Martial Arts: After ten years of sword-drawing, the Sword God must bow his head when he sees me

Chapter 174 Increased by the Way of the Sword
Shen Ping'an had seen Kumārajīva use this martial art on Bright Peak, so he was naturally familiar with it now.

However, the Flaming Blade was supposed to be a unique martial art of the Tantric sect that Kumārajīva belonged to, and Shen Ping'an did not know where this person learned this martial art.
As for the fact that the masked man was Kumārajīva, Shen Ping'an did not consider it.

After all, the two were vastly different in physique, even in their voices and cultivation levels.

The possibility that it's the same person is too small.

Just as Shen Ping'an's thoughts were racing, the fiery blade energy emitted by the masked man below collided with the ripples formed by the sonic blade in the air.

As the masked man unleashed several fiery sword strikes, the ripples formed by the eight consecutive sound waves were all dispersed by the continuous fiery sword strikes.

But this last sound wave was clearly different from the previous eight sound waves.

Besides the sound blade, it also carried Shen Ping'an's own sword energy and a mountain-like aura.

Therefore, when the masked man's fiery sword energy touched the ninth sound wave, the sword energy and sword momentum contained within the sound wave suddenly erupted.

The sharp sword energy was like icy water on a cold mountain, instantly extinguishing the sword energy formed from the flames.

"how come?"

Upon discovering this, a look of astonishment involuntarily appeared in the masked man's eyes.

Seeing the approaching sound waves again, the masked man disregarded everything else and unleashed his full inner energy, forming layers of visible protective energy around him.

However, even though the masked man had pushed his internal energy to its limit and condensed the surrounding qi to its extreme, when the sword intent and sword momentum contained in the last sound wave erupted, the qi around the masked man was instantly pulverized like withered leaves.

The sharp and concentrated sword energy, mixed with the force of the attack, sent his body flying.

Even before his body hit the ground, blood was already seeping from under his mask.

As the sound wave sent the masked man flying, the remaining aftershocks spread out instantly without hindrance.

Just like before, under the force of this sonic wave and the sword energy containing the sword's intent, the internal organs of those on the nameless islands and the people of the Twelve Constellations in Embroidered Jade Valley trembled once again.

The successive heavy blows caused some people with insufficient cultivation to fall to the ground.

Within the entire Embroidered Jade Valley, only a handful of twenty or so people remained, barely able to stand.

The cultivation fluctuations emanating from each of them were all at the Heavenly Gang Realm.

Even while standing, these twenty-odd people were all pale-faced and had blood at the corners of their mouths, clearly indicating that they had also suffered serious injuries.

The other members of the twelve constellations were also seriously injured and collapsed to the ground.

As the rat's head, Wei Wuyuan was fortunate to have managed to tilt his wheelchair backwards, using the special metal wheelchair to block most of the sound waves.

Even so, Wei Wuyuan's cultivation level was only at the first level of the Heavenly Gang Realm.

Even though the wheelchair blocked most of the sound waves, the remaining ones were enough to cause Wei Wuyuan's internal organs to tremble and blood to spill from the corner of his mouth.

Throughout the entire Embroidered Jade Valley, only Yaoyue remained, dressed in white as snow, ethereal as a fairy, completely unaffected by the sound waves.

Taking in the situation of Xiuyu Valley below, even though it wasn't the first time they had witnessed Shen Ping'an using the "Broken Body Formless Sword Sound," Shen Qingshan and Qu Feiyan were still astonished by its power upon seeing it again.

"My cousin's 'Body-Breaking Formless Sword Sound' is incredibly powerful for group attacks. In just a few moves, he almost wiped out the people from the Nameless Island and the Twelve Constellations in Embroidered Jade Valley."

Zhang Sanniang shook her head and said, "Rather than saying that the sound-based martial art created by Young Master Shen is strong, it is more accurate to say that the person who uses this sound-based martial art is strong. By combining the sound-based martial art with his own swordsmanship, the power of Young Master Shen's sound-based martial art is also increased by Young Master Shen's swordsmanship."

After listening to Zhang San Niang's words, Qu Feiyan and Shen Qingshan thought about it and found that it was indeed true.

Given Shen Ping'an's swordsmanship skills, let alone the fact that he is currently using the Earth-rank high-grade "Body-Breaking Formless Sword Sound".

Even if Shen Ping'an were given the most basic Yellow-rank low-grade martial art, as long as it could be combined with his own swordsmanship, it would unleash terrifying power.

