"Senior, thank you very much." Johnnie said with a hint of sadness as he looked at the feeble old man.
The old man shook his head and said, "You've earned all of this. I hope you won't go back on your word."
"Senior, don't worry. I, Johnnie, always keep my promises. I will protect the Universe Continent, and the Sword Immortal Sect will surely thrive in my hands!" His confident expression wasn't just empty talk. In this life, he was determined to keep the foreign races at bay from the Universe Continent.
Moreover, he truly had a plan to revive the Sword Immortal Sect. He already had the perfect candidates in mind—the Ancient Martial Arts Families on Earth.
"Kid, I believe in you." the old man said weakly, continuing, "Now that you've received the Sword Immortal inheritance, you're the master of this place. However, you can only enter when you advance in stage. Before we part, I'll give you another opportunity. If I'm not mistaken, you should be practicing the Cosmic Eclipse Blade."
"Cosmic Eclipse Blade?" Johnnie asked in confusion. "Senior, I'm practicing the Great Transformation Sword Technique."
"No." the old man shook his head. "It is the Cosmic Eclipse Blade. What you have is just an incomplete version. The full version is the Cosmic Eclipse Blade, created three thousand years ago by the greatest master of The Way of the Sword on the Universe Continent after comprehending the laws of the heavens. The other half should be in the hands of a certain god. If you can obtain it, your strength will receive another huge boost."
Johnnie was taken aback and asked, "Senior, which god has it?"
"I don't know. You'll have to find out for yourself. Kid, you're still too weak right now, and your enemies are powerful, not just the gods. Try not to reveal your identity and develop in secret..." The old man gave earnest advice. His voice faded away, and his figure became transparent before disappearing completely.
"Senior!" Johnnie felt a pang of grief. If he hadn't injured the old man, he wouldn't have dissipated so quickly.
"Senior, I had no choice. Given a second chance at life, I must protect everything. But rest assured, I, Johnnie, will keep my word and create a brand - new world for you!" He bowed deeply. With a surge of spatial energy, he was teleported away.
He reappeared in front of the cliff. Touching the cliff face, he tried to enter again.
[Beep, The Secret Realm of the Sword Tomb cannot be opened for the time being]
The prompt message indicated that the secret realm was completely closed. He could only enter when he advanced in his Sword Immortal profession.
He couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret. If he could have continued to comprehend The Way of the Sword in that sword domain, his understanding of The Way of the Sword would surely have advanced further.
"First, I need to boost my strength." He took out the 100 stat potions he had obtained and consumed them all.
[Beep, you have obtained 100 free attribute points]
This time, he added all of them to his Spirit attribute.
As a Sword Immortal, even basic attacks consume mana. With his current low Spirit attribute, he only has 380 mana points, which isn't conducive to prolonged battles.
With a thought, he checked his current attributes.
[ID: Johnnie]
[Profession: Sword Immortal, Each level - up adds an additional 2 points to the four basic attributes, Attacks deal 100% physical and 100% magical damage, Costs 1 mana point per attack]
[stage: Tier 2, Level 1 (211/1000)]
[Constitution: 55 + 15, Strength: 57 + 13, Spirit: 154, Agility: 52 + 2]
[HP: 700 + 750 (Constitution * 10)]
[MP: 1540 + 50 (Spirit * 10)]
[Physical Defense: 35 + 25 (Constitution * 50%)]
[Magical Defense: 77 + 7 (Spirit * 50%)]
[Physical Damage: 70 + 11 points (Strength * 1)]
[Magic Damage: 154 points (Spirit * 1)]
[Speed: 54 + 1 point (Agility * 1)]
[Comprehension of the Way of the Sword: The State of Sword Mind, When the heart is righteous, the sword is righteous. When the heart is evil, the sword is evil. Control the sword with the heart and do as one pleases.]
[Skills:]
[Great Transformation Sword Technique: Advanced sword skill, Level 2 (77011/10000), When killing a target in combat state, increase damage by 2% and attack speed by 2%, stacking infinitely and lasting until the end of the combat.]
[The Art of Controlling the Sword: Comprehended when the realm of The Way of the Sword is upgraded to The State of Sword Mind. Control the flying sword, cannot be upgraded.]
[The Technique of Swordsmanship for Controlling Swords: Level 1 (0/1000). Control distance is 10 meters, and the number of flying swords that can be controlled is 1, Consumes 10 mana points per second.]
[Fly with the Controlled Sword: Special skill, cannot be upgraded, Ride the long sword and roam the world, Consumes 10 mana points per second.]
[Equipment: Void Sword (Unknown), Dragon Patterned Sword (Divine Artifact), Blue Steel Sword (Green), Giant Bear War Armor (Blue), Bronze Battle Helmet (Green), Light Boots (White), Jade Belt (Green), Thornvine Bracers (White), Ghost Pattern Ring (White), Resurrection Ring (Special), Crystal Stone Pendant (White)]
...
