Borrowing a sword

Chapter 148 Fearless of Sword Intent, Displaying Divine Power

Chu Huaixu has too many trump cards up his sleeve.

If he reveals all his trump cards, his overall combat strength is quite formidable.

However, he wasn't sure how much of the evil sword's power Xiao Xu, who was holding the sword in his left hand, had actually unleashed.
"Is it about 50%?" he wondered to himself.

However, even if there is a 50% chance, if Xu Ziqing were to wield the sword in his right hand, he estimated that he would still be destined to lose at this stage.

This put him under a lot of pressure.

"Should we just have Xiao Xu surrender?"

"Anyway, it's just a matter of me saying a word," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

If he asked Xiao Xu to withdraw from the competition, he probably would have withdrawn on the spot.

But of course, this was just a joke.

The sword within his mind seemed to sense his emotions.

Despite its sickly "body," it still managed to cheer Chu Huaixu on, its fighting spirit soaring.

"You're so recklessly eager for war, but I have to face reality," he said with a helpless smile.

Meanwhile, after today's competition ended, Situ Cheng and the others flew to Junzi Temple.

Xiang Yan and the others went with them, for ultimately the sect still needed the sect leader to take charge.

Despite being bald, extremely ugly, and having a fierce and menacing appearance, even his voice is awful.

But he is definitely the most reliable one among the high-ranking members of the Taoist sect.

Otherwise, with his appearance alone, he wouldn't deserve to sit on the throne of one of the leaders of the righteous path!
Inside the Junzi Temple, Xu Ziqing had already been sent away by Jiang Zhi. He was sitting on a futon in the training room, digesting the effects of the elixir and recovering from his injuries.

This junior Taoist master was lying on a rattan chair, enjoying the autumn breeze under the tree, looking extremely content.

Situ Cheng and his group soon arrived by air.

He slightly raised his eyes and casually said, "Sit."

After everyone was seated, they got straight to the point.

The central topic naturally revolved around Xu Ziqing and the Dao Ancestor Sword.

The Taoists didn't hide anything from them and directly told them a part of the Taoist Ancestor's admonition.

In addition, they did not conceal Xu Ziqing's identity as a swordsman.

Situ Cheng and the others exchanged glances, and upon hearing that the Dao Ancestor had left a contingency plan in the sword, they felt a little more at ease.

After all, if even the Dao Ancestor can't be relied upon, then no one can control this sword either, and everyone might as well just give up and be done with it.

So, the topic of discussion became how to work together to destroy this sword!

—Although it's probably not going to be destroyed.
"So, Senior Jiang, you said earlier that this round of the Origin Spirit Realm would be far more dangerous than before. Is this the path that the Dao Ancestor pointed out?" Teng Lingyi asked.

“That’s right,” Jiang Zhi replied.

He glanced at everyone and said directly, "Otherwise, with just those few disciples in your sect, how could they possibly survive and successfully complete the mission after entering the first level of the Origin Spirit Realm?"

"It's just suicide." He sneered.

Situ Cheng and the others opened their mouths, but could not refute them.

In fact, they were filled with worry when they returned after the last meeting in the main hall.

"Does the Eastern Continent Grand Competition still have any meaning?"

"If this round of the Origin Spirit Realm is really this dangerous, should we select the best disciple and then send him to his death?"

Suddenly, they felt that the top spot wasn't so appealing anymore.

These three cultivators at the eighth realm were all incredibly conflicted.

However, it seems that everyone here is just there to make up the numbers.

"The disciples we brought have all become Xu Ziqing's whetstones? His training grounds?" the three thought to themselves.

However, from a broader perspective, this is indeed beneficial to the overall situation.

After all, the great calamity of heaven and earth involves the entire Xuanhuang Realm.

The four major sects are still very united in general. The three great cultivators from the Daoist sect are definitely reliable; otherwise, the Daoist sect members would not be so frank.

The group chatted for a long time before leaving the Gentleman's Temple.

While soaring through the air, Li Chunsong couldn't help but rub his hands together again.

Xiang Yan and the others felt quite helpless looking at him like this.

He flew to Mei Chuxue and the others, rubbing his hands together faster and faster, his face showing a hesitant expression.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what do you want to bet on this time? Why don't you just say so?" Teng Lingyi, who was older, said with a smile.

The gambling addict immediately gave a brief explanation of the betting game.

Upon hearing this, the three of them immediately looked at him with very strange expressions.

"You, Chu Yinyin, and Shen Man bet on Chu Huaixu to win?" Mei Chuxue asked, puzzled.

Today, she has witnessed Xu Ziqing's sword strike with her own eyes.

She really couldn't figure out what Chu Huaixu, who was also at the first realm, could use to block!

No wonder Li Chunsong always loses at gambling; how can you possibly win?

As for Chu Yinyin, she's just a child.

Shen Man is hard to figure out; he's always been an oddball, very odd indeed.

Mei Chuxue, the woman dressed in revealing and sexy attire, immediately broke into a bright smile.

If someone comes here to give it away for free, why not take it?
"I'm betting on Xu Ziqing," she said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Li Chunsong looked at Situ Cheng and Teng Lingyi.