Shen Ping'an paid no attention to the discussion among Zhang San Niang and the others.

Shen Ping'an's gaze swept over the remaining people standing below Xiuyu Valley, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"There isn't a single martial artist at the Celestial Realm?"

As one of the top powers in the Ming Dynasty, Wuming Island was quite famous.

Furthermore, given that Nameless Island dared to launch a preemptive attack on Yihua Palace, Shen Ping'an assumed that the Celestial Realm experts on Nameless Island would be mixed in with the crowd. He never expected that there wouldn't be a single Celestial Realm expert among them.

Raising an eyebrow, Shen Ping'an glanced at the depths of Xiuyu Valley in the distance and murmured, "So the problem lies inside Yihua Palace?"

Meanwhile, inside Xiuyu Valley.

The masked man quickly pressed acupoints all over his body, and then used his internal energy to forcefully stabilize his injuries. He then stood up from the ground with some difficulty.

Taking a deep breath to calm himself, the masked man couldn't help but ask in a deep voice, "May I ask which expert made this move? Would you be willing to show yourself and have a chat?"

As he spoke, the masked man looked around again.

This time, as the masked man looked around, he finally spotted several figures on the cliff.

Upon noticing the location of Shen Ping'an and the others, the masked man's pupils contracted, and his expression beneath the mask became even more grave.

Seeing that the other party had discovered their location, Shen Ping'an suppressed his thoughts and said softly, "Let's go! Let's go down and take a look!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ping'an took a step forward.

As the sword energy burst forth from beneath his feet, Shen Ping'an's figure appeared in the sky five zhang away in an instant.

With a flash, he appeared in front of Yaoyue in the next instant, no more than five zhang away from the masked man, and seemed to be protecting Yaoyue.

Noticing Shen Ping'an's position, a hint of tenderness flashed in Yaoyue's eyes.

The gloom in my heart was somewhat dispelled.

Just as Shen Ping'an appeared beside Yaoyue, a semi-transparent sword intent suddenly fell from the top of the masked man's head, directly slicing past him.

The next instant, the mask on the masked man's face split in two and fell to the ground.

Without the mask to conceal his face, the man's true appearance came into view of Shen Ping'an and the others.

He has a square face, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, giving him an impression of being upright and honest.

But overall, it doesn't feel particularly outstanding.

It wouldn't stand out even in a crowd.

At the same time, Zhang Sanniang, Shen Qingshan, and Qu Feiyan also descended from the sky and stood behind Shen Ping'an.

On the other hand, the man opposite, the moment his mask fell off, instinctively took a half step back and raised his right hand to touch his face.

The man breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that his face was not injured by the strange sword energy.

Looking up at Shen Ping'an standing in front of Yaoyue, the man then looked at Zhang Sanniang, Yaoyue, Qu Feiyan, and Shen Qingshan.

A few breaths later, as if he had thought of something, the man's gaze suddenly fell on the sword that Qu Feiyan was holding in her arms.

As the golden patterns on the sheath, resembling the Big Dipper descending to the Milky Way, converged to form the two characters "Yi Xi," the man's expression changed. Enduring the intense pain emanating from all around his body, he gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master Yu, Shen Ping'an."

As Bai Xiaoge introduced Shen Ping'an, almost everyone in the martial arts world knew that Shen Ping'an was always accompanied by a man and a woman, as well as the precious sword he used, named "Yi Xi Sword," which was usually protected by Shen Ping'an's maid.

Therefore, Shen Ping'an did not show any surprise when he saw that the other party recognized his identity so quickly.

The other people on the nameless islands around seemed to recognize Shen Ping'an's identity by the One Night Sword in Qu Feiyan's arms and Shen Ping'an's appearance and temperament.

In an instant, the remaining twenty-odd Heavenly Gang Realm warriors felt a chill in their hearts, and the ferocity in their eyes quickly faded.

The fear in their hearts further fueled their desire to retreat.

However, considering the terrifying strength Shen Ping'an had just displayed, and the nine slowly vibrating sword shadows still hovering in the air above their heads, no one dared to move.

However, everyone on the nameless island was intimidated by Shen Ping'an's reputation and the strength he had just displayed, and dared not make a move. They stared at Shen Ping'an with solemn expressions, fearing that he would continue to attack.

Only one person's gaze was not on Shen Ping'an, but remained fixed on Yaoyue.

(End of this chapter)