The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 325 Peach Blossom Shadows Fall, Divine Sword Flying!
Moonlit night, Peach Blossom Island
In the peach blossom grove, two figures were engaged in a fierce battle.

Suddenly, Huang Yaoshi flicked his finger, and a small pebble shot into Xu Xingchen's chest like lightning, shattering into powder.

Xu Xingchen raised an eyebrow and flicked his right finger, sending out an invisible burst of energy that struck Huang Yaoshi's chest.

puff!
With a slight thud, a few fragments of clothing floated in the air, and a fist-sized gap appeared in Huang Yaoshi's clothes.

Taking two steps back, Huang Yaoshi frowned and asked, "How do you know my Finger Flicking Skill?"

"Hahahaha, I not only know your finger-flicking technique, but also your orchid-smoothing acupoint technique."

Xu Xingchen rushed forward with a loud laugh, her hands forming delicate fingers as she swept them out in quick succession, swift as the wind.

One after another, orchid-like finger imprints flew towards Huang Yaoshen's acupoints all over his body, the hissing sound of the fingers cutting through the air never ceasing.

This is the Orchid Finger Technique that he learned from Wu Lie, one of the owners of Lianhuan Manor, in the world of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. It was also inherited from Huang Yaoshi, the Eastern Heretic, more than a hundred years ago.

Earlier, when Huang Yaoshi demonstrated this martial art, he suddenly remembered that he also knew this martial art.

Normally, these techniques are just stored in the martial arts knowledge bank as material, but when they are used now, each move is exquisite and graceful, showing extreme skill.

Huang Yaoshi was genuinely surprised and also used the Orchid Finger Technique.
The two figures moved with graceful and elegant movements, their actions seemingly effortless and gentle, yet a sharp whistling sound echoed wherever their fingers passed.

"Where did you learn this Orchid Finger Technique?" Huang Yaoshi asked in surprise while fighting.

Xu Xingchen moved like the wind, flicking his fingers to send several gusts of wind rushing out. He replied, "This martial art was learned from a place called 'Chain Attack'; I would appreciate any guidance from Island Master Huang."

Huang Yaoshi somersaulted and landed on a nearby peach tree, then turned and leaped to another. His figure darted left and right like a ghost, his finger imprints falling like orchids, exuding a chilling killing intent amidst his graceful movements.
After a dozen or so exchanges, he noticed some differences and sneered, "What 'Chain Manor' or 'Dog Ring Manor'? Your Orchid Finger Flicking Hand technique is only similar in style to mine, but the martial arts moves and the application of internal energy are completely different."

"Could it be that this is a martial art you devised yourself, and then you just used my martial art name?"

"Ah, Island Master Huang, you truly have keen eyes; even this couldn't escape your notice." Xu Xingchen praised, his hands continuing their attack, but inwardly he sighed, "It's the same Orchid Finger Technique from Huang Yaoshi, the Eastern Heretic, yet it exhibits a stark difference due to the different rules of the two worlds. What can I say?"

The battle continues
Two figures moved through the peach blossom grove. With each rise and fall of their hands, peach blossoms broke free from the branches and danced around them, further highlighting their elegant and refined demeanor.

Although Huang Yaoshi said those words, he was secretly wondering to himself, "This person's Orchid Finger Technique is different from mine, but where does this strange feeling of being connected come from?"

"Why, why do I feel that his Orchid Finger Technique is also very much to my liking?!"

Filled with doubts, Huang Yaoshi suddenly felt a great curiosity about the young man in front of him.

After exchanging dozens of blows using the same style of Orchid Finger Technique, the two began to subtly change their movements simultaneously.

Both of them were not only geniuses in martial arts, but they were also able to create their own profound martial arts techniques, and their martial arts talent far surpassed that of ordinary people.

After such a battle, they all gained some understanding of this inherited Orchid Buddha Acupoint Hand technique; so, as the fight progressed, they incorporated their opponent's moves into their hand techniques.
As a result, their Orchid Finger Techniques became increasingly exquisite and unpredictable.

Four arms moved with incredible speed through the air, leaving behind afterimages like orchids, but no hands were visible; only the continuous bursts of air could be heard.

After such a fierce battle, Huang Yaoshi realized that the young man in front of him was so skilled in martial arts and had such rich combat experience that he was in no way inferior to himself, one of the Four Great Masters of the Martial World. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

However, there is absolutely no way to make him stop now!
Moreover, as the fight progressed, he became increasingly interested in the young man's martial arts skills and wanted to find out more about him.

Since we can't gain the upper hand in terms of martial arts techniques, we should increase our strength.

scoff!

Amidst the crisp sound of tearing silk, the blue robes transformed into countless butterflies, fluttering amidst the falling peach blossoms.

Huang Yaoshi's tall and thin body suddenly became even taller, and all the muscles on his body swelled up. His long black and gray hair fluttered behind his head, adding a touch of elegance.

As Huang Yaoshi unleashed the power of breaking through to a higher realm, Xu Xingchen's body also rapidly grew taller and stronger.

The battle between the two intensified instantly. The crackling sounds of their explosive energy shook the surrounding air, and gusts of wind began to surge in all directions, sweeping up all the peach blossoms scattered on the ground and sending them dancing in the air.

In this state, the two displayed even more wondrous variations in their martial arts techniques.

