On the arena, standing in front of Xu Sheng, there indeed was a female disciple. Although she was far from ravishingly beautiful, she was quite attractive and very pleasant to the eye!
Xu Sheng's dark eyes flickered, and with an unchanged expression, he clasped his fists and said, "Sister Liu, I hope you'll show mercy!"
Seeing his polite demeanor, the serious expression on Liu Yan's face softened a bit...
Then, gripping the Qinglian Sword tightly, she looked earnestly at Xu Sheng and said, "Junior Brother Xu, there's no need for such courtesy. I have seen your previous fight; your strength must be at least above Foundation Establishment Fifth Level!"
"As I have reached Foundation Establishment Seventh Level, there is no question of showing mercy in our fight!"
From these few words, Xu Sheng could tell that his opponent was an extremely serious person...
Xu Sheng also raised the Tianyu Sword, fixing his gaze on Liu Yan opposite him as he spoke, "I shall learn from you, Junior Brother!"
This small gesture deepened the sense of favor within Liu Yan...
Only after all the combatants were prepared, did the Enforcement Hall Elder loudly announce, "Let the duel begin!!"
No sooner had he spoken than all the arenas burst into a fray of sword shadows and blade lights...
Liu Yan was no exception; the Qinglian Sword in her hand emitted a buzzing sword hum as she charged toward Xu Sheng with swift movements...
Xu Sheng did not try to avoid her but chose to face her head-on...
As soon as Liu Yan swung her sword down, Xu Sheng stepped to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack...
Seizing the opportunity, Liu Yan's beautiful eyes shone brightly, and she let go of the Qinglian Sword with her right hand, decisively striking Xu Sheng's chest and pushing him back several meters...
Xu Sheng squinted and thought to himself, "I knew I should have practiced the sword properly from the start!"
Right after that, Liu Yan tapped the ground with the tip of her foot, elegantly soaring into mid-air as a surge of spiritual power suddenly poured into her Qinglian Sword. She shouted, "Lower-Grade Profound Martial Skill! Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin!"
As the words fell, she tossed the Qinglian Sword forward, and the blade began to vibrate at high speed. Almost instantly, it split into hundreds of ice-cold Qinglian Swords, and within seconds, these nearly identical longswords solidified!
In the blink of an eye, the Liu Yan standing atop one of these Qinglian Swords had seized the initiative in the entire arena!
Different from the martial technique used by Nuo Xuan whom Xu Sheng faced earlier, this Lower-Grade Profound Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin created swords that were all solid, each with the same lethality!
The disciples below cried out in surprise upon seeing this move...
"That's a Lower-Grade Profound Martial Skill! I can't believe Sister Liu already brought it out! Does she want to finish the fight quickly?"
"Sister Liu's technique once injured a brother at Foundation Establishment Ninth Level; Junior Brother Xu is probably in danger!"
"The scariest part is that Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin has a tracking effect! It's incredibly hard to dodge!"
Liu Yan in the sky raised her white palm and waved downward, "Be careful, Junior Brother Xu!"
These hundreds of sharp longswords suddenly targeted Xu Sheng. In an instant, they surged towards him with an irresistible terrifying force...
Watching the hundreds of Qinglian Swords that nearly blocked all paths of evasion approaching, Xu Sheng's eyebrows drew together...
He thought to himself, "It seems impossible to just dodge; in that case..."
Immediately, Xu Sheng resolutely chose to charge headfirst into the onslaught of hundreds of swords...
Seeing this, shock colored Liu Yan's beautiful eyes, "What? Has Junior Brother Xu gone mad? He can't possibly block so many swords!"
As she hesitated whether to stop the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin technique, she was stunned by Xu Sheng's next move...
Xu Sheng's spiritual power burst forth from within his body in an instant, and he immediately employed the Mid-Grade Profound Martial Skill, Cripple Step!
Having used Cripple Step, his speed skyrocketed in a flash, even leaving behind a very ethereal afterimage...
In a situation where evasion seemed utterly impossible, he managed to dodge all the longswords with his freakish moves and even turned the tables by using them to launch an assault towards Liu Yan in the air...
The disciples below, who unanimously believed Xu Sheng would be impaled, were dumbstruck, incredulously muttering, "Fake... fake, right? He faced hundreds of longswords without any gaps head-on and still dodged them!!"
"Could this guy have taken an Elixir? His speed has increased so much that I can't even make out which is his real body!"
"That's a Mid-Grade Profound Martial Skill!! Cripple Step! Why can a new disciple learn it! And it seems like he has cultivated it to the major achievement stage!"
"Xu Sheng is too terrifying. It's not scary if someone has more talent than you, what's scary is if they also work harder than you!"
Even the Peak Master of Luoqing Peak, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but ask, "Tell me, Junior Sister Yun, you're sure your disciple has just joined the Xuantian Sect? This Cripple Step has at least reached the major achievement stage, right?"
Muhuan pursed his lips slightly, "If that's true, then how terrifying is his talent? To cultivate a Profound Rank to major achievement in just a few days!"
Mu Qingge also generously praised, "Not only is his talent monstrous, he also grasps the timing very well. Most importantly, how confident must he be in himself? A single mistake would have meant thousands of swords piercing his heart!"
However, fortunately, he succeeded, creating the spectacle before us...
Yun Churan with her icy blue Beautiful Eyes stared intently at Xu Sheng, pondering in her heart, "Is this the movement technique he chose? He actually cultivated it to major achievement."
Wait a minute!
Does that not mean his other Martial Techniques...
As the thought surfaced in her mind, she hurriedly shook her head...
Impossible, absolutely impossible. The chances of that happening are too slim!
Keep in mind, she gave Xu Sheng a full hundred Martial Techniques! Among them were Earth-tier Martial Techniques! Even someone at the Golden Core Stage would find them extremely difficult to master!
How could he possibly have managed to do so?
Little did she know, a flicker of hope was rising in her heart...
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Watching Xu Sheng charge towards her, Liu Yan eyed him and whispered softly, "Junior Brother Xu, you are truly remarkable, able to dodge the direct attack of Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, but..."
"Don't forget, a Martial Technique's movement speed is much faster!"
Almost the instant she finished speaking, hundreds of longswords were already hurtling towards Xu Sheng's back, as if they could pierce through him in the next second!
But little did she know, the corners of Xu Sheng's mouth were slightly lifting...
Seeing this, Liu Yan had an ominous feeling in her heart...
Sure enough, Xu Sheng's Tianyu Sword almost spouted surging flames, narrowly dodging the longsword closest to him with the aid of Cripple Step...
Immediately afterward, he swung down the Tianyu Sword rapidly, and in an instant, countless sizzling flames mixed with heat waves gushed out, completely engulfing the hundreds of longswords in front of him...
At the same time, Xu Sheng's figure had already reached Liu Yan's side, with the ice-cold Tianyu Sword slashing towards her…
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