Sword Enlightenment

After the 2nd elimination, Fen Juebi was the one who was up against Yang Tian next.

Fen Juebi gulped down a mouthful of saliva as he couldn't think of anyway with which he could somehow defeat Yang Tian.

Fen Duanhun suddenly approached his child and spoke to him, "Surrender the fight immediately. You will have to fight in other matches and have a chance of entering the top 5. You can't allow yourself to get tired before that fight."

"Okay, father…" Fen Juebi understood what his father meant. It showed that his father had no confidence that he would be able to defeat this man. Not just his father, though, he held little to no faith in defeating Yang Tian. But still… This did hurt his pride.

Surrendering before even fighting… He had always looked down upon those people from his position. As the middle son of the Burning Heaven Clan Master, it could be said that he did have the right to look down on such people.

Yet… This was the first time that he felt that there was someone so far above him. Other than the people from the Sacred Lands, he never imagined he would have to concede to some person from that lowly Blue Wind Profound Palace.

However, he did not dare to disobey his father. Right after going on top of the ring, he muttered out, "I surrender."

The judge did hear his words and immediately nodded before annoying the match as Yang Tian's victory.

The next day, Yang Tian was called out for the next match.

It was against Ling Jie. He was the little kid with the 6th Level of the Spirit Profound Realm at only the 16 years of age.

Yang Tian stared at Ling Jie for some moments and spoke out, "Are you not going to surrender as well? You should well realise that you can't win against me."

"I know I can't win. But it also doesn't mean I shouldn't try." Ling Jie immediately said to Yang Tian, with an honest look on his face.

A small smirk appeared on Yang Tian's face as he pulled out the Overlord's Colossal Sword, "I won't look down on your determination then. I will fight you using my weapon…"

An excited look appeared in Ling Jie's eyes as he saw the Heavy Sword in Yang Tian's hands, "Woah! You use a Heavy Sword? I always find it hard to control and fight with it. You are really awesome! Prepare yourself… Here I come!"

Celestial Yang Sword in Ling Jie's hands glowed a little as it was filled with Ling Jie's rich, profound energy. He used it to slash Yang Tian, but Yang Tian raised his hand, and his overlord's colossal sword clashed against the Celestial Yang Sword.

Although the Celestial Yang Sword was a tier above the Overlord's Colossal Sword. However, because the Overlord's Colossal Sword was a heavy sword with great defensive strength and the fact that it was being used by Yang Tian. The Overlord's Colossal Sword was able to clash against the Celestial Yang Sword without breaking.

Their clashes continued for some time. During this time, Ling Jie was the only one attacking, Yang Tian was merely directing his slashes away from his body.

"Hah… " Ling Jie was slowly getting tired as he remained on the offensive, but it didn't seem to do anything much.

"Ling Jie! Calm yourself… if you keep my strength and cultivate base in your mind, you will never get far in the sword cultivation! Sword cultivators have a phrase they use… A single slash to destroy all techniques; a single slash to be unparalleled in the world!" As these words entered Ling Jie's mind, he was surprised for a couple of seconds that he stopped moving.

The phrase spoken by Yang Tian was something that had been extremely common in the Realm of the Gods. This was something that all the sword cultivators believed in. Even Xisu did…

For the sword cultivators who heard this phrase for the first time, if they held a fanatic love for their sword, they would fall in the world of enlightenment.

And indeed��� Ling Jie had fallen into enlightenment at this moment.

Cultivation Base? The thoughts about it disappeared from his mind.

The fact that he was in an arena? It was no longer a necessary thought. It vanished from his mind, as well.

His brother… His father… His mother… Ling Jie felt as if he forgot everything about them. The only thing that remained in his mind was sword Only a single sword!

He did not understand why but new manoeuvres to utilise his sword seemed to be appearing in his head.

For the rest of the world, only a few seconds had passed, and Ling Jie suddenly moved his sword.

His sword clashed against Yang Tian's Overlord's Colossal Sword and this time, Yang Tian felt a bit of strength behind Ling Jie's slash.

A smirk appeared on his face as he said, "You really haven't disappointed me. This will be a valuable experience for you."

"Now come… Let me see just how strong you can be while being enhanced by the laws of the sword." An excited look appeared in Yang Tian's eyes.

The entire tournament was boring to him. However, this one fight would make the whole farce worth it.

The laws of the world were mysterious. The temporary boost during the enlightenment depended on how much he had gazed at the laws of the sword.

With that, Yang Tian and Ling Jie started to fight against each other.

Yang Tian was holding back on his strength so that his own power would be utterly equal to Ling Jie.

And this power could even kill a peak-grade Earth Profound Realm Cultivator with much ease!

Ling Jie's combat prowess had somehow transcended by an entire cultivation base as he moved his body.

"Enlightenment!" Even Ling Yuefeng was utterly shocked when he saw the state of Ling Jie's body. In all his years of cultivation, this was a phenomenon he could never touch.

This rare phenomenon was desired by all the sword cultivators in the world. It could be said that they would be willing to go through life and death for this phenomenon.

Ling Yuefeng couldn't believe that he was getting a little jealous of his own son. Life was indeed strange…

While fighting against Ling Jie, Yang Tian felt that his own sword prowess was increasing significantly. Whether it was handling the Overlord's Colossal Sword or his mind thinking of his next moves ahead. In fact, he wasn't just thinking of the sword moves ahead, he was also changing his usual fighting style little by little. Refining it by going up against an enlightened sword cultivator.

He was very different from Ling Jie. He held no love for the sword or whatsoever. He could not comprehend the laws of the sword while being restricted by such a rule.

However, Yang Tian believed that he could still work hard to make sure his skills would one day surpass the so-called heavenly laws of the world.

The two fought against each other with such strength that just from the shockwave of their swords clashing against each other, the Sword Discourse Arena was cracking.

However, slowly but surely, Ling Jie's body was reaching its limit. Even though the Sword Law had enhanced Ling Jie's power quite greatly, his mortal body had its limitation.

His strikes were slowly getting weaker, and at one point, Yang Tian let out a sigh before speaking, "Alright… This is enough. Any more and you will be using your vitality to fight in this match."

He suddenly disappeared with surprising speed and appeared in front of Ling Jie's body. Ling Jie still managed to move and was about to dodge him, but Yang Tian was just too fast for his body.

Yang Tian's punch had struck Ling Jie's gut and suddenly threw him far away. Right before Ling Jie fell on the hard concrete, another Yang Tian appeared near his landing position and grabbed his body before it struck the ground. This was through the use of Star God's Broken Shadow.

Soon enough, some Heavenly Sword disciples appeared and took away Ling Jie to immediately give him treatment.

Yang Tian returned to the courtyard after this match. The next would be the final match against Ling Yun.