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"You spent 20 million experience points to master the third level of [Heart Sword]—Sword of Ghost Essence (First Refinement)!"

In the next moment, the soul flame, far hotter than before, flared up with a crackling sound.

The raging fire rose, its temperature terrifying.

Yet the two small swords, Fetal Light and Refreshing Spirit, remained unscathed within.

At this moment, a hazy shadow appeared beside the two heart swords, continuously solidifying, gradually transforming into a physical form.

Clang, clang, clang!

The sound of forging rose timely, the brilliance shrouding the shadow.

Before long, the clanging sound disappeared, and the hazy shadow brightened.

It was a crystal-clear glass-like small sword, with a single Taoist pattern on its blade.

Lu Qingshan was not satisfied and continued to elevate it.

"You spent 20 million experience points, [Heart Sword]—Sword of Ghost Essence, upgraded to Second Refinement!"

"You spent 20 million experience points, [Heart Sword]—Sword of Ghost Essence, upgraded to Third Refinement!"

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"You spent 20 million experience points, [Heart Sword]—Sword of Ghost Essence, upgraded to Nine Refinements!"

With a total expenditure of 180 million experience points, Lu Qingshan finally cultivated the Primordial Spirit attack technique taught by Xia Daoyun to the Great Perfection Realm.

Three crystal-clear small swords were suspended side by side in the soul flame, their power hidden and unimaginably strong.

Lu Qingshan suddenly opened his eyes.

Mo Yan instinctively looked at Lu Qingshan, then his face changed suddenly.

Because Lu Qingshan's eyes were terrifyingly bright at this moment.

When he looked into Lu Qingshan's eyes, it was like gazing into a deep world with no end in sight.

And in Lu Qingshan's eyes, everything around him appeared different.

The essence of life hadn't changed, but everything seemed a hundred times more colorful.

He was radiant, with an ethereal and agile temperament, an invisible massive aura uncontrollably emanated from him.

Is this the Primordial Spirit of the late Soul Realm?

Lu Qingshan was slightly dazed.

"Congratulations, Brother Lu, for another advancement in cultivation," Mo Yan said from the other side.

His heart was full of admiration.

Is there a stronger young cultivator than Lu Qingshan in the world today? At just twenty-three, he is already this formidable, truly extraordinary beyond history.

......

"How much time has passed?" Lu Qingshan asked.

"Less than fifteen minutes," Mo Yan replied.

"Only fifteen minutes?" Lu Qingshan murmured, but with the breakthrough of his Primordial Spirit to the late Soul Realm, an extremely daring thought emerged in his mind.

With the Primordial Spirit of the late Soul Realm, under intentional concealing, demonic cultivators below the Eighth Grade would find it hard to detect.

"In that case, the Demon Race reinforcements should still be on their way. Why don't we make another big move..." he said, exuding a dangerous aura.

"What do you mean, Brother Lu?" Mo Yan was suddenly shocked.

Lu Qingshan smiled mysteriously and elaborated on his plan.

....

Half an hour after Mo Yan used the Netherfire Lotus to bombard Mountain Guard City, a powerful presence rapidly approached from the northern sky, with demonic qi rolling.

The presence first circled over Mountain Guard City, now a giant crater, before slowly descending, carefully inspecting the scene.

However, under Mo Yan's Netherfire bombardment, everything had long turned to ash, gone without a trace; what could he possibly find?

After circling meticulously without any gain, the owner of the presence let out an angry low growl, then silently stood in place, eyes closed, not speaking a word.

Shortly after this presence arrived, several powerful presences flew in from different directions one after another.

In the next hour, the influx of people reached its peak.

Demonic cultivators continuously came from all directions.

In the end, nearly a hundred powerful presences gathered above the ruins of Mountain Guard City.

"Is there any useful information?" The presence emitting the strongest aura, the Demon Lord Tiger Yue, asked.

"Everything has turned to ash, but according to the distress message previously sent from Mountain Guard City, it was an extremely young human sword cultivator who attacked the city," a later arriving demonic cultivator responded respectfully.

"A human sword cultivator...." Demon Lord Tiger Yue muttered, then raged, pointing at the charred ground and questioning, "You're telling me a sword cultivator did this?"

The responding demonic cultivator felt a bit embarrassed, and could only awkwardly say, "It seems he had other companions...."

"Who dared to be so audacious, causing trouble in our territory?" another demonic cultivator murmured.

"Whoever it is, just find him and kill him!"

"I've already notified the demonic cultivators of various domains to take action, stay vigilant, watch for suspicious individuals, and deploy search troops to encircle from Mountain Guard City as the center."

"As for you all... don't idle around, take action.

We came from different directions, yet none encountered the attacker, implying he hasn't run far. We should coordinate with the search troops, spreading outwards!" Demon Lord Tiger Yue commanded.

After a brief exchange, these nearly hundred presences floated into the air, transforming into meteors, flying in different directions.

In the Demon Occupied Zone, the incident of a human cultivator raiding a city and committing mass slaughter would not be easily overlooked by the Demon Race.

Their resolve was firm, determined to find out the attacker.

Hence, they made great efforts, alarmed at the slightest noise, deploying countless low-grade demonic cultivators in the hunt for Lu Qingshan and Mo Yan, digging three feet into the ground to find them.