The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 55: Quick! Quick! Quick! You're too slow!

Xu Xingchen has always considered himself a cultured person. Whether he speaks or acts, he is polite, mature and steady.

But when he put on the wooden mask, it seemed as if the dark side of his body was released. Whether it was his behavior or his tone of voice, he was like a different person.

The mask is a key medium for him to become a two-faced man!
In his opinion, the most important key factor behind Yu Canghai's earth-shaking change was "castration".

Before he drew his sword, he was a man.
After drawing the knife, he was only half a man
Isn’t this change earth-shattering enough? Isn’t this change earth-shattering enough?

Xu Xingchen had expected what Yu Canghai would become after practicing the Sword Manual of Exorcism, but he never expected that Yu Canghai would become the worst case scenario he expected.
She put on rouge, lipstick, and a bright red robe, pretending to be an old and ugly woman. Not only did she kill all the disciples of Qingcheng Sect, she even dared to ask Xu Xingchen: "Is he beautiful?"

If Xu Xingchen was not wearing a mask, he might have suppressed his nausea and refused to comment in a serious manner.

But Xu Xingchen, who was wearing a mask, really didn't care and started cursing immediately, saying all kinds of vicious words, mixed with some Sichuan dialect.
Yu Canghai was completely broken down by the scolding. He screamed in anger and immediately flew in front of Xu Xingchen and grabbed him.

He had only one thought in mind at this moment, which was to control the acupuncture points on the masked man's body, and then slowly deal with this extremely hateful guy.
Yu Canghai originally thought that this matter would be easy to accomplish. Since he had mastered the Sword of Exorcism, he had witnessed for the first time what true speed was. He was also confident in his current speed, but the masked man's quick reaction still surprised him a little.

However, it was only a trace, no more.

The masked man drew his sword and thrust it out with a speed that was even more amazing than the last time he fought him, but he simply stretched out his palm and slapped the oncoming sword on the spine.

The powerful internal strength, coupled with the lightning-fast speed, generated an extremely ferocious force.

Snapped!
The long sword swung outwards with a violent vibration, revealing the masked man's bare chest.

Yu Canghai immediately grabbed the masked man’s chest acupoint with his other hand, but an accident happened again.

The masked man retracted his right wrist, and the sword was swung to the side, but the hilt turned forward, just enough to block Yu Canghai's palm.

Bang!
The two collided, and their internal forces were activated, instantly pushing them away.

“Eh!” Yu Canghai exclaimed softly, and said coldly: “Your reaction is really good, and your internal strength is not weak either. You can actually block my attack!”

The red robe on Yu Canghai was blurred, as if thousands of tiny red snakes were struggling and twisting. That was the external manifestation of the incredibly powerful and unimaginable agility of his internal energy on his body surface.

Under this incredibly fierce and unimaginable agility of Qi fluctuations, he only needed to take a casual step and his body would display a terrifying speed beyond the imagination of ordinary people in the martial arts world, taking people's lives silently.

Invisible and shadowless, as swift as a ghost!
These eight words are the highest praise for this magical skill.

At this time, every time Yu Canghai said a word, his body moved once and his palm attacked once.

He uttered nearly twenty words, and his figure changed position around the masked man twenty times, and his palms also grabbed forward and attacked twenty times.

Xu Xingchen only felt that there were red shadows flashing in front of his eyes, suddenly on the left, suddenly on the right, suddenly up, suddenly down, suddenly in front, suddenly behind.
Yu Canghai's figure was completely shapeless in front of his eyes, only a blur of red smoke, constantly switching between truth and falsehood, jumping back and forth between reality and illusion.
In the face of such terrifying speed, Xu Xingchen's eyes were completely useless. After watching for a moment, he felt dazzled and dizzy. He quickly closed his eyes and gathered all the perception in his body. He used his ability to listen to the wind and identify the position to detect every attack of Yu Canghai. He used his muscular reflexes to sense the danger and swing his sword to block it.

