Chapter 66: Xu Yan vs Xie Lingfeng
Xu Yan directed the flight of eighteen giant dragons in an up and down motion, striking Xie Lingfeng from all directions, fully unleashing the furious power of the Descending Dragon Palm.
Xie Lingfeng's gaze grew intense, his aura increasingly fierce. The sword in his hand shone with a brilliant light. In a moment, he thrust out the sword, and the Sword Qi was like a grand river, the sound of rushing water filled the atmosphere.
Boom!
The Sword Qi swept across the giant dragons, causing roaring sounds and the collapse of the dragons. Although most of the Sword Qi had dissipated, it remained intensely sharp.
Whoosh!
Xie Lingfeng's eyes were cold, a surge of Sword Qi wrapped around him, the brilliant light of the sword in his hand fluctuated, and between the ebb and flow of the Sword Qi, it was like the surge of countless rivers.
Hu Shan who was watching the battle at a distance was shocked in his heart: "What kind of palm technique is this young man using that even the young master has had to employ the ten-thousand river Swordsmanship?"
The ten-thousand river Swordsmanship, a single sword stroke as vast as thousands of rivers, it is one of the top Swordsmanship techniques of Sword Master Cliff.
It is with this Swordsmanship that Xie Lingfeng was once able to slay a Grandmaster Martial Artist!
In the Inner Domain, it is renowned throughout.
"This is Swordsmanship!"
Xu Yan's heart tightened. He could feel intense pressure from Xie Lingfeng's Swordsmanship.
The Sword Qi weaved in all directions, layer upon layer, vast and unstoppably crossing, like a series of cascading rivers.
There is no evasion, no resistance.
The Sword Qi can either be relentlessly fierce or gentle as water, yet there is no gap it cannot penetrate!
Every strike of the Descending Dragon Palm felt as if it was falling into a river, making it increasingly heavy and strenuous!
Dragons should control the water. Now they are trapped in the water, showcasing the extraordinary aspect of this Swordsmanship.
However, Xu Yan also understood that when he was at the realm of blood Qi, he was not able to bring out the true power of the Descending Dragon Palm, hence why he was trapped in the long river.
He felt no disheartenment, instead, he was more excited than ever.
Right now, his mind was clear, and the image of Xie Lingfeng's Swordsmanship technique appeared in his mind.
"This is, the weakness!"
Boom!
A giant dragon broke through a Sword Qi and launched an attack at Xie Lingfeng.
"This is, the point of sharpness. Dodge it!"
A giant dragon suddenly dived upwards, avoiding a Sword Qi, then immediately dived down, destroying another Sword Qi.
Xie Lingfeng's gaze was heavy, the Ten-Thousand River Swordsmanship was continuously executed. The Sword Qi transformed into tens of thousands of rivers, blocking Xu Yan from all sides, making the Sword Qi increasingly denser and fiercer.
Li Xuan, not too far away, silently watched the battle between Xu Yan and Xie Lingfeng. At this moment, with his sword heart clear and complete, he had completely understood the Ten-Thousand River Swordsmanship.
In his mind, he built, based on the foundation of the Ten-Thousand River Swordsmanship, a stronger version of the Ten-Thousand River Swordsmanship.
This is the strength of having a clear Sword Heart.
The enemy's Swordsmanship is my Swordsmanship, the enemy's sword play is my sword play, improving on the strengths and discarding the weaknesses, the Swordsmanship is on a higher level.
His cultivation realm is higher, so he was able to see the Ten-Thousand River Swordsmanship clearly in such a short period of time, improving on its shortcomings.
But Xu Yan, after all, is of lower realm, just entering the realm of Sword Heart Clarity, although he recognized the weaknesses and sharp points of the Swordsmanship, he is not able to fully grasp it all at once.
After all, this is his first time executing Sword Heart Clarity, it is normal to be a little stiff, he will become proficient later.
The battle continued, the Sword Qi transformed into long rivers, crisscrossing each other, and the eighteen giant dragons were rolling in the intertwined Sword Qi. However, the space for their attack was getting smaller and smaller.
If it continues like this, the result is already set.
But Li Xuan knew that this was just Xu Yan learning the Ten-Thousand River Swordsmanship.
