Chapter 473: Chapter 6: God-Slaying Sword
“God-slaying Sword” was a martial technique, or rather a Divine Skill, that Wang Sheng had acquired a long time ago.
However, because it was a Divine Skill realized long ago, it was basic and rough, and could only achieve its maximum effect when facing opponents weaker than himself. Thus, ultimately, Wang Sheng gradually phased it out, and with the multitude of methods he later acquired, he basically never used it again.
Therefore, although it was conceived early, its level was low, and it even lacked a Breakthrough to enhance its effects.
Had it not been for his desire to limit his use of powerful Divine Skills, leading to ineffective combat, he wouldn’t have considered using it this time.
While the God-slaying Sword couldn’t kill adversaries of the same caliber, it could still cause disruption, and he had used it numerous times.
A Breakthrough was also within his expectations.
He had originally thought that the Breakthrough would mostly add effects akin to spirit-related techniques.
But after actually trying it, he realized it was not so simple.
“Ultimately, I have underestimated the martial technique I created; the effects are more terrifying than I had imagined…”
God-Slaying also meant Body Cutting!
God-Slaying, the most fundamental effect of the God-slaying Sword, meant that if one’s strength was inferior to his, with one strike of the God-slaying Sword, one could extinguish the spirit instantly, resulting in immediate death.
Body Cutting, as the name suggests, now when using the God-slaying Sword, could sever the enemy’s physical body, achieving the double destruction of both spirit and flesh.
On the surface, it seemed unremarkable, but what Wang Sheng never expected was that after the Breakthrough, the Body Cutting effect of the God-slaying Sword could also be triggered in the Spirit World!
This was extremely fearsome!
The entire Spirit World was fictional, with only the real Spiritual Body entering within.
But due to the rules of the Spirit World, even Wang Sheng, if not using extraordinary methods, could not cause the death of those who entered the Spirit World.
Now the Body Cutting Sword could do just that, and in a way he never anticipated.
“Thank goodness I reacted quickly, or some things would have been exposed!”
Previously, when he tried the God-slaying Sword, a single strike unexpectedly expelled his opponent from the Spirit World, which typically indicated that the spirit’s damage had exceeded the threshold.
So he specifically paid attention to this.
The result was that after the opponent returned to the physical realm, not only was his spirit truly severely damaged, but his physical body was as well—the right arm that the God-slaying Sword had cut off was also severed in reality!
“Had I not paid special attention, that person would have died.”
After healing the man, Wang Sheng began to study the current effects of the “God-slaying Sword.”
Ultimately, he used Demon Beasts in trials and confirmed the effect of “God-Slaying also means Body Cutting.”
“I limited my own power, but there are no such restrictions in the Spirit World. As a result, the God-slaying Sword can pass through the Spirit World and kill the physical body, and this effect is too terrifying!”
This effect, although currently weak, clearly signified something to him.
At the same time, he was curious about how it was achieved.
So, he found the remaining few Demon Beasts.
This time, he had the Five Internal Gods use the God-slaying Sword in the Spirit World, while his original body observed in the physical world.
“Slain!”
The Five Internal Gods infused with Hao Hua didn’t hesitate and directly used the God-slaying Sword to slaughter the Demon Beast that was forcibly brought into the Spirit World.
“That Demon Beast has been slain!”
Wang Sheng, with his Divine Thought fully extended, kept a close watch on the actual body of the Demon Beast.
“1, 2, 3…”
Three seconds later, the effect of the God-slaying Sword finally erupted.
Zzzt~
The Demon Beast was a Leopard Demon, previously vibrant with life, but after the eruption of the God-slaying Sword, a line of blood appeared on the neck of the Leopard Demon’s body.
“What’s going on, what did you do!”
The Leopard Demon was panic-stricken, but as its head fell, it could not prevent death.
It wasn’t long before it lost all signs of life.
“Only after three seconds did the power erupt; that is to say, the use of the God-slaying Sword in the Spirit World results in a certain delay in death—three seconds is a clever timing. If that’s the case, the cause of all this… Spirit Body!”
“Now, the only reasonable guess is that after the God-slaying Sword slays the Spirit Body in the Spirit World, the Spirit Body’s limitations exceeded the threshold, and it was directly kicked out. Three seconds is the time it takes for a Martial Artist’s Spirit Body to return from the Spirit World.”
“Once the Spirit Body returns, the Body Cutting effect of the God-slaying Sword erupts, acting directly on the physical body, causing double trauma to both spirit and flesh.”
This was Wang Sheng’s only hypothesis; whether it was correct, he wasn’t clear.
“I didn’t pay attention to the changes in the Spirit Body just now; let’s try again!”
Wang Sheng experimented with the Demon Beast once more.
This time, the outcome was the same, but unlike the first time, this time Wang Sheng clearly saw the changes in the Spirit Body.
“The Spirit Body did indeed burst out with abnormal fluctuations; that must be the Body Cutting effect of the God-slaying Sword. However, I feel there’s something I’m still not seeing through…”
Thus, he began a long period of experimentation. The Demon Beasts were already being cleared out, but with his capturing, not one beast remained under the Spirit World’s domain after half a month.
But the contribution of these Demon Beasts was immense.
“Indeed, it isn’t just the ‘Body Cutting’ fluctuation of the God-slaying Sword; deeper, it is the connection between the Spirit Body and the physical body!”
“The Spirit Body and the physical body have a few hidden and deep connections. However, as one cultivates, this connection is suppressed by the strengthening of one body or the Spirit Body, making it even more difficult to see. But the God-slaying Sword can directly cut through the Spirit Body to the Divine Body Origin, so wherever the Spirit Body is harmed, it will reflect synchronously on the physical body!”
“In this way, if a cultivator has completely separated his physical body from his Spirit Body, when facing the Body Cutting Sword, he seems to not endure all the damage, just like with Inner Core Skill—after achieving the Divine Body with Yang, the God-slaying Sword cannot use its full power…”
Wang Sheng’s words suddenly ceased.
He had an extremely crazy idea and began to struggle internally.
“Can I really do it? No matter what, it is a technique with an extremely powerful killing capacity, and it will definitely cause damage to myself, possibly leading to irreversible consequences…”
“But if successful, perhaps I can immediately resolve the current issues I’m facing!”
The effect of the “God-slaying Sword” is to use the connection between the Spirit Body and the Divine Body Origin to effect God-Slaying and Body Cutting.
Wang Sheng’s current issue with Inner Core Skill is that cultivating it would sacrifice his own physical body to achieve the Divine Body, and he was reluctant to give up his physical body, yet he temporarily had no solution.
The appearance of the God-slaying Sword provided Wang Sheng with a new possibility.
“Utilizing the effect of the God-slaying Sword to find the connection between my own physical body and the Divine Body Origin, and then look for a method… This is a crazy idea!
Finding the core connection between the physical body and the Spirit Body, strengthening this connection, so that Inner Core Skill cannot sacrifice the physical body.
Once successful, the problem could be easily solved.
But the risk involved was also astoundingly high; a single misstep, and he too could be severely injured.
“It really is a troubling choice…”