I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 440 Overcoming the Strong with the Weak (Part 2)

Zhaoming returned to the pillar near Jiangyi and stood upright, holding the Yaoling Sword in his arms, his feet firmly planted on the ground, absorbing the earth's spiritual energy to heal his wounds.

He just played a game for Jiang Yi, which earned him a lot of free time.

At this moment, Liu Tao stepped onto the stage, and Jiang Yi also stood up from the ground, leaning against a pillar to watch the battle.

Even Jiang Yi wasn't sure about this match, so she could only silently pray for Liu Taozhi.

"Liu Taozhi of the Qingwei Sword Sect, please enlighten me, fellow Daoist."

Opposite Liu Tao, Yu Qianlang's curly hair fluttered slightly, and his blue clothes made him look like surging waves on the sea. He grinned, exuding an untamed spirit like the sea breeze.

"Floating Light Sea, a thousand waves remain, Fellow Daoist Liu, be careful!"

Yu Qianlang's aura suddenly changed, his previous nonchalance was instantly replaced by rage, and the pressure of the peak Golden Core stage descended like a tsunami. He tapped his feet and shot out like an arrow, his longsword bringing with it a deep blue and dazzling light.

The waves crashed against the shore!

The immense force of the tsunami compressed the space first, locking Liu Taozhi firmly in place.

The onlookers felt a chill; the vast difference in their cultivation levels seemed like an insurmountable chasm before them.

Shen Qingming clenched her fist nervously, "They started with a fierce attack of raging sword intent right from the beginning, giving us no chance to breathe. No wonder they are a rogue cultivator fighting like their life depends on it."

Liu Tao's expression remained unchanged, and her figure swayed gracefully backward like a willow in the wind.

At the same time, the Cold Moon Sword drew a mysterious semicircle in front of him, and wisps of icy blue sword energy spread out, like the thin frost that had just formed on the surface of a lake, quickly weaving into a clear and tough water curtain barrier.

Boom!

The raging, deep blue sword energy surge crashed violently against the seemingly thin, icy blue water curtain, but the expected devastating destruction did not occur.

The water curtain rippled violently, with fine ice shards bursting from its edges. As if alive, these shards caved inward layer by layer, dissolving and dispersing the immense force capable of shattering mountains.

A hint of surprise flashed in Yu Qianlang's eyes, which then turned into a deeper sense of hostility.

"Impressive technique! Let's see how many waves you can deflect!"

His attacks were relentless, his sword techniques constantly shifting, transforming into a rapidly spinning deep blue vortex with terrifying suction, frantically tearing at Liu Taozhi's defenses.

Liu Tao's footwork was agile, and with the Cold Moon Sword, she flicked and deflected, her figure like a swimming fish, narrowly escaping the edge of the terrifying suction force time and time again. Although the icy blue water curtain was twisted and swayed, it was never completely torn apart.

"This technique of deflecting and neutralizing force is so solid!" Yunxiu couldn't help but praise.

Shen Qingming of the Qingwei Sword Sect glanced at her and nodded slightly, "My junior sister's understanding of the inclusiveness and penetration of the Qingwei Sword Intent has already reached its essence."

Unable to break through Liu Taozhi's defenses, Yu Qianlang's anger intensified. With a flick of his wrist, a strange magical artifact crafted from a sea beast's tooth silently shot out from his sleeve, aiming straight for Liu Taozhi's face.

The onlookers felt a collective tremor, and Jiang Yi frowned as well.

Fortunately, Liu Tao's consciousness was always highly alert, and she noticed it the moment Yu Qianlang threw out the magic weapon.

Her pupils contracted slightly, and in a flash, she slapped a golden talisman against her chest without hesitation!

boom!
The golden barrier unfolded instantly, barely blocking the ghostly fangs, but the shockwave still caused Liu Taozhi to stagger backward and suffer a heavy blow, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, and the icy blue water curtain also collapsed for a moment.

"You stinky kelp, you're cheating!"

Luo Qingsi shouted anxiously, but the sound from inside the venue could not be heard from outside, and Yu Qianlang was not distracted by Luo Qingsi calling him "Seaweed Head".

"It's over!"

