Call of the Holy Sword: Call of the Holy Sword, #4

By Weronika Adamczyk

When Ella, the blacksmith's daughter, picked up the broken holy sword from the ruins, she had no idea that the sword would tear open the curtain of her ordinary life - the blood of the ancient kingdom awakened in her body, the imprisoned queen's soul whispered in the sword, and the usurper's cavalry had trampled the city gate. From a girl swinging a hammer to a knight carrying the fate of the kingdom, Ella must, under the guidance of the holy sword, cross the cursed forest and fight against the deep sea monsters. Finally, she will be crowned as the queen in the trial of iron and blood, and uncover the secrets of the kingship that have been buried for a hundred years. This work will take you into the continent of swords and magic, and see how an ordinary girl uses a sword as a pen to write her own legend in power and war.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Weronika Adamczyk
• Release date: Jun 16, 2025
• ISBN: 9798231580705

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Chapter 152: Meeting an old friend again, the Golden Core Ghost Cultivator

Lin Xiao used the earth escape technique and carefully followed the guidance of the strange aura to arrive at the location of the dried up spiritual vein deep underground.

As soon as he approached, a decayed and gloomy smell hit him in the face, making him shiver.

When I stepped into the spiritual vein area, I saw that it was dead silent. The spiritual vein that should have contained tremendous spiritual power was now dry and cracked, with no signs of life.

Just as Lin Xiao was observing his surroundings vigilantly, a black shadow suddenly shot out from the darkness at such a fast speed that Lin Xiao almost had no time to react.

He quickly dodged to the side, and the black shadow passed by him, bringing with it a biting cold wind.

Lin Xiao looked carefully and saw that the person in front of him was a cultivator with a strong ghostly aura and whose face could not be seen clearly.

You are lifeless and have no physical form. Are you a ghost cultivator?

Lin Xiao practiced the soul refining technique and was in contact with the soul body all day long, so he could tell at a glance that something was wrong with the cultivator in front of him.

Hehehe, Lin Xiao, long time no see!

Do you know me?

Lin Xiao was surprised. In this Cang Xuan Realm, he seemed to have never come into contact with any ghost cultivators. Moreover, after careful perception, he felt that this ghost cultivator's strength seemed to be not simple. He was probably at a higher level of cultivation than himself, so he needed to deal with him well.

How could I not recognize you? It's because of you that I've ended up like this. I can only stay in the dark forever, like a rat crossing the street, and I dare not even show up in the sun. It's all because of you!

The ghost cultivator's voice was hoarse, and his murderous intent seemed to have condensed into substance.

Don't talk nonsense. I have been kind to others all my life. How can I be as hateful as you say?

Lin Xiao said seriously that he would never admit to having done such an unforgivable thing, even if he really did, he would never admit it.

The ghost cultivator ignored him, but the black air on his face gradually dissipated, revealing a charming man as pale as paper.

Lin Xiao was shocked when he saw his face. This ghost cultivator turned out to be Chu Lingfeng from the Miqing Pavilion who he had killed in a surprise attack before.

Fuck, it's you... How could you...

Lin Xiao's face was full of astonishment. This was really what he did. This guy's soul escaped and he actually became a ghost cultivator. It seemed that he had a great opportunity.

Chu Lingfeng let out a sinister laugh:

You didn't expect it, did you? I, Chu Lingfeng, am back again. Today is the day you die!

As he spoke, Chu Lingfeng's left eye turned into a snake pupil, and the sutures on his neck glowed faintly.

Chu Lingfeng raised his hand and drew the black turbid air from the earth's veins to cover Lin Xiao, and nine Netherworld Lamps rose from the cracks in the rocks.

I have no fear of dealing with evil ways!

Lin Xiao pinched his fingers together, and the Divine Mantra for Purifying Heaven and Earth formed into a golden Bagua shape, corroding the black air with a sizzling sound.

As soon as they met, Lin Xiao found that he was exaggerating. Chu Lingfeng's strength was so powerful. The black air not only contained turbid air, ghost air, and evil air, but also a kind of strange power that Lin Xiao felt very familiar with but had never dealt with before.

The black air quickly corroded Lin Xiao's golden Bagua, and it became increasingly difficult for Lin Xiao to resist.

Hehehe, Lin Xiao, you are indeed gifted. With your foundation building strength, you are actually able to withstand the attack of my golden elixir. However, no matter how evil you are, the gap between foundation building and golden elixir is like a chasm in the sky, and it is impossible to cross it!

As Chu Lingfeng spoke, he raised his hand again and summoned a skeleton ghost head which pounced towards Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao was horrified and didn't dare to be careless at all. This ghost thing was actually in the Golden Core Realm. Although he had all his abilities to suppress evil spirits, as Chu Lingfeng said, the gap between foundation building and Golden Core was like the difference between heaven and earth. An ordinary foundation building was no different from an ant in front of a Golden Core.

