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Chapter 529: Chapter 311: Reputation

Li Yuanba was stunned. To tell the truth, he had immense respect for his opponent, which is why he had not held back at all when he executed the Xingyi Sword; he truly gave it his all.

But the fact that the Red-eyed Blood Demon had been slain without even taking a single hit was something he couldn’t accept.

The Xingyi Sword made a turn in the air and flew back to his side, gently swaying its blade.

At this moment, the cultivators observing around the battlefield were still stunned by the Sword Intent radiated by the Xingyi Sword, and it took a full tea time before the cultivators recovered.

Watching the corpse of the Red-eyed Blood Demon and Li Yuanba collecting the spoils of war, the cultivators were shocked once again.

The saying goes, seeing is believing, and no matter how much Li Yuanba’s strength was described in rumors, it was nothing compared to witnessing his combat process firsthand.

Although the Red-eyed Blood Demon was not a Golden Core cultivator from the Senluo Sect, he came from a mid-sized sect and his reputation among Loose Cultivators was extremely prominent.

He sought out Li Yuanba for a duel to let his own reputation reach major sects like Senluo Sect, and perhaps it could serve as an opportunity to attract the attention of Senluo Sect and thus defect to them.

But what he never expected was that he wouldn’t be able to take even a single sword strike from Li Yuanba, and his duel turned into a joke.

Of course, the capabilities of the Red-eyed Blood Demon were actually quite good. It’s just that he had the misfortune of encountering Li Yuanba.

With the Third Grade Fierce Ghost in his Ghost Banner Treasure, most Golden Core cultivators who had no means to deal with it would be unable to defeat him.

But Li Yuanba’s Supreme Yang Sword Intent was simply too unique, an absolute nemesis for Devil Cultivators.

The Third Grade Fierce Ghost, upon sensing the Supreme Yang Sword Intent contained within the Xingyi Sword, didn’t even have the courage to fight.

This was partly because the Red-eyed Blood Demon himself didn’t have sufficient control over the Third Grade Fierce Ghost; with the realm of Golden Core Early Stage, controlling a Third Grade Fierce Ghost was quite strenuous.

It didn’t seem like a big issue usually, but in times of danger, this shortfall could be fatal.

If the Red-eyed Blood Demon had been able to summon the Third Grade Fierce Ghost, even if the Fierce Ghost couldn’t last long under the Supreme Yang Sword Intent, it would have been better than being killed on the spot.

As long as the Third Grade Fierce Ghost could hold out for a moment, the Red-eyed Blood Demon could have conceded the duel.

In such duels, voluntary concession usually meant that it wouldn’t lead to a fight to the death.

Li Yuanba was also helpless. He didn’t intend to kill the Red-eyed Blood Demon, but he had always fought against extremely strong cultivators, and who could have expected that he would encounter a Golden Core cultivator who couldn’t even withstand a single strike?

And yet this Golden Core cultivator was so confident, confident to the point that Li Yuanba had to strike with all his might.

Shaking his head, Li Yuanba paid no attention to the cultivators watching around. He took the Red-eyed Blood Demon’s storage bracelet and the Ghost Banner Treasure, then turned and headed back to the Jieshan City Guardian Mansion.

As for the corpse of the Red-eyed Blood Demon, his attack had been a bit too harsh, with the Supreme Yang Sword Intent causing severe damage to the corpse, especially since the remaining Supreme Yang Sword Intent continued to erode it, rendering it unusable even as materials for Corpse Refining, let alone being refined into a Silver Corpse.

Back at the Guardian Mansion, Li Yuanba curiously examined the Ghost Banner Treasure. As for the storage bracelet of the Red-eyed Blood Demon, he lost interest after a sweep of his Divine Thought.

The likelihood of finding any Spiritual Objects that might catch his eye in the space belongings of a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator not from a major sect was almost negligibly small.

The only thing that sparked a bit of research interest in him was the Red-eyed Blood Demon’s life-bound Ghost Banner Treasure.

Unfortunately, that life-bound Ghost Banner Treasure had greatly lost its Spirit, and even if re-cultivated, it could at most exert half of its power.

Fortunately, the power of the life-bound Ghost Banner Treasure itself wasn’t the most important; it was the Third Grade Fierce Ghost within that was the main combat force.

When Li Yuanba’s Divine Thought entered the life-bound Ghost Banner Treasure, he sensed the Third Grade Fierce Ghost.

A formidable Third Grade Fierce Ghost, in front of which even an ordinary Golden Core cultivator without targeted spiritual attack methods would have to flee, was now trembling under Li Yuanba’s Divine Thought.

Sword Intent was inherently the nemesis of all techniques, not to mention the Sword Intent carrying Supreme Yang, which naturally repressed the Third Grade Fierce Ghost.

“You sure have quite the spirit,” said Li Yuanba with a laugh, sensing the emotions of the Third Grade Fierce Ghost.

Corpse Refining, Fierce Ghosts, and ghosts generally lacked high Wisdom, much like Li Yuanba’s Silver Corpse General, which, despite being a Silver Corpse, only had the Wisdom of a child.

Furthermore, because the Silver Corpse General mostly loved to sleep, it seemed more like a combat machine than a living being.

However, this Fierce Ghost, being of the same tier as the Silver Corpse General, clearly had significantly more spirit.

If it hadn’t been for its much higher spirit, perhaps it would have obeyed the Red-eyed Blood Demon’s command to fight in the previous battle.

This spirit could sometimes be beneficial, but it could also lead to errors. A fighting machine with its own emotions would naturally consider its own safety.

Li Yuanba took a liking to this Third Grade Fierce Ghost, but it wasn’t because he wanted it for himself; having such a thing by his side could be disastrous if his Supreme Yang Sword Intent were to sweep over it inadvertently, likely resulting in certain death.

He thought of a Cultivation Technique in the Senluo Sect that allowed the use of soul bodies like Fierce Ghosts and ghosts to control other beings’ bodies, thereby exhibiting a certain combat capability.

It was most commonly used to combine soul bodies with Refining Corpses for combat, significantly enhancing their fighting ability.