Chapter 549: Hell's Sword Master! Unparalleled Power!

Chapter 549: Hell's Sword Master! Unparalleled Power!

What a stunning scene unfolded before them! Even Bai Hu, with his vast experience, was momentarily overwhelmed by the sheer energy of the countless undead creatures, including the Saint Spirit Rank Supreme Demonic Spirit Sword at the forefront. They all prostrated themselves in an unimaginable display of humility, each in their unique forms, offering the utmost reverence.

And the king they worshipped was none other than the figure who had just awakened from his evolution: Qian Yi!

Qian Yi held a pitch-black Death Sword, his dark gray body seemingly flowing with the purest undead energy, like a paper body imbued with the essence of the dark night monarch.

Even Su Ping couldn't help but blink at the sight of his companion beast.

Was this the same little origami figure he knew? Even a Saint Spirit Rank undead creature couldn't help but submit to him?

That Supreme Demonic Spirit Sword was one of the most feared Saint Spirit Rank beings, even causing Cold Grandpa to be wary.

Su Ping took this opportunity to finally get a good look at the true nature of this creature.

The sword was approximately three meters long, its massive blade curving irregularly, resembling a serpent's evolution. At the junction of the blade and hilt, a blood-red vertical pupil emitted an eerie red light, casting an evil and mysterious aura over the entire sword.

It truly lived up to its name as the Supreme Demonic Spirit Sword.

Despite this, the sword remained reverently subservient.

Su Ping couldn't help but turn his attention back to Qian Yi, activating his Spirit Eye and Soul Contract to examine Qian Yi's evolution:

[Hell's Sword Master (Contracted) (Age: 15 years, 5 months, 17 days)]



[Attributes: Sword, Undead, Death]



[Current Level: Imperial Rank 3]



[Race Potential: Legendary Rank 3]



[Skills: Super Element Heart (Mastery), Super Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body (Mastery), Super Sword Dao Incarnation (Mastery), Golden Spear Technique (Transcendence), Super Death Sword Master (Proficient), Super Death Sword Domain (Beginner), Super Death Mark (Special), King of Origami (Perfect), Sword Techniques Summary.]



Even though Su Ping had prepared himself, he was still taken aback by Qian Yi's advancement, which exceeded all his expectations.

Notably, the race potential alone could be described as 'unheard of.'

If his memory served him right, the Saint Dragon Legend had once mentioned that the race evolution potential of companion beasts was limited to the Saint Spirit Peak.

This was a widely accepted fact among cultivators.

Only by reaching the Saint Spirit Peak, mastering skills to the Transcendence level, and comprehending the corresponding rules could a companion beast break through and achieve the Legendary Rank race potential.

The Half-Legendary Ice Dragon King was a prime example of this.

However, at this moment, Qian Yi, having completed his evolution, had already reached the threshold for promotion to the Legendary Rank.

Su Ping had never witnessed such a situation, except for the special case of the little flame.

And this companion beast was one that Su Ping had cultivated himself, although his contribution was minimal. The most crucial factor was undoubtedly the Death Sword itself! Did this mean that during this evolution, Qian Yi had grasped the rules and powers of levels beyond the Golden Spear Technique, allowing him to transcend the Saint Spirit Peak and reach the Legendary Rank 3 race potential?

Su Ping focused his attention on Qian Yi's streamlined yet extravagantly luxurious racial skills.

The first four skills were self-explanatory, as they were the core skills that Su Ping had personally cultivated in Qian Yi, now fully mastered after his evolution.

[Super Death Sword Master (Proficient): Wielding the Death God's Sword, the Sword Master commands the rules of the Death Sword and is one of the totem symbols representing undead and sword-type companion beasts, possessing an exalted status among them.

Sword Master: The majority of undead, death-aligned, and sword-type companion beasts will be influenced, subconsciously obeying the commands of the Death Sword Master to a certain extent. Among the controlled beasts, they will completely follow the Death Sword Master's orders.

Soul Reaping: All beings slain by the Death Sword can be completely transformed into Sword Souls and absorbed, enhancing the Sword Master's strength and realm without any side effects.

Death: Can freely switch between 'Sword Holder' and 'Divine Sword' forms.

In the Sword Holder form, all sword-related skills will have an additional 'Instant Death' effect from the Death domain.

