Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 396 - 395 Nine Realms Flying Sword!
But even after such low-altitude, high-profile flying for more than half an hour, scouring hundreds of miles in the area, still no trace of the Heavenly Demons was found.
"Strange, where have all these Heavenly Demons gone?"
Zhou Bai thought for a moment, then ventured deeper into the territory occupied by the Heavenly Demons, speeding up along the way. Unknowingly, he had traveled over three hundred kilometers, far beyond the direction of the northwestern battlefield.
Zhou Bai saw that the lands he passed were desolate, filled with abandoned cities and shattered human creations.
Besides that, he often saw huge holes tens or hundreds of meters in diameter on the ground and mountains, which looked like the entrances to hell, exposed on the surface.
Zhou Bai glanced briefly, finding the holes dark and bottomless, with no way to determine their purpose for the Heavenly Demons.
Just as he had flown several hundred kilometers without finding any trace of the Heavenly Demons, from inside a halfway-collapsed building on the ground, a pair of eyes stared fixedly at the flying sword that flashed by in the sky.
The sonic boom caused by the supersonic flight reached the building, shattering several panes of glass as if bombing from outside. It immediately attracted the attention of everyone inside.
Is that a flying sword?" the person who saw the sword said. "But there's no cultivator, right?"
The man looked at the vapor trail in the sky: "A masterless flying sword… masterless?"
The thought sparked a gleam in the man's eyes. With a loud crash, he burst through the wall, rushed out of the building, and looked towards the flying sword that had already gone far into the sky.
Following his actions, several cultivators rushed out from the building behind him, looking puzzledly at the sky.
"Big brother, what happened?"
"What just went by?"
The leading man said, "I saw a flying sword pass by without spotting the cultivator controlling it."
Hearing this, the surrounding cultivators were all taken aback.
In this era where Heavenly Dao is twisted, Primordial Spirit Emergence has long become history, becoming the last desperate suicide tactic for cultivators.
During Sword Control, the owner of the flying sword must always be near the sword, the experts can reach kilometers, while novices might only be a few tens of meters away.
Upon hearing what the leader said, everyone was slightly stunned, not sure what to make of it.
Without any cultivators nearby, how could the flying sword fly by itself?
But the leading man continued, "A masterless autonomous flight—this flying sword must have given birth to an Artifact Spirit. It's a Nine Realms Flying Sword; that's why it can fly like this without a master."
"Let's go! Catch up with it and claim that flying sword."
Hearing the leader's words, everyone's eyes lit up with eagerness. A Nine Realms Flying Sword, now that's an exceedingly rare treasure.
Then a group of people boarded a flying boat and pursued in the direction the autonomous flying sword had gone.
This small team of people, the strongest at the sixth realm and the weakest at the fifth, was dispatched by the Plague Department of the Celestial Court to explore after the war in West Mountain City had ended and the Heavenly Demons had made a large retreat.
However, their goal was not to explore the Heavenly Demons but to investigate a relic within the territory once occupied by the Heavenly Demons, a secret base built by human cultivators before it had been conquered.
They had been ordered to explore the ruins and then enter to locate an item.
Like them, there were three other teams with the same objective.
But now they had suddenly encountered an "unowned" flying sword from the "Ninth Realm," and naturally, they didn't want to miss out, so they momentarily changed their target and pursued the sword.
However, the speed of the independent Geng Metal Flying Sword was incredibly fast, capable of traveling at five times the speed of sound. Although their flying boat could move at the speed of sound as well, it was impossible for them to catch up.
But since they dared to pursue, they naturally had their own confidence.
Then, a Gong Tu cultivator opened their eyes, and upon activating their Divine Sight, they could immediately see the disrupted spirit mechanisms in the sky.
The Gong Tu cultivator said, "The force propelling a flying sword can actually be rather varied. Different methods of Artifact Refining impart various types of forces. However, the most fundamental among them is the same."
"That is to use the Array and talismans within the flying sword to disrupt the spirit mechanisms, borrowing the omnipresent spirit mechanisms between heaven and earth for flight."
"Any flying sword has to follow this fundamental principle."
"Here, in such an open space, with only this unowned Ninth Realm flying sword, as long as we follow the disturbed spirit mechanism's trail, we will inevitably find this sword."
The leader of the team nodded, "Proceed at full speed. Capturing this flying sword will be a considerable achievement."
Another team member asked with some doubt, "Wolf Head, this flying sword is likely from the Ninth Realm, isn't it? Can we really overpower it? Won't we be chopped to death by this flying sword if we catch up with it?"
"What's there to be afraid of?" The team leader, referred to as Wolf Head, said, "A flying sword is just that, a sword. Without someone commanding it through Sword Control, it can't perform any sophisticated swordsmanship, and its power is limited, not inexhaustible. We can outlast it."
Saying this, Wolf Head furrowed his brows, "Unless... unless the sword is twisted, causing some kind of distortion phenomenon, which can be dangerous. How many Ice Heart Pills and Stone Heart Pills do we have left?"
A team member replied, "We have 20 Ice Heart Pills and 10 Stone Heart Pills left."
Wolf Head nodded, "The Ice Heart Pills can stabilize the Primordial Spirit, and the Stone Heart Pills can temporarily seal emotions. Both are pills that can only be refined by Seventh Realm and above Heavenly Diagram cultivators. If we use them sparingly, we should be able to withstand ordinary distortion phenomena for a while. Even if we can't capture the sword, we shouldn't be in too much danger."
Hearing Wolf Head's reasoning, the team members felt it was well-justified, and many concluded that compared to the potential gain of a Ninth Realm flying sword, the risk was worth taking.
Thus, they continued to chase hastily yet cautiously, and along the way they unexpectedly discovered remnants of Heavenly Demons twice.
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Wolf Head crouched down, picked up a piece of metal fragment from the ground, and frowned, "This is a Heavenly Demon organ sliced by Sword Qi." He then turned towards several other pieces of Heavenly Demon remains nearby, "And it's a recent cut. Someone just battled with the Heavenly Demon here; I wonder who it could be?"
A teammate holding their nose said, "It stinks, why is there such a foul smell here? Could it be that the Heavenly Demon has produced some new weapon?"
Wolf Head stood up and said, "Let's continue the pursuit. I'm worried the Heavenly Demon has also discovered this flying sword. We must capture it before they do."
Thus, the group sped up their chase, and along the way, they saw more and more remains of Heavenly Demons, as well as increasingly foul-smelling air.
Suddenly, a swath of black clouds appeared in front of them. Within the clouds, threads of golden light zipped back and forth like lightning. Wolf Head, with a jolt of realization, said, "We've found it!"
"Is this flying sword actually battling with Heavenly Demons?"
"Its owner might have perished in battle against the Heavenly Demons, leaving behind a Sword Intent of fighting to the death within the sword, which is why this flying sword is still soaring around, slaying Heavenly Demons without being wielded."
"What kind of fervent will to battle, what Sword Intent! The sword's former owner must have been a heroic figure."