Yu Qianlang roared, unleashing his full sword energy without reservation, and the sword light split into multiple parts!

Ten dragons strangle!

Ten massive, deep blue sword energies, like raging sea dragons, carried destructive strangulation power, ignoring the remaining water curtain, and bit down on Liu Taozhi from all directions as her defenses crumbled.

The entire performance platform seemed to be submerged by a deep blue, raging sea!

"Junior Sister Yaoyao, be careful!" Luo Qingsi jumped up and down in a panic.

Yunxiu sighed, "The gap is too big. It's already remarkable that we've managed to hold on until now."

Just when everyone thought the dust had settled, a sudden change occurred!
Instead of despairing, Liu Taozhi became even more resolute.

Instead of retreating, she advanced towards the terrifying center of the attack. The icy light on her Cold Moon Sword instantly surged, and a chilling, bone-piercing cold that could freeze everything burst forth from the blade.

"madman!"

Yu Qianlang was horrified. This woman wanted to withstand his 'Ten Dragons Strangling Strike' head-on, trading injury for injury!

But Yu Qianlang was, after all, a ruthless character who had fought his way out of a place like Fuguanghai. His fighting instincts made him forcibly deflect three-tenths of his strangulation force to protect his vitals.

boom! boom! boom!
At least five of the ten raging dragon sword energies struck Liu Taozhi solidly, tearing her lake-blue outfit apart and splattering blood. She was blasted away like a kite with a broken string, spraying out a shocking blood mist in mid-air.

However, just before she was struck, her sword pierced the protective wave wall that Yu Qianlang had hastily erected.

Over the course of ten years, Liu Taozhi, Hua Gu, and Luo Qingsi cultivated together. Luo Qingsi guided the Primordial True Thunder into the mist dispersed by Hua Gu, while Liu Taozhi used Hua Gu's mist to practice her swordsmanship, which allowed her sword energy to contain a trace of the power of the Primordial True Thunder.

The combined force of ice and lightning exploded, and Yu Qianlang felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer. He groaned, and most of his protective energy dissipated. He staggered back seven or eight steps, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Liu Taozhi crashed heavily into the light screen at the edge of the arena. A sharp pain swept through her body, her vision blurred, and she felt as if all the bones in her body were about to fall apart.

Fortunately, the effects of the Primordial True Thunder Body Tempering over the past ten years saved her, allowing her to survive the full-force attack from a peak Golden Core cultivator and avoid being torn apart.

Liu Taozhi forcefully suppressed the blood surging in her throat, used her sword to support herself on the ground, and stood up again.

Shen Qingming's eyes were filled with heartache. "Knowing that she would lose, she still did not give up. Junior Sister Tao is stronger inside than she appears."

Yunxiu and the others nodded in agreement, but the difference in strength had already shown everyone that Liu Taozhi was destined to lose.

Seeing Liu Taozhi severely injured, Yu Qianlang stood up shakily, giving her no chance to catch her breath. The long sword in his hand burst forth with an even more dazzling deep blue light, ready to finish off his opponent.

Sea Abyss Slash!
A terrifying sword aura, deep blue and almost black, condensed with boundless sea pressure and a destructive will, slashed down fiercely towards Liu Taozhi like the mouth of a demonic whale emerging from the abyss, carrying an aura of annihilation that devours everything. Its power far exceeded the previous Ten Flood Dragons' strangulation attack!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Everyone was stunned into holding their breath by the sudden change and the earth-shattering sword energy. Liu Taozhi hadn't been able to fully withstand the previous attack, so it was even less likely that she could withstand this one.

Just then, Liu Taozhi suddenly took out a piece of tortoise shell from her bosom, and a thick, ancient gray light shield with tortoise-shell patterns instantly opened up.

That was a tortoise shell talisman that Shen Puning gave to Jiang Yi and the other two.

It looks ordinary, yet it is as solid as an ancient mountain.

The seemingly limitless power of the Abyss Slash crashed into the tortoise-patterned light shield, like a raging torrent striking an unyielding sea cliff.

The tortoise-shell pattern on the light shield flowed and slightly indented inward, actually withstanding Yu Qianlang's full-force attack.