In this situation, all his sword techniques and all his subtle changes became burdens and useless moves that he had no time to perform.

Only the charm of swordsmanship replaced Xu Xingchen's eyes at this critical moment and once again demonstrated its true magic.

The long sword became an extension of his spirit. He was always able to detect the direction of Yu Canghai's attack in time at the critical moment, and then, in a mysterious state of concentration, he would immediately respond and extend an intercepting action.

A long sword has more than a dozen parts, including the tip, blade, spine, and hilt, all of which become the main props for resisting the opponent's attack.

The long sword was in Xu Xingchen's left and right hands, switching back and forth quickly. It was in his right hand one moment, and in his left hand the next. In the blink of an eye, it returned to his right hand.
quick!quick!quick!
Still fast!
Apart from the word "fast", there are no other words to describe the current state of the confrontation between the two.

Because the long sword switched between Xu Xingchen's hands so quickly, it looked like he was controlling a flying sword. A sword light flew around his body, sometimes forward, sometimes backward, sometimes left, sometimes right, moving back and forth, as agile as a snake. The scene was extremely magical!
Yu Canghai's red shadow kept changing the direction of attack as it blurred again and again.

According to common sense, the speed of human body movement is far slower than the speed of arm swinging.

But in the case of Yu Canghai, this common sense was broken. The speed at which he moved was far faster than the speed at which ordinary martial artists swung their swords.

"Damn it! How is it possible that you react so quickly?"

"Ah! This master is going to kill you, kill you!"

Yu Canghai screamed continuously. After a long time of unsuccessful attack, his mental state seemed to be in some trouble.

In a short while, the two had fought dozens of rounds.

The scope of their fight was not large, and Xu Xingchen only moved his feet in a very small range, so the damage caused to the surrounding bamboo forest was not much.

But the intensity and danger level are rising exponentially!
After this period of fighting, Xu Xingchen gradually adapted to this terrible attack rhythm. His consciousness was finally able to catch up with the reaction speed of his body, and he began to gradually regain control of his body.

After all, he had once been surrounded by a dense swarm of bees and was able to use his sword to accurately cut off their wings without hurting their bodies.

It was because Yu Canghai's speed was too amazing that he couldn't adapt to the inhuman attack rhythm for a while, which led to the situation where his consciousness couldn't keep up with his body's reaction.

Now that I have gradually adapted to it, the situation has improved a lot.

The long sword still couldn't perform normal moves, but it was more agile and faster. The sword light also began to have the momentum of outward attack after the initial resistance.

Swish!
A sword was thrust out, with the tip of the sword aimed at the palm of Yu Canghai's hand, forcing Yu Canghai to retract his palm and change direction.

Swish, swish, swish, swish!
Seven swords were thrust out in succession, each one aimed at the palm of Yu Canghai's hand, forcing him to change direction constantly.

After a moment, Yu Canghai discovered that the masked man in front of him seemed to have grown seven or eight arms. Not only was his sword-wielding speed faster, but his attack was also more precise. He was always able to find his attack angle in time and force him back.

Little did he know that Xu Xingchen finally had the opportunity to tremble with fear. He was terrified and muttered to himself, "That was a close call! That was a close call! I almost capsized in the gutter just now."

".My decision to hand over the Sword Manual of Exorcism to Yu Canghai seems to be a stupid idea!"

"The Exorcist Sword Technique is so terrifying and spooky. Its ghostly speed is like teleportation. It's so terrifying! So terrifying!"

After a long period of unsuccessful attack, Yu Canghai came to his senses. In a flash of red, he appeared three feet away. He stood still and stopped attacking for the time being. Even his red robe was no longer blurry like thousands of tiny snake shadows.

"Masked man, your strength is beyond my expectation!"

Xu Xingchen then opened his eyes, swung his sword in a sword flower, pointed it at the ground, and raised his other hand, wanting to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, but the mask blocked his view, so he had no choice but to put it down.

