<h2 ss="wp-block-heading">Chapter 5288</h2>


    He could sense the spiritual energy within his dantian undergoing a qualitative transformation, faintly showing signs of reaching the ninth level of the Loose Immortal Realm.


    “Roar!”


    Unable to strike David, the giant skeleton grew increasingly frantic. It plunged its rusty sword into the ground, forming hand seals, its body aze with murderous energy.


    The remains of the skeletons shattered by David unexpectedly recondensed within the ck energy, transforming into dozens of skeleton soldiers armed with bone spears, charging towards David!


    “What a coincidence!”


    David’s eyes shed. Instead of retreating, he advanced, maximizing the skills learned in the “Sword Saint Heart Sutra,” weaving through the gaps between the bone spears.


    At the same time, the Dragon ying Sword was raised overhead. Golden light and ck energy intertwined on its de, converging into a de several feet long. This sword, fused with his understanding of the Sword Tomb’s sword intent, also contained the violent power of refined evil spirit!


    “Break!”


    The sword light descended, like lightning splitting the night. The


    iing bone spears were instantly shattered, and dozens of skeleton soldiers following in its wake were reduced to ash in the sword light.


    Even more astonishing, the sword light’s lingering force shed straight towards the giant skeleton’s head!


    The giant skeleton roared and raised its arms to block. Its arm bones, nourished by the ck energy, turned as ck as ink and became incredibly hard.


    “Dang!”


    The sword light collided with its arm bones, a nging sound of metal shing. The giant skeleton was thrown back repeatedly, cracks appearing on the bone armor of its arms, and the will-o’-the-wisp in its eye sockets danced violently, clearly suffering serious injuries.


    David, using the recoil of this blow, spun like a top, the Dragon ying Sword in his hand forming a golden vortex.


    The evil spirits that had been dispersed by the sword light were drawn in again by him, flowing into his body along the rotating trajectory – this time, he was no longer passively absorbing, but actively guiding the evil spirits to impact the barrier of cultivation!


    “Ah…!”


    David let out a long howl, and a crisp “crack” sound came from his body, like shattering shackles.


    The barrier of the eighth level of the Sanxian Realm was finally breached. Surging spiritual energy, mixed with pure evil spirit, flowed through his body. His cultivation had remarkably reached the ninth level of the Sanxian Realm!


    “Now!”


    David’s eyes suddenly became as sharp as a sword.


    After this breakthrough, his control over the sword intent became even more refined.


    He could clearly sense the momentary disturbance of the evil spirit within the giant skeleton’s body due to the previous attack.


    “Soaring Dragon Style!”


    This time, the “Soaring Dragon Style” was no longer simply a dragon’s might, but was infused with the murderous aura and violent evil spirit of the Sword Tomb. The


    Dragon ying Sword radiated with a surge of golden light. A ck dragon phantom, woven from sword intent and evil spirit, swirled and rose, charging towards the giant skeleton with the momentum to rend the heavens and earth!


    The giant skeleton instinctively sensed danger and tried to retreat, but found that the space around it seemed to be locked by an invisible sword domain.


    It could only watch helplessly as the ck dragon’s maw opened and bit down on its head.


    “Puff!”


    A shadowy ck dragon pierced through the giant skeleton’s skull, devouring the zing green will-o’-the-wisp fire within.


    Without the will-o’-the-wisp support, the giant skeleton’s movements suddenly froze, then crackled with a crackling sound, ultimately bing a pile of scattered bones, blown away by the wind from the sword tomb.


    As the giant skeleton vanished, the remaining skeletons around it fell to the ground like puppets without power, turning into bone dust.


    The raging ck evil spirit gradually subsided, no longer actively attacking. Instead, like a gentle stream, it slowly lingered around David, being absorbed and refined bit by bit.


    Outside the sword barrier, Mo Chen and the others watched in astonishment.


    They had witnessed David’s breakthrough from a desperate situation, using his ninth-grade Loose Immortal Realm cultivation to y a giant skeletonparable to the peak seventh-grade Earth Immortal Realm. Furthermore, he had tempered his body with evil spirit energy, transforming the peril of the sword tomb into a formidable opportunity.


    “This… this kid…” Hu Mazi gaped, unable to speak for a long time.