A commotion erupted. Not only the people on the performance platform, but all the onlookers outside the secret realm stared wide-eyed in shock at the tortoise shell in Liu Tao's hand. Shen Puning, who was watching from the rooftop with Xin Wushuang, Shang Shixu, and Zhao Cangyun, puffed out her chest in smug satisfaction.

"See that? This is the skill of Grand Talisman Master Shen!"

"Impressive, impressive!" Zhao Cangyun offered perfunctory praise, while Xin Wushuang and Shang Shixu smiled without saying a word.

On the preaching platform.

Yu Qianlang's smug grin, which had been full of confidence, froze instantly, turning into boundless horror and disbelief.

"What the hell?!"

The tortoise shell's defensive capabilities were beyond his comprehension.

The protective tortoise-shell-like light shield around Liu Taozhi quietly dissipated, revealing a blood-soaked figure inside.

Liu Taozhi’s eyes shone with an astonishing light amidst the blood and weakness!
There was no fear, no pain, only a profound clarity and tranquility, like the essence of heaven and earth, after being baptized by life and death, and having become one with the Cold Moon Sword in hand!

Seizing the moment when Yu Qianlang was weakened after unleashing his full power, Liu Taozhi's Cold Moon Sword emitted a clear and melodious hum, its icy blue light flowing and no longer sharp and piercing, but instead becoming clear and transparent.

This "micro" in Qingwei Sword Intent represents water that permeates all things, and the meaning of nourishing things silently.

She poured all her power into it without reservation, guiding the clear sword intent, blending it with the extreme cold sharpness honed by her own experience under the frosty sky and cold moon, condensing and compressing it into a single point.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no dazzling brilliance.

There was only one extremely thin and bright icy blue sword thread, like the morning sun piercing through water or moonlight breaking through clouds.

The Pure and Subtle Sword Manual: The Supreme Goodness is Like Water - Taiyin Tracing the Light!
The sword threads moved silently, so fast that they exceeded the limits of divine sense.

A desperate gamble, a single move that decides life or death!

Before Yu Qianlang could recover from the shock, and with his sword energy at its weakest point, the clear and icy 'Taiyin Suguang' pierced his chest with perfect precision, as if water were flowing silently.

It was as light as a feather brushing against you.

puff!

A splatter of warm blood caused Yu Qianlang's heart to clench, his whole body to tremble and ache, and his fingers to involuntarily loosen.

The deep-sea blue sword that had accompanied him in battle for many years slipped from his hand and fell to the ground. He stared in astonishment, clutching his chest and kneeling down with a thud. All his strength was swept away by the ripples of Qingwei Sword Intent, leaving him instantly powerless to resist.

The entire area around the stage was deathly silent!
The scene was just as bizarre as the previous battle between Zhaoming and Yin Baifeng. Apart from Shen Qingming, to everyone else, it looked like Liu Taozhi casually swung her sword, and Yu Qianlang was kneeling before they could even see the sword light.

A flash of light appeared on the stage, and Yu Qianlang, the loser, was teleported away and disappeared before everyone's eyes.

"Junior Sister Yaoyao won!"

Luo Qingsi clapped and cheered excitedly. Jiang Yi smiled with satisfaction, stretched, and sat down again to relax.

Shi Han's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "They won just like that? Early Golden Core stage... defeated Yu Qianlang, who is at the peak of the Golden Core stage?"

Lei Wanting's brows were tightly furrowed, while Jing Qisha's single eye flashed with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

Shen Qingming's eyes gleamed with admiration as she explained to the group, "My Qingwei Dao is about overcoming strength with gentleness and defeating the strong with the weak. It's about finding a glimmer of truth in dire straits. Junior Sister Tao has truly mastered the Qingwei Dao and won beautifully."

The light shield over the performance platform slowly faded.

Liu Taozhi was covered in blood. She casually but forcefully wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. Her weakness could not hide her clear-headedness and determination. She turned to look at Luo Qingsi and Jiang Yi, a bright smile on her face.

"Senior Sister, Senior Sister Qingsi, I won."

The thirteen cities of Kunwu were in uproar.