"Master Yu, the speed of your attack just now was truly terrifying. I'm beginning to regret giving you the Sword Manual of Exorcism!"

“Ahahahaha!” Yu Canghai showed a complacent smile on his face: “It’s too late for you to regret now. I have already mastered the Sword Technique of Exorcising Evils. From now on, no one in this world will be my opponent!”

Xu Xingchen sneered and said, "Master Yu, don't be so confident!"

“Hehe! Masked man, you have just witnessed my current body movement speed, so you should know that there are not many people in this world who can resist me.” Yu Canghai’s cheerful smile turned into a sinister sneer: “Do you know how satisfying it was when I used the Exorcism Sword Technique to kill my disciples? Hahahaha, it was like killing some powerless chickens.”

Xu Xingchen frowned secretly, feeling that there was definitely something seriously wrong with Yu Canghai's mental state.

His behavior of slaughtering his fellow disciples is no different from that of an uncontrollable mental patient!
"This battle has exceeded my expectations. Whether I can defeat Yu Canghai has become an unknown."

Although he was secretly suspicious, Xu Xingchen still couldn't help but ask, "Master Yu, why does the Qi cultivated by the Exorcism Sword Technique have such amazing effects, making you as fast as a ghost and impossible to resist?!"

Yu Canghai opened his "bloody mouth" and laughed very strangely: "Masked man, when death is imminent, you are still concerned about the true qi characteristics of the Exorcism Sword Technique. Hahahaha, you are indeed an idiot who wants to create an unparalleled sword technique!"

"Well, considering that you brought the Sword Manual of Exorcism to me, and considering your last request before death, I will tell you some of the mysteries of the True Qi of Exorcism."

Yu Canghai's eyes once again revealed an obsessive look, and he muttered to himself: "The evil-repelling true qi, use the internal force to guide the kidney yin and kidney yang qi, and then connect the other four qi to form harmony."

"As long as you use the evil-repelling true qi, you can disrupt the balance of yin and yang in the body, making the qi in the whole body rise and surge violently like boiling water in a pot."

"In that state, my body is like a god, I can move like a ghost, so fast that my enemies can't react before they are hit."

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

"The ancestor who created the Exorcist Sword Technique was truly a god-like figure. He was able to come up with such an incredible method of moving Qi and create such a shocking true Qi."

Xu Xingchen listened to Yu Canghai's gesticulating and excited narration, and was filled with doubts in his heart: "Disturbing the balance of yin and yang in the body? Is this guy talking nonsense? The balance of yin and yang in the human body is so important. Deliberately disrupting it is like dancing barefoot on the blade of a steel knife or sticking your fingers into an electrical socket to dance. You are risking your life!"

But he recalled the strange scene when Yu Canghai attacked previously, when his whole body's Qi was boiling violently, so that the red robe on his body was blurred into thousands of tiny red snakes. He also felt that Yu Canghai's description of the evil-repelling Qi seemed to be correct.

Xu Xingchen frowned even more tightly, and thought of another thing: "In this way, the yin and yang in the body will be unbalanced and chaotic. Even if the cultivator does not die, he will be greatly affected and will inevitably fall into a situation of mental confusion and confusion. Isn't it very similar to Yu Canghai now?" "Like a lunatic who can't control his joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness."

"If he gets provoked a little, he'll go crazy."

Thinking about this, Xu Xingchen couldn't help but shook his head and thought to himself, "No! No! If the evil-repelling true energy is really like this, then why was Lin Yuantu able to stay awake back then? And why did he establish the Fuwei Escort Agency?"

".This cannot be explained simply by saying that Buddhism is profound."

"There must be some secret that I don't know about that can restore their lost sanity!!!"

Yu Canghai caught a glimpse of the masked man shaking his head, and his explanation stopped abruptly. He raised his orchid finger and smiled softly, "Do you think that what I said was a lie to you?"