The Mysterious Sect of Heaven and Earth, the root of all Qi!

...

A three-foot-long golden light rose from Lin Xiao's body, and he used his fists wrapped in thunder to smash the skeleton ghost head that was flying towards him.

Thunder is the most effective in restraining evil spirits. This punch instantly produced a critical hit effect, and the ghost head was smashed into pieces.

Seeing this, Chu Lingfeng snorted disdainfully, his figure flashed, and he pounced towards Lin Xiao with boundless resentment.

His sharp claws carried a black ghostly aura, like sharp blades, piercing Lin Xiao's vital points.

The devil's claws actually tore through Lin Xiao's golden body protection, leaving a bloody mark on his shoulder.

Lin Xiao's heart trembled. He hadn't been injured for a long time, and he quickly circulated the spiritual power in his body.

In an instant, it seemed as if there were five rushing rivers in the meridians, surging and turbulent.

The green wood energy moved first, transforming into a warm green light, quickly wrapping around the shoulder that was torn by Chu Lingfeng's claws.

The green light seemed to have life, quickly repairing the damaged parts. The broken flesh and blood instantly healed, and the broken robes were pieced together again.

Seeing this, Chu Lingfeng cursed Lin Xiao in his heart, calling him a monster. He had to admit that Lin Xiao's strength was unprecedented in his life, and all his methods were designed to restrain him.

But the golden elixir cannot be insulted, and his attacks did not stop there, but became more fierce.

Seeing that another attack missed, he made a hand gesture and chanted a spell. A ball of evil fire emitting a strange aura flew out from his hand, carrying billowing black smoke and sweeping towards Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao didn't have time to think about it, the Xuanshui true essence quickly condensed under his control.

In the blink of an eye, a crystal clear ice wall condensed in front of him, emitting bursts of coldness, and the surrounding air was frozen into tiny ice crystals.

The Earthly Evil Yin Fire hit the ice wall heavily, making a sizzling sound, and a thick white mist instantly rose from the surface of the ice wall.

The high temperature and extreme cold collided with each other, producing a violent reaction. Tiny cracks began to appear on the ice wall, which seemed somewhat difficult to resist.

Playing with fire? Me too!

In an instant, a mysterious and blazing purple flame rose from Lin Xiao's palm. It was the Purple Extreme Burning Sky Flame.

As soon as the flame appeared, the temperature around it rose sharply, and the air seemed to be ignited, making a sizzling sound.

Lin Xiao shouted loudly and pushed the Purple Extreme Burning Sky Flame fiercely towards the Earthly Evil Yin Fire.

The two flames collided with each other in an instant, making a deafening roar.

The Purple Extreme Burning Sky Flame was like a ferocious purple dragon, pouncing towards the Earthly Evil Yin Fire with bared fangs and claws. Wherever it went, the Earthly Evil Yin Fire was swallowed up and burned to ashes.

In just a moment, the originally fierce Earthly Evil Yin Fire disappeared without a trace under the powerful force of the Purple Extreme Burning Sky Flame.

What!? Such a powerful innate spiritual fire? How can a mere foundation-building cultivator like you possibly surrender?

Chu Lingfeng was horrified that such a powerful innate spiritual fire was actually controlled by a foundation-building cultivator. Could it be that he was the son of destiny in this world?

Chu Lingfeng felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart, but how could a Jindan cultivator be scared away by a foundation-building cultivator? Besides, he still had a trump card to use.

Chapter 153 Demonic Dragon Spirit, Nine Dragons Guard the World

Without having time to think, Lin Xiao took advantage of the victory and pursued him.

He controlled the Purple Extreme Burning Sky Flame, transforming it into countless purple tongues of fire that swept towards Chu Lingfeng.

Chu Lingfeng's face changed slightly when he saw this. He knew very well how powerful the Purple Extreme Burning Sky Flame was and did not dare to face it head-on. He could only flash and dodge quickly.

The tongues of fire brushed past his body, bringing up a gust of hot air and burning deep pits in the surrounding ground.

However, Chu Lingfeng is a ghost cultivator after all, and has no physical body. Although the Purple Extreme Burning Sky Flame is powerful, it is difficult to cause substantial damage to him for a while.

Lin Xiao took advantage of this brief gap, clenched his right fist, and unleashed the Lightning Thunder Fist.

The fist whistled, carrying an unstoppable momentum, and collided with Chu Lingfeng's ghost claw.

With a loud bang, the two men took several steps back. Lin Xiao's arm felt slightly numb, and he secretly marveled at the power of the Jindan cultivator.

