Ever since the incident in Chang'an, Xu Han had stayed in Great Zhou for half a year.

He hadn't done much in the past six months, but everything was extremely important to him.

Xing Tian's sword was snatched away by Sikong Bai, He was connected to Xing Tian Jian's heart and blood, Every time Sikong Bai used the sword, The first thing Xu Han did these days was to use the sword intent in his body to remove the blood essence from his body. However, in the end, he discovered that the blood essence was already connected to him. Removing it would only bring about greater future troubles. As a last resort, Xu Han could only temporarily seal it with sword intent.

As the blood essence was sealed, the nine True Essences in his body only had three Heaven, Earth, and Human Essences, four Sword Essences, and one Demon Essence, making a total of eight True Essences.

Compared to ordinary cultivators, this was countless times stronger, but the bad thing was that he had already broken through the Three Elements Realm and arrived at the Fourth Realm, the Nether Opening Realm.

It was like a ten thousand foot tall building. Before the next floor was finished, it was up to him to decide how to decorate it. However, if the upper floor was already cast and one of the pillars was removed, the building would definitely be on the verge of collapse.

Seeing that his cultivation was about to decline, Xu Han thought about it, but he suddenly found the starlight that the man who stepped on the star left in his body. With the attitude of a dead horse as a living horse doctor, Xu Han tried to refine the starlight into his ninth True Essence Star Element.

However, he didn't want this to happen so smoothly by chance.

Not only was he able to recover nine yuan, he was also able to break through the Pylon Gate and reach the Secluded Opening Realm. As long as he took another step forward, he would be able to reach the Fifth Realm Heavenly Hunt Realm.

And the benefits he received were far more than that.

After reaching the fourth stage of the Violet Firmament Realm, it would be difficult for him to advance an inch. Even after obtaining the complete [Asura Art], the difficulty of cultivating his physical body caused him to not advance an inch for a long time. However, after injecting this star energy into his body, he discovered that he could actually temper his body by absorbing starlight. His speed was more than a notch faster than the Asura Art from before. In the past half a year, his Violet Firmament Realm physical body, which hadn't been loosened for a long time, had also improved greatly, as if it wasn't far from the Fifth Realm Dragon and Elephant Realm.

Afterwards, Xu Han concentrated on studying the unknown sword that the man had gifted him. After four months, he only discovered that this pitch-black sword was extremely unique. As long as he activated the sword intent, he could summon up a total of 3,000 sword shadows. Whether it was defending against the enemy or killing them, it could be said to be incomparably powerful.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Han had the strength to fight against these strange Confucian scholars from Lunar Temple.

However, activating a total of three thousand sword shadows was still not a waste for Xu Han, who was at the Nether Opening Realm.

Xu Han held the sword in both hands and used the momentum of carrying a cauldron to face the gigantic dark palm.

The three thousand sword shadows were like sharp arrows that continuously rushed towards the place where the two collided.

This stalemate lasted for nearly a hundred breaths. Finally, there was a loud rumble. The black gas in the sky could not withstand Xu Han's violent bombardment and completely dispersed.

Hu!

Hu!

After a battle, Xu Han gasped heavily and the sword light in his hand dimmed. At that time, the sword shadows that filled the sky had all returned to the sword because they had lost the support of Xu Han's sword intent.

The faces of the black-robed Confucian scholars were similarly ugly. It was not only because of the enormous internal strength that had been consumed in the previous confrontation, but also because Liu Sheng and the others had long disappeared after the hundred breaths of time that had passed. If they wanted to catch up with them, they would probably have to expend an unknown amount of energy.

Naturally, they blamed Xu Han for the trouble.

'"You are very different. In a sense, you are a pleasant surprise to us. Your significance may even be greater than that of the Half Demon. Since you want to help him block this trouble, then you need to be aware of it." The leading scholar looked at Xu Han with a gloomy expression, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled into a sinister smile.

Since Xu Han was able to dodge the calculations of the Heavenly Transformation, there must be something special about him. As for what it was, he did not know. However, it was precisely because of this that he might be considered a very valuable item to the Lunar Temple. At least in his opinion, bringing Xu Han back to Lunar Temple should be able to make up for the mistake of letting Liu Sheng go.

