Chapter 20: Understanding Absolute Shadow (Part 2)

  In Xuantian's hand, the sword shadow was heavy and dense, everywhere was a sword shadow, but because of the speed being too fast, they were all residual shadows. The true body of the sword couldn't be seen at all. However, wherever the sword shadow passed, giant bees fell down one after another, dying on the spot.

  In front of Xuantian's body, the ground was covered with a thick layer of giant bee corpses, densely packed and numerous, probably around ten thousand.

  "Brother Chu, Brother Deng, you've finally arrived!" The white-clad beauty exclaimed as soon as she saw the two of them arrive.

  Xuantian blocked half of the giant needle bees, so the two female masters seemed relatively leisurely and didn't appear to be in a desperate life-or-death situation.

  "What a perfect opportunity for a heroic rescue, and yet this little brat had to go and ruin it?"

  That year, about fifteen years old, the young man was Chu Feng, the first inner disciple of Tianjian Sect. He had a gloomy face and flashed a glance at Xuan Tian with his eyes. His body paused for a moment before charging forward again. With a loud shout: "Night Falling Star River Sword - Starlight Falling!"

  He drew his long sword, and a sharp aura burst forth, shooting up into the sky. With one slash of his sword, a dazzling light flashed, piercing straight through the heavens.

  As Chu Feng's sword momentum changed, the dazzling sword edge suddenly exploded, flying in all directions and bursting into tens of thousands of small light swords, like twinkling stars falling from the sky.

  A sword intent, permeating the space between heaven and earth, the sword energy falling like starlight, wherever it passed, giant hornets were split in two, falling from the sky like rain, in an instant, thousands of giant hornets died.

  In the blink of an eye, Chu Feng struck out with another sword, his sword intent bursting into the sky, his sword tip piercing the heavens, exploding once more and transforming into starlight as it fell, killing thousands of giant needle bees, which rained down from the air like raindrops.

  Only two swords, nearly ten thousand giant bee needles died at Chu Feng's hands.

  Although the giant bee was not afraid of death, such a massive and repeated slaughter also triggered the instinctual fear of the demonic beast's bloodline, causing them to rush into the sky and flee far away, soon disappearing into the horizon.

  This group of giant bees, with over 600,000 individuals, almost half died. Among them, about 10,000 were killed by Xuan Tian, about 10,000 were killed by Chu Feng, and another 10,000 or so were killed by the two female masters.

  In the valley, there were giant hornet corpses everywhere.

  Under the dark sky, with a light step, he stopped fighting, and he almost had a feeling of faintness, as if a gentle breeze would blow him away. He alone killed more giant hornets than his two female masters combined.

  But his internal strength was not worth mentioning compared to the two female masters, who had innate true energy in their bodies, which was fundamentally different from Xuan Tian's internal strength. Even the two female masters at the Innate Realm were already exhausted and on the verge of collapse, let alone Xuan Tian, who was only at the 8th level of the Martial Dao Realm.

  However, through this battle, Xuan Tian gained a lot. Not only did he grasp the essence of his sword technique 'Absolute Shadow Sword Art' between life and death, but his strength also made rapid progress. If not considering the fundamental difference between internal energy and innate true energy, even if an innate realm first-order expert didn't use their innate true energy, Xuan Tian would still have a chance to win in one battle.

  Moreover, Xuan Tian faintly felt that his cultivation had signs of breaking through to the 9th level of the Martial Path at any moment. This great war would greatly advance the time it took for him to enter the 9th level of the Martial Path.

  "Ling Shimei, Bai Shimei, thank goodness you two are alright. Otherwise, we wouldn't know how to explain this back at the sect."

  Deng Shixiong walked over quickly and said, "Chu Shixiong's Xuanjie mid-grade sword technique 'Night Falling Star River Sword' is indeed formidable. With one sword strike, thousands of giant needles fell like a swarm, almost like raindrops falling down. If those giant needles didn't escape, they would all be killed by Chu Shixiong's sword in an instant."

  Chu Feng has already sheathed his sword, and with a faint smile, he said: "What a pity. My 'Night Falling Star River Sword' has only reached the small success realm. If it were at the great success realm, not one of these giant hornets would have escaped today."

  A beautiful woman in white clothes with the surname Bai smiled and said, "Brother Chu is indeed worthy of being the first disciple of the inner door. He has actually cultivated the middle-grade sword technique of Xuanjie to a small success realm. Among the disciples of the inner door, there are not many who learn the middle-grade martial arts of Xuanjie, and those who cultivate it to a small success realm are even more rare, with only Brother Chu being the one."

  That blue-clad beauty with the surname Ling walked up to Xuan Tian and said, "Elder Brother Chu's 'Night Falling Star River Sword' is indeed formidable, but if not for this younger brother's rescue, I'm afraid that White Shifu and I would have already lost our lives under the giant bee needle. It would be hard to hold on until the arrival of both elder brothers. Therefore, the first person we should thank is this younger brother. Although he is only a outer sect disciple, his quick swordsmanship made me sigh in admiration. Younger brother, Xing Yue thanks you from the bottom of her heart. What's your name? When I return to the sect, I will tell Grandfather about you."

  When they heard the four words "Outer Gate Disciple", Chu Feng and his senior, Deng, both flashed a hint of disdain in their eyes. When Ling Xiumei said she would mention Xuanyuan to her grandfather, Senior Deng's face was shocked, looking at Chu Feng, while Chu Feng's face sank, with a hint of coldness that outsiders could hardly detect flashing in his eyes.

  Hearing Ling Shijie mention himself, Xuan Tian drew his sword and said: "Outer sect disciple Huang Tian, greetings to all the inner sect brothers and sisters."