Chu Lingfeng was even more surprised at Lin Xiao's strong spiritual energy reserves and his powerful physical body.

Lin Xiao was also furious and cursed:

Damn it, you forced your brother Lin to do this!

His eyes flashed, his mind moved, and the Thousand Souls Banner instantly appeared in his hand.

This Thousand Souls Banner was fully revealed for the first time in the Cang Xuan Realm.

The soul flag is pitch black in color, with dark red runes faintly flashing on its surface, exuding a mysterious and eerie aura.

Lin Xiao held the Thousand Souls Banner in one hand and injected his spiritual energy into it.

Instantly, the banner began to shake violently, making a rustling sound. Then, countless shrill ghost cries came out from the banner, making people shudder.

Thousands of vengeful spirits emerged from the banner, with their fangs and claws bared and their faces ferocious. Under Lin Xiao's control, they quickly formed into black chains and swept towards Chu Lingfeng.

The moment Chu Lingfeng saw the Thousand Souls Banner, his face suddenly changed, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

You... You are a righteous cultivator, how could you have such an evil magic weapon!

He shouted in horror. In his understanding, magical weapons like the Thousand Souls Banner that were filled with evil aura should only exist in the hands of evil cultivators.

Moreover, he is a soul, and he is very afraid of the Soul Banner, a magical tool that is specifically used to control souls.

Before Chu Lingfeng could recover from his shock, the black chain came whistling towards him.

In a panic, he quickly used his ghost energy to resist.

But these chains of evil spirits were extremely difficult to deal with. They ignored Chu Lingfeng's ghost energy defense, penetrated directly, and hit his soul body fiercely.

Every time he was whipped, Chu Lingfeng screamed in pain, and his figure became more and more illusory.

He dodged left and right, trying to avoid the attacks of the vengeful spirit's chains, but the chains followed him like a shadow.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao's eyes flashed with determination, and he increased his control over the Thousand Souls Banner. More than a thousand resentful spirits in the Thousand Souls Banner formed chains into a cage, trapping Chu Lingfeng inside.

Humph! Do you think you're sure to win? Look carefully, this is the golden elixir method!

Chu Lingfeng's arms transformed into two magic dragons, and the scales opened and closed, spewing out bone-corrosive poisonous mist.

The poison actually corroded several large holes in the chains of the vengeful spirits. Two magic dragons rushed out of the cage with poisonous mist and pounced on Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao quickly used the Heart Purification Mantra to protect his spiritual altar, and his Lightning Thunder Fist blasted a circular hole in the rock wall, using the recoil force to avoid the fatal bite.

Lin Xiao, you forced me to do this!

Seeing that his ultimate move couldn't defeat Lin Xiao, Chu Lingfeng made up his mind and prepared to use his trump card.

Chu Lingfeng turned around and inserted his withered hands into the core of the spiritual vein. His nails grew three inches and turned into black jade-like bone spurs.

The spiritual vein that was soaked in the strange black air suddenly twitched violently, and sticky black blood oozed out of the rock wall, outlining the long-lost Six Yin Feeding Demon Diagram.

He tore the rotten flesh on his chest, revealing nine resentful soul beads embedded between his ribs. His birth date was engraved on the surface of each bead.

Lin Xiao suddenly remembered what this strange black air was. It was demonic energy! The black air on the demon sword was very similar to this black air.

Lin Xiao felt something was wrong and tried to step forward to stop it, but was pushed back repeatedly by the mighty force exuded by Chu Lingfeng.

With the soul as the guide and the spirit as the medium——

Chu Lingfeng let out a snake-like hissing sound from his throat, and a two-headed corpse dragon emerged from his crown.

The dragon head bit the two ends of the spiritual vein respectively, and its fangs injected purple-black magic liquid into the meridians of the earth.

The entire spiritual vein suddenly curled up like a living thing, and the end condensed into a beating black heart.

Lin Xiao quickly chanted the Golden Light Mantra to form a golden light barrier to resist the spreading evil spirit. Chu Lingfeng bit off the tip of his tongue, and the spurting black blood condensed into the ancient Southern Xinjiang seal character 食 in the air.

The heart of the spirit vein exploded, and the distorted form of the spirit of the spirit vein emerged from the gushing demonic energy - the dragon-shaped earth spirit that was supposed to be holy now had compound eyes all over its body, its dragon horns twisted into white bone spurs, and every reverse scale was dripping with corrosive mucus.

All the demons in the Nine Netherworlds, obey my orders!

The soul and body veins in Chu Lingfeng's arms burst and reorganized into a twelve-segment vertebral whip in the demonic energy.

