A Man in the Snow: Starting with a Sword Challenge to the Northern Liang Prince's Palace

The roar of ten thousand swords swirling in the sky above Lingzhou City lingered for a long time.

A vast, powerful, and incredibly sharp sword aura was hurtling towards the young man wearing a silver mask in the air.

"Am I finally going to die?"

Xu Fengnian stared wide-eyed at the figure in the sky, knowing that such a peerless sword strike could not save him.

The heavily injured Yuan Zuozong and Chen Zhibao below all revealed a ferocious look, which was in line with what Xu Fengnian had in mind.

Ye Yun is finally going to die.

A strange scene suddenly appeared in the sky.

The thousands of swords that were originally meant to pierce Ye Yun's body instead began to rotate continuously around Ye Yun.

The cyan sword intent released by Li Chungang's sword finger suddenly stopped, and was forcibly and completely crushed by an even more domineering sword intent.

The thousands of swords he originally controlled were forcibly stripped of their control by a more domineering sword intent.

"Sword Heart Clear... Well done, Ye Yun."

Li Chungang's voice was hoarse, tinged with a barely perceptible excitement, as memories flooded his mind.

Li Chungang entered the Vajra Realm at the age of sixteen, the Finger Profound Realm at the age of nineteen, and the Celestial Phenomenon Realm at the age of twenty-four. After that, he closed his sword sheath for six years and comprehended the ultimate technique of opening the Heavenly Gate with the sword. By the age of thirty, he was close to the realm of a terrestrial sword immortal. At his peak, he considered himself the number one swordsman in the world.

But looking at this junior in front of him, who had already broken through to the realm of a terrestrial immortal at such a young age, and now had even comprehended the sword heart that sword cultivators had long dreamed of.

From then on, he was no longer hindered by any bottlenecks in swordsmanship and could continue to advance, achieving even higher levels of swordsmanship.

For a moment, Li Chungang hovered high in the sky, quietly closing his eyes, as if he had entered a state of enlightenment.

"Old Huang, what is meant by 'a clear and bright mind'?"

Xu Fengnian asked this question with a trembling voice.

"Young Master, I don't really understand. But the ancients said that above sword intent is the understanding of sword heart. Those who have a clear sword heart can use their thoughts to create a sword to cut down enemies invisibly."

Jian Jiuhuang said in a low voice, as if afraid that others would hear.

At this moment, Xu Fengnian seemed to understand as well.

This means that Ye Yun's swordsmanship level broke through during the battle, surpassing the old sword god's level and gaining control over the countless swords in the sky.

This... is truly a monster.

At this moment, Ye Yun, protected by thousands of swords, is comprehending his own way of the sword.

He has already successfully cultivated the Way of Affection.

The Path of Ruthlessness is not perfect in its own way.

Since it's so imperfect, let's just skip it.

Achieve the Way of Selflessness and master the supreme way of the sword.

"Thank you, old swordsman!"

A voice resounded through the sky, emanating from the torrent of thousands of long swords.

"fall!"

Thousands of longswords, like a meteor shower, fell from the sky, gleaming with a cold light, giving people a sense of unstoppable power.

Upon seeing this, Chen Zhibao hurriedly shouted angrily, "Beiliang Iron Cavalry, raise your shields and defend!"

Ding ding ding ding ding!

The sound of swords clashing against shields echoed through the sky.

Then came various cries of agony. How could a longsword imbued with Ye Yun's sword energy be so easily blocked?

"No!"

Xu Fengnian watched all of this unfold, yet he was powerless to stop it.

"Ye Yun, come and kill me if you dare."

Xu Fengnian glared angrily at Ye Yun above.

Although Ye Yun blocked Li Chungang's sword and, with the help of Li Chungang's sword pressure, comprehended a higher level of sword intent, his internal energy was almost exhausted.

Having successfully manipulated Li Chungang, whose mind was now fractured, Ye Yunruo once again fell into self-reflection. If Ye Yunruo wanted to leave now, there was no one else present who could stop him.

But Xu Fengnian could be heard making such a provocative statement.

Don't kill him.

This is truly intolerable.

"Since you're seeking death, then so be it."

Ye Yun took a deep breath and forcefully activated the crimson sword that had fallen to the ground.

"Xu Fengnian, die!"

The crimson sword instantly transformed into a phoenix, fiercely piercing towards Xu Fengnian, who was protected by the iron cavalry.

