Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 702 - 701 Xuanwu’s Eight Desolation Shield

"Buzz!"

A surge of information flooded into Xu Ping’an’s mind.

In his mind, he soon acquired a plethora of information.

The information was vast, yet it detailed only a single technique.

"Our Xuanwu’s Eight Desolation Shield, how about it, isn’t it powerful? I’m telling you, with our clan’s skill, if you use it, you can definitely block that Corpse Puppet’s attack," Xuanwu’s proud voice rang in Xu Ping’an’s mind.

"Senior, why is there only one move?" Xu Ping’an asked somewhat disheartened.

"Isn’t one move enough? The Combat Technique has a total of three moves, and with your current Cultivation, you can at most practice this First Rank. It’s enough for you, kid, don’t be ungrateful," Xuanwu chuckled.

"I see, thank you, senior. I’ll come back to learn the remaining two moves next time," Xu Ping’an said joyfully.

In fact, Xuanwu was not wrong; this Combat Technique was indeed formidable.

The move was not executed with a shield, but by using one’s own strength to condense an energy shield-like barrier through a special method.

The strength of this shield was extremely robust, truly capable of blocking a blow from an Eleventh Rank Peak Corpse Puppet.

Of course, using this move also consumed a tremendous amount of energy.

With his current Cultivation, he could at most use this technique three times before he completely depleted his resources.

Nonetheless, this was sufficient, as it effectively gave him an extremely powerful means to save his life.

"Furthermore, this is one of my teeth. With it, that Corpse Puppet won’t dare to approach you, and you’ll be able to leave safely," Xuanwu stated.

After he finished speaking, a gigantic tooth appeared out of thin air in front of Xu Ping’an.

The tooth was at least three meters long and extremely sharp.

Xu Ping’an was shocked as he looked at the tooth before him.

The tooth contained an incredibly terrifying energy fluctuation, and it seemed to be etched with powerful Divine Patterns.

Just in terms of hardness, it was definitely not inferior to an ordinary Divine Artifact.

"What level of being is this, that a single tooth contains such terrifying energy? Moreover, this tooth is definitely a Divine Artifact Refining Material," Xu Ping’an was amazed to himself.

This was a treasure!

With this tooth, he could definitely use it to refine his own Divine Artifact.

"Thank you, senior. I definitely won’t let down your expectations," Xu Ping’an said earnestly.

"Get lost, come find me when you bring the Heavenly Nether Crystal," Xuanwu replied impatiently.

"By the way, senior, do you have any Nether Spring Wood? I need it to refine a Physical Body for a friend, and I’m still lacking a piece of Nether Spring Wood," Xu Ping’an thought for a moment and still spoke up.

"Nether Spring Wood? You mean the kind of wood that grows near the Nine Nether Yellow Springs? That thing is trash, but I did pick up a piece a long time ago, used it to pick my teeth. If you need it, I’ll give it to you," Xuanwu answered.

Having said that, a long wooden stick appeared in front of Xu Ping’an, the stick was a full ten meters long.

Xu Ping’an was somewhat stunned, such a long piece of Nether Spring Wood?

Would that not sell for a sky-high price in the outside world?

Xuanwu had been using it to pick his teeth?

"Thank you, senior," Xu Ping’an urgently said.

"Get lost, I’m going to sleep," Xuanwu threw down these words and then there was silence.

Xu Ping’an stored the Nether Spring Wood and the tooth, then bowed slightly towards Xuanwu.

Then he sat down cross-legged and began to practice the Xuanwu’s Eight Desolation Shield.

This First Rank was called the Mountain and Sea Shield, requiring the practitioner to compress their own strength violently eighty-one times in an instant.

This was difficult, even more so than the previous requirement of exerting force eighty-one times.

However, Xu Ping’an had the foundation of Stack Hammering, so he could get the hang of it a bit faster.

"Buzz!"

Xu Ping’an tried time and again to condense the Mountain and Sea Shield, but each attempt ended in failure.

In fact, as long as one could achieve nine compressions, one could be considered to have attained the basic level, achieving the effect of condensing a shield.

But these nine attempts were not an easy task; if one failed to control the compressed energy surge, it was very easy to be directly blown to death.

Fortunately, Xu Ping’an had the Demon Elephant Tower, where he directly entered to cultivate.

As for the outside world, he left an illusion so that others could not detect his presence.

This was one of the basic functions of the Demon Elephant Tower, to avoid being discovered by others.

In the first layer of the Demon Elephant Tower, Xu Ping’an tried again and again.

Several times, he was blown into serious injuries, but fortunately, he recovered quickly.

After numerous attempts, Xu Ping’an finally condensed an initial version of the Mountain Sea Shield.

Xu Ping’an also summoned Mo Yun as his opponent, asking him to attack with full force.

Mo Yun’s attack bombarded the Mountain Sea Shield, but it couldn’t break the shield.

Of course, by the second hit, the Mountain Sea Shield couldn’t hold up anymore.

Thus, Xu Ping’an could preliminarily determine that the nine-times compressed Mountain Sea Shield could withstand a full-force attack from an Eleventh Rank, Third Layer Realm Peak.

Xu Ping’an was already very satisfied with this result.

Xu Ping’an’s figure appeared in the outside world, and others did not notice anything unusual.

And by this point, their injuries had mostly healed as well.

"Let’s go, we can leave now, I can take you out," Xu Ping’an said.

"But what about that Corpse Puppet?" Du Bingxin immediately asked.

"Don’t worry, I have a way to deal with it," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

Hearing this, Pan Zhen and Tong Jianjun hesitated and involuntarily looked toward Du Bingxin.

The latter thought for a moment and said, "Since you’re confident we can deal with it, then let’s go."

After speaking, she followed Xu Ping’an and walked towards the outside.

Yin Xue did not doubt at all and immediately followed.

Pan Zhen and Tong Jianjun hesitated for a moment, but ultimately they also chose to follow.

The two of them were the weakest in strength; staying here meant waiting for death.

Rather than waiting for death, it was better to trust Xu Ping’an this once.

Thus, the group of five headed toward the perimeter of the Nether Corpse Forest.

As they walked, they kept an eye on the Corpse Puppet’s movements.

As expected, when they reached the middle area of the Nether Corpse Forest, the Corpse Puppet pounced directly at them.

Seeing the Corpse Puppet pounce, Du Bingxin and the rest were startled and hurriedly went on the defensive.

But Xu Ping’an was calm and collected, directly throwing out that huge tooth.

The moment the tooth appeared, a powerful divine might erupted from it, sending the Corpse Puppet flying away.

The Corpse Puppet glanced at the tooth as if it had seen something extremely terrifying and quickly escaped.

Seeing this scene, Du Bingxin, Pan Zhen, and Tong Jianjun all breathed a sigh of relief.

However, they quickly turned to look at the tooth Xu Ping’an had taken out with astonishment.

"What kind of tooth is this, so terrifying that it can scare away a Corpse Puppet?" Du Bingxin asked in surprise.

Pan Zhen and Tong Jianjun were also full of curiosity.

"The tooth of a Demon Beast that I had come across by chance; it has a deterrent effect on demons and evil spirits," Xu Ping’an casually made up a reason.

The secret of Xuanwu was better kept from these people.

After all, Xuanwu did not want these people to disturb him, and once the news spread, it might bring unnecessary trouble.

Soon, Xu Ping’an and his group had left the dense forest and arrived in front of the Stone Temple.

Stepping out of the dense forest, everyone let out a complete sigh of relief.