Xu Xingchen said honestly: "You probably didn't lie to me, but many of the things you said are hard for me to understand!"

“Hahahahaha!” Yu Canghai laughed loudly, covering his bloody mouth with his orchid finger. After a moment, the laughter stopped, and he taunted: “Summer insects cannot talk about ice. If you don’t practice the Exorcism Sword Technique yourself, you don’t know the mysterious secrets of this magical skill at all.”

"However, even if you have a copy of the Sword Manual of Exorcism with you, you don't have time to practice it!"

"Because, today, you will definitely be killed by me and buried in this bamboo forest!"

Xu Xingchen snorted and sneered: "Master Yu, no! Miss Yu, don't speak nonsense. You can only know the result after the fight."

Yu Canghai just sneered and said nothing more.

The next moment, the red robe on his body became blurred, and as the red shadow flickered, there was a clang and lightning struck across the sky.

Xu Xingchen closed his eyes again and tried to sense the direction from which the lightning was coming in the dark world.

Then, he moved his arm, and a flash of sword light crossed his chest, intercepting the lightning.

"Hahahaha, not bad! Not bad! Let me play for a while longer!"

Yu Canghai laughed shrilly, and the red shadow was like a ghost, moving rapidly around Xu Xingchen; the sword light was like lightning, falling from all directions, so fast that the sword light flashed several times before the sound of breaking through the air was heard.

Xu Xingchen closed his eyes, knowing that he could not fight against the opponent in terms of body movements and steps, so he continued with his previous tactics, moving and rotating only in a very small range, and only using the long sword to deal with the opponent's attacks.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!
The whistling sound breaks through the air, as rapid as the sound of wind and rain, and every sound is pleasing to the ears.

The long swords collided, making a sharp explosion, and then they became a dense mass, and it was impossible to distinguish the front and the back.

The Seventy-Two Sword Techniques for Exorcising Evils have simple and straightforward moves. In Lin Zhennan's hands, they appear to be just an ordinary set of sword techniques.

But this set of swordsmanship, in the hands of Yu Canghai who had cultivated the true qi to ward off evil spirits, unleashed extremely terrifying power.

Under the pressure of the Exorcism Sword, Xu Xingchen finally abandoned all the complicated sword techniques and only used the simplest movements of chopping, stabbing, picking, slicing, pointing, blocking, and collapsing to deal with the endless and unparalleled lightning sword lights around him.

It was under such circumstances that he simplified his sword skills and entered the realm of "changing existing moves into no moves"!

At the same time, under the pressure of such a precarious situation, his sword skills continued to transform and improve, becoming more agile and his reactions quicker.

However, Yu Canghai, who used the Exorcism Sword Technique, was faster, more urgent, and more powerful than before.

Xu Xingchen's sword-drawing speed could only barely keep up with the opponent's rhythm. As time passed, the number of attacks continued to decrease, while the number of defenses continued to increase.

"Hahahaha, too slow! Too slow! Your swordsmanship is too slow!"

Yu Canghai became more and more excited as the fight went on, and his sword swung faster and faster. Even under the sunlight, it was still impossible to conceal the sharpness and brilliance of the sword lights, nor could it conceal the red phantom that blurred into a ball.

If you keep it for a long time, you will lose it!

Finally, Xu Xingchen was a little slow in defending, and a sword light rushed towards his body, tearing the clothes on his shoulder and emitting blood.

Fortunately, it was just a skin tear, the wound was less than half an inch!
Xu Xingchen's face behind the mask was solemn as water, but the gleam in his eyes was as bright as the morning star.

The emotions in his heart, a mixture of fear and excitement, made every inch and every cell in his body tremble slightly, bursting out with deeper potential.

However, wounds continued to appear on his body, neither fast nor slow, like dust flying in the summer sun, which would bloom into a blood flower inadvertently.

The two masters, whose minds and bodies were stretched to the limit, were completely unaware of the passage of time except for the sword flashes and flaws in their opponents' eyes.