He hadn't taken out his sword yet!
Xie Lingfeng was also amazed at Xu Yan's strength, at the borderland, there was such a young Martial Artist, it's truly beyond belief.
And what he said about the entry level of Martial Arts, what is the realm of blood Qi?
He had many questions in his heart.
"Is he just entering the realm of Martial Arts? No! Absolutely impossible!"
How can one who's just entered the realm of Martial Arts have such powerful strength?
Hu Shan was watching the battle from a distance, at this moment, as the Ten-Thousand River Swordsmanship unfolded, there was only one scene in the battlefield, the Sword Qi was like a rushing river, and the powerful giant dragons' attack range was getting smaller.
In not much longer, they would be crushed by the Ten-Thousand River Sword Qi.
"Being able to fight with the young master to this extent, he is truly a heaven-born genius!" Hu Shan couldn't help but exclaim.
Xu Yan's blood Qi was surging, at this moment, he thrust out a palm, and the eighteen giant dragons unexpectedly merged into one, transforming into an even more massive and solid giant dragon!
Boom!
The giant dragon burst out, its power was astounding, bold and ferocious, it directly shattered the crisscrossing Sword Qi, creating a wide opening.
Xu Yan moved a step forward, his palms struck out, and at this moment, his surging blood Qi produced a giant dragon with each palm strike. No fancy tricks, only direct brute force.
The utterly forceful and fiery power of the Descending Dragon Palm shifted to its utmost, and as Xu Yan drove the Descending Dragon Palm to the peak of blood Qi stage, a surge of blood Qi rose above his head.
With the utterly forceful and fiery Palm techniques, directly clashed with the Ten-Thousand River Sword Qi.
"The power of Descending Dragon Palm, aside from its flexible variations, its core lies in its utter strength, utterly hot and forceful, only then can it possess the power to descend dragons!" Xu Yan had a sudden insight.
Xie Lingfeng was taken aback, he quietly exclaimed to himself, what a domineering Palm Technique!
As Xu Yan withstood the Ten-Thousand River Sword Qi with the utterly hot and forceful palm force of Descending Dragon Palm, the originally compressed space began to expand continually.
One after another, the Ten-Thousand River Sword Qi started to collapse.
Xie Lingfeng took a deep breath, his gaze grew more serious, and as he moved his body, the Ten-Thousand River Swordsmanship was continually executed. The Ten-Thousand River Sword Qi intensified significantly, layered upon layer, to the point that it eventually echoed with the sound of flowing river
water..
It was as if thousands of rivers were surging, rushing by and transforming the battlefield into the domain of water.
Xu Yan's gaze became focused. As the vital energy in his body circulated, he stomped out with one palm fiercely.
As this palm strike was issued, a whistling sound rose along with the force of palm power, resonating like a dragon's roar.
In the blink of an eye, the sound of thousands of rivers rushing in the battlefield became louder and louder, until finally, they sounded like a cascading waterfall, producing an earth-shattering rumble.
Hu Shan, who was watching the battle, had a solemn expression. A look of awe flashed in his eyes, as the young master was forced to use the Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship to its limit!
Even in the Inner Domain, the Grandmasters who could force the young master to display the Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship to its utmost limit were only those old, prestigious Grandmasters.
Could this young man's strength truly compare to those seasoned Grandmasters?
In the thunderous sound of the cascading waterfall, the whistling sound still managed to pierce through, akin to a series of enraged roars.
Suddenly, eighteen huge dragons swept out once again.
Boom!
The layers of Thousand Rivers Sword Qi collapsed one by one, and the eighteen huge dragons also shattered constantly.
Xu Yan has mastered the second level of the Descending Dragon Palm!
Li Xuan couldn't help but admire. Every time Xu Yan engaged in an intense battle, he would gain something, he would have a revelation. Indeed, he's the pioneer of my Martial Arts path.
"Your apprentice Xu Yan, has mastered the second level of the Descending Dragon Palm, you have perfected the second level."
The feedback from the Golden Finger arrived.
Li Xuan continued watching the battle in the field, as the outcome was still undetermined.
Xie Lingfeng's strength, it must be said, was much stronger than that of Wu Xin.
