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"Lord Lin, you are not bad either. It is incredible that you can understand swordsmanship to this level at such a young age." Wuming was also shocked.

“However,” Wuming continued, “if you’re at this level and don’t have any special moves, you can only be defeated by my sword, since I am superior.”

"It's still uncertain who will come out on top!"

No, it's already decided.

Wuming said with a confident expression.

Lin Yaoxie remained silent. Although he had just used a portion of his sword dao insights, it was not the whole thing. His understanding of the sword was not only about overwhelming the righteous path, but also about the strangeness of the evil path!

Lin Yaoxie's sword style changed instantly, from overwhelming with power to incredibly strange sword moves. It was no longer a head-on collision, but rather like an assassin, hiding in the shadows, not engaging you in combat, making you restless, numbing you, and exhausting you. Once you have even the slightest opening in your heart, he will, like an assassin, suddenly stab at your heart, delivering a fatal blow!

As Wuming's sword slowly began to crumble and was about to fall, Wuming's expression became even more relaxed. Lin Yaoxie looked at Wuming with a puzzled expression. This kid was about to be defeated, so where did he get his confidence?

Before Lin Yaoxie could think about it for long, Wuming made his move at the very moment Wuming was about to be defeated.

"The Supreme Sword Path: The Ruthless Sword Path!"

Wuming was still Wuming, but Lin Yaoxie felt as if Lin Yaoxie had become a completely different person. If Wuming was still a normal, flesh-and-blood human being who didn't eat or drink, Wuming was now like a sword fanatic who was devoid of emotion and desire and devoted only to the sword! And such a person who was devoted only to the sword and abandoned all emotions was undoubtedly extremely terrifying.

As expected, after Wuming used his so-called ruthless swordsmanship, Lin Yaoxie's so-called assassin became completely useless, because he couldn't find any weaknesses in Wuming. Wuming's sword seemed to have suddenly increased in power, not only becoming flawless, but also its attack strength instantly became extremely great. Any casual sword strike required Lin Yaoxie to exert all his strength to block, while Lin Yaoxie's sword strike was easily broken. The situation between the two instantly reversed.

While desperately trying to block the nameless sword, Lin Yaoxie began to slowly comprehend its power. Lin Yaoxie's understanding of the sword was that it represented justice and evil. Justice meant defeating the opponent with absolute power, while evil meant avoiding direct confrontation and exploiting the enemy's weaknesses to deliver a fatal blow.

These two insights into swordsmanship made Lin Yaoxie almost invincible. After all, they encompassed almost all insights into swordsmanship. As long as a person is either righteous or evil, there is basically no such thing as a person whose heart is half righteous and half evil. People tend to lean towards one side to some extent, so the sword they comprehend is also either evil or righteous.

For an ordinary person, it is already remarkable to comprehend a path and walk it to the end. To simultaneously have a sense of justice and evil regarding the sword is enough to drive a person mad, leading to death by going astray. Only true geniuses in the way of the sword can cultivate both righteousness and evil, and Lin Yaoxie is such a person.

Therefore, he would be in an almost invincible position. However, there are always exceptions. There are also sword insights that do not belong to justice or evil. One of them is the nameless ruthless sword path! Since people are already emotionless, there is no question of good or evil. This is why Lin Yaoxie has a big headache. He knows the general characteristics of both good and evil, even though their insights may be different, and he can deal with them. But he is powerless against the ruthless sword path, which he knows nothing about.

Now, in Lin Yaoxie's eyes, this nameless sword technique is simply flawless. Whether it is speed, power, or the degree of timing, it is like a machine, precise to the point of being dead. There is not a single flaw. What is even more terrifying is that as long as you show the slightest flaw, the nameless sword will instantly transform into a fierce tiger, targeting your flaw and striking it fiercely, and then completely defeating you.