It was a moment of trance, but it seemed like a long time had passed!
The number of wounds on Xu Xingchen's body has increased to more than a dozen, covering his shoulders, arms, back, waist, ribs, thighs and other places.

The dozen or so wounds were not big and shallow, but during the intense exercise, a lot of blood still flowed out, staining the torn clothes red and gradually spreading to most parts of the body.

This made him look particularly embarrassed!

"Masked man, you can actually block so many of my swords, it's amazing!"

"But, hahahahaha, you have more and more wounds on your body, how long can you hold on? Hahahaha, how long can your blood continue to flow, hahahahahahaha."

Yu Canghai's voice came from all directions, his tone was filled with undisguised surprise, excitement from a thorough battle, and crazy and shrill laughter.

Combined with his ghostly swift figure and cold and sinister swordsmanship, he was truly spooky, evil and weird.

Xu Xingchen had no time to speak, and no intention to talk. He concentrated and tried his best to deal with the endless and terrible attacks around him.

until
A ray of sword light broke through his defense circle again, and with a click, it cut off the mask on his face.

"Hahahaha, I've been looking at your mask for a long time and I hate it so much. Now that your mask has finally been cut off by me, I want to see what you look like?"

Yu Canghai let out a wild and joyful laugh, but the shrill laugh soon stopped like a duck with its neck strangled.

A red shadow flashed and the sword light dissipated.

Yu Canghai retreated three meters away again, looking at Xu Xingchen's handsome face that was too young with doubt. He was silent for a long time before he shouted in disbelief: "No, it's impossible, you...you are so young? How can you be so young?"

"How could it be that the person who defeated me was just a teenager."

"This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!"

"Finally, I'm exposed!" Xu Xingchen took his sleeve which was dyed bright red and wiped the sweat from his forehead, leaving a touch of bright color on it.

He laughed, no longer as rough and wild as before, but a shy and polite laugh, and said seriously: "Master Yu, I am really no match for you now."

Yu Canghai stared at Xu Xingchen's face and felt that the smile on the boy in front of him was extremely annoying.

"Who are you? Tell me your name so that I can know who killed you."

"My surname is Xu, and my given name is Xingchen!" Xu Xingchen did not hide it this time and stated his name solemnly.

Yu Canghai's rouge-covered face revealed a twisted and ferocious smile. He shouted "good" three times in a row, his eyes red with jealousy. Then, he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "What a heroic young man!"

"Today, I will tear you, the brat who offended me, into pieces to relieve my hatred!"

After saying this, the red robe on his body became blurred again, like thousands of red snakes as thin as hair, twisting and struggling.

Afterwards, another sword that no god or ghost could defend against pierced the sky. It was faster and more fierce than any previous sword!
If gods stand in the way, they will kill gods; if they stand in the way of Buddha, they will kill Buddha!
"Master Yu, have you ever seen the beauty of Mount Hua?!"

As a voice clearly rang in Yu Canghai's ears, Yu Canghai's eyes suddenly blurred, and the young man who was about to be stabbed by his sword suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by an extremely bright light.

In this radiance, there are the shadows of ancient cypresses, the desolation of endless fallen leaves, the warmth of bells and drums, the noise of poetry and swords, the wonder of hanging upside down in the sky, the tenacity of the pine trees welcoming guests, and the flying of golden geese and colorful phoenixes, the carefreeness of riding the wind and riding the dragon.
All the wonders and beautiful sights, all the hustle and bustle, all the joy and happiness come together to form the majestic, dangerous, beautiful and magnificent Mount Huashan!
Huashan! Huashan!
The best sword in Huashan!
The red figure, as swift as a ghost, was immediately suppressed inside, but the subsequent developments surprised Xu Xingchen beyond words.

"I can't suppress it. I can't suppress it at all."

"This Yu Canghai is harder to suppress than a pig during the Chinese New Year."

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