His Swordsmanship was also extremely powerful.
He was a Martial Arts prodigy, and his talent for the Sword Dao was especially exceptional.
But ultimately, he did not fully understand the way of the sword, he did not step into the Doorway of the Sword Dao.
At this moment, Xie Lingfeng's gaze became sharp, and a ray of sword light shot out from his hand.
The sword was like a flying rainbow, swift like lightning!
In that instant, the sword glare was already dangerously close to Xu Yan's throat.
"Flying Rainbow Swordsmanship! The young master is actually forced to use the Flying Rainbow Swordsmanship!"
Hu Shan was shocked.
One of the three unrivalled swordsmanship techniques of Sword Master Cliff.
Xu Yan's gaze focused and his figure abruptly drifted to the side, as light as a feather but incredibly fast.
Shh!
He was fast, but Xie Lingfeng's sword was faster, yet another Flying Rainbow Sword light came stabbing.
Shifting matter, changing position!
Xu Yan instantly changed his position, yet despite this, his sleeve was still slashed open a bit!
Hum!
The third sword light was following closely.
Even with Xu Yan's clear understanding of the Sword Dao, although he could see the weakness of this sword, the fleeting opportunity was simply not enough to grasp.
"This Swordsmanship technique must be of a high level!"
Xu Yan thought to himself.
He once again shifted and changed his position, avoiding this sword.
Immediately after, he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword by his waist.
Hum!
The sword is out of its sheath!
Xie Lingfeng paused his hand, did not continue attacking, but said, "You are also a Martial Artist of the Sword Dao? Then let me see, how your Sword Dao is like!"
"I won't disappoint you!"
Xu Yan replied with a brilliant smile.
He intended to use the Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship to exchange blows with the opponent.
Xie Lingfeng moved, the sword light flashed, in an instant, the sword glare was already close to Xu Yan.
Just then.
A wave of Sword Qi swept out, like a vast river, a loud rumbling noise sounded, the sword light seemed to have plunged into the vast river, disappearing without a trace.
Xie Lingfeng was taken aback.
The Swordsmanship Xu Yan used, seemed somewhat familiar!
A ridiculous thought arose in his mind, only to be squashed immediately.
"Impossible!"
Immediately, he used the Flying Rainbow Swordsmanship, the sword light moved fleetingly, like a flying rainbow piercing the sky.
With a sword strike from Xu Yan, the Thousand Rivers roared with might and the Sword Qi crisscrossed, colliding with the Flying Rainbow Sword light constantly!
Hu Shan, who was watching the battle from afar, had widened his eyes with a face full of horror.
"The Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship? Impossible!"
This was one of the top-ranked Swordsmanship techniques of Sword Master Cliff, how could he know it?
No, something's wrong, it seems slightly different from the Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship?"
The more Hu Shan watched, the more his scalp tingled.
This Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship, looked identical to that of Sword Master Cliff, however, some of the sword movements were different, what was more frightening was that the Thousand Rivers Sword Qi was more continuous, had more of the grandiosity of the rushing river, and possessed more of the gentleness of flowing water.
Was it like an advanced version of the Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship?
Xie Lingfeng was not just surprised, but trembling through and through.
This was the Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship!
No one understood the Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship better than him, even though some of the sword movements that Xu Yan used were different from his, it was exactly for that reason, he was trembling.
Those moves, he vaguely felt, were the shortcomings of the Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship.
They failed to display the momentum of the rushing river.
Now, Xu Yan was exhibiting it, stronger than him, exhibiting a raging river-like Sword Dao, perfectly flawless, without any weaknesses.
His Flying Rainbow Swordsmanship felt somewhat stifled within it.
"Ten Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship! How do you know my Sword Cliff's Ten Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship?"
Xie Lingfeng exclaimed in shock.
Xu Yan raised an eyebrow and replied, "You just taught me."
What?
Xie Lingfeng was stunned, then overwhelmed by shock.
"You… you learned it while we were fighting just now?"
How the hell is that possible!
Even he, Xie Lingfeng, hailed as the first prodigy of Sword Dao in a thousand years from Sword Cliff, couldn't do it!
"Is there a problem?"
