Chapter 15: Dense Thunder and Lightning (Part 2)
A flicker of unusual color flashed through his eyes, Zhao Qianye didn't say anything, but the aura on his body completely burst out.
Jian Ke Zhong Tian's position was at its peak, and Lu Qing's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness. At this moment, Zhao Qianye's body emitted an unparalleled aura of sword energy, with purple lightning swirling around him and green whirlwinds entwining, causing the surrounding black iron swords that maintained the Sword Platform to hum in response.
Looking at Zhao Qianye in front of him, especially the strong wind and thunder sword energy on his body, Lu Qing could see that Zhao Qianye had now fully integrated the Xun Wind's energy, leaving only a slight deficiency in the Thunder energy. However, despite this, the power of the wind and thunder sword energy was already comparable to his own.
Facing Zhao Qianye's violent aura like the Yangtze River, Lu Qing suddenly grabbed the hilt of Lianxin Sword with his backhand. At the same time, a layer of purple and blue sword energy slowly emerged on his body. There was no purple lightning or whirlwind on it, but in Zhao Qianye's eyes, it was even more terrifying than his Fenglei Sword Energy. The sword energy seemed like a ferocious beast that had been bound for thousands of years. Once released, no one could stop it.
This was also the gain of Lu Qing's understanding of the origin of Feng Lei's Ben Yuan Qi Ying back then. Now, he can control the two airs of wind and thunder at will, which not only saves sword energy but also completely binds the sword energy of the two airs of wind and thunder. The power will be even more concentrated, which is indeed another height for the sword energy of Feng Lei.
As expected, with the outbreak of Lu Qingfeng's sword energy, an even more overbearing aura rose up. The auras of the two clashed in mid-air above the sword platform, and a loud whooshing sound suddenly rang out from thin air. A large cluster of purple lightning crackled and boomed above the two, and under the astonished gaze of the crowd below the sword platform, the sky slowly darkened about a hundred feet above their heads.
A large black cloud, about ten zhangs in diameter, gathered above the two men's heads. From time to time, thick and powerful purple lightning bolts burst out from it. An overwhelming atmosphere spread down from the black cloud, and all the disciples felt the enormous pressure transmitted from above. It was as if they were no longer facing the aura emitted by Lu Qing and the other person, but rather the majesty of heaven and earth itself.
"This actually stirred up the heavenly and earthly primal energy to condense into thunderclouds." Luo Tianyou said with some disbelief, while the five great guardians on the side also had unsightly expressions. Even they might not be able to achieve such a level, but Lu Qing and the other two had only burst out with their aura to reach this extent. This made them once again deeply realize the power of the Wind and Thunder Sword Energy, and at the same time, their reverence for the generation's Sword Emperor Lu Tianxiu was even more deeply imprinted in their hearts.
The purple-golden Wind-Thunder Sword was drawn from behind, Zhao Qianye's expression condensed, and the Wind-Thunder Sword energy on his body suddenly converged towards the sword. In an instant, a six-foot-long purple-blue sword energy extended from the sword tip, wrapping the entire sword body. The blue-purple sword energy flowed and transformed, quickly condensing into a six-foot-long lightning shape. With the hilt as its base, it was held in Zhao Qianye's hand, as if he no longer grasped the Wind-Thunder Sword, but a majestic Wind-Thunder divine artifact. Around the lightning-shaped sword energy, purple electricity crackled and sputtered, while the whirlwind air transformed into a sharp, green dragon vortex that wrapped around the sword energy.
Zi Xuan Wind and Thunder Sword Sixth Style: Wind and Thunder Slash!
Obviously, Lu Qing's last step out had made Zhao Qianye vigilant, and without any hesitation, he used the sixth form of the Purple Cloud Thunder Sword.
Sigh——
Hmph!
In an instant, Zhao Qianye's Wind and Thunder Sword transformed into countless clear sword shadows. Dozens of purple-blue lightning sword auras almost instantly appeared in front of Lu Qing three zhang away. The howling sword aura shattered the air inch by inch, and the violent hum of the air continued unabated.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Qing's footsteps directly stepped towards the upper right, his footsteps seemed to have traversed space, and in an instant, he appeared six feet above Zhao Qianye's left shoulder. The flashing sword energy that had been whistling earlier almost pierced through the clear human shadow he had left behind at the moment he took a step.
"Ah!" Under the sword platform, Ming Xue'er covered Yan Hong's small mouth with one hand. However, soon after, she found that the sword energy that pierced through Lu Qing who was originally on the spot did not leave any bloodstains, but in an instant, it shattered the shadow image left behind by Lu Qing into powder.
With a single step, Zhao Qianye's body shot out several feet, his electric sword flashing as it chopped down towards Lu Qing's head. Still with one foot forward, Lu Qing reappeared above and to the left of Zhao Qianye, his eyes fixed intently on him. With one swift kick, Zhao Qianye shattered a black iron sword beneath his foot, his body moving swiftly and silently as he pursued Lu Qing.