Huang Yaoshi clapped his hands, and instead of peach blossoms formed by palm prints, a cluster of pink peach blossoms exploded in the air, slicing through the air and rushing towards Xu Xingchen.

These pink peach blossoms, manifested from internal energy, are incredibly fast, each one a sharp sword aura.

This is the true Falling Flower Divine Sword Palm!

Huang Yaoshi clapped his hands several times in mid-air, and handfuls of pink peach blossoms shot out, forming pink palms in the air. Each peach blossom in the palm contained a sharp sword aura.

"Beautiful!" Xu Xingchen exclaimed, and with a flick of his fingers, fiery red orchids shot out, piercing through the pink peach blossom palms.

But those peach blossom palms, riddled with holes, did not dissipate; they continued to advance, pushing horizontally forward.

A glint flashed in Xu Xingchen's eyes. He knew that this was not because his Orchid Finger Flicking Technique was inferior to the opponent's Falling Flower Divine Sword Palm, but because the two martial arts had different characteristics.

The Orchid Flicking Acupoint Hand has an advantage in penetrating, while the Falling Flower Divine Sword Palm is a coverage strike.

There's no need to argue which is better!
Xu Xingchen immediately changed his martial arts style, unleashing fist-sized bursts of flames with both hands in rapid succession, colliding with the incoming Falling Flower Divine Sword Palms.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang.
Amidst the continuous booming of energy, bursts of flame exploded, perishing together with the pink peach blossom palm prints.

When the aftershocks of the explosion dissipated, Huang Yaoshi had disappeared from sight.

"Where did he go?"

The thought had barely crossed Xu Xingchen's mind when she sensed a disturbance coming from her left rear and quickly turned to look.

A figure suddenly burst out from the flurry of peach blossoms, his legs sweeping away fallen leaves like a whirlwind, kicking him with unparalleled ferocity.

Thump thump thump thump thump thump.
Amidst the intense burst of energy, Xu Xingchen's body shot out like a cannonball.

Click! Click! Click!

It crashed into three peach trees before finally stopping its backward momentum on the trunk of the fourth peach tree.

Xu Xingchen pushed off the peach tree with both feet and flew in another direction, doing a series of somersaults.

The hand that suddenly reached out from behind the peach tree missed its target, snapping the tree trunk, which was as thick as a bowl, in two.

Xu Xingchen landed on the ground several feet away and turned to look behind him.

Huang Yaoshi swept across swiftly, and wherever he went, the peach blossoms that were dancing in the air gathered around him. The peach blossoms that were standing on the branches were also pulled down and gathered together.

In the blink of an eye, countless peach blossoms have formed a vast, flowing ribbon of water.
Huang Yaoshi's figure was completely hidden inside and disappeared!

"How can you fight a battle if you can't even see your opponent clearly?"

Xu Xingchen quickly considered countermeasures, deeply feeling the boost this peach blossom forest provided to Huang Yaoshi's combat power.

"It seems we have no choice but to use our ultimate move!"

Soon, he made up his mind, opened his arms, and took a step forward to meet the rushing peach blossom river.

One black, one white.
Two streaks of light shot out from his body, swirling and dancing rapidly within a three-foot radius around him.

next moment.
His body was swallowed and submerged by that pink river ribbon!
The pink river ribbons quickly formed a pink vortex, then spun into a mighty pink tornado, swirling and dancing around Xu Xingchen in the center. As far as the eye could see, everything was pink.

Puff puff puff puff puff puff.
Huang Yaoshi's figure still did not appear. Instead, palm prints composed of peach blossoms shot out from all directions of the tornado, overwhelming the majestic figure in the center.

As the peach blossom palm prints, imbued with countless sharp sword energies, rushed into the area within three feet of Xu Xingchen, the black and white flowing Yuan Magnetic Ring trembled violently.

Buzzing. Buzzing.
Amidst the intense explosions of energy, the peach blossom palm prints collapsed and scattered, transforming into streaks of peach blossom sword energy that reflected in all directions like tornadoes.

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle*
The sword energy pierced the air, sweeping across the land and tearing the surrounding peach blossom tornadoes to shreds, causing the petals to fly everywhere. Its power was astonishing.

However, the pink peach blossom tornado, which appeared gentle and weak, quickly merged back together after the sword energy pierced through it, and continued to swirl and dance around Xu Xingchen.

Huang Yaoshi was clearly unwilling to give up. This time, he launched orchids from all directions, intending to use the penetrating power of the Orchid Finger Technique to break through Xu Xingchen's Yuan Magnetic Ring.

Xu Xingchen stood still, the magnetic rings surrounding him vibrating and buzzing violently, deflecting all the petals that had been thrown out by the Orchid Finger Technique.

Seeing that his two attacks had both failed, Huang Yaoshi was genuinely surprised.

A hand suddenly emerged from the peach blossom tornado and struck the Yuan Magnetic Ring with lightning.

Bang!
The magnetic ring vibrated violently again, shaking the hand back into the tornado.

"What kind of martial arts is this?"

Huang Yaoshi's voice was filled with surprise. As he spoke, hands kept reaching out from all directions of the tornado and slapping the Yuan Magnetic Ring.

Continuously testing the performance of the magnetic ring
(End of this chapter)