The Xuanlong Half-Saint walked towards the centre of the square, his footsteps were quite calm and steady, and with every step he took, a circle of holy qi could be seen escaping under his feet in all directions.
At the same time, the aura on his body was constantly rising.
With a swish sound, a green-coloured holy sword on Xuanyuan Long Half-Saint’s back, flew out of its sheath, and one hundred and sixty-nine inscriptions, from within the body of the sword, emerged, causing the light on the sword to soar.
“Crack.”
More than twenty white lightning bolts, like dancing dragons and snakes, travelled around the green-coloured holy sword.
Before the exchange had even begun, the aura that erupted from Xuan Long Half-Saint’s body was what subdued the young sword cultivators present, all of them.
A half-saint, moreover, or Xuan Long half-saint such a famous half-saint for decades, the cultivation realm is simply terrifyingly high, the general fish and dragon ninth change cultivator, in front of him, I’m afraid that they do not dare to make a move at all.
“Xuan Long is at least a veteran Half-Saint, and to fight a descendant of the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation, he’s even so serious as to call out the Thundergo Sword.”
The Half-Saints of the various forces all revealed puzzled expressions, feeling that the Xuanlong Half-Saint was making too much of a fuss.
After all, the Xuanlong Half-Saint had already reached the realm of a Second Stage Half-Saint and was another sword cultivator.
One must know that sword cultivators were known as the number one in attack power in the same realm, which meant that Xuanlong was originally a powerhouse amongst Second Order Half-Saints. He could also be said to be a sure winner when fighting any Fish Dragon Realm cultivator, including the Nine Realm Sons who hadn’t broken through the Half Saint realm.
Even if Lin Yue’s strength was strong, after all, he was only at the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation Realm, and how strong could he be without using the Void Sword?
Even though, Zhang Ruochen had used a powerful strike to kill Shao Lin, in the eyes of the crowd, he was only using the power of the Void Sword, and his own strength might not be comparable to that of a Second Stage Half-Saint.
The Xuan Long Half-Saint stared at Zhang Ruochen across from him and let out a cold smile, saying, “Junior, you still don’t draw your sword?”
Zhang Ruochen said indifferently, “Apart from the Void Sword, I no longer have a sword.”
Within the spatial ring, there was still a Golden Serpent Sacred Sword and a Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, only that there were too many Sacred Realm Highlanders present, so how could Zhang Ruochen dare to activate the spatial ring?
In the camp of the Central Region Saint Academy, Bei Gong Lan stepped forward and held a green-coloured ancient sword in both hands, saying, “My Green Axe Sword, ranked seventh in the Hundred Stripes Sacred Artifacts Spectrum, so if you need it, I can lend it to you to meet the enemy, Sir Lin.”
Zhang Ruochen had saved Bei Gong Lan once, and Bei Gong Lan lending the Green Axe Sword to Zhang Ruochen was not only repaying a favour, but also wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with Lin Yue, a powerful Sword Dao genius.
Zhang Ruochen stared at Bei Gong Lan with a thankful look, then, withdrawing his gaze, he stared at the Xuanlong Half-Saint and said, ”Being a sword cultivator, a superb sword is naturally vital. However, what is even more important is one’s own understanding of the Dao of the Sword, as long as one has a sword in their heart, every flower and every blade of grass can be a sword.”
Zhang Ruochen plucked a hair from his head and pinched it between his two fingers.
“Wow!”
A stream of holy qi surged out from the fingertips, wrapping the hair.
Immediately after, the slender strand of hair, like a long, straight needle, pointed straight at the opposite Xuanlong Half-Saint.
At this moment, the aura on Zhang Ruochen’s body became so transcendent that there was actually an aura of unruffled authority emanating out, while at the same time, a powerful sword intent spread out in all directions, forming countless sword qi.
The words uttered by Lin Yue, the sword cultivators present, all of them understood.
A flower or a blade of grass could indeed be a sword, but a powerful holy sword was definitely a great increase in a cultivator’s battle power.
If, for example, Lin Yue and Xuan Long Half-Saint had switched places, and a Second Order Half-Saint had fought a Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation cultivator with a single hair, everyone would definitely not have found it strange, and instead would have thought that Xuan Long Half-Saint’s Sword Dao Realm was unfathomable and worthy of admiration.
The truth was, a cultivator of the eighth change of ichthyosaur, using a single hair, challenged a second-ranked half-saint, and the sword cultivators present naturally found it rather comical.
“Kid, you are looking for death.”
Half-Saint Xuan Long’s eyes glared as he used his holy qi to control his green-coloured holy sword, dragging out a large swathe of electric light as he swung down towards Zhang Ruochen’s head.
The power that erupted from a Half-Saint’s all-out strike could be imagined to be terrifying.
The sword Qi, like a waterfall more than ten feet wide, poured down, completely drowning Zhang Ruochen in the sword Qi.
Zhang Ruochen, however, was fearless as he lightly shouted, “Sword Two.”
With the rapid rotation of his two fingers, his long black hair, like an extremely thin sword, drew a circle. With each circle of sword qi emanating out, the power of the cyan-coloured holy sword that Xuan Long Half-Saint had slashed out would weaken by one point.
In the end, the power that erupted from the cyan-coloured Saint Sword was actually completely dissolved.
Seeing this scene, those who had previously thought that Lin Yue was arrogant were all dumbstruck, how could they not have expected that sword techniques could reach such a subtle level.
Ning Xuandao stroked the beard on his chin and smiled with narrowed eyes, “He should have already cultivated Sword II to the great circle, this son really makes people feel constantly surprised.”
