48: Chapter 48 Breakthrough in Sword Technique! Slaying Lin Jiuye!

Suddenly, Qin Muyuan felt an abstruse and mysterious sensation transmitting from the sword in his hand.

That was a resonance of the Divine Soul, as if he had found a feeling that completely matched his own shape.

Under this sensation, holding the pure nail in his hand felt just like grasping his very root!

"So that's how it is!"

A flash of brilliant light crossed Qin Muyuan's eyes.

He... had an Epiphany!

Then, at this moment, the blood Qi on Qin Muyuan's body condensed into substance!

The blood Qi was no longer just blood Qi; instead, it resembled a thin layer of blood-colored glazed light shrouding his entire body.

Afterwards, these blood-colored glazed lights surged like a long river flowing into the sea, pouring violently into the pure nail!

Clang!

A clear sword hum sounded like ripples rising on a cold pool.

The pure nail trembled instantly, resembling a silver vase suddenly shattering!

The blood-colored glazed light gathered upon the nail, transforming into an extremely piercing blood-colored sword Qi!

"So! This is the power of a Martial Master!"

Qin Muyuan laughed wildly, chillingly waving the pure nail as the blood gleam slashed down like a rainbow piercing the sun.

Roar——

Amidst the surging blood gleam, a sword whistle like a Dragon's roar burst forth!

At this moment, Grand Master Lin Jiuye's pointed head had not yet perceived the abnormality of the sword light.

He roared angrily, carrying the breath of demonic blood, and continued to meet Qin Muyuan's pure nail head-on.

Rip!

The next second, blood color surged, and a palm as large as a washbasin flew up into the air.

Turbid and pitch-black blood spewed out from the severed limb, staining the ground pitch-black.

The demonic blood landed on the ground, emitting a "chi chi" corrosive sound.

"Aah!! Roar!"

With both hands completely severed, Grand Master Lin Jiuye erupted into a miserable roar.

The roar carried overlapping lingering echoes, reverberating amidst the ruins.

"My hand! My hand!"

The intense pain impacted Grand Master Lin Jiuye's nerves.

The gushing demonic blood caused the content of demonic blood within his body to rapidly decrease.

The sanity previously eroded by the demonic blood suddenly recovered at this moment, and a trace of lucidity mixed with pain flashed through Grand Master Lin Jiuye's eyes.

Amidst this lucidity, he finally realized something was amiss, and forcibly enduring the excruciating pain, he retreated violently.

With his left hand tightly clutching his severed right palm, Grand Master Lin Jiuye's expression was extremely distorted:

"Ah!!! Demonic blood! My demonic blood power!"

The moment after Grand Master Lin Jiuye wailed, another blood gleam darted out swiftly.

Rip.

Grand Master Lin Jiuye's only remaining left hand was also severed under the blood gleam!

"Ah!!"

Grand Master Lin Jiuye let out another miserable wail, falling backward and collapsing onto the floor.

The excruciating pain of having both hands severed hammered against his nerves like a hammer.

But what caused Grand Master Lin Jiuye the most pain was not the physical agony, but the anguish in his heart!

"You... how could you achieve a Breakthrough!"

Grand Master Lin Jiuye had already lost the demeanor of a Martial Master, and in his gaze toward Qin Muyuan, only fear and disbelief remained.

How could Qin Muyuan complete a Breakthrough during battle?!

Even a martial arts prodigy praised by everyone like Grand Master Lin Jiuye had spent thirteen years breaking through from a Martial Artist to a Martial Master and completing the Breakthrough of the Baiyun Palm!

During these thirteen years, he had never relaxed his cultivation of the martial Dao, not even showing half a moment of slackness.

In the end, it took him a full thirteen years, seven months, and twenty days before he gained an Epiphany, managed to complete a martial arts Breakthrough, and surged into the Martial Master Realm.

Yet... yet this person before him... how could he achieve a Breakthrough right in the middle of a battle?

Years of accumulated martial arts knowledge?

Martial arts insights gained from sparring with other Martial Artists?

The refinement and improvement of the martial arts he mastered himself?

Years of arduous cultivation immersed in a single martial art day after day?

None of these things had Qin Muyuan completed.

