Martial Arts Master: The Lin Family Sword God, who swept through the Five Mountains and Four Sects

Although the Nine Yin Manual is ranked alongside the Sunflower Manual as the pinnacle of martial arts, when it comes to speed alone, techniques like the Snake Walk and the Nine Shadows Spiral are all far inferior to the Sunflower Manual.

Dongfang lightly pinched an embroidery needle between his two fingers, seemingly casually, but the innate internal energy that had been condensed into a fierce aura was poured into it, and the tip of the needle shone with a cold light. Its sharpness was a hundred times better than that of a divine weapon!

Lin Tian raised his sword and slashed horizontally with a twisting motion—

Ding! ! !

The metal clanged and sparks flew!

While his movements weren't as fluid as Dongfang Piaohu's, his sword speed was in no way inferior. The core of the Thirteen Deadly Swords lay in one word: speed! In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged dozens of blows, their sword shadows and needle-like flashes weaving together like a net.

Dongfang's brow twitched slightly. She knew the principle of "an inch longer, an inch stronger" in weaponry. Using an embroidery needle to clash with a longsword might be acceptable in a contest of skillful technique, but it would be disadvantageous in a prolonged battle.

With a swift tap of his right hand, he blocked Lin Tian's sword path; with a sudden flip of his left hand, he unleashed a domineering and unparalleled Sunflower Palm strike!

Any martial art that can be called a "true scripture" or "treasured manual" is by no means merely a mental technique or a set of moves. It must be a unified whole of mental techniques, physical techniques, and combat skills, encompassing everything.

The Sunflower Manual is no exception!

With unparalleled internal energy, ghostly movements, and the three unique skills of palm, needle, and sword, he has reached the pinnacle of martial arts combat!

Dongfang doesn't like using swords; he specializes in acupuncture and palm techniques, which he has already mastered to a high level.

How could Lin Tian not see through her change of tactics? He immediately activated the Heart-Shattering Palm and met her attack with a palm strike!

boom--!

The two palms collided, and the cold palm force and the blazing sunflower energy clashed violently, like ice and fire being boiled together, and exploded with a bang!

A terrifying shockwave erupted from his palm, spreading out layer by layer. Within a radius of twenty or thirty feet, boulders weighing tens of kilograms were all thrown into the air and crashed into the surrounding fields!

"This is terrifying... This is the Innate Realm? Compared to it, the Acquired Realm is like an ant looking up at the sky! No wonder the Eastern Cult Leader dared to call himself 'The sun rises in the east, and I am the only one who is invincible'!" Liu Zhengfeng gasped, his face full of shock.

"Fortunately, we retreated fifty feet, otherwise the aftershocks alone would have killed us on the spot." Qu Yang shook his head with a wry smile.

Lin Tian was only at the Lesser Completion of the Innate Realm, and his brain wasn't damaged, so of course he wouldn't be foolish enough to fight Dongfang head-on with his internal energy.

He shifted his feet slightly, used the momentum to retreat quickly, and instantly widened the distance between them.

Dongfang looked at him, a slight smile playing on her lips, a smile so beautiful it could topple cities and make all flowers pale in comparison: "Not bad, but unfortunately... with just these, you can't beat me."

"Just that?" Lin Tian raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "That was just a warm-up."

Dongfang was taken aback, then chuckled softly, "Heh... I underestimated you. In that case, Young Master Lin, now—I'll get serious."

"I couldn't ask for more." Lin Tian's lips curled up, his fighting spirit burning like flames.

warm up?!

Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang, standing some distance away, were dumbfounded. That earth-shattering clash they had just witnessed was, in their words, merely… a warm-up?!

……

The two faced off again, but this time, Dongfang did not strike first.

She closed her eyes, her breathing becoming heavier.

In an instant, the world seemed to fall silent.

The body merges with heaven and earth!

The sun rises in the east, and I alone am invincible!

I am the only one who reigns supreme, above and below the heavens!

Ten years of dominance had forged an overwhelming aura of dominance that shone brightly over the martial world. At this moment, this aura merged with the power of heaven and earth, pressing down on Lin Tian like a mountain!

"Um?"

Lin Tian frowned slightly. This oppressive feeling wasn't fatal, but it subtly restricted the flow of his internal energy, making even the release of his sword energy slightly sluggish.

