Devouring Soul Emperor

’Maybe I should start by practicing with the simplest Sword Technique?’

Chu Qingyun couldn’t help but recall the time he spent cultivating, trying to figure out how to fuse Sword Momentum.

Back then, he was poor and weak. He didn’t have any good Secret Manuals, just one low-level Sword Technique. So, his only choice was to figure things out on his own, improving his strength by fusing the Sword Momentum of different moves.

At that time, he had started by fusing the simplest forms, and only in the end did he succeed in fusing all Seven Forms.

’Oh well, I’ll try again with the Gale Sword! This move only uses Primordial Power, so it should be much simpler than Thunder Sword Momentum.’

Chu Qingyun switched Sword Techniques. Using a single vine, he executed the Gale Sword, thrusting it abruptly toward Meng Chengde.

The instant the vine thrust out, a faint Sword Aura flickered across its surface!

Although the Sword Aura was extremely faint and possessed no attack power whatsoever, vanishing in an instant, Chu Qingyun still keenly sensed its existence. His heart leaped with excitement.

This proved his idea was correct!

It was possible to execute a Sword Technique with a vine!

There was a reason he could successfully produce a Sword Aura on his first attempt at using a vine to execute the Gale Sword.

After all, this move wasn’t in the original Sword Technique manual. In a way, it could even be considered a move Chu Qingyun had created himself.

Therefore, his comprehension of this move was undoubtedly profound.

That tiny, faint Sword Aura sent Chu Qingyun’s confidence soaring.

He continuously controlled the vine, using the Gale Sword’s techniques to attack Meng Chengde.

He still wasn’t quite used to this method of attack, so the Sword Aura he produced was sometimes strong, sometimes weak, and sometimes not there at all.

Meng Chengde was frustrated.

Facing Chu Qingyun, he didn’t dare to attack recklessly. He could only defend cautiously, hoping to wear down more of Chu Qingyun’s Primordial Power.

But Chu Qingyun’s offense was bizarre.

He kept attacking with those vines. At first, Meng Chengde thought he was going to be dealt with the same way Duan Feichen was.

But he soon realized he was wrong.

Chu Qingyun’s vines were all making frontal attacks, as if he didn’t care at all if they were blocked or even severed.

What was even stranger was that for the same vine and the same attack, the force behind it was different each time.

Although the difference was negligible to a Gold Medal Captain, he could still clearly perceive it.

The people around the battle stage, including Sun Daxiong and Xia He, and even the distant Grand Commander Chu Yu and Celestial Wind Army Master, were all staring at the stage in confusion, wondering what on earth Chu Qingyun was up to.

The Gale Sword was inherently a weak move. Furthermore, with the suppressive auras of an eighth-level and a ninth-level Martial Artist on the stage, even when the Sword Aura was executed, it was suppressed to the point of being too small to see clearly.

Only Chu Qingyun, the one executing the technique, could sense its presence.

In the end, they all came to one conclusion: Chu Qingyun was toying with Meng Chengde...

And Meng Chengde himself thought so too, which only made him more frustrated...

In just over ten minutes, Chu Qingyun had brandished the ten vines and executed the Gale Sword hundreds of times, accumulating experience bit by bit.

After hundreds of attempts, he could now successfully execute the Gale Sword with the vines every single time, and at its full power!

Next up: Thunderbolt Flash!

After a brief pause, Meng Chengde once again became his miserable training partner.

This time, however, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, because he occasionally saw specks of lightning flashing on Chu Qingyun’s vines!

And for some reason, he felt that the attack power of these vines seemed to have increased dramatically in an instant!

With each attempt, his proficiency at executing Thunderbolt Flash with the vines steadily improved. A few times, he even managed to execute a complete Thunderbolt Flash!

Around the battle stage, no one could understand what was happening.

However, in the distance, a look of utter shock suddenly appeared in the Celestial Wind Army Master’s eyes. He even gasped heavily in astonishment!

"Chu Yu, have you noticed anything?" the Celestial Wind Army Master asked, taking a deep breath.

Grand Commander Chu Yu frowned and shook his head. "Something seems off. Chu Qingyun shouldn’t be toying with Meng Chengde; that’s not his personality. But... I haven’t figured it out yet."

"He’s practicing his sword," the Celestial Wind Army Master said softly.

"Practicing his sword..." A glint suddenly flashed in Grand Commander Chu Yu’s eyes. "He is... using those Martial Soul Vines to execute a Sword Technique!"

This discovery left them both utterly astonished.

For a Martial Artist, controlling Martial Soul Power is an incredibly difficult task that tests both talent and effort.

Yet Chu Qingyun had not only demonstrated near-perfect control over his Ten-star Vine Martial Soul before, but he had also defeated Duan Feichen—a Martial Artist one level higher—relying solely on it! 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

And now, he was doing something even more unheard-of: executing a Sword Technique with his vines!

What kind of control did that require!?

It was simply unprecedented! No, it was something no one had even conceived of!

They had both previously witnessed Chu Qingyun’s Sword Technique firsthand. It was incredibly powerful; just by using his finger as a sword, he could easily defeat and injure a Gold Medal Captain.

With such a Sword Technique, once he figured out how to execute it with those ten vines, it would be like striking with ten swords at once, increasing his attack power tenfold!

The very thought was terrifying...

"Chu Yu, send someone to bring that Sun Daxiong over. I want to understand some specific details about this Chu Qingyun," the Celestial Wind Army Master said after regaining his composure.

Upon hearing this, a trace of joy flashed across Grand Commander Chu Yu’s face.

He understood. The Celestial Wind Army Master was now seriously considering letting Chu Qingyun join that elite squad.

That mission was of critical importance, and the elite squad had only five slots. Therefore, it wasn’t just about strength; many other aspects had to be carefully examined as well.

Competition for the five slots on the elite squad was incredibly fierce among the top Gold Medal Captains of the Great Xia Dragon Guard.

Even the various Grand Commanders were engaged in all sorts of open and secret struggles to secure a spot for the talented captains under their command.

Under these circumstances, for him, Grand Commander Chu Yu, to suddenly propose that a newcomer to the Celestial Wind Army—an eighth-level Martial Artist, no less—should join the elite squad would surely be met with heavy resistance.

To say nothing of others, the other Grand Commanders would definitely oppose it with all their might.

But there was one exception.

And that was the Celestial Wind Army Master.

As long as the Celestial Wind Army Master nodded his approval, then no matter what anyone else thought, Chu Qingyun would secure that final spot.

Grand Commander Chu Yu casually found someone nearby and told them to go to the battle stage and summon Sun Daxiong.

When Sun Daxiong heard that the Grand Commander and the Lord Military Commander were looking for him, he shuddered in shock. Not daring to delay in the slightest, he immediately hurried over.