333: The Sword Demon's ultimate technique: Severing Meridian Sword Qi!

He kowtowed heavily, his voice gaining a few points of firmness: "Disciple... I accept the command! I will do my utmost to protect the World Society and await Master's return!"

"Very good."

Lu Jiuyuan nodded: "Go, from this moment on, exercise your authority as acting gang leader."

"Yes!"

Frost of the Qin bowed again, then stood up, his heart filled with complex yet surging emotions, and slowly exited the main hall.

From this moment on, he was no longer merely Frost of the Qin, Overlord Lu's eldest Disciple, but the acting gang leader temporarily holding the World's power.

After Frost of the Qin left, silence returned to the main hall.

Lu Jiuyuan observed the World's power map for a while, found the location of Sword Worship Villa, and pointed at it heavily.

He paced to the window, gazing at the churning sea of clouds in the distance, his eyes seemingly piercing through thousands of mountains and waters, landing on a certain mountain villa, filled with Sword Qi, a thousand miles away.

In the Wind and Cloud world, there were not many Cultivation Techniques in the early stages that he valued.

But Sword Demon's Severed Meridian Sword Qi was definitely one of the essential ones. Each sword strike doubled the power of the previous one.

Theoretically, he could strike a maximum of 10 swords, and the 10th sword's power would be 512 times the power of the first sword.

It was simply an overpowered cheat among cheats; Lu Jiuyuan himself wouldn't dare to be so exaggerated even if he cheated.

He had to obtain this Cultivation Technique no matter what; if he could integrate its theoretical techniques into his own swordplay... As his voice fell, his figure swayed, transforming into an afterimage, and he vanished from Number One Tower Under Heaven.

The next moment, his figure had already appeared on the mountain peak outside the World Society's main altar.

Looking back at the majestic and sprawling, magnificent palace complex, Lu Jiuyuan no longer lingered. His figure transformed into a golden-red stream of light, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, and sped towards Sword Worship Villa.

Mountains piled up, shrouded in mist.

Sword Worship Villa was nestled here, and the villa was perennially filled with a unique aura, a mixture of chilling Sword Qi and underground lava.

The towering sword furnace burned day and night, pouring countless efforts and obsessions into the Divine Weapon about to be born—the peerless good sword.

Besides this, another sword was hidden here, a failed sword.

The sword of defeat and ruin, a Divine Sword forged by Sword Worship Villa's Master, Ao Ri, and ten swordsmiths over a hundred years ago.

It was also the predecessor of the peerless good sword, likewise made from Black Cold, one of the Four Great Divine Stones that Mended the Heavens. However, as the sword was nearing completion, the murderous Qi it contained continuously killed nine swordsmiths.

This forced Ao Ri to Seal the sword, and the departing swordsmith took away the sword of defeat and ruin's sword soul, Sealing it within a small Dragon-Snatching Golden Blade.

After this sword failed, the remaining Divine Stone was used to re-forge the peerless good sword.

Lu Jiuyuan not only coveted the Severed Meridian Sword Qi but also the essence of the Divine Stone that Mended the Heavens within the sword of defeat and ruin.

If lone swan devoured this Divine Stone, its essence would surely increase further.

He walked directly towards the core of the villa, the sword-casting pool.

Occasionally, villa guards were along the way, but no one could clearly see his movements. They only felt a gentle breeze sweep past, their vision blurred, and that heart-palpitating figure had already entered the villa.

"Stop! Who dares to trespass into Sword Worship Villa's Forbidden Ground? Stop right there, you!"

A haughty and arrogant shout rang out, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound! A young man in a yellow brocade robe, with yellow hair and an arrogant face, blocked the way.

His brows furrowed, looking at Lu Jiuyuan, his eyes full of surprise: "Who are you? Dressed so ostentatiously. With that dyed red hair, are you even more arrogant than me?"

"My surname is Lu, you can call me Mr. Lu." Lu Jiuyuan said with a smile: "Your yellow hair is also very pretty."

"I also think it's very pretty! You're very good at talking, I like it very much!" Arrogant Heaven crooked his finger at the villa guests beside him.

The two villa guests leaned closer, and he asked softly:

"Is there a Master named Lu visiting our villa?"

"Replying to young Master, no!"

"Are there any red-haired Masters named Lu in Jianghu?"

"Replying to young Master, I haven't heard of any either."

Arrogant Heaven nodded, relieved. Immediately, the magnificent treasured sword in his hand remained sheathed, and he pointed it directly at Lu Jiuyuan:

"But that's no reason for you to trespass into the Forbidden Ground, old red-haired bastard, where are you from?

Why are you sneaking into my Sword Worship Villa?"

"Sneaking in?" Lu Jiuyuan gently shook his head, his tone carrying an innate disdain:

"Under Heaven, no land is not the King's land; within the four seas, no one is not the King's subject!

Where I wish to go, why must I 'sneak'? In this World, there is no place I cannot set foot."

Arrogant Heaven was choked by his matter-of-fact arrogance, and then his anger flared even more:

"Presumptuous! Too presumptuous! Arrogant! Too arrogant! I wouldn't even dare to say such things!

Dare to call yourself 'I' in my Sword Worship Villa? Old red-haired man, you are more arrogant than my Master! Who do you think you are, the Martial Forest Supreme?"

"Doesn't it seem so?"

Lu Jiuyuan's question was asked lightly, even with a hint of a smile, but combined with his majestic image in red hair and Dragon robe, and those deep, abyssal eyes that seemed to penetrate people's hearts, it actually left Arrogant Heaven speechless for a moment, and a strange, absurd chill inexplicably arose in his heart.

Like?

This bearing, this gaze that looked down on the World, this matter-of-fact arrogance... it really seemed to be the case.

But this realization only lasted for an instant before being completely drowned out by Arrogant Heaven's ingrained arrogance and the shame and anger of being humiliated.

"Like your head!"

Arrogant Heaven, enraged by shame, completely tore off that bit of false courtesy. His sheathed longsword once again pointed at Lu Jiuyuan, and he cursed: "Old red-haired man! Give you an inch and you'll take a mile!

Dare to act wild in my Sword Worship Villa, today this young Master will let you know what it means to know your place!"

"Take my Severed Meridian Sword Qi!"

Arrogant Heaven roared, his fingers together like a sword, and a dark red Sword Qi burst forth.

Swoosh!

The Sword Qi carried a tragic and resolute meaning, shooting straight at Lu Jiuyuan's heart!

Lu Jiuyuan did not dodge, allowing the Sword Qi to hit his heart, where it was blocked by a Protective Aura.

"Is that all?"

Lu Jiuyuan looked down at the hem of his robe on his chest, which was slightly stirred by the residual Sword Qi, his tone filled with undisguised disappointment.

That dark red Sword Qi struck his protective Protective Aura, failing to even stir a ripple, vanishing into nothingness like a clay ox entering the sea.

Arrogant Heaven's eyes widened, his mouth involuntarily opened, his face filled with disbelief.

His first strike of Severed Meridian Sword Qi, though not at full strength, was enough to split stones, yet it couldn't even break through the opponent's protective Protective Aura? He couldn't even make the opponent move?

"The force is acceptable, the essence is insufficient, and the execution is even crude and unrefined."

Lu Jiuyuan commented as if reviewing a Disciple's homework, his tone flat but every word cutting deep,

"The method of compressing True Qi through the Meridians is too crude. At least three key nodes are not smoothly executed, unnecessarily losing thirty percent of its power while increasing the backlash by fifty percent.

You, in this Severed Meridian Sword Qi, don't even count as having entered the door."