In the Divine Sword form, the user is immune to all non-superior spatial and mental attacks and skills, absorbing death-aligned and undead attacks. They gain the skills 'Death Sword Aura,' 'Soul of the Sword,' and 'Sword Intent Pressure,' all at the Transcendence level.]

Character Skill!

Su Ping once again saw this skill.

The Wolf King's Majesty, cultivated by Lao Sha, and the Gu King, cultivated using the Five Poison Cauldron, made Su Ping aware of this unique skill, a special ability exclusive to Beast Companions and the most unreasonable skill of the Beast Companions.

However, today, Su Ping saw this skill again, and both the Wolf King's Majesty and the Gu King, compared to this 'Death Sword Master', were not even worthy of carrying his shoes.

This Character Skill not only influences the three major types of Companion Beasts, but also allows them to be controlled.

Undoubtedly, all the Undead shadows that appeared nearby were influenced by this skill.

However, this 'Character Skill' is just one of its effects, and from Su Ping's perspective, it is likely one of the less powerful skills!

What are the other two effects?

The Soul Reaping effect needs no explanation. Killing enemies and absorbing souls to rapidly increase one's realm, if one can keep killing, Qian Yi's realm will quickly rise.

As for the Sword Holder and Divine Sword Forms? The former needs no explanation either. The terror of instant death is the main reason why Death Domain Companion Beasts are most feared.

The latter has already demonstrated invincibility in the current realm, and this is just the minimum requirement.

Su Ping doesn't believe that all attacks in the current realm are completely immune. Could it be that Holy Spirit Rank attacks have no effect?

Of course, there are other attacks that can restrain the Divine Sword Form, but Time and Life Domain abilities seem to have no effect.

Even so, this is terrifying enough.

The former is extremely rare, with few offensive abilities, while the latter has almost no direct attack skills.

Not to mention, in the Divine Sword Form, there are three unrelated skills, and the foundation is already superb. Obviously, this skill is the main reason for unlocking Qian Yi's racial potential.

Is a Mythic Rank evolution material really this overpowered?

Su Ping was filled with doubt and looked at Qian Yi's next skill:

[Super Death Sword Domain: Within the Death Sword, a small world Hidden Realm is formed, which can be summoned at any time for battle, with unimaginable effects.

Sword Grave: All those slain by the Hell Sword Master can be freely transformed into 'Sword Puppets' and 'Sword Ghosts', with their strength weakened based on their strength in life but possessing Death Domain attacks.

Sword Tomb: All sword weapons can be incorporated, with their strength weakened based on their strength in life but possessing all the Sword Master's sword skill types.

Death Sword Domain: All other living beings' energies cannot naturally recover, and when the Hell Sword Master is in the Sword Holder Form, their energy and that of all Sword Puppets and Sword Ghosts within the Death Sword Domain recover infinitely. When the Hell Sword Master is in the Death God Sword Form, all Sword Tomb sword weapons, including himself, gain 'Infinite Teleportation' within the Death Sword Domain.]



(Note: The Death Sword Master can activate Soul Reaping and transform slain enemies into Sword Ghosts.)



Silence.

Su Ping fell silent once again.

For the first time, he suddenly felt that the profession of a Cultivator was not that important.

Sometimes, even with the use of external cheats, the top-tier ultimate skills cultivated may not compare to the racial skills naturally mastered by Companion Beasts after their evolution.

What is all this about?

This Death Sword Domain, from any perspective, is much stronger than the Hall Rank ultimate Undead Domain skill 'Undead Death Domain' that Charles cultivated.

Moreover, it's not just about group enhancement on the battlefield.

It also significantly strengthens Qian Yi's personal power.

Not to mention the transformation of Sword Puppets and Sword Ghosts, which Su Ping has yet to witness, but just the concept of slaying enemies and gaining instant teleportation in the Death Sword Domain in the Sword Form is astonishing.

Su Ping couldn't fathom it.

But now, he doesn't even dare to let Qian Yi spar with familiar Holy Spirit Rank Companion Beasts. He's afraid.

He fears that a careless move might result in his respected predecessor's Holy Spirit Rank Companion Beast being slaughtered.

This is no exaggeration!

However, this did not make Su Ping complacent.

On the contrary, after witnessing Qian Yi's strength, Su Ping understood the true extent of the power of the Death God that Charles spoke of.