Thinking of this, black gas once again surged out of their bodies and gathered towards the horizon.

The starlight and moonlight were once again obscured, and the tiny world in the antler plains immediately sunk into darkness.

In this situation, Xu Han narrowed his eyes as the sword in his hand lit up.

Almost at the same time, he pointed his toes and charged straight at the crowd.

He realized that the black Qi summoned by these Confucian scholars seemed to have the same effect as the vast and righteous Qi stimulated by Mr. Lu and the others. They could only use Qi to defend against their enemies, but they did not have much combat strength.

There was a saying that capturing a thief was the first step in capturing a king. Clearly, the best way to break this situation was to take care of these Confucian scholars.

As Xu Han thought about this, he once again activated the few remaining sword intent in his body. Three thousand sword shadows surged out from the pitch-black sword once again, lingering around Xu Han like guards.

His gaze was resolute, and his speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of those Confucian scholars.

However, in the face of such an aggressive Xu Han, the faces of those scholarly scholars did not reveal the slightest bit of fear. Instead, the seal in their hands activated the black gas that covered the sky and sealed Xu Han's path of retreat.

Xu Han vaguely realized that something was wrong, but if he turned around, it would not be easy for him to break through the encirclement and suppression of the black gas with his current situation. Instead of doing so, he might as well give it a shot.

As a result, the sword intent around Xu Han became even more turbulent.

At that time, the three thousand sword intents also emitted bursts of loud cries. They revolved around Xu Han and turned into a gigantic spiral with the black divine sword as its edge.

Pu!

With a light sound, Xu Han's sword pierced straight into the body of the scholar in charge.

There was no imaginary counterattack or formidable obstruction. His sword was able to accomplish this very easily.

"Hmph, you're courting death." The scholar looked at Xu Han sinisterly like a ghost and let out a sinister laugh. Then, his body exploded like an airbag, and so did the surrounding scholar scholars. They turned into black auras one after another in front of Xu Han, and the white robes on their bodies fell to the ground.

"This!" Even Xu Han, who had witnessed many strange scenes, couldn't help but be shocked.

But then, the black gas merged with the black gas that the Confucian scholars had summoned before, and then it surged and condensed into a giant black humanoid monster that was about thirty feet tall in the blink of an eye.

Its scarlet eyes and pitch-black bones were exposed. The flesh and blood beneath it surged like lava in its body. Occasionally, hot liquid would fall from it. After landing on the ground, it wriggled and turned into scorched-black venomous snakes and scorpions that coiled around the giant monster's body.

"A mere mortal wants to hurt me!" As the giant monster spoke, it suddenly stretched out its hand, and its arm continued to stretch out, flying towards Xu Han like a tentacle.

Feeling the tremendous power contained in this attack, Xu Han didn't dare to push it up. He jumped up to see if he could dodge this strange attack.

Boom!

With a loud explosion, the place where Xu Han was standing was still blasted open by the monster's arm. The arm seemed to carry this huge amount of heat, and the surroundings of the blasted ravine became scorched black and even collapsed.

Xu Han was shocked.

He didn't dare to fight. At that time, he gritted his teeth and took out the three thousand sword shadows again. He shouted, "The sword is like a waterfall!"

Instantly, three thousand golden sword shadows flew towards the monster's face.

The golden sword shadow struck the monster's body, continuously releasing bursts of flames. However, it was unable to break through the monster's hard body, but it could slightly delay his reactionary attack.

This was enough for Xu Han.

"Xuan'er!" He let out another loud shout and sheathed the sword in his hand. Without looking at the monster, he turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

"Miao!"

Xuan'er, who was hiding somewhere, leapt out at that time and shouted loudly. However, before the end of the "meow" could be heard, it turned into a long roar.

"Roar!" Its tiny body leapt to Xu Han's side, and a purple light wrapped around it. When it landed, it still turned into a three-foot-tall black panther.

Xu Han was not surprised by this and jumped onto it.

"Let's go!"

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