Chapter 134: True and False, Real and Fake (Part 2)

  Five skulls of different colors, with varying depths, indicating that they died in different years and were not warriors from the same era.

  Judging from the color of the skeleton, the swordsman who died the earliest should be between 70 and 80 years old, while the latest one died more than a decade ago. The other three swordsmen's death years were all between 20 and 60 years ago.

  The five swordsmen's weapons in their hands are all treasured instruments, indicating that the five of them should be high-ranking masters in the way of the sword, at least with a cultivation level of Threefold Heaven. Perhaps they are even mid-Heaven masters.

  Xuantian's body contained the secret book of refining equipment, and his understanding of precious equipment was extraordinary. At a glance, he saw that among the five precious swords, one was a mid-grade precious equipment next to the corpse of the sword guest who died last.

  His skeleton is bright and shiny, like white jade. At a glance, it's known to be extremely hard, comparable to the Xuanji stage treasure. It's highly likely that he's a late-stage Pre-Heaven expert, or even a Pre-Heaven peak expert at the tenth level.

  Xuān Tiān tightly grasped the 'Heavy Mountain Sword' in his hand, looking at the five skulls, with a heavy pressure in his heart.

  These five skulls, in their lifetime, had far surpassed him in terms of cultivation. Moreover, they had all grasped the sword intent to at least the first stage of perfection, otherwise it would have been impossible for them to enter this valley and delve deep into the mountain cave shrouded by fourth-stage sword intent.

  Since all five of them fell here, Xuantian naturally felt the same way, and he sensed the threat of death.

  However, Xuan Tian did not retreat in his heart.

  The valley was sealed off by black-clad men. With that old man in the sixth stage of the Innate Realm present, Xuanyuan had no chance of escaping from the valley entrance.

  The cave ahead is dangerous, but there's still a glimmer of hope for survival.

  And Xuan Tian was also very curious about what secrets were hidden in front of him?

  Why is there a four-stage sword intent in this cave, and the powerful sword intent even shrouds the mountain valley for thousands of miles.

  Why did those five swordsmen, each from a different dynasty, walk into the mountain valley, enter the cave, and travel all the way here, only to die in the same place?

  Xuan Tian's sword intent has now reached the extreme limit of the first stage, completely controlling his mind, and he is already familiar with the intensity of the sword intent in the cave, no longer affected by the illusory sword lights' attack.

  Seeing the five skulls, Xuan Tian's mind turned over countless thoughts, and he faced several attacks from the fourth-level sword intent. He paused for about five or six minutes before continuing to move forward.

  Less than ten steps away, a void appeared in front of him, and a sword wind whizzed down with a single slash. In an instant, the sword energy was dense and lush. A sword tip slashed down towards Xuantian's head.

  This sword aura was extremely real, like a substance, but Xuan Tian looked at this sword aura as if it didn't exist. The reason was that the sword aura had cut into his body.

  The sword blade chopped down. Xuan Tian had a feeling of being split in two, his body seemed to be divided into two halves in an instant, falling to both sides, the true energy and blood inside his body also followed the feeling of his body at that moment, wanting to split in two, tearing his body apart.

  However, Xuan Tian's will remained clear and awake, fully controlling the flow of true energy within his body. Fresh blood flowed, stopping the body's natural reaction.

  Xuantian's body. Safe and sound, the sword tip from just now, although extremely real, was merely an illusory existence and hadn't truly caused him any harm.

  The fourth-order sword intent, Xuantian has faced dozens of times, and now he can easily control himself without being affected.

  Xuantian continued forward.

  He advanced another seven or eight steps, and another sword edge came slashing down. It was still incredibly real, but Xuan Tian's will was unwavering, treating the sword edge as if it were nothing, not even attempting to defend against it. He allowed the sword edge to slash into his body, his will controlling his body as he withstood another attack from the illusory sword edge.

  At this time, Xuantian was already close to the five skulls, less than ten steps away, and was about to walk beside the five skulls.

  After a brief pause, after two or three breaths, Xuan Tian took a deep breath and continued forward.

  One step, another step, and yet another step...

  After nine steps, Xuantian walked to the side of the first skull. Suddenly, a sword aura burst forth from the front, splitting the void left and right. A single sword tip, like a swift light, like lightning, shot straight at Xuantian's heart.

  Another sword tip attack, as if it were real, hard to distinguish between true and false.

  Xuantian was in the mountain cave, had faced dozens of such attacks, like the previous dozen times, firmly and steadfastly controlling his body, unaffected by the sword's influence.

  In an instant, the sword tip had already reached ten meters in front of Xuan Tian.

  The breath of death enveloped Xuan Tian tightly, his body trembling involuntarily under the sword's edge, his heart contracting violently.

  However, Xuantian's sword intent cut off the emotions of fear and retreat, standing firmly in place, not moving a single thread.

  Whoosh, in an instant, the sword tip had already stabbed to the front of Xuántiān's chest, a strong sword energy pierced through his chest, and the coolness in his heart almost instantly spread throughout his body.

  The mysterious heavens have yet to stir.

  But at this moment, the space between Xuanyuan's eyebrows suddenly jumped, and the white jade sword that had been still for a long time in the space between his eyebrows suddenly burst into radiance, emitting a dazzling light.

  A surge of powerful energy suddenly flooded into Xuan Tian's entire body.

  At this moment, time almost stands still.

  A blue sword tip suddenly burst out in an instant.

  At the moment when everything was evenly matched, Xuan Tian used 'Heavy Mountain Sword' to stab out a sword, using the 'Heart Annihilation Style' from the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Technique'.

  However, the speed of that sword was not only 'shadowless', but also reached an extent that Xuan Tian could not comprehend. It seemed that at the moment the sword was drawn, everything in the world had come to a standstill, leaving only the sword's trajectory in motion.