Just the weapon he held, or rather, the remnant power of a part of his body, was enough to bring Qian Yi to such heights.

Then, what kind of ultimate existence is the complete Death God?

He didn't know.

In the third super-tier racial skill that Qian Yi obtained, he found further confirmation of his suspicions:

【Super Death Mark (Special): The manifestation of the Death Rule, is death itself. It can observe the 'Death Mark' of any living being, and upon hitting this mark in any way, the being will die irreversibly, regardless of their cultivation realm.】

(Note: This skill is a special skill. As the Death Rule power is not complete, it cannot be enhanced or fully realized.)



This skill, in its simplest effect, gave Su Ping a glimpse of the Death God's proficiency in 'Death'.

Evidently, Su Ping had more reason to suspect that the essence level of this skill, and even its nature, was similar to the 'Southern Brightness Fire' of the Fire God Zhuque.

However, the skill's essence level, even if it wasn't a super-tier skill, was beyond comprehension.

The skill's essence was the Death Sword and the power originally belonging to the Death God's complete mark, which had now become nourishment for the Universal Spirit Codex.

Therefore, unless Qian Yi himself achieved further enlightenment, this skill would remain as it was for his lifetime.

But Su Ping was content.

Truly content.

Although, as an evolved being of this level, having so few racial skills was pitiful. These three skills, however, were worth more than a hundred ordinary skills combined.

Not to mention, there was also the perfect-tier skill that integrated all the traits of the Origami Person:

【King of Origami (Perfect): Ascend with the Origami body, including the paperization of one's own body, absolute status and control over Origami Companion Beasts, and the ability to infuse one's power into other Origami beings, greatly enhancing their Companion Beasts!】

This skill needs no further explanation. Qian Yi's previous paper body manipulation and folding were all integrated into this skill.

Alas, the Origami Person's limit was such, and even with this integration, it didn't evolve into a super-tier skill.

Nevertheless, this wasn't a problem. Su Ping was even more certain that the skill's essence level, and its nature, was akin to the 'Southern Brightness Fire' of the Fire God Zhuque.

However, Qian Yi's state was extremely unique. His soul had merged with the Death Sword, and under the evolution of the Death Sword, his soul power and paper body fused, forming a physical essence that was neither flesh nor matter, yet retained a paper-like quality.

This was also the main reason why Qian Yi could transform into both the Sword Holder and Divine Sword forms with the super-tier racial skill of the Death Sword Master.

Moreover, without the paper-like body, it's likely that even if the Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body hadn't advanced to the Proficiency level, it would be questionable if it could be retained.

Aside from these discoveries, Su Ping soon found the greatest change.

Qian Yi's pre-evolution cultivation, which integrated the Five Elements Heart with the Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body into his body, was also achieved through paper body compression.

Thus, Qian Yi's Five Elements Heart initially only contained the elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

However, after this evolution, Su Ping clearly saw that within the Five Elements Heart, among the elements Qian Yi controlled, there emerged a Death Heart.

This was probably why the Five Elements Heart advanced to the Proficiency level. Understanding this, Su Ping let out a long sigh, then looked at Qian Yi with some bewilderment.

The current Qian Yi was too powerful.

The intensity of this evolution far exceeded his expectations.

For the first time, Su Ping felt a sense of strangeness towards his own Companion Beast.

He was now a bit afraid.

He feared that within the Death Sword, if his soul hadn't detected and completely absorbed the Death God's mark, such a mark might influence Qian Yi,

causing Qian Yi to lose his original self and become another strange 'Death God'.

Amidst Su Ping's worried gaze, Qian Yi seemed to have finally digested the power of his evolution. He looked at all the beings around him, who were all staring back at him.

Especially after the countless undead armies formed a semicircle around him, he paused, then looked at the surrounding black mist and the Tomb of Heaven behind him, finally understanding the situation.

He thought for a moment, then slowly raised the Death Sword in his hand, like an arm's extension, and spoke in a 'cold' voice:

"Wuwah! (Your reverence, I receive it!)"

"Wuwah! (All beings shall sleep eternally, death and night, I shall command!)"

"Wuwah! (Recite my true name 'Qian Yi', and it shall live forever in my Sword Domain!)"

Looking at the dark gray figure, still with its 2D-style face and familiar mental expression, Su Ping put aside all his worries and nodded.

Yes, it was still that little thing.

(End of Chapter)

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