By what right could he casually complete a Breakthrough in a life-and-death battle?!

Grand Master Lin Jiuye let out a plaintive cry: "I refuse to accept this! I refuse to accept this! Qin Muyuan, by what right do you—"

Before his words finished, his head flew up.

Fresh blood sprayed from his neck, dyeing Qin Muyuan's body in front red.

"Refuse to accept it? I, this player, killed you, and you're still refusing to accept it?"

Although Grand Master Lin Jiuye could be considered a minor BOSS-level enemy,

to Qin Muyuan, he was just an ordinary minor BOSS, and he couldn't be bothered to listen to the enemy's wails.

He opened the panel.

[Quest Completed: Phase Three Quest of Enemies All Over the Country, Slay Grand Master Lin Jiuye, the Head Master of Baiyun Martial Arts Hall]

[Rewards: EXP + 3000, Mall Points + 15000, Huoyun Country Fame + MAX, White Martial Art · Killing Intent Application, White Skill · Stone]

The instant he received the rewards, the techniques regarding [Killing Intent Application] poured into Qin Muyuan's mind.

He discovered that [Killing Intent Application] could not only complement [Killing Intent Perception], but even coordinate with the post-Breakthrough Mad Killing Sword Technique.

With [Killing Intent Application], he was able to manipulate the materialized Killing Intent more skillfully and as he pleased.

Not only could he attach Killing Intent to the pure nail, but he could even attach it to his eyes, directly using Killing Intent from a distance to awe enemies.

It could practically make whoever he glared at pee their pants.

Additionally, Killing Intent could also be applied to the skill [Railgun], transforming the blue-silver lightning into crimson red.

Overall, his strength had improved a lot, but his aura of coolness and looks had improved even more.

"Not bad! Not bad!"

Qin Muyuan nodded slightly; after all, for a player, being strong was a temporary matter,

while being handsome... that was a matter for a lifetime!

In addition, the method of using the skill [Stone] was also communicated to Qin Muyuan.

Wanting to cast [Stone] was very simple; one only needed to concentrate in their mind, thinking about hardening their body into stone, and they could quickly harden their body.

And if one wanted to harden a certain body part, they could also achieve single-part hardening by imagining what that part would look like after hardening in their mind.

Qin Muyuan gave it a try, then lowered his head, suddenly shocked:

"Holy cow! They even made adaptations for this place for the hardening skill?!"

The details of this game were simply hair-raisingly meticulous!

Must recommend this.

After clearing the game, he definitely had to recommend it to the vast group friends in the chat group.

Besides the rewards of martial arts and skills, Qin Muyuan opened his personal panel.

And he found that his Rank on the panel had already risen from 8 to 10.

The Physical Body bonus of the [I Love Killing] talent had also soared directly from 550% to 650%!

You must know that the further along one went, every 100% increase in Physical Body strength became even more powerful!

Because what Physical Body strength represented was not just ordinary strength, but an enhancement of overall physical fitness.

A 100% increase in Physical Body strength meant an all-around enhancement in Qin Muyuan's long-distance endurance, short-distance explosive power, agility, perception, and so on.

A 50% Physical Body strength increase per Rank up could be described as terrifyingly monstrous!

"If this continues to improve, I'll soon be able to stop eating beef..."

Closing the settlement panel, Qin Muyuan thought to himself.

Continuing to level up, his Physical Body would rival Superman.

By then, he could be Superman when happy, Superman when unhappy, and Superman whenever he wanted to be!

"It's just that this game is rated 16+, not 18+..."

Qin Muyuan felt a sudden sense of regret in his heart.

He pulled back his thoughts, wanting to open the quest panel to check the refreshed Phase Four quest.

However, right at this moment, the intense perception after the Physical Body enhancement rang out in Qin Muyuan's heart like an alarm bell!

Qin Muyuan didn't hesitate for a moment, instantly casting the skill [Stone] to harden his entire body, greatly enhancing his defense.

Clang!

The next second, Qin Muyuan, who had cast the [Stone] skill, had his defense instantly broken, and the [Stone] skill was abruptly interrupted!

His entire body flew backward like a rolling tumbleweed for more than ten zhang with a swoosh!