In the depths of the Chaotic Abyss of War, many mountains pierced through the clouds like sharp blades. Not a single blade of grass grew on many of these mountains, and there were even scars of war that could not be erased even after countless years.
In this vast land of war, a bleak wind blew continuously. There was not a single trace of life or vitality. Occasionally, a few incomplete skeletons and broken weapons could be seen.
In this vast land, a vigorous figure was walking in the air among the rubble. He looked very confident and agile.
This young man was none other than Ling Xiao, who was traveling alone.
"I've already flown for five days, but I haven't even seen a shadow. Where am I supposed to find an Emperor Pill?" Ling Xiao muttered to himself.
After Ling Xiao absorbed a large amount of top grade blood crystals, he flew for five days. Other than a desolate landscape, he did not encounter anything. He did not even see a single insect. He also did not see any Earth Emperor Sects that had entered the Chaotic Abyss of War. This made him feel like he was about to die from boredom.
"Eh, what is that?" Ling Xiao saw a silver flash and immediately paid attention to it.
Ever since he accidentally obtained a top grade blood crystal a few days ago, Ling Xiao paid special attention to every place in this place. He had the thought that he had gotten lucky again and hoped to obtain some benefits.
He landed where the silver light was and discovered that it was actually a broken weapon.
Ling Xiao picked it up from the ground with one hand. It was a broken silver saber, and the thing that was shining was a silver bead embedded in the hilt of the saber.
Ling Xiao did not feel any spiritual energy fluctuations when he grabbed the saber, and the beast core embedded inside had already lost its luster. It was obvious that it had already lost its energy.
"Looks like it can't be any more useless." Ling Xiao shook his head in disappointment. Just as he was about to throw the saber away, he felt that the silver bead seemed to be emitting a slight warmth. It coldly pierced into Ling Xiao's palm.
Ling Xiao stared blankly for a moment, then looked at the bead that didn't look very special, "Could it be that this isn't an ordinary item?"
He hesitated for a moment before deciding to dig out the silver bead. Holding the bead in his hand, he felt nothing special.
"What kind of bead is this? It actually has some energy?" Ling Xiao murmured as he looked at the bead in his hand.
Ling Xiao played with it a few times but did not find anything special. He wanted to throw it away, but after thinking about it, he threw it into his Space Ring.
However, the place where Ling Xiao threw it happened to be where the Ice and Fire Swords were.
Ling Xiao did not notice that the moment the pearl came into contact with the Ice and Fire Sword, strands of icy cold Qi leaked out from the pearl. The Ice and Fire Sword trembled slightly, and a connection was actually formed between the two.
The ice attribute on the other side of the Ice Water Sword also emitted a cold aura, which connected with the cold aura of the bead.
Gradually, all of the cold aura from the bead was transferred into the Ice and Fire Sword. The bead also became dim and no longer emitted any energy.
The Ice and Fire Sword gradually let out a buzzing sound. It actually stood upright on its own and emitted a ball of light. It looked extremely magical.
Ling Xiao and the Ice and Fire Sword had already become one. When the Ice and Fire Sword let out a soft sound, he immediately sensed it.
"What's going on?"
Ling Xiao immediately looked at the Ice and Fire Sword in his Space Ring. When he saw that the Ice and Fire Sword had actually stood upright on its own, he was extremely surprised.
Immediately after, he summoned the Ice and Fire Sword. Holding the Ice and Fire Sword in his hand, he felt a different kind of energy being emitted.
Ling Xiao channeled his spiritual energy into the Ice and Fire Sword.
Roar!
The huge figure of the Nine-Headed Dragon Snake instantly roared above the Ice and Fire Sword, and the Ice and Fire Sword also emitted an even more dazzling light.
Ling Xiao's eyes lit up, "This … This Ice and Fire Sword seems to have advanced!"
He could sense that the Ice and Fire Sword was already very different from before. Its energy was much stronger than before, and it was obvious that it had already reached the middle stage of the seventh step.
Ling Xiao took out the bead and realized that it had already turned into an ordinary stone.
"Could it be because of this bead?" Ling Xiao thought inexplicably.
Normally, if a weapon wanted to advance, it would have to be melted down and recast before it could advance. However, after reaching the level of a spirit weapon, one could also use some rare materials to warm the spirit weapon. After a long period of accumulation, one could also advance. However, this was a very time-consuming task, and very few Martial Warriors would do this.
But now, Ling Xiao's Ice and Fire Sword had advanced for no reason, which confused Ling Xiao.
He couldn't understand what was so special about that ordinary bead that could allow the Ice and Fire Sword to advance by a level.
Actually, this was mainly because Ling Xiao lacked knowledge about artifact forging, which was why he couldn't understand.
If Tang Guoguo was here, he would definitely discover that the bead was the artifact spirit energy of the damaged broadsword.
Any weapon that reached the level of a spirit artifact would produce an artifact spirit. However, this artifact spirit could not be manifested, and instead existed within the weapon.
Only when a spirit artifact had an artifact spirit could a martial artist and a spirit artifact create a state of unity.
Some Martial Warriors who were the wielder of their own weapons would often use their own blood essence to feed their weapons, allowing them to reach the state of unity with their weapons, and also allowing their spirit artifacts to advance.