For a moment, the entire sword platform was filled with swords and lightning-fast sword energy, almost covering the entire platform.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The sword platform was quickly destroyed, countless black iron swords were instantly blasted into powder, in just a few dozen breaths of time, the sword platform only had less than fifty black iron swords left standing alone. Such an intense battle far surpassed the previous joint attack by Yu and Wu Nu. In the sky, dark clouds rolled, purple lightning and whirlwinds revolved unceasingly, blowing away and eliminating other floating clouds and fog around them.
As Zhao Qianye chased after him with a speed comparable to that of a Sword Master at the peak of his power, Lu Qing slowly became more familiar with the Wind and Thunder Step. Every time Zhao Qianye's sword energy approached him, he would take one step back and escape by several meters. His footsteps became increasingly agile, and with Zhao Qianye as a strong opponent chasing after him, Lu Qing's Wind and Thunder Step quickly adapted to actual combat.
After dozens of breaths, Zhao Qianye also discovered this point. He saw his body hastily retreating several zhang, standing at the corner of the sword platform. At the same time, the wind and thunder sword's energy was retracted, and the dozens of breaths that maintained the sixth style of the Wind and Thunder Slash had consumed three-tenths of his wind and thunder sword yuan. Although a swordsman could cultivate the pre-heavenly and post-heavenly, and recover through the opened Baihui acupoint to absorb the heaven and earth's yuanqi, the profound sword technique's consumption of the sword yuan was simply too fast, fundamentally not something that a swordsman could continuously display for a long time.
Looking not far away, Lu Qing was standing on the other side of the sword platform, still holding the hilt of Lianxin Sword. Zhao Qianye let out a cold hum, and the Wind and Thunder Sword suddenly shot out a dazzling purple light. With a sudden stomp on the hilt under his feet, two mournful whistles sounded, and Zhao Qianye's entire body was like a purple meteor shooting up to nearly twenty zhang in the air. His right foot stepped on his left foot, and his whole body flipped over, his gaze fixed intently on the sword platform below.
At this moment, Lu Qing, standing on the sword platform, also revealed a solemn expression. He clearly knew what kind of powerful sword move Zhao Qianye was about to use next. The Purple Cloud Wind and Thunder Sword left by Sword Emperor Lu Tianxu had no defensive moves, every move was a powerful offensive, emphasizing offense over defense, striking first to control the enemy, making them unable to counterattack, thus eliminating the need for defense.
At this moment, under the sword stage, Luo Tianyou and his two companions, who had experienced the last big comparison, showed a faintly frightened expression on their faces. They clearly remembered the shocking scene when Zhao Qianye performed that move last time. Even if they were to exchange places, without thorough preparation, they would also suffer serious injuries.
The Lian Xin sword emitted a faint layer of wind and thunder sword energy as it was slowly pulled out from behind Lu Qing's back. At the same time, in the sky above Zhao Qianye, the purple electricity swirling within the dark clouds grew even more violent. Seeing that Lu Qing had finally drawn the Lian Xin sword, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Qianye's mouth, and then his expression turned serious as he placed both hands together in a sword-like shape, pressing them onto the hilt of the wind and thunder sword.
"The Ninth Form, Wind and Thunder Unleashed!" As Zhao Qianye let out a low shout, his two hands grasped the sword hilt, instantly extending an inch of wind and thunder energy from the sword tip. The fingertips pressed against the hilt rapidly drew circle after circle in reverse direction.
Sigh——
Under the gaze of everyone looking up from below the sword platform, the Wind and Thunder Sword standing upright suddenly began to rotate rapidly. In an instant, countless small green or purple light spots quickly gathered around the Wind and Thunder Sword. These light spots quickly converged, and when Zhao Qianye descended two zhang, a one-zhang-high green-purple dragon column was formed. This dragon column was completely composed of the Wind and Thunder Sword's energy, with violent purple lightning and rapidly rotating whirlwinds contained within. A destructive aura burst forth from the sword energy dragon column in an instant, shooting straight down towards the sword platform below.
Under the sword stage, Nie Qing Tian's hand grasped a blue porcelain wine jug that was crushed in an instant, and then stimulated by Xun Feng's sword energy, it instantly turned into a ball of green ceramic powder, overflowing from Nie Qing Tian's fingers. Looking at Zhao Qian Ye in mid-air, Nie Qing Tian's eyes narrowed slightly, he clearly felt that Zhao Qian Ye's Wind and Thunder Gathering style was even stronger than half a year ago, and its use was also more natural.
Compared to the hasty realization and application six months ago, Zhao Qianye's cultivation has also improved over the past six months. Nie Qingtian estimated that the power of this move must be at least 20% stronger than before. Even if he were to take it on personally, he would likely suffer some minor injuries in order to withstand it.
"Alright!" Zhao Qianye shouted loudly as he reminded everyone, at the same time his two hands pressed down fiercely on the center of the tornado.
Whoosh——
Whoosh——
Hiss——
In the astonished gaze of Si Feng's disciples, the originally condensed dragon vortex suddenly burst open, transforming into hundreds of feet-long wind and thunder sword auras that enveloped the sword platform below. Amidst these wind and thunder sword auras, thin purple lightning and whirlwinds intertwined, with the numerous sword auras almost completely shrouding the entire sword platform.
At Lu Qing's speed, he could have absolutely exited the sword stage before the sword energy arrived, but this was absolutely not what Lu Qing wanted. At this moment, Lu Qing finally made his move.
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