  Before Xuantian drew his sword, the sword tip that was shooting towards him from the front was less than a meter away from his mouth. After Xuantian drew his sword, the sword tip that was shooting towards him from the front was almost still in the same position.

  Pfft!

  A crisp crack, like wood splitting in two.

  The sword tip in front, at the moment of 'Heavy Mountain Sword' thrusting out, was split into two halves in an instant, and then turned into nothingness.

  A powerful backlash force came from the 'Reyue Sword', fortunately, the Xuantian's power was enormous, his two legs stood on the ground like a giant tree taking root, and the huge backlash force could not shake Xuantian back half a step.

  "This is a real attack!" Xuan Tian's heart suddenly skipped a beat. His back couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

  If he had been stabbed by this sword just now, his heart would have been pierced through, and Xuan Tian would have died instantly.

  In the cave, the four-stage sword intent transformed into an attack, which was always an illusory sword tip. Nothing substantial could block it. Therefore, Xuántiān faced the sword tip and simply didn't block it. He focused on strengthening his willpower, controlling his body, and not being affected by the illusion.

  But I didn't expect that this time, the sword tip attack coming from the front would not be an illusory attack, but a real sword tip.

  And the power is almost equivalent to a six-layer high-ranking master of Xiantian realm's one blow, if not for Xuān Tiān borrowing the middle-grade treasure 'Zhòng Yuè Jiàn' (重岳剑) with its solidity and sharpness, other weapons would hardly be able to withstand the sword edge that came with the explosion.

  "It's really strange, making me defenseless, if not for the white jade sword in my brow, I would have lost my life today!" Thinking back to that one sword earlier, Xuán Tiān was filled with shock.

  At the same time, towards the white jade small sword in his brow, Xuan Tian's curiosity grew even heavier. Especially what 'thing' it was, and the power it contained, were things that Xuan Tian had never heard of before. He had seen nothing like it before. In fact, he couldn't even understand it, as it exceeded Xuan Tian's common sense.

  Suddenly, Xuan Tian seemed to have remembered something and looked at the five skulls on the ground.

  As expected, the five skulls had one thing in common: the bones at their hearts were all gone. A small circular hole went through from the front chest to the back.

  Five skulls were born before. They all died under the sword tip that suddenly came, apparently five people thought it was an illusory sword tip. But not, in an instant, pierced by the sword tip through the heart and mouth, pierced through the heart, killed instantly.

  In the observation room of Xuan Tian, a sword aura rushed forward from the front. In an instant, another sword tip appeared in the void, its speed as fast as lightning, stabbing towards Xuan Tian.

  This sword, straight pierced the throat of Xuantian.

  Having learned from his previous experience, Xuan Tian did not dare to ignore it again. He steadied his mind and resolutely thrust out with one sword.

  Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship - Throat Piercing Style!

  The sword shadow in hand, vanished instantly, the next second, a sword aura burst out, with the sword aura that stabbed from the front, at the same height, in the blink of an eye, the two sword auras clashed together.

  However, this time there was no phenomenon of Jianmang being broken in half.

  The sword tip shot out by Xuántiān directly exploded towards the distance, stabbing into the wall of the mountain cave and producing a loud explosive sound.

  The sword tip that came from the front, however, ignored Xuan Tian's attack and ignored the heavy Yue Sword in Xuan Tian's hand. In an instant, it pierced Xuan Tian's throat and passed through.

  The throat tightened suddenly, and a thought of "I'm dead" fear instantly enveloped the heart.

  The taste of a sword piercing one's throat is more terrifying and frightening than a sword cutting through one's heart.

  However, the sword intent in Xuantian's heart instantly killed this thought. Xuantian's throat was safe and sound. The previous sword was another illusory attack of the fourth-level sword intent. Xuantian drew his sword, but it was all for nothing.

  "Falsehood within truth, truth within falsehood, reality within emptiness, and genuineness within deception."

  Xuān Tiān's heart lit up, although he had just faced a real sword attack for the first time. However, through this illusory sword attack, he instantly grasped the subtleties of the killing intent in this cave.

  Five skulls were accompanied by four lower-grade Xuan-tier swords and one mid-grade Xuan-tier sword, all of which were picked up by Xuanyuan and stored in the spatial ring.

  Having done all this, Xuan Tian took a step forward, facing the enormous pressure of the 4th stage sword intent, and went forward at the 'fastest' speed.

  Less than ten steps away, another sword tip appeared in front of him, bursting towards Xuántiān and stabbing straight at his brow.

  Xuántiān uses 'Heavy Mountain Sword', in an instant, he makes a move from the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Technique' - 'Stabbing Eyebrow Style', just one sword, stabbing into the front bursting and coming sword tip.

  Pfft——

  A loud crash, this sword's edge is real, was pierced by Xuantian with one sword, and turned into nothingness.

  Xuantian discovered that the three sword tips that had suddenly appeared in front of him, attacking his heart, throat, and brow, coincided with the "Heart Annihilation Style", "Throat Piercing Style" and "Brow Piercing Style" from the "Absolute Shadow Sword Technique".

  The dozens of illusory sword lights that had previously attacked him, apart from the thrusting sword lights, also included a downward chopping sword light that chopped straight at Xuanyuan Sky's central body, two horizontal chopping sword lights, one chopping at Xuanyuan Sky's neck and one chopping at his waist.

  It wasn't until now that Xuan Tian carefully thought about it, and discovered that the six sword auras' attacks were actually the first six moves of the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Technique': Heart-destroying Style, Throat-piercing Style, Brow-stabbing Style, Waist-chopping Style, Headless Style, Body-splitting Style...