Chapter Fifty-Six Not Necessarily

  "What?! Tianji is actually a Great Swordsman?!"

  At this time, Ziling Yun, who was also heading towards Qingmu and De, saw Qin Tianyi use his full strength for the first time, and his face was also filled with incredulity.

  How long has it been since Qin Tianyi actually caught up with himself and advanced to the Great Swordsman realm?

  "What?! Great Swordsman! Qin Tianyi has actually become a Great Swordsman?! How is that possible?!"

  Aoki, who was currently exchanging blows with Qi Lingyun, saw Qin Tianyi burst out and instantly kill Yang Tiandong. The arrogant look in his eyes disappeared, replaced by infinite fear.

  "This young man, not even twenty years old, has actually cultivated to the realm of a great swordsman! He is completely comparable to the most talented students in the Shenxu Academy. I, Qingmu He, have had my father's endless resources at my disposal and have been cultivating in the Shenxu Academy for six whole years now, yet I am still stuck at the peak of the 9th level of swordsman, despite having extraordinary combat strength. If we don't kill him, this young man will likely become a great threat to our Xuanling Sect in the future!"

  Aokawa's eyes shot out a fierce killing intent, and in an instant, his body shook, unleashing a magnificent technique that allowed him to dodge the lock-down of the Lingyun Seal and flash towards Qin Tianyi with a pounce.

  "Never mind Qilin Cloud for now, this little beast will soon be promoted to the Great Swordsman realm. We three will join forces and make sure to strike him down before he truly grows up!"

  "Hahaha!"

  Seeing Qin Tianyi's cultivation as a great sword master, Qi Lingyun finally stopped hiding and burst out laughing: "Don't care about me? Qingmuhe, I said it before, today I will definitely kill you under my sword and let Qingshuang taste the pain of losing her son. You must die for me!"

  In an instant, Qi Lingyun's swordsmanship became swift and fierce, the surging aura bursting out, and he thought he had already shaken off Qingmu and shot him to death.

  "Overbearing aura! It's also overbearing aura!? Qi Lingyun is actually a powerful swordsman too?!"

  Feeling the sharp aura behind him, Qingmu's face turned a ghastly pale.

  Xuanling Sect's intelligence personnel are doing their job, and it is said that Yunlai Sword Sect, apart from a ninth-level swordman named Qilingyun and a war puppet of the swordmaster level, is not worth mentioning. If there was no war puppet, sending any one of the top swordsmen would be enough to wipe out this sect from Wanjia County.

  But now...

  Two great swordsmen! It's actually two great swordsmen!

  Not only did Qin Tianyi reach the Great Swordsman realm at the age of 20, but Qi Lingyun also finally took that step and entered the Great Swordsman realm!

  "Bastard!"

  A fierce aura approached, Qingmu and How dare to rush forward again to assist Feng Boping and Gu Gang in surrounding and killing Qin Tianyi. The figure that had originally dodged quickly turned around, the sword in his hand hastily stabbing, directly hitting the center of the fierce aura shot by Qi Lingyun.

  "Boom!"

  Sword edge shock.

  Aoki hastily counterattacked and was blown away by the shockwave, his body involuntarily retreating backwards.

  "Kill!"

  With his powerful spiritual power, almost at the level of a Spiritual Master, Qin Tianyi had a grasp on the battle situation that surpassed anyone else present. Almost as soon as Qing Mu and Xu Shen resisted Ziling Yun's fierce aura, he let out a loud roar, suddenly bursting forth with speed, striking directly at Qing Mu and Xu Shen in a ferocious pincer attack.

  "Not good!"

  "Aoki and brothers, be careful!"

  Feng Bo Ping and Gu Gang's mouths were filled with cries of surprise, Feng Bo Ping, whose cultivation was slightly higher, reacted the fastest, his body flying swiftly as he charged towards Qin Tian Yi to intercept him.

  "Get out!"

  Qin Tianji pinched his fingers to form a sword, and with one stroke of his left hand, he killed the second master of the Golden Gate Sect. The explosive aura sent him flying back, and then the sword tip pierced straight ahead, just in time to meet Qingmu He who was blown away by Qi Lingyun's aura. In the next moment, he would have stabbed this excellent student of Shenyuan Academy to death with one sword.

  However, Aoki and Terada were people who had trained at the Shinkan Academy for many years, although they had not yet broken through to become great swordsmen. Staying in an environment like the Shinkan Academy, interacting with various top-level swordsmen every day, studying all sorts of exquisite sword techniques and body methods, their actual combat abilities were far stronger than those of any 9th rank swordsman.

  At the moment of life and death, a low growl escaped his lips, unleashing all the true energy within his body. His figure made an unbelievable slight shift to the side, dodging Qin Tianyi's fatal sword by a hair's breadth. Then, with a single hand, he slapped the Mountain River Sword violently, using this force to attempt to break free from the battle circle and make a desperate escape.

  "I want to leave!"

  Qin Tianyi's eyes turned cold, and the optimized Ling Hou Baibian Shengfa was launched. His body shape borrowed the force of Qingmu and the sword to make a 360-degree rotation, with the momentum of sweeping away the withered and rotten, and cutting towards Qingmu again.

  "Block!"

  Facing the sword that swept through thousands of soldiers, Qingmu's eyes widened in anger, and he quickly raised his sword to block it. However, even with all his might, he was still shaken by the terrifying force contained within the sword's edge, causing him to spit out blood and fly backward.

  "Dragon Body Technique! Dragon Ascending to Heaven!"

  His body was blown away, but Aoki's face didn't show any signs of panic. He quickly deployed his technique to neutralize the shockwave and swiftly retreated.

