Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 538: 538 The True Origin of Jin Wuli

”Damned humans, you underestimate me too much!”

Jin Wuli, in his Golden Blade form, saw Yun Xiao wielding a mere wooden sword to counter him at such a critical juncture of life and death. In his unseen eyes, a flash of anger and disdain swept through.

This Jin Wuli was no ordinary being; his Golden Blade form was probably far stronger than some Earth Rank Low Level weapons, and the sharpness was extraordinary compared to typical weapons.

Jin Wuli was extremely confident. Even if the opponent indeed held an Earth Rank Low Level weapon, under the strike of his Golden Blade, it would likely snap into two instantly—let alone this nonsensical wooden sword.

However, at this moment, although Jin Wuli felt something unusual, he did not pause his actions. Thus, the next instant, his Golden Blade collided violently with that wooden sword.

Snap!

A light sound came from the arena, and everyone who thought Yun Xiao’s wooden sword would break upon impact believed this sound was the wooden sword being sliced by the Golden Blade.

However, when the crowd focused and looked again, their eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. Because what unfolded between the blade and sword was completely contrary to what they expected--in fact, the exact opposite.

For it wasn’t the seemingly toy wooden sword that broke, but the golden great blade formed by Jin Wuli’s body. Between them, there wasn’t even a moment of deadlock; it seemed that at the very moment of contact, the Golden Blade had been severed into two pieces.

Nobody doubted the power of Jin Wuli’s transformed Golden Blade; it likely was even stronger than some ordinary Earth Rank Low Level weapons.

Yet such a formidable blade was unable to withstand a single strike from the ordinary wooden sword. What on earth was going on? Everyone was dumbstruck; they could no longer view it as just a common weapon.

Jokingly, something that could silently cut through something comparable to an Earth Rank Low Level weapon could easily be imagined how sharp that wooden sword was.

Initially thought to be just a casual sword that Yun Xiao carried on his back, it now erupted with such astonishing power, impressing everyone tremendously with its strike.

This included some tycoons from the Tenglong Continent, whose eyes heated up when looking at that wooden sword because such a Supreme Divine Weapon was perhaps rare even across the Tenglong Continent.

The power of the Dragon Taming Sword, displaying for the first time in front of so many, and its charm bloomed at this moment to its peak, dazzling everyone. An unremarkable wooden sword seemed to even start shimmering with golden light.

On the stage, Yun Xiao didn’t harbor many thoughts since he already knew this would be the outcome. No matter how strong or sharp Jin Wuli’s Golden Blade was, he held the Dragon Taming Sword in his hand.

Able to control even the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon, let alone a mere Strange Spirit from the Hidden Dragon Continent. This result was within Yun Xiao’s expectations.

Bang!

As Yun Xiao slowly withdrew the Dragon Taming Sword, a loud sound finally came. At this moment, everyone saw clearly that falling from the air was Jin Wuli’s human form.

Except now, Jin Wuli looked somewhat miserable, for from his waist down, both legs had been severed by Yun Xiao’s Dragon Taming Sword, leaving only half a body lying in a pool of blood, seemingly on the verge of passing.

It seemed that Yun Xiao’s use of the Dragon Taming Sword to sever the Golden Blade had forced Jin Wuli to reveal his true form. Naturally, his transformed human body had suffered the consequences.

However, at this moment, Yun Xiao was closely watching the fallen legs because he knew that ordinary Strange Spirits possessed methods to reconstitute their bodies. Simply dividing their bodies might not be a significant issue.

”Eh? What’s going on?”

But as time passed, the severed legs remained utterly still, with only Jin Wuli’s half-body trembling slightly, breathing weakly as if he might die at any moment.

Seeing this scene, the fleeting thought in Yun Xiao’s mind resurfaced, and he gazed at Jin Wuli’s half-body, softly asking, ”This body, shouldn’t it belong to some human rather than being that of a Strange Spirit?”

As Yun Xiao spoke, his voice was somewhat low, yet clearly heard by some, especially Qian Sanyuan, who flickered a trace of confusion in his eyes.

Jin Wuli had clearly transformed into a Golden Blade, a genuine Strange Spirit without a doubt, yet now why did Yun Xiao claim his body belonged to a human? Wasn’t that contradictory?

However, at this time, Qian Sanyuan did not speak up, and he vaguely felt that the reason for his failed inspection of Jin Wuli yesterday might soon come to light.

On the platform, upon hearing Yun Xiao speak, Jin Wuli, either due to severe injuries or because he was unwilling to speak after being defeated, remained silent for a long time.