Teng Lingyi simply waved her hand, indicating she didn't want to earn money from him.

Situ Cheng snorted coldly, "Not interested."

The following day, the East Continent Grand Competition proceeded smoothly.

The duel between Chu Huaixu and Zhao Xinghan is the third match of the day.

The first two games were very close, but not exciting at all.

Both sides were evenly matched, and the game was very close.

Zhao Xinghan was quite nervous today, but amidst the tension, he was also full of fighting spirit and somewhat excited.

"The Eastern Continent Grand Competition should be a competition against strong opponents of similar strength to mine!"

"The others are no fun at all!" he thought to himself.

However, he still kept in mind what Teng Lingyi had told him earlier, and kept in mind that he could not let a ruthless character like Chu Huaixu, who was skilled in both sword and body cultivation, get close to him easily.

After registering, the two bowed with their hands clasped in greeting.

"Brother Chu, please enlighten me." Zhao Xinghan looked polite and had a scholarly air about him.

"Brother Zhao, please enlighten me." Chu Huaixu said this, but in his heart he was only thinking about beating you to death later.

Now that he'd reached this stage, and with so many powerful cultivators watching, he felt he could appropriately reveal some of his true strength.

This Zhao Xinghan was not a sword cultivator, so he was not qualified to test his Heart Sword, which made Chu Huaixu somewhat regretful.

But regardless of the circumstances, Zhao Xinghan's strength is undeniable.

Therefore, Chu Huaixu planned to use him to test other things.

Before the competition officially began, Zhao Xinghan did not dare to be careless and directly brought out his natal magic weapon - the Danqing Landscape Painting Scroll!
The appearance of the superior-grade spiritual artifact immediately drew gasps of surprise from the surrounding crowd.

Many people felt a hint of envy in their eyes.

Zhao Xinghan frowned slightly as he looked at Chu Huaixu, who still had no sword in his hand, and said, "Brother Chu, are you not going to draw your sword when you're dueling with me?"

Isn't that a bit too arrogant?
Chu Huaixu sighed, shook his head, and said what was on his mind: "You don't understand."

Do you think I don't want a sword?

Isn't that cool?
Zhao Xinghan gritted his teeth, feeling that he valued his opponent highly, but the other party was so arrogant, looking down on all the heroes in the world, which made him somewhat annoyed.

"Then Brother Chu, you'd better be careful!" His tone turned cold.

A huge scroll unfolded behind him, depicting mountains and rivers.

Chu Huaixu was aware that Zhao Xinghan possessed this treasure.

"This person is somewhat like a combination of the 'Xiao Wu Xiang Gong' and 'Dou Zhuan Xing Yi' from Jin Yong's novels." "He can imitate other people's techniques and use their own methods against them."

To be precise, it is Zhao Xinghan who can imitate, and the scroll behind him can bounce back?
Chu Huaixu took out a small pebble from his storage token and then fired a [Fingertip Lightning] directly.

The scroll swung forward, swallowing the true energy within.

The next moment, under Zhao Xinghan's control, it rebounded.

Chu Huaixu was only testing the waters, so this move didn't use much spiritual power.

After rebounding, he didn't dodge. He stood still, raised his right palm, and took the hit head-on with his powerful body.

He grabbed the true energy with one hand, squeezed it tightly, and shattered it!

Then, he opened his palm, and the small pebble that was covered with true energy had been crushed into powder.

Seeing the scene before him, Zhao Xinghan's alarm blared.

If someone were to get close to a body cultivator like that, wouldn't it hurt terribly if they were hit?
It will definitely suffer a severe blow.

Chu Huaixu was very curious about the limits of this painting.

He took out a handful of prepared pebbles directly from his storage token and began to flick them.
"puff--!"

"puff--!"

One after another, streams of true energy were absorbed into the scroll, only to be bounced back.

Moreover, two of them bounced back in one go.

Because Zhao Xinghan, at some point, was already able to imitate [Finger Grenade]!

Chu Huaixu couldn't see the intricacies of this situation, while this crude body cultivator simply took the blow with his palm, thus distinguishing them.

"Hmm, something's not right!"

No matter how well you imitate it, it's still not good! A fake is a fake!
He began to use [Flying Profound] to try and get close.

As a result, Zhao Xinghan employed many fancy and unorthodox methods.

"Knows so many spells?" Chu Huaixu was slightly surprised.

He suspected that the other party knew more magic than the three members of his bamboo hut family combined.

Although these spells are not particularly difficult, their advantage lies in the fact that none of them are the same.

"A jack of all trades, master of none!" Chu Huaixu scoffed inwardly, making his judgment.

You look like you know a little bit of everything, right?
It knows many techniques, can imitate, and can reflect?

If everyone is of similar strength and evenly matched, then such an opponent will indeed be very troublesome.

An ordinary person might get tired of fighting for a while.

You might even feel like you're battling two "selves"!
Geng Tianhe and Kui Muquan watched from below, already pondering how they would fight if they encountered Zhao Xinghan.
"This can't go on forever!" the two thought to themselves.

"Moreover, Chu Huaixu is currently unable to get close, and his fingertip lightning is constantly being deflected, so his advantage of cultivating both sword and body cannot be demonstrated."

