Chapter 267 - 267 Cloud Breaking Slash
267 Cloud Breaking Slash
In the forest in the southern border of the Great Yong Dynasty.
Lin Ran quietly landed. Looking at the tall stone pillars around him, he couldn’t help but think of Zou Hao, who had died because of him.
He was not a soft-hearted person. Over the years, he had killed and saved many people, but he was particularly filled with guilt towards Zou Hao.
Although Zou Hao deserved it, he died because of a mission given by Lin Ran. Moreover, his death was too tragic. Every time Lin Ran thought of him, he would have a strange feeling.
Looking at the stone pillar where Zou Hao was buried from afar, Lin Ran’s eyes flickered. No one knew what he was thinking.
[Ding!]
[Special location detected. The host is in the Great Yong Dynasty’s Thousand Blades City.]
[Host, do you want to sign in?]
The system notification suddenly sounded. Lin Ran calmed himself down and began to observe the forest seriously.
The last time he came to the forest, the system notified him that this was a [Special Place]. However, at that time, Lin Ran had something else to do, so he was not in a hurry to sign in.
However, now that he was going to fight Liu Hongshan, although he told the empress that he was full of confidence, the difference of one level of cultivation made it impossible to be easy.
“Even becoming a little stronger is better than nothing.”
Lin Ran muttered and raised his hand. A huge black heavy sword appeared out of thin air and sank into the ground with a clang.
This was Tu Baichuan’s sword. Lin Ran had already guessed the rules of the system. Every time he signed in at a special place, the reward he received for the first time was the best. At the same time, the higher the grade of the sword he signed in with, the better the reward.
The main reason why Lin Ran was not in a hurry to sign in last time was that he did not have a suitable divine sword with him. Therefore, he wanted to go back and find a divine sword before signing in. Otherwise, this opportunity to sign in at a special location would be wasted.
The Hidden Sword Pavilion and Mount Sword were two places where divine swords were abundant in the Heavenly Saint Dynasty. Unfortunately, the former was destroyed by Lin Ran, while the latter was inexplicably reduced to dust and rust overnight.
Although there were definitely divine swords scattered across the Heavenly Saint Dynasty, the difficulty of finding them was no different from finding a needle in a haystack. Lin Ran would probably fall into Qi Deviation before he could find a suitable divine sword.
Helpless, Lin Ran could only “borrow” Tu Baichuan’s sword. At that time, the situation was urgent and he didn’t have time to identify it, but since it was the sword of the commander of the Five Elements Imperial Guards, it shouldn’t be too bad.
As he thought about this, Lin Ran’s gaze landed on the heavy sword. The first word that popped up in his mind was “big”.
Lin Ran had seen many heavy swords in Mount Sword. For example, Liu Hongshan’s sword, Dragon Elephant, was a heavy sword, but compared to Tu Baichuan’s sword, Dragon Elephant was like a toy.
Even if nearly half of the sword dug into the ground, the rest was almost as tall as Lin Ran.
The pitch-black sword was without any patterns. It stood on the ground like a stone tablet, but if one gently knuckled it, it would emit a crisp metallic sound.
Lin Ran walked around the heavy sword three times, but in the end, he didn’t recognize what material it was made of. However, he was certain of one thing—this heavy sword was definitely not ordinary.
“Since there’s no other choice, I’ll use you!”
Lin Ran thought to himself. Then, he slowly reached out and stroked the cold and rough blade of the heavy sword—
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in and obtaining Cloud Breaking Slash.]
“Cloud Breaking Slash?”
When Lin Ran heard this name, his expression immediately became strange. Why did the thing he obtained from signing in with the divine sword at a special place sound like a third-rate game skill?
While Lin Ran was puzzled, an ancient book slowly unfolded in his mind. It was blank.
Lin Ran suddenly felt speechless. Not only was it a third-rate game skill, but it was also blank. Was the system playing with him?
When he became irritable, he could no longer control the suppressed killing intent.
Lin Ran quickly restrained the killing intent. When he was distracted, he suddenly thought of something from a long time ago.
At that time, Lin Ran was still a mountain guardian. After signing in one time, he obtained the Sword Flight Technique. When he first obtained it, it was blank. This was because there was a realm restriction to learning that cultivation technique, and his realm at that time was not high enough.
Now that this “Cloud Breaking Slash” was blank, could there be some restrictions?
With this guess, Lin Ran suppressed his killing intent and looked at the ancient book in his mind.
Back then, Sword Flight had a restriction notification that one could only cultivate it after reaching a certain realm. However, when Lin Ran looked at Cloud Breaking Slash, he didn’t find a similar notification.
However, this was understandable. Lin Ran was already at the sixth level of the Half-Saint Realm. Although he was still a long way from shattering the void and ascending, there shouldn’t be a situation where his realm was insufficient. Otherwise, this Cloud Breaking Slash would be too useless.
After removing the possibility of realm restriction, Lin Ran began to think about other possibilities. The first one that popped up in his mind was weapons.
The martial artists of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty were good at using swords, while the martial artists of the Great Yong Dynasty were good at using sabers. The “Cloud Breaking Slash” was obtained by signing in in the Great Yong Dynasty. Perhaps this was not a sword technique but a saber technique.
After thinking for a moment, he felt that it was very likely. Then, Lin Ran fell into a dilemma.
Although this place was called “Thousand Blades City” by the system, it did not look like a city at all. There were only rocks around. Where was he going to find a saber? Was he going to grind it out with rocks?
Looking at the gravel of different sizes around him, Lin Ran suddenly felt that this idea was not impossible.
As he thought about this, Lin Ran put the heavy sword into the Divine Sword Technique Manual and began to look for stones of the right size.
Once Lin Ran made up his mind to do something, he had to do his best. He planned to make a three-foot-long stone saber, so the shape of this stone had to match.
Just like that, Lin Ran walked around the forest for an hour. In the end, he didn’t find a suitable stone, but he found a strange place.