"Young master, be careful."

Jian Jiuhuang slapped the sword box, and five famous swords burst out of the air, shooting out all nine swords without reservation.

It collided with that red phoenix.

At this moment, Ye Yun's murderous intent surged.

The Northern Liang cavalry is currently preoccupied with its own problems and has no time to care about Xu Fengnian's life or death.

Even knowing that Xu Fengnian was in danger.

Presumably, Chen Zhibao and the other two wouldn't risk their lives to save him.

Jian Jiuhuang used all his cultivation to forcefully activate his realm, and finally blocked Ye Yun's sword with nine swords.

However, a red sword light pierced through Jian Jiuhuang's defenses.

"Young master, be careful."

The figure in blue scans moved through the hundreds of iron cavalrymen and finally locked onto Xu Fengnian.

"die!"

With a single, all-out sword strike, he shattered the dozen or so Northern Liang cavalrymen in front of Xu Fengnian.

Xu Fengnian, who had no martial arts skills, was so frightened that he fell to the ground and scrambled backward.

But the red sword light had already locked onto him.

puff!

The long sword pierced through a person's body.

However, this person was not Xu Fengnian.

It was Xu Longxiang.

At the critical moment, Xu Longxiang used his indestructible physique to block Ye Yun's sword strike.

"what!"

Xu Longxiang threw a full-force punch at Ye Yun, who raised his sword to block. The terrifying force sent Xu Longxiang and his sword flying, and Ye Yun only managed to regain his footing after taking several steps back.

"As expected of someone born with the Vajra Realm."

Ye Yun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He had almost no true energy left. If he continued to fight, he would probably be worn down to death by these tens of thousands of people.

"Xu Fengnian, I hope you live well. I will take your life myself."

With a single hand, Ye Yun inhaled, and the crimson sword that had fallen to the ground instantly turned fiery red.

"Open it for me."

Ye Yun raised his sword with both hands, forming another crimson sword aura that forcefully cut down dozens of iron cavalrymen and created an opening.

"The Northern Liang cavalry, heed my command: kill this brat with all your might!"

Chen Zhibao could naturally tell that Ye Yun was truly exhausted.

With his strength, the fact that he could only break through a few dozen pieces of armor with a single sword strike meant that he was exhausted.

At that very moment.

Suddenly, several white streaks appeared in the sky and crashed down on the Northern Liang cavalry, clearing a path for Ye Yun.

"Cao Changqing!"

"Does your Western Chu truly desire complete annihilation?"

Chen Zhibao roared.

"Hahaha, Chen Zhibao, you destroyed my Western Chu back then, today I will kill your Northern Liang cavalry, what's wrong with that?"

"Ye Yun is a descendant of the military sage of Western Chu, and I, Cao Changqing, am determined to protect him."

Cao Changqing's voice came from outside Lingzhou City.

Ye Yun looked at the one-armed old man in the sky and smiled.

"Old Sword God, we've helped each other achieve our goals."

"We'll fight again once you break through to the Land Immortal Realm."

With Cao Changqing's help, the formation of the Northern Liang cavalry was completely disrupted, and now there are no experts who can stop Ye Yun.

Jian Jiuhuang dared not, fearing that Ye Yun would take the opportunity to kill Xu Fengnian, which would be a loss for him.

Xu Fengnian held the seriously injured Xu Longxiang in his arms and said, "Huang Man'er, you can't die."

"Brother...brother...I won't die."

Xu Longxiang was pierced through the chest by Ye Yun's powerful sword. If it were anyone else, they would probably be dead already. He was only seriously injured.

Who made this freak born with an indestructible physique?

"Okay, you won't die."

"I, Xu Fengnian, hereby swear that if I do not kill Ye Yun in this lifetime, I will not be a human being."

"I will take up the Northern Liang sword and personally behead him."

Xu Fengnian's eyes were bloodshot as he raised his knife and swore an oath.

He was determined to learn martial arts; he wanted to kill Ye Yun with his own hands.

Jian Jiuhuang looked at Xu Fengnian, unsure how to comfort him.

A land-based sword immortal.

How could a mere mortal kill such a person?

His young master, not to mention a weak and scholarly prince who came to the fold halfway through his life.

Almost all of the Northern Liang's top experts were involved in this siege.

Almost all were killed or wounded.