Sword Sect Outer Sect

Chapter 169 Tide Break
Seeing that the thunder magic had been broken and that Li Yi was watching the battle from the side, a look of seriousness flashed in Kong You's eyes.

He immediately changed tactics, and the blue light on the pendant on his chest suddenly changed.

Bring two fingers together in front of your chest.

"Ren character..."

"A thousand-foot rain!"

The thunderclouds in the sky instantly condensed into countless fine water blades, which poured down like a torrential rain!

Song Yan frowned slightly.

The black-robed youth in the distance gave him a very unusual feeling; perhaps temporarily avoiding battle was the wise choice for him.

Unfortunately, Song Yan now only wants to settle things once and for all.

He wants to win! And...

We must keep winning!

Should we temporarily avoid the limelight?

As a sword cultivator, whose edge should I avoid?!
Avoiding battle will only deplete morale; what we need to do now is to fight a quick and decisive battle!

He made a decisive move, and a black and white sword light finally flew out rapidly from the sword box.

At the same time, beneath the Zhendao Sword Mansion, sword energy poured out in full force, and the green snake hidden in the sleeve suddenly erupted.

The sword energy, like a tidal wave, actually followed the black and white sword light and condensed on it.

Song Yan pointed his sword at the distance and spat it out softly.

"The tide has stopped."

The black and white sword light was as fast as lightning, drawing an arc in the air.

hum-

The cyan sword energy, like splashed ink, was flung away by the black and white sword light!
To everyone's astonishment, the sword energy surged forth, like a fierce wind in a thick fog.

In an instant, it extinguished the heavy rain and swept across the thunderclouds that had gathered in the sky.

The dense lightning and water elemental power that Kong You summoned was like weathered clay...

It was dispersed by the sword energy.

"..."

This killing formation in the rain is far inferior to Senior Yu Zhen's "Rain of Retention for Guests".

For no apparent reason, such a thought popped into Song Yan's mind.

At this moment, both the cultivators in the Cave Heaven Realm and the people watching from outside the gates fell into a brief silence.

Outside the boundary, Li Qingfeng was receiving treatment from several other disciples.

He stared blankly at the battle in the arena.

"..."

Even Li Yi showed a look of surprise.

But only for a moment, and he became happy again. His beaming smile was even brighter than before.

At this moment, I feel a strong urge to settle things with Song Yan.

It reached its peak.

This sword strike can almost be described as Song Yan's current pinnacle of mastery over sword energy.

The sword qi techniques of the Green Serpent in the Sleeve are extremely varied, but with his current cultivation and swordsmanship, he is far from being able to condense a single sword qi to annihilate the opponent's rain blade technique.

Fortunately, the various sword techniques and sword manuals also record many methods for using sword energy.

Therefore, the method of combining one's natal flying sword with the sword energy of the Green Snake in the Sleeve can be tried.

He admitted that this was partly an imitation of the sect leader's decisive sword strike on the Dao Entry Platform that day.

However, this was merely a clumsy imitation by a Qi Refining Realm "ant" of a Golden Core Realm cultivator.

However, this sword strike did indeed display the power it was meant to have.

It made Kong You almost lose the idea of ​​fighting head-on.

"How can this be……"

He was briefly dazed.

Is this still the strength that someone at the seventh level of Qi Refining should possess...?

Most importantly, how many more times can he use such swordsmanship?
Kong You was unaware of this.

The struggle against sword cultivators has always been the same throughout history.

When most cultivators fight with sword cultivators, they always feel that those sword techniques are incredibly powerful and that they are no match for them.

So from the very beginning, the courage and vigor of a head-on confrontation were somewhat diminished.

They will begin to think about how to defend against the attack, how to dodge the flying swords, and how to have more room to maneuver in the fight.

Little did they know, this intangible force allowed the sword cultivator to act with even greater freedom. The unmoored boat, gleaming with black and white light, hovered beside Song Yan.

He didn't stop; with a flick of his sword finger, the flying sword shot out.

Kong You suddenly came to his senses, opened his arms, and pushed outwards.

A blue aura suddenly shone in his palm, and a thick water-elemental aura surrounded him.

Unlike the enormous water curtain that had been used on the sword-fighting stage before, this water-based spiritual energy condensed into a large, spherical cocoon.

The rapidly flowing water ripples on the surface of the large cocoon reveal the surging aquatic spiritual energy within.

"Song Yan's sword energy is already extremely fierce. If we want to win, we may have to use softness to overcome hardness."

As Kong You pondered, the blue spiritual light in his palms continued to expand rapidly, and the water cocoon quickly swelled and thickened.

He is a rational person, although he knows that there are always people more capable than him and that there is always something beyond his understanding.

But we should never underestimate ourselves.

Within the sect, there are very few cultivators below the eighth level of Qi Refining who can match me in strength.

Even if Song Yan is an unparalleled genius, so what?
His cultivation level was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

He would never be able to unleash a second sword strike with the same kind of sword energy as before!

The wisest choice now is to fight a protracted battle, waiting until the opponent's spiritual power is exhausted, making it difficult to condense sword energy again, and even controlling the flying sword will become a problem.

He can defeat him...

Kong You's idea was not wrong.

With little sword energy remaining beneath Song Yan's Zhendao Sword Palace, it was indeed impossible for him to unleash such a powerful sword strike again.

But he didn't understand one thing.

That means all the skills of a sword cultivator are in flying swords.

It's not within the sword energy.

hum-

The flying sword transformed into a streak of black and white light, piercing through the water curtain almost imperceptibly.

what?
Although Kong You appeared calm on the surface, he was terrified inside.

The raging current did indeed cause the unmoored boat to deviate slightly from its trajectory, which meant that the flying sword, which had not intended to seriously injure its opponent, did not harm Kong You.

In an instant, the water elemental energy collapsed and dissipated, turning into a sky full of water mist.

Kong You's pupils contracted sharply, and the pendant on his chest suddenly flashed with a blue-purple light. He subconsciously tried to condense a bolt of lightning to protect himself.

He had too much faith in the defensive capabilities of the Water Cocoon spell, so much so that he didn't even gather protective spiritual energy at this moment, wanting to conserve his spiritual power to counter Song Yan.

However, Song Yan did not continue to make a move.

He slowly closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, as if the battle was over and he was now racing against time to recover.

"?"

Just as Kong You was wondering, the black and white flying sword flew back to Song Yan's side.

The sword hilt wobbled precariously.

A jade pendant with a spiritual pattern hangs on it.

"Forty-seven."

Startled, he slowly lowered his head, only to find that the spirit-patterned jade pendant at his waist had vanished.

He was speechless.

The ancient vine forest was deathly silent.

Song Yan casually reached out and took off the spirit-patterned jade tablet. The spirit light exchanged, and the number on it began to change from sixty-nine.

One hundred and sixteen.

The cultivators watching from afar fell silent.

Some of them were shocked by the sharpness of the flying sword.

Some people didn't even see what happened.

Others, however, were secretly speculating in their hearts.

Song Yan originally intended to severely injure Kong You, but by a twist of fate, he took the token...

Was the water flow spell's tendency to deflect also within Song Yan's calculations?

This problem seems obvious.

It's just that some things are hard to accept.

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