123: Sword Soul Formation

Ji Mo estimated that its height was at least a hundred zhang, and six massive arms, dozens of zhang long, protruded from its back.

Originally, there were eight, but Ji Mo had blown up the top two, making the Eight-Armed Giant Demon look particularly jarring. No wonder the Eight-Armed Giant Demon hated Ji Mo so much.

Since the Giant Demon couldn't find Ji Mo, it began relentlessly bombing Great Wind Island.

Ji Mo silently mourned for the people there, unsure how many had managed to escape.

As for what happens next, he would leave it to the taller people to handle. After all, there was the Heavenly Punishment Army, and those several major peak powers.

He had already done everything he possibly could.

Ignoring everything else, he returned inside the whale's mouth.

Ji Mo checked his spoils. After eliminating so many people previously, he had over 200 Storage Rings in his possession.

Some must have been destroyed by him, or knocked away to unknown locations.

He inspected them one by one for classification: Spirit Stones were collected together, the rest of the junk was thrown into the heaven and earth creation bell, and the Cultivation Techniques, Secret Manuals, and Jade Slips were stored.

Since he had nothing else to do, he casually threw a few monster beast pills to the large whale and let it continue swimming.

Sitting inside the whale, he began comprehending the third form of Hegemon Fist—Instant Burst.

The primary requirement for comprehending this third form of Fist Technique was achieving Great Perfection in the second form—Covert Force.

Without mastering Covert Force, it was impossible for the resulting Fist Force to condense in the Void Realm without dissipating.

Simply put, Instant Burst was similar to Ji Mo instantly detonating the Covert Force he had injected into an enemy's body.

However, now it involved no physical contact; he could directly launch a condensed, non-dissipating Fist Force in the Void Realm to instantly strike or even kill distant enemies.

This move was fast and concealed, capable of producing miraculous effects in certain special situations.

Ji Mo entered a deep state of comprehension.

Unconsciously, more than half a month passed. During this time, Ji Mo fed the large whale monster beast pills several times.

On this day.

Ji Mo finished his Cultivation and stood up, a look of excitement appearing on his face.

He had essentially fully comprehended the third form of Hegemon Fist, Instant Burst.

Ji Mo once again sighed internally at the greatness of the original creator.

The first form, Palm Force, was truly the core of this Fist Technique; the deeper the comprehension of Palm Force, the faster the Cultivation speed.

He silently calculated the distance; they were now estimated to be 200,000 li away from Great Wind Island.

No matter how formidable the Eight-Armed Giant Demon was, it would be impossible for it to find him now.

Next time they meet, he would blast it to smithereens, hehe!

Ji Mo silently set a goal for himself.

He tossed a few monster beast pills to the large whale, told it to leave, and then found an underwater mountain range on the seabed and opened a cave.

He forced the seawater out, used Protective Aura to evaporate the moisture inside the cave, and threw out a pile of Spirit Stones, instantly filling the cave with Spiritual Qi.

An Immortal Cave brimming with Spiritual Qi was thus created by Ji Mo.

Nodding in satisfaction, Ji Mo temporarily settled down thousands of meters beneath the deep sea.

Ji Mo prepared to enter secluded Cultivation.

Since arriving, he hadn't encountered any weak opponents, and now there was a large fellow in the Saint Realm searching the world for him.

But his improvements were also great.

He decided to first absorb most of the resources he had, achieve a wave of improvement, and then go out and wander.

First was the Cultivation of Sword Techniques. Ji Mo currently held at least dozens of Earth-Rank Sword Techniques. They covered all four Ranks: Low, Medium, High, and Perfection.

He started with the Low Rank ones.

Watching and comprehending them one by one, it took Ji Mo more than ten days just to gain a general understanding of these dozens of Sword Techniques.

Next, it was time to enter deep-level Cultivation.

Before this Cultivation, there was one crucial matter: Ji Mo was craving food, and needed a seafood feast.

