Chapter 16: The Final Battle (Part 1)

  The Lianxin sword in his hand emitted a low hum, Lu Qing quickly made a judgment, and the Wind and Thunder Step flashed, instantly appearing at the center of the Sword Platform.

  But seeing Lu Qing's movements, Zhao Qianye was shocked in his heart as he slowly descended from mid-air. Had he already grasped the ninth style? He didn't think that Lu Qing would see through the weakest point of this Wind and Thunder Attack with just one glance, and choose the best defensive position.

  Facing the falling wind and thunder sword energy like torrential rain, Lu Qing's dantian qihai surged with thick wind and thunder sword yuan. With a loud and sonorous sword hum, the Lianxin Sword suddenly transformed into countless cyan-purple sword shadows, spreading out to form a dense sword curtain of about ten feet in diameter, as if a giant purple-cyan wheel of light had enveloped Lu Qing beneath it.

  Rising Sun Thirteen Swords Third Style: Great Sun Like a Wheel.

  Ding——

  Ding——

  Ding——

  Dozens of wind and thunder sword auras blasted onto Lu Qing's sword curtain, producing a clear and crisp sound. At the same time, the wind and thunder sword auras collided with each other on the sword curtain, bursting into dazzling sparks in mid-air. The entire sword platform was now left with only Lu Qing's side of the sword curtain holding up nine black iron swords, while all the other black iron swords had been completely shattered by the overbearing wind and thunder sword auras.

  In Lu Qing's perception, every wind and thunder sword energy that struck the Lian Xin Sword was assimilated by the wind and thunder sword energy on his sword body, so the force he actually withstood wasn't great, and he only swayed slightly before stabilizing himself.

  Of course, this is also the reason why Zhao Qianye's aura has not fully merged. If Zhao Qianye's aura had fully merged, Lu Qing would not have been able to dodge so easily. Fortunately, he was practicing the Zi Xuan Wind and Thunder Sword, which allowed him to quickly make the best judgment to avoid the attack.

  Hūn

  In mid-air, Zhao Qianye swiftly transformed into a seven-foot-long lightning aura sword and slashed down towards Lu Qing's head.

  The blades clashed, and the powerful force was diverted to the ground by Lu Qing. The black iron sword shattered again, and Zhao Qianye also took advantage of the situation to land on top of the two black iron swords. The two men began to fight within a radius of about ten feet, and in an instant, Lu Qing transformed into a lightning-fast sword that was about ten feet long. However, unlike Zhao Qianye's sword, the purple electric wind on Lu Qing's sword was completely contained within the sword itself.

  Every time the blades clashed, apart from the sparks and electric light that splashed everywhere, Zhao Qianye would feel a numbness in his hands. Apart from Lu Qing's powerful physical strength, he also felt a surge of internal energy being channeled into him from the Wind and Thunder Sword, an energy that was even more overbearing and destructive than before, filled with the aura of destruction. If he didn't possess the Wind and Thunder Sword energy himself, and had only the average Five Elements Sword energy like most innate swordsmen, he would have been incinerated by the two energies long ago, his five viscera and six bowels reduced to ashes.

  Under the sword stage, all the onlookers stared intently at this place of about ten feet, and the momentum of the two men's battle almost affected everyone. In the eyes of the crowd, they saw two huge lightning-like swords dancing out of intricate sword flowers under the strong control of the two men. Except for a few people, no one could see clearly the trajectory of the two men's swords, only feeling the sword shadows fluttering by, seemingly clear but also as if looking at flowers in the fog, blurry and unclear.

  Although it's a pity, most of the disciples who were watching knew that this was because their swordsmanship realm was too far apart from the two, only some disciples who had realized the principle of "lifting heavy as light" could vaguely see some changes in the trajectory, which made them extremely shocked and fearful, they really didn't know how to describe the powerful cultivation and swordsmanship of the two.

  At this time, Yuwen, standing beside Yujihua, glared at him with a pair of tiger eyes, and asked in a somewhat disbelieving tone: "How did this kid cultivate? With his current strength, I'm afraid he doesn't even need to use a second sword to kill me. His sword energy is not as good as mine, and the realm of his swordsmanship has such a huge gap that it's impossible to defend against!"

  I and Hua heard the words also bitterly smiled: "Forget it, you'd better slowly get used to it, I'm starting to dare not believe it now, eight months ago I still pointed out his swordsmanship, but now I can't even grasp the trajectory of his swordsmanship."

  "This is the real power of the top ten on the Dragon and Phoenix List, I don't know if I'll have a chance to get on it in the remaining nine years." Yuwen Nu muttered in a low voice as he watched the two people dodging and weaving on the Jianshu Sword Platform.

  It's clear that this remark is not enough for the many Inner Sect disciples around, almost everyone's eyes revealed a strong desire, which made Xuan Qing nod secretly in agreement. He understood that with such desire, everyone would work hard to improve their strength. Today's battle between Lu Qing and the three of them was a kind of indirect stimulation or motivation for all the disciples of Yang Peak.

  Young swordsmen, no one does not want stronger cultivation power, no one does not want to get higher fame and status, this is almost the wish that all the swordsmen of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains have had since they were young, only to find out after they really set foot on this path that the road is actually not so easy to walk.