"So powerful!" Johnnie exclaimed.
His current attributes are luxurious. Although he is still far from the powerful figures in Horizon, dealing with the Apocalypse Group in the real world is definitely within his capabilities.
"Find a safe place to refine the Fossil of Creation and integrate the attributes!" He looked at the stage 3 magical beasts wandering not far away. With a thought in his mind, he summoned the Void Sword.
His hand felt heavy, and he almost couldn't hold it steady.
The Void Sword was too heavy, and with his current attributes, he could only barely control it.
He directly stood on the broad sword body, controlled the Void Sword, and used the skill Fly with the Controlled Sword.
Hum!
The Void Sword rose unsteadily and was a bit difficult to control.
Fortunately, his Comprehension of the Way of the Sword had reached the The State of Sword Mind realm. After just getting familiar with it a bit, he could control it skillfully.
Whoosh...
A stream of light flashed across the sky, moving at an extremely fast speed, like the wind and lightning.
Johnnie stood firmly on the sword body, with his hands behind his back, flying rapidly. He felt extremely delighted in his heart.
This was exactly what he had been pursuing, to be unrestrained and free, soaring through the sky and earth!
Soon, he arrived at Twin Cranes City. Instead of entering the city, he went to a remote corner outside the city. After making sure there was no danger around, he took out the Fossil of Creation.
[Fossil of Creation: A god-level item. After a player refines it, the abilities obtained in the game can be materialized in the real world.]
He looked at the attributes of the Fossil of Creation and felt a bit reluctant in his heart, but he still chose to refine it.
He was very powerful now, but if he had time to grow, his strength could be improved again.
Unfortunately, he didn't have that time anymore.
He had already been targeted by the Apocalypse Group, and he also needed to rescue Lina, so he had to fuse the attributes in advance.
After the attribute fusion, if his strength in the game continued to increase, it couldn't be synchronously materialized in the real world.
Unless he reached the godly realm, or Horizon was completely integrated with the real world, but that was too far in the future.
"Maybe I can get another Fossil of Creation." Johnnie murmured to himself. He thought of Macbeth, the CEO of the Apocalypse Group.
Obviously, this guy wanted to materialize the abilities in the game into the real world and get rid of the constraints of the rules.
Since this Fossil of Creation had been snatched by him, Macbeth would definitely not be willing to let it go.
He stopped dwelling on this issue. With a thought in his mind, he began to refine the Fossil of Creation.
...
[Beep, you have refined the Fossil of Creation, and your current attributes are integrated into the real world.]
The prompt message flashed. He had successfully refined the Fossil of Creation, but he didn't feel anything special about himself.
It seemed that he could only notice the changes after logging off.
Beep!
At this moment, a private message came in. It was from Lina.
He glanced at the time. It should only be evening now. This woman usually only logged in secretly at night. Could something have happened?
He opened the private message.
Unknown Player: "Johnnie, have you already obtained the Fossil of Creation?"
Johnnie: "You sure are well-informed."
Unknown Player: "Macbeth suspects that there is a mole within the organization and is conducting an investigation. I'm afraid I'm in danger. When will you come to rescue me?"
Lina was truly feeling the danger. Otherwise, she wouldn't have risked logging into Horizon in the afternoon to ask him for help.
Johnnie: "Soon. Be careful yourself."
Beep!
At this moment, his private message rang again. It was from Crysic.
Crysic: "Johnnie, you haven't logged off for two days."
Crysic was angry and a bit aggrieved. She and Johnnie had just confirmed their relationship, and she hadn't even experienced the sweetness of love yet, but this guy had been stuck in the game all the time.
Johnnie: "Okay, I'll log off right away."
After replying, with a thought in his mind, he disconnected from the game.
Unknown Player: "Johnnie, I could be exposed at any moment. Hurry up and fuse your attributes and come to rescue me."
On the other side, Lina sent a message, but she didn't receive a response for a long time.
Only then did she notice that Johnnie had already logged off.
"Damn it!" She cursed angrily.
She felt that Johnnie didn't care about her at all. She was in a dangerous situation now, and the only person she could contact from the outside world was Johnnie.
She wanted to contact the high-level officials of the Dragon Country, but she couldn't reach them at all. As for other people, she couldn't trust them, and they wouldn't believe her words either.
"Johnnie, if I die, I won't let you off even as a ghost!" She gritted her teeth and cursed. Not daring to stay logged in for too long, with a thought in her mind, she quickly logged off as well.
...
In the real world, Johnnie slowly woke up.
He had been logged into the game for two days, but the dizziness and headache he had expected didn't occur.
On the contrary, a powerful force filled his body.
"Hmm?" With a thought in his mind, a huge gray sword and a small black dagger appeared.