In terms of the Dao of the Sword, the Buried Moon Sword Saint was clearly more studied than Ning Xuandao, and thus, saw more thoroughly, saying, “Softness overcomes hardness, and weakness overcomes strength. Swordsmanship can be both invulnerable and nimble and clever, transforming a hundred refined steel into softness around one’s fingers. It’s really unexpected that Lin Yue’s sword realm has actually reached such a high level, and I reckon that it’s not far from the realm of ‘human sword unity’.”
Apart from the Buried Moon Sword Saint, the other few Sword Saints present also gave the same evaluation.
Obviously, Lin Yue’s talent in the Dao of the Sword had truly stunned them, making them feel that the future generations were to be feared.
“This Lin Yue, can be called a ‘Junior Sword Saint’, there’s really some possibility that he’ll win the battle with the Xuan Long Half-Saint.”The Spirit Pivot Half-Saint said in a rather awe-inspiring manner.
In the centre of the square, the Xuanlong Half-Saint mobilised even more powerful Saint Qi, attacking with a speed that became faster and faster, and executing sword techniques that became stronger and stronger.
The speed that Zhang Ruochen erupted with was surprisingly on par with the Xuanlong Half-Saint, and the long hair at his fingertips, which was sometimes like a sword and sometimes like a whip, did not clash with the Xuanlong Half-Saint’s Sacred Sword, yet each time, it managed to dissolve his attacks into nothing.
“Thousand Mile Wind Chaser.”
The Xuanlong Half-Saint executed a Ghost Grade Upper Grade Sword Technique, and the green-coloured ancient sword immediately flew out of his hand, its speed wildly doubling as it transformed into an electric shuttle that struck Zhang Ruochen’s chest.
Zhang Ruochen naturally didn’t dare to underestimate it, immediately executing the Great Perfection Realm’s Sword II.
“Yin Yang Infinite.”
In an instant, a Taiji Sword Qi Circle with a diameter of tens of feet was presented with his body as the centre, and it spread outwards rapidly. Soon, the entire white stone square, was wrapped up.
The entire space, completely evolved into half day and half night.
Even cultivators standing under the Ancient God Mountain could see that the peak of the third mountain had a black and white Taiji pattern slowly rotating.
“Break it for me.”
The Xuanlong Half-Saint roared as he slapped out a palm imprint, shattering a large portion of the Taiji Sword Qi Circle.
When he slapped out his second palm, he had already appeared above Zhang Ruochen’s head, his five fingers turning completely blood-red, like a blood cloud, pressing down on his head.
Zhang Ruochen also condensed his palm seal, using his left hand, and slapped it upwards, clashing with the Xuanlong Half-Saint.
“Boom!”
A mountainous force emanated from the centre of the Xuan Long Half-Saint’s palm, shocking Zhang Ruochen to the point that he slid backwards more than ten feet away, his left arm becoming completely numb, and his entire body’s Saint Qi vibrating ceaselessly.
In particular, the Yang Dimension Sacred Vein connecting his left arm was in fiery pain, as if it had shattered.
The power of a Second Order Half-Saint was indeed quite terrifying.
Competing purely on power, Zhang Ruochen was a long way behind Xuanlong Half-Saint.
Xuan Long Half-Saint laughed out loud and once again condensed his Saint Qi, the bones of his arms became several times thicker and the length of his arms doubled, as if he had transformed into a long-armed ape.
With both palms, he slapped down at the same time, striking out two powerful palm imprints.
Zhang Ruochen’s reaction speed was extremely fast, immediately shaking the hair between his fingers, penetrating between Xuan Long Half-Saint’s two palms and striking at his brow.
The centre of the brow, was where the Sea of Qi was located, and once it was broken, even if he was able to preserve his cultivation, he would suffer a heavy blow.
“Damn it.”
Forced to do so, the Xuanlong Half-Saint could only retract his arms, his body rapidly shrinking tenfold, becoming only the size of a watermelon, dodging the hairline, and falling backward in a hurry.
“Holy Soul Domain.”
The Xuanlong Half-Saint’s palms unfolded, exerting the power of the Holy Souls, mobilising heaven and earth’s aura to condense into a Holy Souls Domain.
An invisible force quickly spread out, covering a hundred feet of space in a radius.
Upon reaching the Half Saint realm, a cultivator’s martial soul transformed into a Saint Soul, naturally becoming even more powerful, and the amount of heaven and earth aura that could be mobilised became even more massive.
A first-order Half Saint could control the spiritual qi of heaven and earth in a radius of five hundred miles, causing all the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to converge towards him.
As a result, a clan or family with a Half-Saint in its centre could immediately be transformed into a spiritual mountain, where the spiritual qi of the heavens and earth would be several times denser than elsewhere.
It was precisely because, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi that a Half-Saint was able to mobilise was very huge that he was able to cultivate into a Sacred Soul Domain.
The stronger a Half-Saint’s cultivation level was, the stronger the Holy Soul Domain would be.
Within the Holy Soul Domain, not only could a Half Saint control all matter and energy, but the power of the domain could also suppress the opponent to a certain extent.
The simplest point was gravity suppression.
A Fish Dragon Realm cultivator standing inside the Holy Soul Domain of a First Order Demi-Saint would be subjected to a hundred times the force of gravity. Standing inside the Holy Soul Domain of a Second Order Half-Saint would be subject to a thousand times gravity.
By analogy, a Fish Dragon realm cultivator who broke into the Holy Soul Domain of a Fourth Order Half-Saint would be subjected to 100,000 times the force of gravity.
There was no need to fight at all, the Fourth Order Half-Saint would only need to release the Sacred Soul Domain to suppress the Fish Dragon Realm cultivator to the point where he would lie on the ground. Even if your cultivation was strong, you wouldn’t be able to make any waves.
If, amongst the Holy Souls of the Half-Saints, there was a Divine Seal fused within them, the Holy Soul Domain that was unleashed would be even more powerful.
