Sima Qi stared at Ye Fan's figure, eyes wide with shock.
He never expected that the sword would indeed have a sword spirit!
"You... you're the sword spirit of this blade!?"
Sima Qi exclaimed, his eyes widening further.
Though he was an Eight-Star Martial God, it was his first time encountering something like a sword spirit!
A sword spirit capable of forming an energy body and manifesting.
This was only possible with divine-grade weapons!
"Yes."
"Kill all these demons, and I will grant you supreme power."
Ye Fan looked at him and continued speaking.
"Alright!"
Sima Qi nodded, gripping the sword tightly, his face full of excitement.
It seemed like he had been acknowledged by the sword spirit, hadn't he?
The thought filled him with joy.
Ye Fan's figure appeared beside him, but the entire body was formed from energy.
"The energy consumption in sword spirit mode is manageable,"
Ye Fan noted as he observed the energy points depleting at a rate of 10 per second.
Fortunately, he had plenty of energy points at the moment, allowing him to maintain this form for a while.
If he had used the "transformation" state, the energy consumption would have been much higher.
"You demons, all of you die!"
Sima Qi swept his gaze over the surrounding demons and, holding the sword, slashed through the air!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Terrifying white flames erupted instantly!
Nether Flame Soul Slash!!!
This martial skill was even more powerful than before!
Thanks to Ye Fan's newly acquired skills, all his abilities had been boosted to Divine Rank Two-Star.
As the white flames hit the demons, their seemingly invincible bodies were quickly reduced to charred remains.
Sima Qi continued to wield the sword, cutting through the demons' souls as they attempted to flee.
[Killed Seven-Star Demon, gained 700,000,000 Evolution Points]
[Killed Seven-Star Demon, gained 700,000,000 Evolution Points]
...
[Absorbed Seven-Star Demon blood essence, gained 7,000 Energy Points]
[Absorbed Seven-Star Demon blood essence, gained 7,000 Energy Points]
...
This level was filled with Seven-Star demons, and for Sima Qi, they were easy to kill.
"The demons sealed on higher levels are stronger. I can't kill them yet,"
Sima Qi said to Ye Fan after slaying the demons on this floor.
Demons ranked above Eight Stars had incredibly powerful physical bodies, making them much harder to kill.
Even if he could kill them, it would take a lot of time.
"Alright, start by killing the ones below,"
Ye Fan replied calmly.
Indeed, the Demon-Sealing Tower had many powerful demons sealed inside, some so strong that even Nine-Star Martial Gods had difficulty killing them.
That's why they were sealed.
"Understood,"
Sima Qi nodded.
As he descended the tower, he killed all the sealed demons, powerful beasts, and evil martial warriors.
Checking the system panel, Ye Fan found that his evolution points had already reached 21 billion!
Accumulating so many points so quickly was exhilarating.
Additionally, his energy points had reached over 50 million!
Sima Qi finally exited the tower, sword in hand.
At the entrance, the powerful warrior who had been guarding the Demon-Sealing Tower had already been killed by Sima Qi.
"I didn't expect you to kill him,"
Ye Fan said calmly, looking at the man's lifeless body on the ground.
"Heh, I've been waiting for a long time to kill that guy,"
Sima Qi chuckled.
"By the way, sword spirit, does killing these demons grant me energy?"
Sima Qi asked, his gaze focused on Ye Fan's energy form.
When he had slain those evil beings earlier, he had felt their energy being absorbed by the sword.
More astonishingly, while the sword absorbed the energy, most of it was transmitted into his own body!
After slaying all the sealed demons, beasts, and warriors across twenty-eight levels, Sima Qi felt as though his body was brimming with energy, almost to the point of bursting!
If not for the sword speeding up his absorption rate, he wouldn't have been able to handle so much energy.
"Yes, not only demons but also beasts and martial warriors. Killing them grants energy as well,"
Ye Fan said.
"Is that so..."
Sima Qi was visibly excited.
"But now, I need to leave quickly,"
Sima Qi calmed himself and, with a single thought, swiftly departed the area.
...
"Who did this!?"
Shortly after Sima Qi left, several Martial Gods arrived at the scene.
Seeing the corpse at the entrance of the Demon-Sealing Tower, they were instantly enraged!
The Martial Gods began using secret techniques to track down the intruder.
...
Meanwhile, Sima Qi had already flown far away.
Before long, he arrived at a secret cultivation sanctuary, a perfect place for training.
"This is where I usually cultivate,"
Sima Qi said as he sat down cross-legged.
With a single thought, he began his cultivation.
As his cultivation method activated, the vast energy within him started being absorbed rapidly.
Quickly, the immense energy within his body was channeled and refined.
Still in sword spirit mode, Ye Fan floated around the area.
Being in energy form, he could drift freely like a ghost.
"Nothing interesting here,"
Ye Fan muttered.
With a thought, his body turned into light and instantly returned to the sword.
In sword spirit mode, he couldn't stray too far from the sword, which was a bit frustrating.
...
Sima Qi remained in deep cultivation.
Time passed, and when he finally opened his eyes, he burst into laughter.
"Hahaha!"
He stood up, filled with excitement.
The bottleneck in his cultivation had completely broken through!
It was thanks to absorbing and refining all that powerful energy!