Chapter Fifty-Four: Breakthrough in Battle

  "Kill!"

  Fang Yan let out a loud shout and exerted all his strength to unleash the Phantom Sword Technique, slashing towards the charging water python.

  These six water pythons, whether they are hiding or guarding the spiritual medicine, must fight quickly and decisively, only then will they have a chance to obtain the spiritual medicine at the bottom of the pond.

  Fang Yan understood this truth, and Xia Nian'ou also understood it. The two could be said to have gone all out in killing the enemy.

  "Ding! Congratulations, host's Earth-level sword technique Phantom Sword Manual proficiency +100."

  A cold system prompt sounded in Fang Yan's mind. Fang Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt that the proficiency of the Phantom Sword Technique had increased by 100 points in an instant, which was indeed too fast.

  "Huh, I didn't think that using Phantom Sword Intent with all my might would have such a benefit."

  Originally, Fang Yan was trying to maximize his killing power to behead the water python at the bottom of the pond. As soon as his true energy was exhausted, he immediately used the Hui Yuan Dan to recover the lost true energy. This Hui Yuan Dan can restore the consumed true yuan of a Xiantian realm expert, which is several times better than the Huixi Dan. Fang Yan could freely squander his body's true energy, and unexpectedly, the proficiency of his Phantom Sword increased so quickly when he exerted himself fully.

  "In that case, from now on I must think of a way to obtain more medicinal pellets that can restore my true energy. This way, I can increase the proficiency of the Phantom Sword Technique as much as possible. A proficiency of 100 million is not impossible to achieve." Fang Yan's eyes lit up, having seen a method to speed up his cultivation, and the sword in his hand became even more agile.

  "Hum!"

  The water snake was constantly being killed by Fang Yan and Xia Nian, until the last five-stage water snake finally showed a fearful color, let out a scream, and dove towards the bottom of the pool.

  "Beast, where are you escaping to?" Xia Meiling and Fang Yanfeng angrily shouted in unison as they chased after the water python that was fleeing towards the bottom of the pond.

  "Fang Yan, be careful, the sixth-order water python is out." Just as they approached the bottom of the pool, the fifth-order water python suddenly launched a surprise attack, stirring up a whirlpool that shot towards Fang Yan and Xia Rongxiang. Xia Rongxiang activated her magic tool, Purple Brocade, to meet it head-on, but saw a pair of icy pupils devoid of any emotion, staring fixedly at them, and immediately warned Fang Yan.

  This sixth-stage Water Python is equivalent to a top-notch master of the Later Heaven stage. If Fang Yan isn't careful, one swipe of its tail could suck him to death.

  The sixth-order water python twisted its massive body, slowly pressing towards Xia Nianxiang. At this moment, it was extremely enraged, and after a period of time, the spiritual medicine it guarded would mature, and once it swallowed it, it could smoothly break through to the seventh order, reaching a new height. Unexpectedly, it was ruined by these two insignificant humans in front of it. It was extremely enraged at this moment, wanting to tear the two intruders into pieces.

  As soon as the six-stage water python approached Xia Meiling, a huge water dragon as thick as a water tank roared and pounced on Xia Meiling with its teeth and claws, its giant tail swung wildly, stirring up even bigger waves.

  In the water, this water snake's speed was incredibly fast, opening its bloody big mouth to bite towards Xia Nianyu, and in an instant, one person and one snake were fiercely fighting together. At this moment, the injured fifth-order water snake had confronted Fang Yan.

  Wu Jie thought of the powerful masters in the late stages of the Violent Qi Realm, and Fang Yan had only cultivated his Qi to the eighth layer. The difference in strength was not small, and if it were usual times, he really wouldn't dare to confront this fifth-stage Water Python. But at this moment, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and go up against it.

  Fortunately, Fang Yan had a Huan Yuan Dan, so he didn't have to worry about the consumption of his internal Qi, and could freely display his Phantom Sword Technique.