  As long as they can escape the war circle and flee to the courtyard where the Xuanling Sect is located, even if Yunlai Sword Sect has many more powerful experts, there will only be a dead end.

  "Kill!"

  At this moment, a roar of anger suddenly burst out behind him, accompanied by a chilling and piercing cold that went straight to the bone.

  No!

  At this moment, he suddenly remembered that there was another great swordsman-level expert behind him. In an instant, a terrified and unwilling roar burst out of his mouth.

  "Whoosh!"

  Sword light breaks through the air!

  A skull, with blood all over the sky, flew into the void.

  Although Aoki and Senri are powerful, how can they withstand the pincer attack of two great swordsmen, Qi Lingyun and Qin Tianyi?

  He was finally beheaded by Qi Lingyun with one sword.

  "Aoki-san!?"

  "You actually killed Qingmu He? He's the son of Qingxuan, the great swordsman, and one of only two geniuses in the entire Xuanling Sect who entered the Divine Void Academy!"

  "Xuanling Sect wants to annihilate us Yunlai Sword Sect, and we Yunlai Sword Sect, can't we resist? Not just Xuanling Sect, you two masters of the Golden Gate, stay behind today as well. Anyone who dares to offend or humiliate my Yunlai Sword Sect will have to pay with their lives."

  One doesn't work, two don't rest.

  He had already killed Qingmu of the Xuanling Sect, and Qiling Yun finally let go of the suppressed anger and killing intent in his heart, directly cutting them all down.

  While talking, he actually rushed towards the second door master Feng Bo Ping again.

  "Not good!"

  Feng Bo Ping and Gu Gang's faces changed simultaneously, and they hastily retreated in the direction of Xuan Ling Sect.

  However, Qin Tianyi had long been on guard against their escape. In an instant, the Twenty-Three Swords of Wind and Cloud were unleashed, enveloping both of them in a rain of swords.

  "Cloud Come Sword Sect!"

  Kuang and Feng Boping let out angry and indignant roars.

  "Kill!"

  Zi Lingyun showed no mercy or softness, directly joining the battle circle with Qin Tianyi and charging towards the two.

  The great swordsman against the ninth-level swordsman had an absolute advantage and in less than a moment, both were killed by Qin Tianyi and Qi Lingyun.

  Seeing Gu Gang and Feng Bo Ping turn into corpses, Qingmu He's body torn apart, and the true energy inside Qi Ling Yun and Qin Tian Yi gradually cooling down.

  Especially Qi Lingyun, who glanced at the other sect disciples watching from a distance, his expression slightly sinking: "This time, things have gotten big. Every one of them who can enter the Divine Void Academy is a potential great swordsman, and this Qingmu, despite being only a ninth-level swordsman, has already refined his true energy to an extremely pure state. He will likely advance to become a great swordsman in just a few years, and by the time he reaches fifty or sixty years old, he may even reach the peak of the inner vortex. With such a talented disciple dead, the Xuanling Sect will definitely go crazy with revenge. Our alliance with other sects has already shown signs of cracking, and the Ta Yin Pavilion and Lei Shen Temple will know that our Cloudy Sword Sect's war puppet is temporarily unable to be activated... who knows what kind of thoughts they will come up with? At least, their stance towards us Cloudy Sword Sect will not be as firm as before. We must even guard against them taking our people's heads to atone for their sins to the Xuanling Sect. The city of Wanhua is no longer safe. Tianji, you return to the academy immediately and take Yuyan and the others with you. I'll try to stall the Xuanling Sect's people."

  "It's useless, we're not even a match for the Xuanling Sect. Qi Elder, I think it's best if we temporarily abandon Yunlei Sword Sect and move out of Wanxia County. Let's wait until my cultivation breaks through to the Sword Master realm, then we can return to Wanxia County and reclaim everything that belongs to us."

  "Absolutely not!"

  Qī Língyún shook his head, his tone firm and unyielding: "We people of Yunlai Sword Sect will absolutely not be cowards. Even if we die, we must share the same fate as Yunlai Sword Sect!"

  He looked at Qin Tianyi and said in a low voice, "I'm already old, I don't have any future prospects or talent to speak of, but you're different, you still have a bright future ahead of you. So, if you really want to leave Yunlai Sword Sect... I won't stop you..."

  "This..."

  Qin Tianyi had been integrated into Yunlai Sword Sect for half a year now, and he understood that all the disciples of Yunlai Sword Sect had an almost obsessive feeling towards Yunlai Sword Sect. Qi Lingyun was like this, Qin Yuyan was like this, Jiang Caiyun, Xue Ziyi, Gu Cheng, Xiao Sumin, Tang Liang and other disciples were also like this.

  His previous proposal, even if Qilingyun agreed, there would still be many people in the Yunlai Sword Sect who would choose to live and die with the Yunlai Sword Sect.

  "Alas, I thought we had already broken through to the Great Swordsman realm and our sect's future was bright. This time's grand competition should have been the opportunity for our Yunlei Sword Sect to rise to prominence. Who would have thought that Beiyue actually advanced to the Sword Master realm, bringing the entire Xuanling Sect up to a first-rate sect as well? The half year of rapid development we've had in our Yunlei Sword Sect has turned out to be just the last flash of brilliance before our sect's downfall..."

  Zi Lingyun sighed in his mouth, and his face was full of bitter meaning.

  Prosperity is at its peak and then declines.

  "Reflections of the past..."

  Qin Tianji muttered to himself, his eyes struggling with hesitation.

  However, these emotions only lasted for a moment and slowly disappeared, replaced by a hint of ruthlessness and decisiveness: "Not necessarily!"