However, Chu Huaixu, having had his fill of fun, soon found it a bit boring.

"If you can bounce back so easily, then let me see where your limits are!"

"I don't believe it. We're all at the first level, how can it absorb and eat anything?" he thought to himself.

Chu Huaixu took a step forward and used the [Flying Profound] technique to quickly move forward.

Zhao Xinghan suddenly heard the alarm bells go off, not understanding why he had suddenly become faster!

"It's so much faster than before!"

Moreover, he also sensed a very mysterious aura emanating from the other party's body.

Zhao Xinghan suddenly realized that it wasn't a physical cultivator rushing towards him, but rather...
—A flying sword!
A flying sword of extreme sharpness and unstoppable momentum!
On the high platform, Situ Cheng, one of the four divine swordsmen, suddenly stood up.

"What kind of sword intent is this!" he couldn't help but exclaim.

Even he had never seen it before!

In fact, all the high-ranking members of the Daoist sect knew that Chu Huaixu had already comprehended the sword intent.

But so far, we have never seen him use his full strength.

His sword intent was indeed very special, and it gave people a very strange feeling. Its level seemed to be no weaker than the Samsara Sword Intent.
More importantly, it's that momentum!

Yes, it's all about momentum!

With one burst of energy, we forge ahead fearlessly!

It was as if nothing could stop him, nothing could stop him from wielding that sword.

A sword aura emanated from the fingertips of Chu Huaixu's right hand.

He seemed utterly fed up with this landscape painting.

So much so that he didn't even slash at Zhao Xinghan, but instead leaped up and slashed at the painting that was floating high above!
Zhao Xinghan had no time to dodge, nor did he have time to move the scroll.

He couldn't understand how someone at the first level could unleash such speed, catching him completely off guard!
"Even if he is a body cultivator, even if he has achieved minor mastery of the Xuan-level movement technique, it's still impossible!"

Just as he was taken aback, Chu Huaixu, who had leaped high into the air, slashed at the landscape painting with sword energy from his fingertips.

He slashed from top to bottom!

Starting from the top of the scroll, continue downwards.

Zhao Xinghan exerted all his strength to urge the creation of a magnificent landscape painting.

Because he had already realized that this was sword intent, Chu Huaixu's sword intent!
"Is this your trump card?!"

He began frantically circulating the spiritual energy within his body, activating the superior-grade spiritual artifact.

Chu Huaixu's sword energy slashed downwards from his fingertips, while the painting continuously absorbed the power within the sword energy.

"I'll fucking let you suck it!"

"You try imitating me!"

The surging spiritual power generated by the Daoist Canon intertwined with the sword intent at this moment, and erupted completely!
Although the name of the Fearless Sword Intent is ordinary, its status is no less than that of the Reincarnation Sword Intent. How could a cultivator in the first realm easily absorb and reflect it by activating a spiritual weapon?
Zhao Xinghan's face turned pale within a few breaths.

Chu Huaixu's sword energy continued to slash downwards! Its momentum seemed to be cleaving the entire scroll in two!

Finally, when the sword energy had cut about three-quarters of the way through, Zhao Xinghan, unable to bear the strain, spat out a mouthful of blood, and the floating Danqing Landscape Painting was directly blasted away!

In that fleeting moment of vulnerability, he felt a sudden blur before his eyes, and a figure had appeared before him without him even noticing.

The sword energy at his fingertips was only an inch away from his brow!

Chu Huaixu moved so fast that he even stirred up a gust of wind, causing Zhao Xinghan's long hair to flutter backward!
Zhao Xinghan felt as if his brain was about to explode, and the hairs on his body stood on end as he recalled what Teng Lingyi had said to him before.

"Within a small space, everyone becomes an enemy!"

This distance belongs to the realm of body cultivators!
What's more, the person standing in front of him was a master of both sword and body techniques.

Zhao Xinghan's pupils contracted slightly, his face filled with disbelief.

"How is it possible! How is it possible!"

"How could you possibly be that fast!"

Chu Huaixu pointed his sword to his brow, turned his head slightly, and said calmly, "Why can't I have such speed?"

What is the fearless sword intent?

He is not afraid of getting hurt, not afraid of pain, not afraid that you are stronger than me, and not even afraid of death.

No matter what's in front of me, I won't even try to avoid it!

My mind is free of distractions; I am single-minded and determined to unleash this sword strike.

Then, I'll be quick!
What you fear, what you burden your hearts, is nothing to me.

The physical bodies you cherish, the physical bodies you fear being hurt, will not be a burden to me.

Since you are a disciple of Luo Tian Valley, I will let you know a sentence from the "Zi Qing Zhi Xuan Ji".

"If a person is not burdened by form, he will see the Great Luotian before his eyes."

Even if you use a thousand kinds of magic to stop me, I will not think of hiding. I only want to kill you with the strongest power and the fastest speed!

In the face of absolute speed, distance is meaningless.

—Fearless, and without distance.

(P.S.: This is the second update. I wrote over a thousand extra words in order to finish it in one go, so the update is half an hour late. Sorry.)

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