming for vital points.

"That's enough."

Mo Zixing reached out and stopped Su Li, who was about to step forward again.

"Zixing?"

Su Li bit her lip; although she was a bit unwilling, she obediently stepped aside.

She knew.

Mo Zixing was not letting her continue fighting in order to protect her safety.

Mo Zixing took a step forward and moved to the front.

He had originally been worried that Su Li would feel like she couldn't help with anything, creating a psychological burden that she was holding him back.

That was why he let her make the first move.

He hadn't expected that with the soul-devouring sword, Lin Zhou would be able to suppress her across small Realms.

Su Li actually couldn't beat him.

It seems he would need to practice with her more.

As for Lin Zhou...

While the strength of around the Seventh Level Crystallization was certainly not low, for him now, it was simply too weak.

Mo Zixing raised his hand, Spiritual Qi surging in his palm.

Four Spiritual Qi Flying Swords appeared out of thin air.

Before Lin Zhou could attack again, he just gave a light flick.

The four Flying Swords shot out instantly.

Lin Zhou couldn't react in time; he only felt a sharp pain in the joints of his four limbs, and his Spiritual Qi was instantly sealed.

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft!

After four consecutive muffled sounds.

Lin Zhou's four major joints were accurately hit, and his entire body was firmly pinned to the spot.

The black sword clattered onto the ground.