  But this does not prevent them from striving for it tirelessly, as long as there is still hope and life has time.

  Looking at the sword platform again, waves of air ripples spread out in all directions with the collision of the two swords, as if a circle of strong winds rose from the ground, whistling and sweeping up all the black iron sword fragments around, scattering them in all directions.

  Just as everyone wanted to wave their swords to resist, Xuan Qing made a gesture with his empty hand, and all the fragmented swords seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, quickly changing direction and gathering towards his open right hand. A purple-red glow flowed on his hand, and Xuan Qing grasped at the air, causing all the fragmented swords to suddenly gather in the middle, quickly compressing into a cluster of three or four large black iron balls, which fell to the ground with a loud clang.

  However, this did not make everyone feel particularly surprised. If a Sword Soul Realm master did not have such strength, it would be strange instead. In their opinion, any unbelievable actions by a Sword Soul Realm master were within the normal range.

  At this moment, Lu Qing and Zhao Qianye's battle is becoming more intense. Almost everyone's sword behind their back is trembling uncontrollably at this moment, affected by the aura of the two people. Some small stones on the ground began to slowly float up.

  Suddenly, Zhao Qianye's sword slashed down on Lu Qing's Wind and Thunder Sword with no fancy moves, only to hear a loud crash. Between the two swords, several purple lightning bolts as thick as an arm and green wind blades as long as a foot suddenly appeared out of thin air, blasting towards the ground in all directions.

  The rumbling sound continued, and the originally thirty-zhang-wide sword platform area rose with a white stone mist. The ground also violently shook several times at this moment. Under everyone's gaze, a cyan-gray, slender figure shot out from within.

  "What?!"

  Everyone couldn't help but exclaim in shock, because the figure was none other than Zhao Qianye. Although the two had just fought to a stalemate, almost everyone still favored Zhao Qianye, after all, being able to fight Nie Qingtian to a draw was enough to make him a top-notch swordsman with five-element sword energy.

  In mid-air, he flipped over and landed steadily on the ground. Zhao Qianye quietly gazed at that swirling mist of stones, his face expressionless, but everyone could also see that Zhao Qianye was not injured.

  After a dozen breaths, the stone fog slowly dispersed, revealing a figure standing inside. A huge sword with a length of almost six feet stood upright on the ground. Lu Qing slowly revealed his figure, and similarly, there was only a faint flush of heat on Lu Qing's face due to the battle, without any injuries. The two just calmly stared at each other like this.

  After a long time, Zhao Qianye's mouth corner revealed a hint of a smile, and he said: "If I'm not mistaken, you've already grasped the Ninth Form, or perhaps more. I'm no match for you."

  However, Zhao Qianye's expression turned serious again, "But I won't be dragged too far by you. After Jianchi finishes his cultivation, we'll have another battle. At that time, no quarter will be asked or given."

  Looking at Zhao Qianye's eyes still full of fighting spirit, Lu Qing's face turned serious and said: "Alright, after Sword Pond's training is over, you and I will have another match. At that time, no matter who gets heavily injured!"

  A smile reappeared on his face as Zhao Qianye turned around and walked towards Nie Qingtian, "Your turn——"

  Back to Nie Qingtian's side, Zhao Qianye said lightly: "I know that you didn't use your full strength at the time, Drunken Clear Wind is only the eighth move after all."

  Nie Qingtian was taken aback by the words, but Zhao Qianye immediately continued: "Make up for deceiving me at first, force him to bring out all his strength, and let me see how far his Zi Xuan Wind and Thunder Sword has reached."

  "Uh—" Nie Qingtian rarely cleared his throat and said, "This, don't worry about it."

  After finishing speaking, Nie Qingtian hastily walked out from beside Zhao Qianye. Behind him, Zhao Qianye let out a cold hum, making Nie Qingtian feel a chill run down his spine, and he quickened his pace by several strides. He stopped six zhang in front of Lu Qing and said: "Let's restore the Sword Origin first, I won't take advantage of this opportunity."

  He glanced at Nie Qingtian, and Lu Qing didn't stand on ceremony either. He sat down cross-legged on the spot, and his Wind and Thunder Sword Intent circulated for a while. In fact, at this moment, his Wind and Thunder Sword Intent had already fully recovered. With his vast amount of Blood Slashing Sword Intent liquid, he didn't need to worry about the consumption of his Sword Intent at all. However, in order not to arouse suspicion from the crowd, he still sat down cross-legged for half an hour to recover.

  The square fell silent once again, the defeat of Zhao Qianye still hadn't fully sunk in, but the upcoming war was already making them infinitely excited. Many of the Four Peaks disciples were now emotionally stirred up, this time gathering at Chaoyang Peak, actually more than half of the reason was because of Lu Qing, for this rapidly rising youth who had entered the top ten of the Dragon and Phoenix List. As for Zhao Qianye, he was originally very famous among the young generation of the Purple Mist Sect, his ranking on the Dragon and Phoenix List was also close to the top ten, so now entering the top ten didn't bring too much surprise.