  Ling Xingyue nodded and said, "I'm Ling Xingyue. This is Huang Tian, my junior brother. This is Bai Ling, my senior sister. This is Chu Feng, my senior brother. And this is Deng Fei, my senior brother."

  As Ling Xingyue introduced, the three of them nodded one after another. However, Chu Feng and Deng Fei's disdain for Xuan Tian was not hidden in their eyes at all. Inner disciples and outer disciples were like heaven and earth, completely on different levels. Moreover, since Xuan Tian had stolen his thunder, Chu Feng felt displeased in his heart and naturally wouldn't be too polite to an outer disciple, directly looking down on him with contempt.

  Deng Fei seems to hold Chu Feng in high esteem, while Chu Feng subtly shows dissatisfaction towards Xuan Tian. Deng Fei doesn't need any other reason and naturally displays blatant disdain for Xuan Tian.

  "White Shijie, Chu Shi Xiong, Deng Shi Xiong!" Following Ling Xingyue's introduction, Xuan Tian called out one by one.

  Xuān Tiān clearly felt the contempt of the two people, and had already drawn a line in his heart. Chǔ Fēng and Dèng Fēi were on the other side of that line.

  Ling Xingyue also felt the disdain of Chu Feng and Deng Fei towards Xuan Tian. He knew that as top disciples among the inner sect, ordinary inner sect disciples were not in their eyes, let alone outer sect disciples.

  But Xuan Tian's strength was low, yet he still charged into the bee swarm. Ling Xing Yue felt very good about Xuan Tian and wanted to help him gain more status in front of Chu Feng and Deng Fei. "Chu Shixiong, Deng Shixiong, don't underestimate Huang Tian Shidi," she said. "Although he's an outer disciple, he blocked half of the giant bee swarm earlier, which is even more than what I and Bai Shimai killed together. He's still young and has great potential for growth; he'll definitely enter the inner sect in the future."

  Xuān Tiān felt that the more Líng Xīng Yuè praised him, the deeper the gloom in Chǔ Fēng's eyes became. Probably Chǔ Fēng was Líng Xīng Yuè's pursuer, so hearing her constantly praise others made his anger burn even fiercer.

  Being inexplicably resented by Chu Feng, the number one inner disciple, Xuan Tian felt wronged. However, Ling Xiuming was indeed good to him. When she asked, Xuan Tian replied: "Already fourteen."

  Ling Xingyue said: "At just fourteen years old, his cultivation has already reached the eighth level of the Martial Dao realm. At most seventeen years old, or even sixteen years old, he will be able to enter the Innate and become an inner disciple. In two or three years at most, Huang Tian will be on par with us."

  "Hiss!"

  Chu Feng snorted in disdain, lightly laughing and saying: "I was only thirteen when I entered the Xiantian realm, becoming an inner sect disciple. At fifteen, I had already reached the third level of the Xiantian realm, grasped the intent of the sword, and defeated all the unbeatable hands within the inner sect, becoming the number one inner sect disciple. Two or three years later, by the time he becomes an inner sect disciple, I will have already entered the fourth level of the Xiantian realm, become a core disciple, and may even be the top existence among the core disciples. How could he possibly be on the same level as me?"

  "Chu Shixiong is a rare talent that our sect has not seen in a hundred years, and Huang Tian Shidi naturally can't compare to him." Bai Ling and Deng Fei said in unison.

  "I'll drown you two with a mouthful of salt water." Unprovoked, Xuan Tian was stepped on and felt extremely displeased. He silently cursed in his heart while glancing at the towering twin peaks on Bai Ling's chest, thinking: "Once I surpass Chu Feng in the future, I'll pinch your nipples to punish you."

  Although Bailin and Dengfei said the same thing, their gazes at Xuantian were entirely different. Dengfei's was disdainful, while Bailin's had a hint of excitement, as if she was very interested in Xuantian. Clearly, her previous words were genuine, unlike Dengfei who intentionally tried to strike down Xuantian.

  Bai Ling continued, "Huang Tian, your swift and unparalleled sword technique just now felt very similar to the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Art'. Could it be that you grasped the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Art' during the battle?"

  Bai Ling's voice was somewhat excited, Xuan Tian knew she was looking at him with great interest, it turned out that she was interested in the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Technique'.

  The Absolute Shadow Sword Technique has only six moves, and although Xuan Tian's sword speed is extremely fast, almost to the point of being invisible, the sword technique itself is too ordinary and easy to see through. Bailin asked because the Absolute Shadow Sword Technique appeared in the Heavenly Sword Sect at least ten years ago, but no one has ever successfully practiced it.

  So, although Bai Ling saw that Xuan Tian was using the Jueying Sword Technique, she couldn't believe it in her heart, hence this question.

  Bai Ling's innate talent in martial arts is most prominently reflected in her comprehension and learning ability, allowing her to quickly grasp and master various techniques. She had also delved deeply into the study of the Jueying Sword Technique, but ultimately failed to fully cultivate it.

  It's not just Bailing, Ling Xingyue, Chu Feng, and Deng Fei have all studied the Jueying Swordsmanship before, but none of them invested as much effort as Bailing did. As for the swordsmanship used by Xuantiang just now, they all had some doubts in their hearts.

  Xuantian nodded and said, "Just now, I was in a life-and-death crisis, my life hanging by a thread. Under the pressure of death, suddenly a flash of insight occurred, and the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Technique' was involuntarily unleashed. However, I only grasped the first six moves, but not the seventh move, 'Annihilating God Technique'. The secret manual says that this move is formless, and it's too vague to understand, without any clues."

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