”Yun Xiao, you are indeed very clever. Since you have already guessed, there is no need for me to hide it from you anymore!”

Just when everyone thought Jin Wuli might die right there, his low voice suddenly emanated from the platform, making everyone prick up their ears—they were all eager to know the truth.

Whoosh!

Jin Wuli weakly extended his right hand, swiped over his blood-soaked Waist Storage, and a golden, shimmering broadsword materialized in his hand.

Clearly seen by the audience, this golden broadsword was precisely the low-level Earth Rank weapon Jin Wuli used yesterday to defend himself. However, they did not understand why Jin Wuli would again bring out this broadsword at this moment—what exactly did he want to do?

Could it be that even at the brink of death, he still wanted to deny his identity as a Strange Spirit? But under these circumstances, who would believe him?

Perhaps only Yun Xiao, standing on the platform, knew that Jin Wuli bringing out this Golden Blade wasn’t to defend himself; rather, he had a much deeper purpose.

”If I’m not mistaken, this Golden Blade should be the true form of your Strange Spirit, right?”

Yun Xiao stared at Jin Wuli’s slightly gloomy and desolate face and finally spoke these words, making all the surrounding cultivators show an incredulous expression.

Hearing Yun Xiao speak, a sudden burst of strength emerged in Jin Wuli as he abruptly raised his head to look at Yun Xiao, eventually deflating in spirit and resignedly said, ”It seems, you have already guessed my origin.”

”Yes, this Golden Blade is indeed my true form, while this human body was my creator!”

Suddenly hearing these two statements from Jin Wuli, the audience was struck as if by a bolt from the blue, unable to snap back to reality for a long time because the causality behind it was incredibly bizarre.

Even the leaders of the Tenglong Continent like Qian Sanyuan had never heard of such an extraordinary event, where a Strange Spirit and a human could coexist as one.

”It seems that your master perished while crafting you, then after countless years of evolution, you, this Golden Blade, managed to cultivate a trace of Spiritual Wisdom, and this wispy intelligence directly seized your master’s body—resulting in the flesh and bones turning into what it is now!”

Yun Xiao’s soul comes from Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, and his knowledge is incomparable even to people like Qian Sanyuan and Meng Liyang. Therefore, following up on Jin Wuli’s words, he revealed a bizarre truth.

As far as Yun Xiao knows, all things in this world can potentially cultivate Spiritual Wisdom over time, and these intelligences are uniquely varied.

Yun Xiao once encountered in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud a Meridian Refining Master who had reached the Peak of the High-level Saint Rank, who spent his life crafting a Supreme Divine Weapon of Saint Rank.

And in that instant when the Supreme Divine Weapon of Saint Rank faced calamity and became a true artifact, it evolved a trace of Spiritual Wisdom and took advantage of the Artifact Refiner’s vulnerable moment to seize his body.

Therefore, the acquisition of a human body by a Strange Spirit’s Spiritual Wisdom in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud is not an unusual event. Such a Strange Spirit can not only disguise itself as a human to evade detection but can also transform into a Strange Spirit form to employ even more bizarre and powerful combat methods.

But the Strange Spirit that initially seized the body of the Artifact Refiner was eventually killed under the forces led by the Long Xiao Battle God, and it didn’t manage to cause much tumult.

Having these memories allowed Yun Xiao to quickly deduce Jin Wuli’s origin, for the formation of Strange Spirits does not discriminate between high and low ranks. As for how a low-level Earth Rank Golden Blade cultivated Spiritual Wisdom—that he could not ascertain.

This Jin Wuli, whose circumstances of possession by the weapon Spirit of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud slightly differ as Jin Wuli seized the body of a person dead for many years.

Perhaps it was due to some inherent connection formed during the crafting process that after possessing the body, Jin Wuli could regenerate the original owner’s flesh and skin – only now the intelligence was no longer that of the Artifact Refiner.

This is also why Qian Sanyuan, even having personally examined him yesterday, couldn’t discern the true nature of Jin Wuli; because the body fundamentally belonged to a human, and even if rebirthed with flesh, Jin Wuli could disguise and follow his master’s life path once more.

It could be said that if not for Yun Xiao, even a Heavenly Rank Pulse Refining Master coming in person might not be able to expose Jin Wuli’s true identity, because this is an extremely rare special Strange Spirit in Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.

”You are indeed... very clever!”

As Jin Wuli listened to Yun Xiao’s articulate speech, his hand gently caressed the Golden Blade. It was unclear who the true master was—the human body or the Golden Blade.

After a long while, in the silent plaza of Baiyue City, no one made a sound. But on the platform, Jin Wuli had unexpectedly already breathed his last.