Thousands of meters beneath the sea, there were countless creatures, almost all possessing a certain level of cultivation base—this was normal in a Cultivation Plane.

Clams the size of children, species similar to tuna, lobsters the size of adults, crabs several meters wide—everything, whether familiar or unfamiliar, was edible.

Ji Mo caught a large haul, encompassing everything from the Houtian Realm up to the Void Shattering Realm.

Happily returning to his Immortal Cave, he quickly prepared the seasonings and barbecue grill.

He even prepared some sashimi. Although the seasonings weren't complete, the Materials themselves were exceptionally fresh and sweet.

Ji Mo ate happily, grease dripping from his mouth. He suddenly missed Xue'er—a case of warmth and satiety leading to lust, which was understandable.

After spacing out for a while, he put away his tools and lay down for a deep, long sleep.

With Ji Mo's current cultivation base, he could actually stay awake indefinitely without issue, but as a native Blue Star person, the habits of his previous life still influenced him.

If he didn't sleep for a long time, he always felt uncomfortable.

This sleep lasted three days and three nights.

After waking up, he felt refreshed and invigorated. Cultivate, continue to Cultivate.

This time, Ji Mo's mind directly entered the Sword God Space, and the dozens of Sword Techniques began to evolve in rotation.

Ji Mo began an intoxicated state of comprehension.

After comprehending every single Sword Technique to the point of mastery, he began the second step of his plan.

Sword Technique Fusion.

These dozens of Sword Techniques began to have their dross removed and their essence extracted, undergoing continuous compression and Fusion.

Every instance of Fusion, compression, and refinement required thousands of attempts.

Finally, building upon the foundation of the Heaven-rank Sword Technique, Sword God Descends, the second form of the Sword Technique—Sword God World Destruction—was sublimated.

As all the Sword Techniques merged into one and this sword strike was born, Ji Mo's consciousness was pulled back to his main body.

He opened his eyes. Within his pupils, the Milky Way shone brightly, and Sword Intent was hidden at the edge of the Universe, faintly erupting with world-annihilating might.

Simultaneously, the ten-tenths Sword Intent at Perfection within Ji Mo's mind violently churned, and the invisible Intent within his Soul space constantly condensed.

This invisible Sword Intent possessed excessive sharpness. To transform the formless into the tangible, one had to risk the destruction of the Soul's Sea of Consciousness.

Ji Mo felt a faint ache in his Soul; it was due to the overwhelming destructive aura of the nascent Sword Soul prototype forming within his Sea of Consciousness.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, at the place where the Sword Intent was compressed, a faint, one-inch long transparent phantom began to manifest.

Void Realm cracks continuously appeared around this little sword phantom, and the Sea of Consciousness was on the verge of collapsing and shattering.

At this moment, the little sword cast a streak of spiritual light toward the phantom.

The one-inch little sword immediately retracted its sharpness and began to solidify continuously. After an unknown period, a golden-yellow, one-inch little sword floated within the Sea of Consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, the Universe and starry sky within them began to undergo massive changes.

Streaks of Sword Intent appeared out of thin air, and the surrounding stars were all annihilated by Sword Qi carrying endless sharp Intent.

This Sword Qi storm did not dissipate as the stars shattered; instead, it grew increasingly violent.

Until all the stars in the Universe were destroyed, heaven and earth were inverted, space-time collapsed, and order ceased to exist.

The Universe turned into nothingness, leaving behind only this Space-Time Storm.

"The Sword Soul forms!"

After the Sword Soul formed, the power of the Sword Intent was drastically transformed. Every sword strike easily tore space, accompanied by a Space-Time Storm, its might incomparable to before.

Slowly standing up, Sword Intent capable of tearing the sky gathered around him but remained unreleased. A feeling arose in his heart: with a sword in hand, everything in heaven and earth could be cut down.

If he encountered that Giant Demon's arm again, Ji Mo felt that with the enhancement of the Sword Soul, he would only need to use the Heaven-rank Sword Technique—Sword God Descends—to sever that arm with a single strike.

As for the second form...