Chapter One Fainted

  "Nine-Character Sword Formula?"

  Xiao Zhan furrowed his brow, and just now in that strange space, he indeed only saw the War God practicing gunplay, knife skills, and the Proud Dragon Heart Technique, but did not see him practice swordsmanship at all. What was the reason for this?

  He searched carefully in his mind, but couldn't find a single clue, and was stunned.

  What's going on?

  "The War God Record" only mentioned the Nine-Character Sword Key at the beginning, and afterwards there was no more information related to it throughout the entire chapter. To ensure that nothing was missed, Xiao Zhan searched through ten brain domains in a row, but ultimately still had nothing to show for it.

  How did this happen?

  "The Nine-Character Sword Key" is one of the ultimate skills recorded in "The War God's Chronicle". Now all the others are available, but this set of sword keys is missing, which is a bit unacceptable. But why can't he find it? Is it still left inside the War God's Armor?

  Xiao Zhan once again infused his spiritual energy into the armor, and the golden secret book was quickly found by him. This time, the secret book did not fly towards him. Under the "Extreme Backward Book Curse", the book flipped through, and all its contents were mapped into his mind without missing a single word. Upon careful examination, Xiao Zhan discovered some strange things. It should be a kind of text, and it was a kind of text he had never seen before. There were exactly nine words. The Nine-Word Sword Key, the Nine Words... Could this be the Nine-Word Sword Key?

  "Overlord", "Emperor", "Quell", "Evil", "Kill", "Righteous", "Destroy", "Life", "Calamity"

  Nine words floated in the mind, ancient, mysterious, as if containing all the ultimate principles of heaven and earth. As soon as they appeared, they occupied Xiao Zhan's entire heart and soul. The nine words were arranged from left to right, each word emitting a unique and strange meaning, either wild, overbearing, ominous, or unpredictable... Nine different breaths filled the entire mind.

  This must be the "Nine-Character Sword Key", but how can it be cultivated? It's completely incomprehensible, like a fog. In desperation, Xiao Zhan could only use his spiritual power to frantically scan it, hoping to see something from it.

  These nine characters are completely different from the other fonts in "War God Record", and at first glance, it's clear that they are a brand new set of characters. It's harder to understand than climbing to heaven. Under the crazy scan of spiritual power, these nine characters didn't react at all, and suddenly trapped Xiao Zhan. These nine characters are like celestial script, if you can't even read them, how can you cultivate?

  "The War God's Record" was created by the War God, and these nine characters must have been written in one of the most ancient scripts of the War Clan. Unless he goes to find the War God's divine consciousness, no one in the current War Clan can understand it.

  Do I really have to go find the God of War?

  Xiao Zhan shook his head, the God of War was a god-like existence, and for such a small matter, he would not be happy to find him. Thinking of this, Xiao Zhan reluctantly exited the armor, then used the replication ability obtained after entering the dream to replicate the nine characters completely from his brain domain, letting them float in mid-air.

  Xiao Zhan activated his True Eye, and after his eyes turned silver, he began to repeatedly observe the nine fonts. Time passed, even when he raised his True Eye to level three, these nine fonts were still dull and lightless, without any change.

  This situation made Xiao Zhan feel disheartened. The "Nine-Character Sword Key" was the ultimate skill of the War Clan's first person, and he simply didn't want to give up. But how could he break through?

  Suddenly, Xiao Zhan's heart moved, "Nine-character sword mantra" is a sword technique, each character should represent a move of the sword technique. By analogy, it may not be necessary to understand the meaning of these nine characters at all, just need to understand the sword moves or sword intent contained in these characters. And to understand the sword moves and sword intent, one must understand the sword, using the essence of the sword way to analyze these nine characters.

  Now that Xiao Zhan has practiced over a thousand sets of sword techniques to perfection, he is on the verge of grasping the realm of Wu Jian. Why not distill the essence of these thousand sets of sword techniques and use it to comprehend these nine characters?

  As soon as the thought arises, the sword intent and mind move together, a brain domain starts to operate. In an instant, thousands of sword formulas surge in, under the powerful analysis, calculation, and inference, more than a thousand human shadows leap and flutter in the brain, one person, one sword, each using a set of sword techniques. Time flies by quickly, the essence of thousands of sword techniques is extracted, and then under the ultra-high-speed operation of the brain domain, calculating, analyzing, and inferring the nine floating fonts in front of the eyes.

