Chapter 48: Completely Absorbing Dou Qi and Spiritual Power

  "It turns out that this is the origin of the name 'Dinghai Divine Sword', but I don't know if there are still two words 'Divine Needle' under this stick, haha... Seeing the two characters 'Dinghai', Fenghuaxueye couldn't help but rub his chin with his right hand, and fantasized endlessly in his heart."

  After carefully observing the Dinghai Divine Sword again, Feng Huaxue finally straightened his body and began to observe the twenty-meter-high pure gold statue behind him.

  This statue is incredibly well-made, with even the facial expression being carved in a subtle and delicate manner. It truly has an aura of "stealing the skills of heaven", and I don't know which great sculptor spent how much time carving it into existence.

  Just as Feng Huaye was still admiring the beauty of the pure gold sculpture, a hoarse voice sounded from beside him: "Feng Huaye, can this sculpture and the Dinghai Divine Sword both enter your Dharma eye?"

  "Of course, it can be done. I truly hope that one day in the mainland, there will be a statue of myself soaring into the sky, for all to admire and cherish for centuries!" Feng Huaxue didn't even turn his head back, but replied with a sigh, still gazing up at the dazzling golden light of Dugu Qiubai's pure gold statue.

  "Why don't you try pulling out the Dinghai Divine Sword now?" At this time, Beidong Piaoxue, who had been silent beside him, seemed to say with a bit of impatience.

  Upon hearing Beidou's slightly impatient voice, Feng Huaxue immediately understood that she wanted to return home early and have him teach her how to fly. He turned around and looked at the three stunning beauties in front of him with a hint of embarrassment, saying: "I'm sorry, I'll leave now, I've kept you waiting for too long!"

  After that, Feng Huaxue took a big step forward and adjusted the position of his feet to the most powerful position. He sank his waist and stood up straight, with both hands placed on the golden hilt of the Dinghai Divine Sword exposed outside, gripping it tightly.

  "As he... Ah..." Just as Feng Huaxue was about to unleash his full strength and aura while tightly gripping the hilt of the Dinghai Divine Sword, a strange change suddenly occurred.

  Only to see the ten-colored Dou Qi that had originally condensed in Feng Huaxue Ye's hands being absorbed by the hilt of the sword at an extremely terrifying speed, spiraling inward. The Dinghai Divine Sword was like a bottomless pit that swallowed Dou Qi, endlessly devouring the Dou Qi within Feng Huaxue Ye's body.

  In less than three seconds, the Qi Dan in Feng Huaxue's Dantian had withered away, leaving only an outline of a Qi Dan, and the Qi within was completely absorbed by the hilt of the Dinghai Divine Sword.

  Suddenly, his handsome face was covered with a layer of frost, and he walked slowly with heavy steps, retreating several steps before turning back to stare at Dugu Jing and Dugu Jinlong with eyes that emitted a cold aura.

  "You... this sword... you're not trying to harm me, are you? But this..."

  Although Feng Huaxue was shocked in his heart, he also thought of something. Dugu Jingong would not harm him in front of Fa Shen Gong Lingyuan, and the appreciation and love that Dugu Jingong had shown for him before was not pretended. So in the end, Feng Huaxue asked in shock, unable to think of a solution.

  "Haven't you asked me before why, with my Seventh Rank Dou Huang and Eighth Rank Fa Huang strength, I still can't pull out this sword?! What's happening to you now is the same situation that every single strong expert who has tried to pull out the Dinghai Divine Sword has encountered!"

  That's when the entire body's aura and spiritual energy will be completely absorbed by the Dinghai Divine Sword, and when you pull out the sword and can wield it freely, you'll gain its favor, it will acknowledge you as master, only absorbing half of your aura and spiritual energy. When your hand leaves it, the aura and spiritual energy it absorbed from you will instantly return to your body!

  "This is one of the characteristics of the divine artifact of my Dugu family, the Dinghai Divine Sword!"

  Dugu Jingang looked 'wronged' as he explained in detail to Feng Huaxueye, who had a puzzled expression. As he spoke, the emotions on his old face kept shifting between wrongedness, helplessness and pride.

  "Oh, I see. So it can actually absorb the host's Dou Qi and Spiritual Power! This Dinghai Divine Sword truly lives up to its name as a divine artifact; that makes it a high-ranking magical tool, with the possibility of even giving birth to an artifact spirit!!"

  Feng Hua Xue Ye heard this and immediately said with a hint of speculation.

  "Well, the reason I didn't explain it to you in detail before you drew your sword is that I wanted you to have a personal experience. In our clan of Dugu, every ten years we will try to pull out the sword once, but no one has ever been able to pull it out relying solely on their weak physical strength when all their spiritual energy and aura are completely absorbed."

  "According to my calculations, this sword was completely inserted into the hardest metal of the Dragon Ascension Empire, Xuántiān Iron, by our ancestors. To pull it out completely, one's physical body would need at least 40,000 catties of strength!"

  Dugu Jingang felt more and more helpless as he spoke. In today's Demon-Fighting Continent, everyone cultivated magic and martial arts through meditation and spiritual power, but when it came to their physical bodies, they seemed to be lacking in exercise.

  "In my opinion, it's extremely difficult to find someone with 30,000 jin of pure physical strength in the entire Demon Fighting Continent, let alone a peerless expert with 40,000 jin of strength. Because cultivating pure physical strength is just too arduous, and with the existence of internal energy and magic cultivation, who would waste their energy on tempering their physique?"

  Dugu Jinlong, who had been silent all along, also spoke up.

  "Alas, 40,000 jin of strength, when will I be able to cultivate it? However, I won't be afraid. I must pull it out at the Divine Sword Drawing Convention after the Mo Wu Grand Tournament in six months' time, in front of all the dignitaries of the Longteng Empire!"

  But now the top priority is for me to reclaim my swallowed Chi and spiritual power, otherwise tomorrow's battle with Dongfang Xian will be a defeat!

  The sentence after that is spoken by Feng Hua Xue Ye to Gong Ling Yuan, Feng Shui Ling Long and Bei Tang Piao Xue.

  "Take it back! Hehe, young man, you really have a lot of ambition, but do you know? I've tried to pull it out ten times from the age of 10 to now, when I'm 110 years old. Each time, my Qi and spiritual energy were completely absorbed; even when my physical strength reached its peak at 50 years old, it was only less than 20,000 jin! Now, although my Qi and spiritual energy have increased geometrically, my physical strength has declined with age... Ah... I'm afraid that in my lifetime, I won't be able to see anyone who can pull out the Dinghai Divine Sword!"

  When he heard Feng Huaxue's bold declaration, Dugu Jingang couldn't help but pour cold water on him and say...