Chapter 65

As the twenty-first sword stroke was unleashed, a destructive force suddenly erupted around Bai Shi’s body, as if activating an intangible law of heaven and earth, causing the residual images within the fire cave to overlap.

"Hum..."

With the overlapping of these residual images, a powerful force instantly burst forth from Bai Shi’s body, shaking the void. This originally empty void now echoed with a rumbling sound, and cracks began to form.

At the same time, the green flames in Bai Shi’s eyes, which seemed to be burning fiercely, became even more intense. As his gaze focused, and the residual images overlapped on his body, his soul seemed to emit a piercing scream. This scream echoed within the cave, igniting the fire in Bai Shi’s heart.

As this sword stroke was pointed out, a fierce wind suddenly erupted around Bai Shi’s body, as if trying to engulf him. However, Bai Shi’s gaze remained sharp, and as he pointed out the twenty-first sword stroke, a green sword shadow appeared at the tip of the sword. This green sword shadow was much more intense and glaring than before, and the power it emitted made people tremble.

The moment this sword shadow whistled out, the huge stalactite where Bai Shi’s gaze was directed emitted a piercing boom, like thunder. After the shock, countless fragments of rock were scattered, and the entire fire cave trembled as if hit by an earthquake. Amidst this trembling, Bai Shi did not stop the Dragon Roar Sword in his hand but suddenly flipped in mid-air, as if leading the strong wind around him, and looked towards the stone wall.

"The twenty-second form, Dragon Transformation! Transform into a dragon..."

The moment his gaze was directed at the stone wall, Bai Shi shouted, raising the Dragon Roar Sword. The green light in his eyes became even more intense, as if he had gained some enlightenment. This enlightenment made his soul emit another piercing scream, which seemed to detach from his body and suddenly linger on the Dragon Roar Sword!

"This form is but a shadow, transforming the sword into a shadow. I tried many times but could not achieve it... Now, I transform my soul into a shadow!"

As Bai Shi’s soul merged with the Dragon Roar Sword, a dragon’s roar immediately sounded from the sword, and a powerful force, as if arising from nowhere, made the Dragon Roar Sword tremble violently. A glaring green light suddenly burst forth from the sword.

"Transform the shadow into a dragon... This is the twenty-second form, Dragon Transformation!"

As the green light burst forth, the green flames in Bai Shi’s eyes suddenly extinguished, and a barely concealed excitement appeared. This excitement came from the powerful force he felt from the Dragon Roar Sword, from the enlightenment in his heart, and from the deep shout that made his soul emit a dragon’s roar, just like the Dragon Roar Sword!

The moment this sound was emitted, wind blades suddenly rose around Bai Shi’s body, causing him to flip in mid-air again. Immediately, his soul seemed to enter the Dragon Roar Sword, making the female soul within the sword suddenly open her eyes. The moment her eyes opened, a spiritual water light seeped out, and a powerful force, which Bai Shi had never felt before, suddenly burst forth from the Dragon Roar Sword.

This was not a magical technique but the activation of some mysterious law of heaven and earth. The moment Bai Shi’s soul entered the Dragon Roar Sword, he pointed the sword, and a fierce wind immediately arose. Amidst this wind, a piercing dragon’s roar sounded. Under this roar, a green shadow suddenly appeared on the Dragon Roar Sword, and as Bai Shi suddenly swung the sword, this shadow immediately transformed into a green dragon!

With the appearance of this dragon, a rumbling sound suddenly arose in Bai Shi’s mind. This sound made him feel a powerful force rapidly coursing through his body. Amidst this force, Bai Shi suddenly felt a strange change in his consciousness!

This change made his brows furrow, and as he pointed the sword, the green dragon on the sword immediately shot towards the fire cave. As the dragon shot out, sparks flew within the fire cave, and Bai Shi, who was standing in mid-air, suddenly landed on the ground, looking at the fire cave.

However, Bai Shi’s attention was not on the changes in the fire cave but on the force coursing through his muscles, which made his mind rumble. In his vast consciousness, he suddenly saw objects outside the fire cave—skeletons!

The appearance of these skeletons made Bai Shi’s pupils suddenly constrict, and he subconsciously drew a deep breath. This was because what he saw in his mind was the path from the 'Devouring Abyss' to the fire cave.

This was no longer just consciousness, but... divine sense!

"Divine... sense... man and sword as one!"

Bai Shi never expected that the last form of the 'Dragon Transformation Sword'—Dragon Transformation—would make him, in an intangible and vague enlightenment, achieve man and sword as one with the Dragon Roar Sword in his hand! In Xichen Village, Bai Shi had heard Xichenzi say that the sudden emergence of divine sense was the first breakthrough of man and sword as one!

In deep thought, Bai Shi’s hand trembled slightly. He retracted his divine sense and looked at the Dragon Roar Sword in his hand. At this moment, a faint green light was seeping from the sword, a manifestation of a force. This force no longer belonged entirely to the Dragon Roar Sword or to Bai Shi, but to the fusion of Bai Shi and the Dragon Roar Sword... the fusion of Bai Shi’s soul and the Dragon Roar Sword!

However, with Bai Shi’s current cultivation, even though he had achieved man and sword as one, the power he unleashed was still insignificant. His cultivation was only at the Cave Profound Realm, and even though he had achieved man and sword as one in swordsmanship, the power he could unleash was only a few times that of ordinary sword techniques. If he encountered a higher-level cultivator, his power would still be unable to match the opponent.

Bai Shi was very clear about this!

"Boom..."

At the same time, as Bai Shi was silently excited, a thunderous explosion suddenly sounded within the fire cave. The entire fire cave trembled as if it might collapse at any moment.

Amidst this trembling, Bai Shi regained his composure, and a circle of intangible force burst forth from his body, enveloping him. He picked up the white fox and used the Soul Absorption Heart Sutra to push the Wasteland Cauldron to a corner of the fire cave.

"Boom!"

Another loud explosion sounded, and in Bai Shi’s line of sight, the stone wall suddenly rolled down. The Soul Absorption Heart Sutra and the 'Dragon Transformation Sword' were now shattered into pieces, as if called by the fire cave, and fell into it. At this moment, a strong wind suddenly surged into the fire cave!

This strong wind did not rise from the ground but was a series of wind blades surging in. Bai Shi knew these wind blades came from the 'Devouring Abyss'!

His expression suddenly changed, and he looked at the surging wind blades, still feeling a lingering fear. However, he soon saw that these wind blades were not wreaking havoc within the fire cave but were surging towards the flames. Under the whistling of these wind blades, the flames did not expand but gradually shrank, as if being compressed, moving towards the bottom of the cave!

At the same time, the 'Devouring Abyss' was experiencing violent tremors. Amidst these tremors, most of the wind blades in the 'Devouring Abyss' mysteriously transformed into gentle breezes, dissipating into the void. Only at the very bottom, the powerful wind blades were surging into the fire cave!

The wind blades surged for several breaths. After several breaths, the flames suddenly emitted a piercing hum. In this hum, the remaining flames, as if falling into an endless abyss, suddenly disappeared. At the location where the flames had been, golden light suddenly seeped out, glaring and making Bai Shi instinctively shield his eyes. However, the moment the wind blades dissipated, these golden lights suddenly transformed into a strange pattern!

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