I can push my cultivation progress to the end

As a top-tier Chiliarch-level martial artist who had cultivated both the "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill" and the "Northern Dipper Reverse Fate Profound Skill," Li Hai's speed was naturally extremely fast, even to the point of being demonically quick.

Even Steel-level martial artists, with their full concentration, could only barely see a fleeting, blurry afterimage of him.

Therefore, these bandits, whose martial arts level was at most at the Strength-Body Circulation stage, couldn't even clearly see the specific process when facing Li Hai's bloody slaughter.

They could only watch in horror as dense, scarlet whip shadows constantly flashed from all directions.

Moreover, each time these whip shadows, almost woven into a heavy net of blood, appeared, they would blast everything within a radius of dozens or even hundreds of meters into slag.

If it were people, they would be beaten into piles of bloody mud and flesh, splattering all over the walls.

If it were walls, they would shatter into powder, mixed with blood and smeared all over the ground in crimson.

At the same time, Li Hai wasn't just whipping and killing the surrounding bandits and enemies.

From time to time, he would also fling out a dozen vacuum air blades the size of millstones with a single whip.

These vacuum blades would hum and sweep through everything in their path, carpet-bombing all the buildings and people within a distance of dozens or hundreds of zhang in a certain direction.

Thus, under such a great slaughter, Li Hai actually managed to wipe out as many as two or three thousand bandits in a short while.

At the same time, countless buildings, large and small, were also blasted into ruins by him.

And those unlucky bandits who were resting or eating and drinking in the houses naturally turned into clumps of bloody mud, mixed in with the rubble of the collapsed houses.

But such intense killing and destruction was only a warm-up for Li Hai, not even close to the intensity of a real battle.

Because these vicious bandits might seem like the embodiment of disaster to ordinary people.

But to Li Hai, they were like bags of bulging, inflated plastic bags filled with ice-red tea, bursting into a splash of red with the slightest touch.

Similarly, those seemingly solid buildings were like cardboard models to Li Hai, collapsing in large swathes with a casual sweep.

Even the rocky earth that supported everything was as fragile as soft tofu under Li Hai's steel whip strikes, creating deep ravines with each blow.

Now, let's split the narrative. Li Hai was enjoying his killing spree, but the Wolf Den bandits were in dire straits.

A casual whip strike from him would turn everything within a radius of dozens or hundreds of meters—land, houses, people—into powder. Facing this level of slaughter, how could the bandits organize any effective resistance?

Whether ordinary bandits or highly skilled bandits, none could withstand even a single whip strike from Li Hai, and they couldn't even escape.

Just as the Wolf Den bandits were plunged into utter despair, a 'person' who seemed to be entirely made of metal, gleaming brightly all over, suddenly appeared from a street corner and charged towards Li Hai, who was in the midst of his killing spree, wielding dual blades.

Clang!

The cold light of the blades suddenly rippled, immediately transforming into a raging dragon with silver scales, roaring as it slashed towards Li Hai, who was wantonly killing.

Even the large swathes of invisible air were undulating and unstable from the 'thunder's' sharp vibrations, creating a howling gale that swept in all directions.

While they were fighting happily and to their heart's content, the buildings and bandits in this area were in for a disaster.

No matter how tall or thick the buildings were, no matter how well the bandits could hide or escape.

All of them collapsed and disintegrated, or had their limbs separated, turning into piles of rubble and pools of bloody mud under the splash of the aftermath of this confrontation.

By this point, nearly half of the ten thousand bandits in the entire Wolf Den had been killed or wounded.

Li Hai and the swordsman, who had caused this tragic situation, were already flying back and forth as fast as lightning. As the 'blacksmithing' sounds of the blade and whip clashes became more and more intense, their own speed also began to increase steadily, becoming faster and faster.

Eventually, they became so fast that their figures were blurred, flickering and uncertain, as if they had disappeared into the countless intertwined blade lights and whip shadows around them, never to be found again.

However, this 'blacksmithing' came suddenly and went quickly. Only four or five breaths after it began, all the whip shadows, blade lights, and collision sounds suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, a figure shimmering with silver light and covered in deep wounds suddenly burst out from mid-air, crashing heavily to the ground and smashing through buildings and houses all the way, plowing through a full three hundred zhang of street and ground before finally stopping.

Obviously, this fierce battle ended with Li Hai's victory.

"I really didn't expect that a blade… could actually become a spirit."

With a啧啧 of amazement, Li Hai then slowly landed from mid-air, landing in front of the strange swordsman who was seriously injured and covered in silver blood.

This swordsman was indeed, as Li Hai said, a steel blade that had become a spirit.

As for its personal interface—

Character Name: Unknown

Level Tier: Sprite → Green Tier

Skills: "Strange Source of Life," "Blade Bone Blade Meridian," "Metal Body Physique"

Trait Characteristics: [Sturdy Soul Level 3] [Great Strength Level 3] [Iron Body Level 3] [Technique Level 3] [Blade Bone Level 3]

Strong Shards: None

Li Hai had naturally learned all of its skills in the previous exchange, and had also pushed them all to their peak level.

So now, he could transform into a shimmering silver appearance similar to this swordsman at any time, but there was no need.

At the same time, perhaps due to the small difference in form, even if Li Hai didn't transform into a blade spirit state, he could still possess a significant portion of the power brought by the new trait, Level 3 Blade Bone.

This power was that the body was more sturdy, and the understanding and use of blade weapons was also a big step up compared to before.

This was also an important reason why Li Hai was able to quickly crush this blade spirit.

This blade spirit only had "Blade Bone Blade Meridian" and "Metal Body Physique," but Li Hai had more.

"To be honest, your body is much harder than the Salt God's. He couldn't withstand two whips, but you withstood so many."

Li Hai looked down at the blade spirit and smiled softly, "But although your body is hard, you have no self-healing ability, which is a bit too bad."

Pfft~

The blade spirit spat out a mouthful of silver blood, then raised its head and looked at Li Hai coldly:

"To be able to reach the Chiliarch realm at such a young age is rare in the ages, and to be able to be so thorough and comprehensive, Li Hai, you are truly not simple."