"His body merges with heaven and earth, and he can even draw upon a trace of the power of heaven and earth? If it were an ordinary innate minor completion cultivator, even a monstrous genius who has comprehended the essence, they would be subject to this pressure." Lin Tian's eyes flashed. "But for me... it's meaningless."

Even the strongest martial artist is still made of flesh and blood. Even if they can draw upon the power of heaven and earth, it is only a tiny fraction of their power, insignificant indeed.

But even this one in ten thousand is beyond human power to overcome!

However, Lin Tian's reliance has never been solely on human resources.

Rather... supernatural powers!

To understand the divine is to be in communion with the divine!

This is a skill beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Even the most rudimentary supernatural powers are the methods of immortals and Buddhas. Cultivators who can move mountains and fill seas, or change the heavens and earth, are merely practicing magic; only supernatural powers can be called defying fate and challenging the Dao!

Drive mountains and rush peaks!

With a single thought, supernatural powers are activated.

In an instant, the pulse of the earth beneath Lin Tian's eyes became clear and felt like his own breath, completely integrated with his being.

The imposing aura of heaven and earth that the East had exerted on Lin Tian instantly disintegrated. A mere one ten-thousandth of that pressure might be enough to subdue one person, but how could it possibly shake the entire land?

On the contrary—

Lin Tian used the power of the earth to crush it in the opposite direction!

"Huh? What's going on?!"

Dongfang frowned, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes as he stared intently at Lin Tian.

In that instant, the boy in her eyes seemed no longer to be a person, but a towering mountain that stretched across the heavens and earth, heavy and oppressive, suffocating and chilling.

"Perfected innate state? The power of heaven and earth? No... no! Even if I had reached the perfection of the innate state, I could never mobilize such a vast power of heaven and earth! This feeling... is more like 'earth' than 'heaven'! Could it be... a state of mind?!" Dongfang's pupils shrank slightly, and his heart trembled violently.

She misinterpreted this miraculous power of moving mountains and filling seas as a state of mind, which was truly unfortunate—limited by her perspective and bound by her own perception.

If supernatural powers are the main trunk reaching the sky, then artistic conception is merely the branches and details.

True supernatural powers are far more mysterious and unpredictable than any artistic conception.

"Brother Liu, don't you feel... that young friend Lin is like a mountain right now? Or like a wasteland? It's hard to describe..." Qu Yang frowned and whispered.

"Hmm." Liu Zhengfeng nodded. "If Brother Qu hadn't mentioned it, I would have thought it was my imagination... That martial arts could be cultivated to the extreme and cause such a phenomenon is unheard of and truly amazing."

"Fighting beyond your level, is this your trump card?" Dongfang's eyes suddenly brightened, his fighting spirit blazing like fire. "If that's the case—then I'll break your mental barrier! Young Master Lin, take my final move! My strongest strike!"

Before she finished speaking, she lightly touched the ground with her toes.

His body soared into the sky, leaping more than ten zhang high!

In Lin Tian's sight, the red robe seemed to blot out the sky and completely block out the blazing sun.

Achieving perfect innate power, his inner strength condensed into a powerful aura! Golden aura erupted from his body, enveloping him within a three-foot radius, reflecting off his crimson robe, making him appear like a blazing sun descending upon the world.

"Aoi tends to the sun!!"

With a single palm strike, the east was like a golden crow falling from the sky, burning the entire world to ashes!

Under the blazing sun, flames roared overhead!

"Hmm? This is..." Lin Tian's eyes narrowed.

At this moment, the East, in his perception, had merged with the sun. Although it was only a sliver of feeling, he had clearly stepped into the threshold of artistic conception.

"As expected of Dongfang Bubai, his talent is exceptional and his reputation is well-deserved." Lin Tian felt a slight chill in his heart.

"But... compared to me with the system cheat code, I'm still a little bit lacking."

"If the fifteenth sword cannot stop this blazing sun, then—the sixteenth sword!!"

A long sword points to the sky, its edge piercing the clouds!

The sixteenth sword strike!

Forty percent of the atmosphere is the imagery of death, and sixty percent is the imagery of earth; they blend perfectly and form a unified whole!

This is Lin Tian's strongest attack to date!

The sword's momentum caused Dongfang's body, which was plummeting from the sky, to be abruptly halted!

She felt as if her whole body was being suppressed by a thousand layers of shackles, unable to move.