Versatile Sword Cultivator

Facing Jiang Guimian's relentless assault, Lin Jichen frowned slightly and used Phantom Step to dodge, then turned back with a swift sword strike.

But Jiang Guimian also vanished again. In the next second, in the shadows, sword and dagger clashed once more, sparks flying.

Lin Jichen didn't want to waste any more time. While engaging Jiang Guimian with his sword, he secretly channeled mana into his left arm.

By the time Jiang Guimian realized what was happening, Lin Jichen had already activated his Ultimate Technique!

Shattered Sky Demon Seal Palm!

[-12445! Curse effect triggered!]

Bang!

Jiang Guimian screamed as he was sent flying. Lin Jichen seized the opportunity and unleashed the Frost Moon Slash, which had just come off cooldown!

Unfortunately, it didn't trigger the Frozen effect again.

However, Jiang Guimian was still slowed. Lin Jichen flew forward, slashing continuously with his sword.

Jiang Guimian's health bar kept dropping.

Regaining his senses from the severe injury, Jiang Guimian gritted his teeth and threw his dagger with all his might.

"Whirlwind Dance!"

The dagger transformed into streaks of lightning, like a swarm of Thunder Snakes, rapidly converging on Lin Jichen!

For a moment, Lin Jichen was entangled by the Thunder Snakes, unable to focus on anything else, forced to dodge and slash them away.

Meanwhile, Jiang Guimian, heavily injured and barely standing, stubbornly remained in place.

He clasped his hands together, chanting an incantation under his breath.

In the next moment, Jiang Guimian's body began to turn into mist. With his eyes tightly shut, he suddenly opened them, locking his gaze on Lin Jichen.

Then, Jiang Guimian disappeared.

Lin Jichen, still dodging, suddenly felt something lurking in the shadows, his heart tensed.

Suddenly!

A dagger emerged from the void, stabbing into his shoulder.

[-4566!]

Lin Jichen immediately dodged to avoid further damage.

But there was no trace of the attacker around.

In the next instant, another dagger appeared in front of his chest, without any warning, leaving no time to react.

[Critical Hit! -8215!]

Lin Jichen seemed to realize something and stopped dodging, standing still like a meditating monk.

Suddenly, a dagger appeared again, this time aiming directly at Lin Jichen's neck!

At that moment, a layer of lightning shield appeared around Lin Jichen!

"Armor of Thunder!"

The dagger was deflected, and a muffled grunt came from the shadows as Jiang Guimian fell out of the void.

Just then, Lin Jichen heard the system's notification.

[Eye of Insight triggered successfully! Learned Earth Grade Ultimate Technique: Fatal Inferno Strike!]

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[Earth Grade Ultimate Technique: Fatal Inferno Strike]: Can be triggered when health is below 50%, after a 3-second chant, the user merges with the void, becoming invisible and invincible. After locking onto a target, the user can attack freely within 10 seconds, each attack dealing 3000 base skill damage. If the user takes damage during this period, the invincible state ends prematurely.

Cooldown: 2 days, Mana Cost: 11000 points.

The long-awaited Eye of Insight finally triggered again, and Lin Jichen didn't expect to learn an Earth Grade Ultimate Technique.

Lin Jichen didn't expect his luck to be this good.

Jiang Guimian's move was fortunately interrupted by the backlash from Lin Jichen's Armor of Thunder, ending it prematurely.

Otherwise, given ten seconds, Jiang Guimian could have easily drained tens of thousands of his health.

With Jiang Guimian's tricks exhausted, he was no match for Lin Jichen.

Under Lin Jichen's relentless assault, Jiang Guimian finally fell under the Qingming Sword, leaving behind only a Soul Burial Mound.

Not long after Jiang Guimian's death, Jiang Luoyu and the others had also cleared all the guards on the first floor of the prison.

The summoned undead squad from the Soul Summoning Technique had also reached its cooldown and disappeared.

The first floor of the prison was left with nothing but Soul Burial Mounds scattered everywhere.

Everyone was exhausted, their mana depleted.

Lin Jichen told everyone to rest and take potions. Once everyone was fully recovered, they began collecting the Soul Burial Mounds.

There were so many Soul Burial Mounds that the ordinary ones were left for everyone to collect together, while the elite and boss ones were left for Lin Jichen and Shi Xiyue, the Lucky Ones.

Lin Jichen headed straight for Jiang Guimian's Soul Burial Mound.

Bosses in the Gathering Spirit Realm usually had good loot.

The evil demons he had killed in the Hundred Thousand Mountains before had dropped a lot of good stuff.

But that was the first kill of a Gathering Spirit Realm boss, so the loot was abundant.

This one was likely to be a bit less rewarding.

Lin Jichen opened the Soul Burial Mound, revealing a dazzling array of items.

Over twenty medium-grade spirit stones, more than two thousand low-grade spirit stones.

The most eye-catching was a golden dagger.

[Earth Grade Weapon: Dragon Fang Blade]: Strength +95, Critical Hit +85, attacks have an Armor Break effect, reducing the opponent's armor by 1% per successful hit, up to a maximum of 50%.

[Star Absorption]: Steals 10% of the opponent's strength for 1 minute, cooldown 30 minutes.

[Breaking Strike]: Hitting the opponent's weak spot causes additional damage, no cooldown.

[Whirlwind Dance]: Throws the dagger, transforming it into 13 Thunder Snakes that bite the opponent, each dealing 1000 fixed damage. The Thunder Snakes are nullified upon being hit, cooldown 2 hours.

Requirement: Golden Core Realm or higher dagger-wielding players.

What a treasure!

Lin Jichen couldn't help but praise the dagger after examining it.

No wonder it's of golden quality, though he couldn't use it himself.

Selling this dagger would definitely cause a sensation online.

Any dagger-wielder who got their hands on it would see a significant boost in strength.

Looking at the other loot.

Aside from the golden Earth Grade weapon, there wasn't much that caught Lin Jichen's eye.

There was, however, an Earth Grade gem that was quite decent.

[Earth Grade Gem: Stone of Resistance]: Increases defense by 20 points when embedded in equipment, with an additional 5% resistance effect.

Lin Jichen stored the equipment in his Secret Realm space.

Noticing the dagger, the others were also amazed.

But no one wanted to claim it.

After all, the dagger was obtained by Lin Jichen defeating Jiang Guimian alone, and no one felt right asking for it.

Besides, there were no dagger-wielding players among them, and even if there were, they wouldn't dare ask.

The group collected all the Soul Burial Mounds, filling the Secret Realm space with various weapons, armor, and other items.

Clearing this Secret Realm would be a huge gain.

Unlike other Secret Realms, this one had no realm restrictions but did have a limit on the number of attempts, making it a rare opportunity.

Lin Jichen was determined to get the Dragon Fang Blade and clear the level today!

After collecting the Soul Burial Mounds, everyone had recovered, and they found many prison keys among the loot.

Lin Jichen and the group opened all the cells on the first floor, leading the cultivators inside to the second floor of the prison.

At this moment, Niu Naitang looked distressed and said to Lin Jichen, "Brother Lin, Auntie is back. She says I have to take a bath and go to bed..."

Lin Jichen couldn't help but laugh at her words and said, "It's okay, don't worry. I'll talk to your Auntie."

"Okay, okay. Tomorrow is Saturday, and I don't want to sleep. Besides, I can sleep in the gaming pod." Niu Naitang, like grabbing a lifeline, pleaded with Lin Jichen to convince her Auntie.

This scene was like a child asking their grandparents for help to play games...

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