The tip of the bone whip pierced into the spirit's forehead, and the monster let out a scream like a baby crying, and a smelly bloody rain instantly rose from the ground.

The broken pupils of the Spiritual Vein reflected the hand gestures of Chu Lingfeng. A barbed demon soul tentacle emerged from Chu Lingfeng's head and connected to the navel of the Spiritual Vein.

The demonic energy around the spirit of the spiritual vein surged three feet high. Wherever its sharp claws swept past, Lin Xiao's golden light spell shattered like thin paper. A pressure as strong as a mountain made Lin Xiao almost unable to stand up.

Purple-black pus and blood flowed out of Chu Lingfeng's seven orifices, but he laughed crazily:

This spiritual vein that has been dry for three hundred years has long been refined into the Nine Nether Demon Nurturing Pool by me using the demonic energy leaked from underground! Even if you are an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage, I have the strength to fight you. Go to hell!

At the moment when the local vein spirit was completely transformed into a demon, strange patterns that originated from the demon seal appeared on Chu Lingfeng's chest.

Chu Lingfeng completely merged with the demonized spirit of the spiritual vein, forming a terrifying monster.

Lin Xiao was shocked to realize that there was a demon seal crack underground that was transmitting abyssal magic energy to Chu Lingfeng through the spirit of the spirit vein.

Is this a sealed entrance to the demon clan? How is it possible? If it is a sealed entrance, how could there not be a powerful person guarding it?

Lin Xiao didn't have time to think about it and prepared to escape back to Blue Star. Chu Lingfeng, who had merged with the spirit of the spiritual vein, was obviously not someone he could deal with.

As the thought came to his mind, Lin Xiao hesitated. If he left, the three senior sisters on the ground would have no chance of survival.

What should we do? Spiritual veins! Oh, right, the Mountain and River Seal can mobilize the nine dragon veins of the Dragon Kingdom. Dragon veins are spiritual veins that have gained merit and the luck of the human race. Maybe it will be effective against this monster!

Lin Xiao summoned the Mountain and River Seal with a thought, injected spiritual power and consciousness into it, attempting to communicate with the dragon vein spirit within it.

What Lin Xiao didn't know was that the Dragon Vein Spirit in the Mountain and River Seal was born from the merits, luck of the human race and the real Dragon Vein Spirit. It was equivalent to the incarnation of the Dragon Vein Spirit, and it was not the real Dragon Vein Spirit that was sealed in it.

Lin Xiao shouted angrily:

Nine Dragons Guarding the World, Rise!

Chapter 154: The Miraculous Use of Virtue, Lin Xiao Died

Only a mournful cry came from the Mountain and River Seal. There were no dragon veins of the Dragon Kingdom in this world, nor were there any human beings who believed in the Mountain and River Seal. At this moment, the Mountain and River Seal seemed to have turned into a piece of broken stone.

Lin Xiao had a frown on his face, not understanding why the Mountain and River Seal no longer responded to his call, but he saw Chu Lingfeng's attack was already coming.

Chu Lingfeng's claws had penetrated the golden light spell, leaving five deep scars on his chest that were visible to the bone.

Damn it, I still have a big move!

Lin Xiao was also forced into a corner, so he prepared to summon the heavenly tribulation of the Five Thunders Method, but summoning the heavenly tribulation would inevitably alarm the powerful, so he would not use it unless he was forced into a desperate situation.

The next moment, Lin Xiao's mind moved, and he was about to use the Five Thunders Method, but he saw the shadow of the small tripod flash before his eyes, and the golden mist in his dantian suddenly boiled, and the power of merit flowed along the meridians into the Mountain and River Seal.

The seal of Yu Gong ignited with golden flames, and nine illusory golden dragons formed by merit broke out of the seal.

This is?

Lin Xiao stared blankly at the hundred-foot-long golden dragon shadow that rushed out of the Mountain and River Seal, and exclaimed in his heart, How handsome!

It turns out this merit can be used in this way!

Impossible! This is...

Before Chu Lingfeng could finish his scream, the golden dragon, which had taken the brunt of the attack, had already pierced through his body.

The remaining eight dragons formed the innate Bagua formation, refining the turbid air in the spiritual veins into green smoke.

Lin Xiao quickly activated the Thousand Souls Banner and took the opportunity to capture Chu Lingfeng's remaining soul.

Lin Xiao was greedy at this time and was not prepared to kill his soul directly. Instead, he took a fancy to his golden elixir strength and wanted to absorb him into his soul flag as a fighting force.

The rock layer suddenly collapsed, and a huge bronze gate engraved with demon runes emerged at the core of the spiritual vein purified by the golden dragon.

Chu Lingfeng's remaining soul laughed wildly.

"Idiot! It's