  The essence of the Thousand Swords Technique was added, and tens of thousands of analyses were completed in just a few breaths. However, as time passed, the nine characters remained unchanged, but a message in his mind kept jumping repeatedly, "Insufficient information, unable to further analyze, requires more sword technique essence assistance."

  Damn it! Xiao Zhan gritted his teeth and immediately threw all ten brain domains into analysis. The speed of instant calculation increased by hundreds of times, almost completing tens of thousands of analyses in the blink of an eye. When the number reached hundreds of millions, Xiao Zhan's eyes shone brightly, like two silver suns. Suddenly, the ten brain domains shook simultaneously, and his spirit and nine bodies produced a strange resonance. In an instant, the nine bodies were no longer dull and lightless, they seemed to have come alive, as if they were unsheathed ultimate treasure swords, with dazzling sword lights that pierced the eyes.

  Nine fonts turned out to be nine sword auras!

  At the moment when Xiao Zhan suddenly realized, the nine words transformed into a war god, one word per person, and each person had one word. The nine sword moves were simultaneously launched. Almost subconsciously, at the moment when the font turned into a person, Xiao Zhan's spiritual power began to fully replicate.

  The silver pupils grew brighter, and the entire process of the nine war gods dancing with swords was copied into his brain domain, where it was stored. When the sword moves were finished, the nine war gods transformed back into nine characters, dimly suspended in mid-air.

  After a wave of joy, Xiao Zhan felt a wave of weakness hit him, almost causing him to fall to the ground. After taking a closer look, he discovered that his spiritual power had been completely depleted by the 5 million Fa value. He really hadn't expected this duplication to consume so much spiritual power. Fortunately, it was successfully duplicated, and it's worth knowing that the activation of these nine characters has a probability of one in a hundred million. Next time, it won't be so lucky to activate them again.

  The mental energy was depleted, and it wasn't something that could be recovered in a short time. Before leaving the dream space, Xiao Zhan had his spiritual body meditate while he returned to his physical body and synchronized with it. However, even so, it took him an entire day for his mental energy to recover. The "day" here referred to real-world time, and at a 1:10 time ratio, the spiritual body in the dream space was equivalent to having meditated for ten days. When he ended his meditation, it was already afternoon on the second day.

  One day's cultivation, Xiao Zhan was waiting in the valley, during which two wet nurses and Xue sisters took turns delivering meals. After finishing his meditation, he returned to the dream space again. First, he replayed the scene where the nine war gods performed the "Nine-Character Sword Intent", then opened the "Eye of Reality", "Sword Talent" and ten brain domains, and comprehended this set of swordsmanship.

  His main energy was spent on copying this set of sword keys. Now that it has been copied, he doesn't have to worry about it disappearing in an instant. Xiao Zhan can devote himself wholeheartedly to understanding it.

  Nine gods of war each used a sword move, and every time they finished, they would turn back into nine dull and lightless characters. This repeated itself hundreds and thousands of times, and under the blessing of "Sword Heaven's Gift", Xiao Zhan felt that the shadow of the sword was taking root in his heart, and his understanding of the sword was constantly being sublimated. Countless sword moves flowed through his mind, and his understanding of the "Nine Character Sword Key" became deeper and deeper.

  When he stopped comprehending, Xiao Zhan looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.

  This sword technique is too abstruse, but with these nine replicas, Xiao Zhan only grasped a thread of its surface, yet it allowed him to take his understanding of the sword to another level, not to mention the original nine characters in his mind. However, next time he wants to activate the "Nine-Character Sword Key", he must first thoroughly understand and master these nine replicas, and by repeating this process, he will be able to completely grasp the "Nine-Character Sword Key".

  Xiao Zhan was very excited, and the reason for such a big harvest is all thanks to "Dream". If it weren't for the strong analysis and calculation capabilities of the ten brain domains, he wouldn't have been able to activate the "Nine-Character Sword Intent", let alone use the replication ability added after "entering the dream" to repeatedly gain insight thousands of times.

  Suddenly, a thought flashed through Xiao Zhan's mind, leaving him stunned.

  "After entering the dream, in addition to copying abilities, he can also enter his own copied body to experience and understand the state of mind of the copied body. If he enters his own copied body, what will happen? Furthermore, he can copy the scene of the War God's practice "War God Record", then when he practices "War God Record", isn't it twice the result with half the effort?"

  At the thought of this, Xiao Zhan's entire person became excited, he eagerly replayed the scene where the nine war gods performed the "Nine Character Sword Intent", and then began to try to merge his own heart intent into it.