Free Web NovelLi Mo was stunned by the cheers of the surrounding onlookers; he had only spoken one sentence.
The atmosphere had been built up to this point, but two moves seemed a bit too few.
But whether to use a sword or a hammer, that was the question, or perhaps it made no difference.
Using a sword would make him, Qianlong Fourth, seem not valuable enough, and the entire audience would burst into laughter.
Using a hammer... the moment the hammer was pulled out, there would be no need to fight; the whole audience would already be laughing.
“Your Excellency, make your move. Why are you so hesitant, acting like a young maiden?”
Xie Xuan, holding his sword, spat out the blade of grass from his mouth.
He observed that Li Mo did not seem like someone who boasted, yet why did he show hesitation?
“Li Mo.”
A clear voice sounded by his ear. Li Mo looked up and saw a hint of helplessness in the tranquil gaze of the Ice Cube.
“Watch my sword carefully later.”
“Mm... Mm?”
Li Mo was startled, half understanding.
“I'd like to know how you will make it so I can’t even take a single move.”
At this moment, Xie Xuan saw Li Mo’s prolonged inaction, and curiosity prompted him to draw his long sword.
Without using Divine Intention or true Qi, pure sword light surged from around him, as if he had become one with the sword in his hand.
The sword light intensified, pure and bright, stinging the eyes to behold.
This single sword strike {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} divided into seven paths, enveloping Li Mo.
Li Mo narrowed his eyes, and Forty slipped into his sleeve.
Xie Xuan’s sword was perfectly rounded and magnificent, like a complete world belonging to the sword; his Dugu Nine Swords could not break it.
Clang—
However, a sword’s cry suddenly rang in his ear, and Heavenly Frost was drawn.
The clear sword was like a pure radiance blooming in the night sky, abruptly tearing through the world of the sword.
Unique, unparalleled.
Transcendent, ethereal.
It was like a flawless white appearing in a dark world, not belonging to it, yet so strong it could not be ignored.
Xie Xuan stared blankly, as if he had seen the most beautiful existence in the world.
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The next moment, sword light surged.
Xie Xuan suddenly changed his sword stance, his sword shadows profound and unpredictable, leaving no trace.
“Han Xianzi can actually contend with Xie Xuan purely through her Dao of the Sword?”
“Then isn’t her talent in the Dao of the Sword even more terrifying than Xie Xuan’s?”
“Yes, she is younger, and her Realm is two apertures lower. If she used all her methods, she might still be slightly inferior, but purely in terms of sword Dao talent, she might be even greater!”
“Qianlong Third, truly deserving of the name. I announce my joining of Han Xianzi’s fan club.”
For a time, the attention of everyone present turned to Ying Bing, and the number of onlookers grew.
However, outsiders watch the excitement, while insiders see the skill.
“That’s not right...”
Among the swordsmen of Hengyun Sword City who were attracted by the commotion, Elder Zeng narrowed his eyes and raised an eyebrow.
“What’s not right?” Bai Jinghong snapped back to attention.
Elder Zeng said strangely, “She is not contending with Xie Xuan, but... suppressing him. Xie Xuan should have lost long ago.”
“!!”
The Hengyun Three Heroes were struck by lightning.
For the Qianlong Assembly, they had undergone rigorous training!
As a result, the gap between them and the others grew wider and wider, so wide that they couldn't even tell that the other party was holding back against Qianlong Second. Who could bear this?
She truly made people despair.
Well, actually, this was an illusion.
The gap between them and the Ice Cube had always been this great; it was just that Ying Bing had never used her full strength in front of them.
If it were in the previous life, when Ying Bing was seventeen, she would not have been able to suppress Xie Xuan in terms of the Dao of the Sword.
“But... why can she defeat Xie Xuan yet hold back?”
Bai Jinghong was puzzled.
“...”
Elder Zeng ignored him, looked at Li Mo not far away, and showed the smile of an old matchmaker.
“??”
“Pure Jun Sword Realm... Yi Jian Shu (Chess Sword Technique)...”
Xiao Li watched very carefully, just as he had watched Teacher Ice Cube demonstrate in Autumn Water Pavilion.
“That straw-hat man’s Yi Jian Shu (Chess Sword Technique) is very good; he can calculate ten moves ahead with one sword strike. But Ying Bing... seems to have calculated all the sword moves he calculated, all at once.”
Jiang Chulong opened her small mouth in surprise, her eyes behind her sunglasses blinking as she said,
“But Ying Bing could have defeated him many times.”
“Many times...”
A flash of lightning streaked across Li Mo’s mind.
In other words, the Ice Cube saw his intention to use a sword.
She deliberately let Xie Xuan display all his sword moves, allowing him to see everything clearly from beginning to end.
It felt like... a Master personally demonstrating how to defeat a boss for you.
“But even after seeing Xie Xuan’s style, the newly acquired Dugu Nine Swords is still not quite enough.”
Li Mo put away Forty.
Martial Arts Comprehension, activate!
Not far away.
Xie Xuan was already sweating profusely, several times almost unable to resist releasing his Divine Intention, but he forcefully held back.
His Yi Jian Shu (Chess Sword Technique) had reached Major Achievement long ago, but he was like a small fly in an invisible net, every move inescapable.
Xie Xuan couldn't help but recall a long time ago, when his Master taught him Yi Jian Shu (Chess Sword Technique), he warned him not to be complacent about his current achievements.
When Shi Sujun created Yi Jian Shu (Chess Sword Technique), she was only his age.
At this moment, the figure he had heard about countless times, whose swordplay amazed the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he finally understood why the elders often spoke with a sense of defeat.
“In the Dao of the Sword, I am not as good as you.”
“But Pure Jun Sword Dao has not lost.”
Xie Xuan suddenly retracted his sword, his gaze burning.
Ying Bing nodded slightly, but said nothing more, walking to Li Mo’s side and asking softly,
“Immature one, did you see clearly?”
“I saw clearly.”
Li Mo looked at her beautiful face, which held a hint of a smile, and thought to himself that he was not an immature one. Then, he happily took out the Chixiao Sword, his expression quickly changing to the same aloofness as the Ice Cube.
Because of the recent accumulation, plus a hundred years of Martial Arts Comprehension thrown in.
The Dugu Nine Swords had reached Minor Achievement.
Presumably, if he now calmly asked, ‘What is a Sword Hero?’, no one would be able to refute him.
Seeing Li Mo’s upturned lips and calm expression, Wu Chushu’s scalp tingled, feeling a sense of familiarity.
He seemed about to start showing off in front of others!
“Your Excellency, please make your move first!”
“Uh... alright.”
Xie Xuan then remembered that he had originally planned to spar with Li Mo.
And then he was inexplicably beaten up by Han Xianzi... Where was the justice in that?!
