At the top of a mountain, Zhou Wenze, who had a depressed look on his face, met up with his comrade Liu Xiao.
Seeing Zhou Wenze, Liu Xiao immediately said: "Senior Brother Zhou, yesterday, when you left alone to find Lin Hao, I made contact with the spies, and made some plans. But until now, I did not receive any reply, I suspect that the people I had arranged for as well as our spies have all been exposed, and Lin Hao has very likely taken care of them."
Zhou Wenze frowned, he had secretly released two cold arrows yesterday, but not only was there nothing he could do about it, he had also used up two precious talismans in the end to escape Lin Hao's pursuit. Now, hearing Liu Xiao's words, he felt depressed and anxious.
"We have all underestimated Lin Hao's strength. In the Shadow Mountain group, four ghosts have already died in his hands, and with his strength being so strong, he is already on alert. It will be very troublesome to find him now." Zhou Wenze said.
"Then... According to senior brother Zhou's understanding, what should we do now? "
Zhou Wenze did not speak, frowning. His eyes turned, as though he was thinking of a countermeasure.
After a long while, he was still unable to come up with a solution, so he said, "I'll contact Elder Zhu first and see what he can do. Before I return, you must not act rashly again."
"Yes, I'll listen to whatever senior brother Zhou says." Liu Xiao said.
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From the depths of the mountain, a figure walked out from a pitch-black cave.
This person was wearing a long, black robe, and his face was filled with a black aura. It was hard to see his exact appearance.
"Tsk tsk, the five of us fled here. I didn't think that I would be the only one left so quickly."
"This Soul Refining Great Art of mine is about to reach the Grand Perfection realm. I'm still missing a primary soul. It seems that this will be you …"
This person was the eldest among the ghosts of the Shadow Mountain group.
He had the nickname of Old Phantom of The Shadow Mountain.
Although he was currently only at the eighth level of the Elemental Core Stage, he was still in an invincible position against ordinary Tenth Level of Elemental Core Stage warriors. If he were to completely master the Soul Refining Great Art, he would even have the strength to fight against an expert of the Elemental King Stage.
For the next two days, Lin Hao cultivated in a concealed mountain.
At this moment, it was already autumn.
In the depths of the forest, there was a sense of coldness.
Lin Hao sat cross-legged as he meditated. The Sword Element gushed out of the primeval pill and flowed through the meridians. During this process, the energy became more and more condensed bit by bit.
Around his body, were hundreds of Low Grade Primeval Stone that were arranged in a special pattern. The Elemental Energy that were contained within them were surging towards Lin Hao's body, and were quickly being absorbed by his body to be refined into the Sword Element.
The cycle continued.
When a trace of white appeared in the sky, a thought flashed through Chu Feng's mind.
The strength in Lin Hao's body had finally reached the critical point of the current realm. From within the Sword Yuan Jindan, strength erupted as the strong Sword Qi rushed out from his body.
"Buzz!"
A clear sword hum resounded between the heavens and the earth.
In the midst of the Sword Yuan Jindan in Lin Hao's body, four more lines finally appeared. This signified that his cultivation had reached the fourth level of Elemental Core Stage.
His eyes snapped open!
When the Heavenly Marks Sword on top of his knees felt Lin Hao's intentions, it instantly unsheathed itself and flew around in the air for a circle before finally floating in front of Lin Hao.
Lin Hao jumped up and grabbed the Heavenly Marks Sword. In that moment, the entire place was illuminated by the sword light released by the sword in his hand.
Wind Sword Intent, Windy Sword Technique.
Intense Flaming Sword Intent, Bloodfire Sword Skill.
Sword Intent of The Earth, Kun Yue Sword Technique.
As his cultivation realm increased, his comprehension of these three types of sword intents became much stronger. After using several sets of sword moves, Lin Hao's expression remained calm, and his sharp sword returned to its scabbard.
"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!"
Boom!
"Rumble!"
The vegetation and rocks in the area around him were all crushed. Fiery flames burned, and the ground began to crack and crack.
This was the power of the sword intent!
The commotion caused by Lin Hao was extremely huge, so he had done this on purpose.
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A distance away from Lin Hao, Liu Xiao and five other Southern Cold core disciples were originally resting, but they were awakened by this sound.
Liu Xiao looked in the direction the sound came from, and after a while, he immediately gave the order and said: "Let's go and take a look!"
"Senior brother Liu, didn't senior brother Zhou say that before he returns, he must not act rashly …?" A person said.
Liu Xiao's expression turned cold, and said: "Right now, Senior Brother Zhou is not here, so listen to me. Moreover, I am only planning to go and see, if the situation turns out wrong, we will withdraw, could it be that I can't even do this?"
"Senior brother Liu, don't be angry, that's not what I meant …" The guy who was reprimanded by Liu Xiao said in panic.
"Let's go!"
Liu Xiao snorted coldly, then immediately brought the five Southern Cold core disciples and rushed towards the direction of the sound.
Other than Liu Xiao's group, there was also a ball of black aura moving swiftly in the mountain forest.
This black aura was naturally the Old Phantom of The Shadow Mountain that had already come out of seclusion.
He wanted to find the person that killed his four companions and refine their Soul into his cultivation technique's host soul, but he couldn't find any clues in the past two days.
Although he didn't know whether this was the person he was looking for or not, the person who could cause such a commotion was qualified to become the primary soul of his Soul Refining Great Art!
When Old Phantom of The Shadow Mountain used his movement technique, he did not have any form at all, and his speed was extremely fast. Not long after, he arrived at the place where the sound came from, and when his body slowly condensed from the black mist to form a solid form, he looked at the scene before him and could not help but exclaim: "What a pure Sword Qi!"
Although it had been a while since Lin Hao last practiced the sword, the remaining Sword Qi still looked extremely pure, shocking everyone.
The Soul was strong, and had already reached the level of a Elemental King Stage Ranker. The huge Spiritual Force instantly suffused the area, and very quickly, he discovered that there was a faintly discernible Qi moving quickly around his surroundings.
Even with his thick Spiritual Force, he was fundamentally unable to lock onto this moving aura, because this moving speed was simply too fast.
"Since you intentionally released your aura and lured me here, why didn't you dare to come out and fight me in broad daylight!" Old Phantom of The Shadow Mountain shouted in a hoarse voice.
Just as the sound of his voice faded.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in all directions.
Every single figure seemed to be real.
He stabbed out at an extremely fast speed.
The one who had released the sword, was Lin Hao.
The movement skill that he used with the Wind Sword Intent was extremely fast and was hard to fathom. At the same time, he formed several afterimages, and each afterimage carried a real power of attack!
Old Phantom of The Shadow Mountain sneered. Immediately, the surrounding Elemental Energy turned into black mist and started rolling violently.
One afterimage after another of Lin Hao pierced into the black mist with the sharp sword in his hand.