With her early-stage Golden Core cultivation, Liu Taozhi narrowly defeated Yu Qianlang, a rogue cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage!
This thrilling battle, like a boulder thrown into a deep pool, stirred up towering waves in the thirteen cultivator cities.

"My God, they actually won!"

"Is her name Liu Taozhi? Early-stage Golden Core cultivator defeats peak-stage Golden Core cultivator? This is unheard of!"

"The sword cultivators of the Floating Light Sea are nothing special!"

"The highest virtue is like water, its benefit lies in its subtle edge. How wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! It perfectly embodies the essence of overcoming strength with gentleness and conquering power with weakness!"

"It wasn't just the sword intent; that tortoise shell withstood the full force of a peak Golden Core cultivator's attack. What kind of defensive treasure is that? It's simply unbelievable! Without that brief moment of defensive respite, there would have been no way he could have unleashed that deadly sword strike!"

"Knowing the vast difference in their cultivation levels, they still advanced instead of retreating in the face of a deadly attack, sacrificing serious injury to gain that sliver of a chance to kill! This resolute determination to fight to the death is the most precious quality of a sword cultivator!"

In the thirteen cities, similar voices rose and fell, and Liu Taozhi's name instantly spread throughout the streets and alleys. From an unknown Qingwei disciple, she jumped to become another dark horse in this year's Sword Dao Heaven Ranking competition.

Meanwhile, inside the main hall of the Qingwei Sword Sect.

When Liu Taozhi's stunning sword strike pierced through Yu Qianlang, a low murmur of astonishment inevitably rippled through the solemn hall.

Even the Nascent Soul True Venerables, who were used to seeing geniuses, were moved by this victory that defied all reason.

Lingxu Sword Sect Daoyuan Star Lord turned his head and raised his voice to Cangyi Star Lord, "Fellow Daoist Cangyi, is this little girl your beloved disciple Tinglan's newly accepted disciple? What a fine 'Qingwei' sword technique, truly remarkable!"

Upon hearing this, Cangyi Xingjun smiled and said, "That's right, she is Tinglan's disciple, Liu Taozhi, who is my little grand-disciple."

Jiang Yunye, standing to the side, hesitated, only able to cry out silently in his heart: "These are also my own grand-disciple! Why do they all want to take them from me?"

Cangyi Xingjun didn't notice Jiang Yunye; he was looking at the light screen, his tone full of undisguised admiration.

"This girl is indeed extraordinary in her understanding of the Qingwei sword intent. Others only say that 'Qingwei' is like water, gentle and inclusive, but they do not know that its 'micro' can also be sharp and pierce through everything. In the face of adversity, she remained calm and used her own weakness as bait to make a risky attack, demonstrating the ultimate sharpness of that 'micro' to the fullest extent."

"This calm understanding and courage to fight against overwhelming odds in desperate situations are truly commendable. Tinglan has taken on a fine disciple. Our Qingwei Sword Sect has a worthy successor; she is indeed a rare and promising talent!"

"The Qingwei Sword Sect has a worthy successor, Star Lord Cangyi's teaching is excellent, and Fairy Tinglan has a discerning eye!"

The other Nascent Soul cultivators also smiled and echoed, creating a harmonious and enthusiastic atmosphere in the hall.

Even if Liu Taozhi doesn't make it to the end this time, she has already fully demonstrated her strength. When the next Heavenly Ranking competition comes, her cultivation will be improved, and it's not impossible for her to win the championship.

"Humph!"

Yuan Shu Xingjun of the Taichu Sword Sect had a livid face. He flicked his sleeve and exhaled a heavy stream of foul air from his nostrils.

Previously, Yin Baifeng had also been knocked away by Zhaoming, while Qingwei Sword Sect stole the show, with each new disciple more amazing than the last, so amazing that it made people angry.

"The third match has begun. Is this silly little girl from the Primordial Sword Sect? Her opponent, Jing Qisha, is a cunning and ruthless rogue cultivator. Is this little girl going to suffer a loss?"

"I dare not say now. The first two matches were both underdog victories. This time, Jing Qi might lose again. Let's wait and see."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu Xingjun straightened his back, hoping that this silly girl could make him proud.

(End of this chapter)