Xu Yan wore a puzzled expression and said, "Once I've grasped Sword Dao, isn't it natural to freely understand and utilize someone else's swordsmanship?"
"Or could it be that you haven't grasped Sword Dao yet?"
Grasping Sword Dao allows you to understand and utilize someone else's swordsmanship?
Which of the Sword Cliff martial artists hasn't grasped Sword Dao, and who can freely understand and utilize someone else's swordsmanship?
Xie Lingfeng's mind was overwhelmed with confusion.
"Are you sure that once you have grasped Sword Dao, you can freely understand and utilize someone's swordsmanship?"
Xie Lingfeng's face betrayed disbelief.
It felt like the other party was insulting his intelligence!
Even a grandmaster of Sword Dao couldn't do it, not to mention an initiate!
"Of course!"
Xu Yan affirmed confidently, then looked at Xie Lingfeng skeptically, "You can't possibly have not grasped Sword Dao yet, can you?"
This man's swordsmanship was formidable and ruthless. Defeating him would not be easy.
"Bullshit!"
Xie Lingfeng was furious, stating, "I, Xie Lingfeng, started studying Sword Dao when I was just six years old!"
Really?"
"Absolutely true!"
Xie Lingfeng responded through gritted teeth.
Xu Yan launched an attack. His sword light was as swift as a rainbow and as fast as lightning, reaching Xie Lingfeng's chest in an instant.
Xie Lingfeng was taken aback and hastily dodged.
Whoosh!
His clothes were slashed open!
Yet, at this moment, he didn't worry about his torn clothes, his face filled with horror.
Flying Rainbow Swordsmanship!
This was a move he had previously used!
Xu Yan attacked again with another move from the Flying Rainbow Swordsmanship.
Xie Lingfeng blocked with his sword in confusion. Couldn't believe it, the unprecedented Flying Rainbow Swordsmanship of Sword Cliff, he learned it just by watching once?
No!
It's impossible!
"How did you… practice the Flying Rainbow Swordsmanship?!"
Again Xu Yan attacked with the same move and said, "Wasn't this what you just used? I have told you, an individual who has grasped Sword Dao sees through all swordsmanship and can freely utilize it."
He then shook his head regrettably and said, "Turns out you haven't grasped
Sword Dao. 1 was hoping to have a worthy sparring opponent."
Xie Lingfeng was furious. He was considered the prodigy of Sword Dao for a millennium by Sword Cliff and grasped Sword Dao since the age of six. But this man dared to insult him like this!
"You're talking nonsense!"
Xu Yan raised an eyebrow and said, "Well, let me demonstrate a few sword moves. You watch and see if you can incorporate them."
With that, he thrust his sword forward. A slash echoed as a sword light, unrivaled and mighty, split the sky in the place where he stood.
Xie Lingfeng's heart jumped and he hurriedly blocked with his sword. But Xu Yan was already attacking again, unleashing a series of rapid, ferocious, and unrivaled sword moves.
"What kind of swordsmanship is this? It's no inferior to Ten Thousand Rivers Swordsmanship!"
Xie Lingfeng was taken aback.
"Have you learned it yet?'
Xu Yan asked.
Xie Lingfeng clenched his teeth in anger and retorted, "You're mocking me. Who could learn the enemy's swordsmanship and sword moves in battle?"
Even the most genius of geniuses couldn't do it.
"An individual who has grasped Sword Dao can do it. That's why a Sword Dao warrior's battle is never about swordsmanship, but Sword Dao," Xu Yan said matter-of-factly.
"Nonsense!"
Xie Lingfeng's anger made his face turn red.
Xu Yan sheathed his sword and backed away, a disappointed look on his face. "I see now. You haven't really grasped Sword Dao. You just don't even realize it. You think you have, when you actually haven't. It's not your fault."
"Your limited vision hinders your understanding!"
Xie Lingfeng was livid to the point of eruption. This was the third constant insult!
It was too much!
"I, Xie Lingfeng, today, I will make you…"
Before he could finish, Xu Yan interrupted him, "You don't even know what Sword Heart Illumination is, do you?"
What?!
Xie Lingfeng was completely dumbfounded.. What did this man just say about illumination?
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