The Hedonist Sword God

Chapter 232: Sword Spirits

Stretching his hand, Jian Shen almost took hold of the red sword which was falling towards the ground when the two swords forced him to stop.

"DON'T!!!"

"What?"

A little surprised at how loudly the two swords had shouted, Jian Shen pulled his hand back and let the sword fall to the ground.

"The moment your hand grabs any sword inside the Sword World, you'll immediately be sent outside."

Sighing in relief from having been stopped, Jian Shen who had almost wasted a once in a five hundred years opportunity realized that something foreign had just escaped the red sword and entered his body.

Not putting up any resistance, Jian Shen who had an idea of what it was closed his eyes to embrace it to the fullest.

As he expected, when whatever it was that entered his body dispersed inside it, Jian Shen had just comprehended his fourth Intent of Heaven and Earth.

Easily understanding all details regarding the Intent of Sword from that small part which he had obtained from slaying a single Sword Spirit, Jian Shen realized that what he had just comprehended was worth a tenth of what he could comprehend using an Intent Crystal.

But what made comprehending the Intent of Sword more easier and efficient was that the time he needed to use an entire Intent Crystal, Jian Shen was sure that he could defeat at least a few hundred Sword Spirits!

Unfortunately, there didn't seem to be so many Sword Spirits around him that he could continuously kill them the whole time.

This was when Qingyu began explaining about the various types of Sword Spirits present inside the Sword World.

"What you just defeated was the lowest grade of Sword Spirit, Jian Shen."

"Above this, there are two higher grades of Sword Spirits."

Listening to everything that Qingyu told him, Jian Shen learnt that there were three types of Sword Spirits.

The one he defeated was the weakest kind of them, and the Sword Spirit was only capable of manifesting itself when someone approached it.

The higher kind, which was considered as the middle-grade Sword Spirit usually roamed around in their physical form and possessed more intelligence than the lower kind of Sword Spirits.

Other than just knowing to fight against those who approach them, these middle-grade Sword Spirits also knew to pick their battles and escape if the situation turns bad.

As for the highest grade of Sword Spirits, other than roaming around in their physical form they possessed the same amount of intelligence as normal humans did and could therefore even talk as well.

The most obvious difference between these three grades of Sword Spirit was that the higher grade ones were many times stronger than the lower grade ones, and defeating them allowed the one who dealt the finishing blow to the Sword Spirit to comprehend more Intent of Sword.

By using by cultivation standard in the Mortal Realm to compare it with the strength of the Sword Spirits, the lowest grade ones possessed the same strength as those in Sage Realm.

The middle grade were equal to those in in the Saint Realm, and finally, the high-grade ones could rival Genesis Realm cultivators.

Luckily, since they only used their swords and not any kind of techniques or other Intents of Heaven and Earth, ganging up on them provided those who entered the Sword World with the opportunity to try and defeat them.

As for the one special sword which was considered as the strongest sword and the reason behind the existence of the Sword World, though no one had ever actually fought against it and walked out alive, its strength was believed to be in the False Immortal Realm making it literally impossible for those who entered the Sword World to ever defeat it.

Hearing all about this, Jian Shen who understood that defeating the stronger Sword Spirits would let him comprehend more Intent of Sword than defeating the lower grade ones, took out the map for Sword Realm he obtained from Suyin.

Opening the map, Jian Shen saw that the map didn't actually show the entire Sword World. Instead, it was showing the map of a specific place inside the Sword World.

Looking towards what looked like a spiral area, Jian Shen flew as high as possible before the restrictions of the Sword World kicked in and stopped him.

Seeing the world from that high in the air, Jian Shen quickly found the are which looked similar to what he saw in the map.

That spiral region which he was uncertain of turned out to be made of mist.

As Jian Shen started flying towards him, Qingyu who suddenly remembered something she once heard said, "Be careful after you enter that area of mist, Jian Shen. I once heard that the number of Sword Spirits inside that region or too many in number for any individual or even group to defeat without exhausting themselves to their death."

Further raising his speed after hearing those words, Jian Shen who had a lot of confidence in his own strength and stamina saw the map full of Sword Spirits as nothing more than Intent of Sword which was waiting to be comprehended by him.

"Also, it isn't just due to the number of Sword Spirits that the region covered in mist is considered as the most dangerous location inside the Sword World, husband. It's because no one is able to find their direction inside it that causes them to keep going in circles until they are finally tired to death by the endless number of Sword Spirits attacking them."

"But... If that map in your hands is accurate, we might be able to find the sword which is said to be the one that is maintaining the existence of this Sword World."