Although the artifact spirit of the broadsword had been obliterated by countless years, it still existed. It was enough to show that it should have been a very rare high grade spirit artifact back then, and its artifact spirit's intelligence was already quite high.
Therefore, when it came into contact with the ice attribute of the Ice and Fire Sword, which belonged to the same origin, it resonated with the artifact spirit of the Ice and Fire Sword, and was absorbed and assimilated by the artifact spirit of the Ice and Fire Sword.
The stronger the artifact spirit, the higher the grade of the Ice and Fire Sword.
This was also what Ling Xiao could not understand.
… ….
Ling Xiao did not dwell on the matter of the Ice and Fire Sword. After speeding up his flight for two days, he finally encountered something.
It was the same kind of existence as the vengeful spirits he had seen in Gu City. At the same time, there were a few corpses of the Earthly Emperor that had participated in the Imperial Board Competition.
The number of these vengeful spirits was not as large as the ones he had seen in Gu City, but they had already condensed into form. It was likely that they were at least at the Sky Sovereign Stage before they died.
An ordinary person would have been so scared that they would immediately turn around and run when they saw these vengeful spirits, but Ling Xiao revealed a smile, "I've finally encountered something, otherwise I would have been bored to death."
If it was before, when Ling Xiao saw such a high level vengeful spirit, he would have immediately fled without saying a word. However, with his current strength, these vengeful spirits were not enough to deal with.
A few moves that contained Heavenly Fire scared these vengeful spirits to the point that they fled as far as they could. After all, Heavenly Fire was the nemesis of these evil beings.
Ling Xiao bent down to check the bodies of these Earthly Emperors to see if there were any good things left behind.
However, he was disappointed. These Earthly Emperors seemed to have been plundered by others. The spatial rings on their hands had long since disappeared, and there were even one or two of them who were naked. It was likely that even their defensive armor had been taken off by others.
Ling Xiao was depressed. After being busy for a while, he actually did not obtain any benefits.
Ling Xiao could only nod his head and continue on his way.
If he wanted to find an Emperor Pill, he could only find it in the place where an Emperor Stage powerhouse had fallen.
A battle of this level would probably be earth-shattering, and the destructive power would definitely be the most terrifying.
Therefore, after Ling Xiao flew into the air and observed the terrain for a while, he flew towards some of the places that had suffered the most damage.
As Ling Xiao gradually went deeper, he finally sensed the aura of a battle.
This time, he knew that he had found the right place.
Unfortunately, by the time Ling Xiao quietly arrived, the battle had already ended.
Ling Xiao could vaguely hear one of them say, "The Emperor Pill is in our hands, let's go!"
Sou sou!
Several figures soared into the sky, and behind them were dozens of vengeful spirits chasing after them.
Seeing this scene, Ling Xiao muttered: "This won't do, I have to speed up, otherwise the title of First Emperor will be taken by someone else."
Ling Xiao became serious and began to use his Spirit Energy to spread out in all directions.
He knew that the more resentful spirits there were, the higher the chances of an Emperor Pill existing.
"Found it, there's a lot of soul power over there!" Ling Xiao's eyes shone brightly as he quickly flew in a certain direction.
Sure enough, not long after, he arrived at a place where the resentful spirits resided.
There were many skeletons near them, and the surroundings were filled with all kinds of battle scars. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here.
The condensation of these vengeful spirits was very dense, at least reaching the strength of a low-level Empyrean. They were all dressed in simple and unadorned battle robes, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands, looking fierce and fiendish.
However, what made Ling Xiao feel strange was that these vengeful spirits seemed to be divided into two factions. The two types of battle robes were different, and from the looks of it, they seemed to be fighting against each other.
The two groups of vengeful spirits were constantly tearing at each other, and waves of whistling sounds of battle could be heard in the surroundings.
Ling Xiao originally wanted to kill his way out, but when he saw this, he stopped. At the same time, he sensed more than ten powerful auras around him, presumably, there were also people who came here to search for the Emperor Pill like him.
Ling Xiao had already hidden his aura a long time ago. He could sense that the dozen or so auras in the chaotic rocks were only a few hundred meters away from him.
As for his competitors, Ling Xiao was not afraid. The key was to see if there were any Emperor Pills in the vicinity.
Ling Xiao used his spiritual power to scan the surroundings and sensed two different types of energy, which were completely different from the auras of humans. Finally, Ling Xiao fixed his gaze on the two groups of vengeful spirits. Each group was guarded by two mid-level Empyrean level vengeful spirits, and behind them were two round beads.
These beads were about the size of two thumbs, and each emitted a reddish-brown color. It seemed like they contained a lot of energy.
Ling Xiao licked his lips. He knew that these two beads were definitely the existence of the Emperor Pills.
Just as he sensed the existence of the Emperor Pills, he sensed an aura slowly sweeping towards the location of the Emperor Pills from behind the rocks. It seemed like they wanted to take advantage of the battle between the two groups of vengeful spirits to snatch the Emperor Pills.
"These two Emperor Pills are not easy to snatch!" Ling Xiao muttered with a faint smile.
Each of them was guarded by two mid-level Empyrean vengeful spirits. Without some special means, it would not be easy to obtain the Emperor Pills.