  At first, Xia Nianyao still had some worries about Fang Yan, worried that he was not a match for the fifth-order water python. Unexpectedly, when she turned her head back, she saw Fang Yan fighting it with equal strength, and her hanging heart suddenly relaxed, then she began to focus on the enemy.

  "Ding! Congratulations, host's Earth-level sword skill Phantom Sword proficiency +100."

  "Ding! Congratulations, host's Earth-level sword skill Phantom Sword proficiency +200."

  ……

  Fang Yan wholeheartedly unleashed the Phantom Sword Technique, and the fifth-stage water python couldn't get close to him. Because he was overexerting himself in the heat of battle, the pressure he endured was extremely great. Although the phantom sword was powerful, the water dragon attack from the python was between tangible and intangible, and a portion of its force always landed on his body. If not for him constantly activating the repair system to heal his wounds, he would have been killed by the python's water dragon attack long ago.

  The extremely sharp spirit soldier blood blade, although sharp, is only made from the third-tier Blood Blade Mantis. Its sharpness can barely break through the defense of a fifth-tier Water Boa, and it doesn't have enough sustained power to continue causing damage.

  Fang Yan couldn't recreate the water python, apart from his own cultivation not being strong enough, there was another point - the Phantom Sword Technique had a total of nine styles. Currently, he could only freely wield the first style, Phantom Slash. The Phantom Sword Technique was said to have nine moves, but in reality, it only had one move. This was because the first style could create nine sword shadows that were like real substances. If you said they were real, then they were fake; if you said they were fake, then they were real. The second style could create eighteen sword shadows that were like real substances. The further back it went, the more sword shadows would be created. By the ninth style, two thousand three hundred and four sword shadows could be created. At that time, the speed of drawing the sword had already reached a terrifying realm. And the key to cultivating this technique was a single word - "phantom". It was about being vague and real at the same time, confusing the enemy, and then striking them with a fatal blow when they least expected it.

  "Ding, congratulations to the host for reaching a proficiency of +100 in the Earth-level sword technique Phantom Sword, entering the beginner's stage. 89,950 points are still needed to reach the next stage."

  Fang Yan was in the midst of a fierce battle when, suddenly, a cold system prompt sounded in his mind. The Earth-level sword technique, Phantom Sword Manual, had reached the threshold of entering the beginner's realm.

  "Hmmph!"

  The blood blade in Fang Yan's hand trembled slightly, and the sword shadow appeared, suddenly increasing to eighteen paths. The speed of drawing the sword was doubled in an instant. With a "pu" sound, the eighteen sword shadows stabbed into the wound of the fifth-order water python at the same time. The sword energy destroyed the python's body tissue. This fifth-order water python was screaming and twisting its massive body at the bottom of the pool, and the pool was even more turbulent with huge waves, and heavy rain was pouring down around it.

  "It's broken through, and this breakthrough has come at just the right time." Feeling the power of Phantom Slash increase directly by a factor of two, Fang Yan couldn't help but want to let out three cheers as the same strength easily tore open the defenses of the fifth-stage Water Python.

  The five-stage water python was already injured by Xia Nianxiang, and now it's even more severely wounded. As it looked at Fang Yan, its eyes revealed a hint of fear, for this seemingly insignificant human had already posed a threat to it.

  "Get out of here, you beast!"

  The Phantom Sword Technique has entered the realm of the beginner's path, and its power has increased a lot. However, the consumption is also rising with it. Just now, his internal Qi was completely depleted from that one strike. Fang Yan had no choice but to take another Rebirth Pill to recover his depleted Qi. After three breaths, Fang Yan's Qi was fully restored. With a loud shout, he charged at the fifth-stage Water Python once again.

  "Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully leveled up and killed an enemy, earning 100 merit points."

  "Ding! Congratulations, host's Earth-level sword skill Phantom Sword proficiency +500."

  A fierce flame of energy, followed by a series of swift and deadly Phantom Slashes, quickly beheaded the heavily injured fifth-stage Water Python. Next, the cold system prompt echoed repeatedly in Fang Yan's mind.