The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron
Chapter 1353 - Chapter 1353 1451

Chapter 1353: 1451 Chapter 1353: 1451 Juechen sat cross-legged inside an inconspicuous volcanic crater, not only healing but also perfecting his knife skills.

After the battle with Qin Guanyue, Juechen gained a lot and witnessed the extraordinary methods of the Taoist Sect, which deepened his understanding of himself significantly.

“Though the martial arts of the Taoist Sect are strong, they are not as good as my knife skills. I have not been wrong in the path I’ve taken,” Juechen muttered to himself as he looked at the treasured knife floating in the magma below.

Being a martial arts genius, Juechen could master any ordinary martial arts just by glancing at them.

But Juechen disdained to remember those common and mediocre martial arts; he was only interested in profound and exquisite martial arts, especially knife skills.

He could remember any knife skills just by looking at them once and could emulate them after a second look.

After the third look, he could perfectly master the knife skills, integrating them into his own repertoire.

It could be said that Juechen was a natural-born knife prodigy. In an era a hundred years prior, not a single genius could match him in knife skills.

“Just a half step away from the Spirit Source. Once I perfect the Heaven-Burning Slash, I can enter into the Spirit Source directly,” Juechen took a deep breath, his face showing firm resolve.

His cultivation was at the half-step to Spirit Source, just like Yin Wuyan and Qin Guanyue, all of them ready to step into the Spirit Source realm at any moment.

However, Juechen was deliberately suppressing his cultivation because he wanted to perfect the newly comprehended knife skills before entering the Spirit Source.

In the magma, Juechen’s treasured knife floated up and down with the rolling magma, absorbing the Fire Power from it and casting a faint red glow on the blade.

Suddenly, Juechen gave a cold snort and thrust his palm upwards.

Boom~~~

Juechen’s palm struck with force against a startling Jade Heaven Step, specifically the Confucian Heaven Step.

“Not bad reflexes,” said the voice of Yin Wuyan without much emotional fluctuation.

Juechen looked up and saw two figures standing in the sky. The person who had just made a move against him was Yin Wuyan.

Beside Yin Wuyan stood a woman in a black robe. Juechen had detected the woman’s presence and had struck without uttering a word.

This woman gave Juechen a very dangerous feeling, like a venomous snake that made one shudder.

Juechen could tell that her cultivation was much higher than his own; she had to be a Spirit Source realm expert.

As for which Layer of Spirit Source she was at, that was still unknown. Only after clashing could he judge that.

“Do you seek death?” Juechen said coldly, his voice filled with resolute killing intent, undeterred by the knowledge that the woman beside Yin Wuyan had Spirit Source cultivation.

Yin Wuyan curved his lips but said nothing, while the woman from Hidden Kill Hall spoke, “Juechen, you must know who I am.”

“People from Nether, so what?” Juechen said, obviously having already recognized that the woman was from Hidden Kill Hall.

“Good, as long as you know. You once owed Hidden Kill Hall three favors. Do you remember?” the woman said with a hint of a smile at her lips.

Juechen’s brow furrowed, “Speak plainly your intentions.”

“Very well, we now need your help to take action,” the woman from Hidden Kill Hall said.

“To kill who?” Juechen asked.

“Fang Lin.”

“Good!”

Without asking any further questions, Juechen agreed outright, which somewhat surprised Yin Wuyan.

The woman from Hidden Kill Hall wasn’t surprised at all. Juechen agreed so readily, which was entirely within her expectations.

After all, Juechen had deep ties with Hidden Kill Hall. Although he wasn’t a member of Hidden Kill Hall, they had once helped him, so Juechen agreed to make three moves on behalf of Hidden Kill Hall.

It wasn’t just because of this relationship, but the woman from Hidden Kill Hall also knew that Fang Lin was a must-kill target for Juechen.

“Since you’ve agreed, then we can discuss the detailed plan to assassinate Fang Lin, to avoid any mistakes,” said the woman from Hidden Kill Hall.

“Are there only three of us?” Juechen inquired.

“For now, there are indeed only the three of us, but that’s already enough,” the woman from Hidden Kill Hall responded, immediately sharing her detailed thoughts with Juechen.

“In that case, Fang Lin is as good as dead,” Juechen claimed, his eyes flashing with light.

The woman from Hidden Kill Hall stared at Juechen for a while, then smiled: “You’re about to break through.”

Juechen nodded: “It’s close.”

“Then, once you’ve broken through, let’s take action,” said the woman from Hidden Kill Hall.

“Okay,” Juechen replied.

Yin Wuyan rarely spoke and seemed uninterested. Whether it was the woman from Hidden Kill Hall or Juechen, she didn’t think highly of either, but to save Qin Guanyue, she had no choice but to pinch her nose and join them.

Five days later, inside the crater of a volcano, Juechen perfected his knife skills and began to make a breakthrough in his realm.

For Juechen, the breakthrough in realm was much simpler than the comprehension of knife skills. He was someone who had voluntarily withdrawn from the world a century ago, having built up considerable potential. He should have reached the Spirit Source realm a long time ago but forcibly suppressed his progress until now.

At the moment of breakthrough, Juechen encountered no bottlenecks and smoothly transitioned from the peak of the Ninth Layer of Spirit Bone directly into the First Layer of Spirit Source.

The transformation from Spirit Bone to Spirit Source marked a qualitative change, a threshold many people couldn’t cross in their entire lives.

But for Juechen, it was as simple as eating and drinking.

When he broke through, a strong sword energy surged around Juechen, leaving marks from the sword energy on the volcanic rock walls.

As Spirit Source condensed within him, Juechen stood up, took out the treasured sword from the magma with a wave of his hand, and then slashed fiercely towards the sky.

Heaven-Burning Slash!

With his knife skills perfected and his realm elevated, Juechen’s display of this slash was tremendously powerful.

Yin Wuyan showed a look of surprise, and even the woman from Hidden Kill Hall trembled inside.

The woman from Hidden Kill Hall was also a martial artist of the Spirit Source realm, and even at the Seventh Layer of Spirit Source, she had been submerged in the Spirit Source realm for many years.

However, seeing the sword Juechen displayed at that moment, the woman from Hidden Kill Hall felt a sense of shame as if all her years of cultivation had been in vain.

But on second thought, there was nothing to be ashamed of; Juechen was an exceptional genius of a hundred years ago. Had he not secluded himself for a century, he would probably already be a well-known powerhouse by now, and even the Fire King might not be his match.

With one stroke of the sword, Juechen felt refreshed. His entire being was composed and steady as a mountain, yet also as sharp as a sword drawn from its sheath, the two conflicting qualities melding within him.

“It’s no wonder you’re called A Sword Stroke Dusty, truly impressive,” the woman from Hidden Kill Hall remarked.

Juechen glanced at Yin Wuyan, who immediately became alert: “What are you looking at me for?”

“Why haven’t you broken through to the Spirit Source realm?” Juechen asked.

Yin Wuyan snorted: “What’s it to you?”

ps: The first update

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