If Lin Yaoxie hadn't been simultaneously applying both righteous and evil perceptions, he would have been defeated long ago. However, he couldn't maintain this simultaneous application of righteous and evil perceptions for long, as this constant switching between righteous and evil perceptions was driving him crazy.

He must come up with a plan, or he will surely fail!

But how could a method be devised now? Especially under these conditions? Lin Yaoxie desperately searched for everything he had learned before, hoping to break through Wuming's almost perfect swordsmanship.

As Lin Yaoxie racked his brains, he naturally became a little lax in his technique, revealing a tiny flaw. The reason Lin Yaoxie used two kinds of insights earlier was to avoid revealing a flaw, because he knew that once a flaw was revealed, with Wuming's extremely precise swordsmanship, he would not give him any chance to turn the tide.

Despite Lin Yaoxie's desperate efforts to avoid revealing any weaknesses, as time went on and his multitasking led to flaws in his swordsmanship.

Just as Lin Yaoxie had predicted, Wuming attacked directly at Lin Yaoxie's weakness. Lin Yaoxie realized the danger and desperately tried to salvage the situation, but to no avail. Lin Yaoxie had only one move left before he was about to be defeated.

Lin Yaoxie was completely helpless. Was he really going to be defeated by Wuming?

Chapter 220: Breakthrough in Sword Dao [Fourth Update]

No, I must not lose! There can be no perfect understanding of the way of the sword in this world. Every understanding of the way of the sword inevitably has its flaws and advantages, not only my own righteous and evil sword techniques, but also this so-called ruthless way of swordsmanship.

But what exactly is this flaw? How can it be exploited? In this life-or-death crisis, Lin Yaoxie's mind began to work frantically.

Initially, Wuming's ruthless swordsmanship was broken when Bu Jingyun used his own death to touch Wuming's heart, causing his ruthless state to disappear and the ruthless swordsmanship to naturally break. However, this method was opportunistic; if Wuming hadn't been moved, it would have been Bu Jingyun who died. Although Lin Yaoxie could also learn this method, given his character, he wouldn't use such a despicable approach. Lin Yaoxie could be despicable and deceitful in many ways, but he would never compromise on strength. He knew that if he compromised, his future martial arts cultivation would likely be severely hampered.

Another approach is the one used by Xiong Ba, which involves breaking through with brute force, using overwhelming power to shatter Wuming's ruthless swordsmanship. Wuming's ruthless swordsmanship is impeccable and almost perfect against those of equal or weaker strength, making it a nightmare for anyone. However, conversely, if an extremely powerful attack can break through Wuming's perfect state, then his ruthless swordsmanship will crumble on its own.

"It requires an extremely powerful attack... Wait, doesn't a sword represent that extremely powerful attack?" Lin Yaoxie suddenly paused, a flash of inspiration crossing his mind. He realized he seemed to have misunderstood something, as if he had gone astray somewhere. But after the flash of inspiration, he forgot what it was. Lin Yaoxie had a premonition that once he figured it out, his strength would probably experience another leap forward.

However, Lin Yaoxie's flash of inspiration just now seemed like an illusion, leaving no impression on his mind at all. The scene did not allow Lin Yaoxie to think any further. Wuming's white greatsword instantly shattered Lin Yaoxie's blood-red greatsword into pieces, and then slashed fiercely at Lin Yaoxie with undiminished power.

Seeing this, Xiong Ba, Feng Yun, and the other two all showed excited smiles. This monster has finally been defeated. It's good that he's dead, it's good that he's dead! That's how it should be! Wuming, hurry up and kill this damned brat! The three of them shouted wildly in their hearts, clearly they had reached the extreme of their hatred for Lin Yaoxie.

Lin Yaoxie felt a sharp aura emanating from the white giant sword, as if he were about to be cleaved in two. At this critical moment, Lin Yaoxie's eyes suddenly lit up. He finally understood where he had gone wrong and what the true way of the sword really was.

Lin Yaoxie stretched out his right hand, slowly extending two fingers to directly pinch the white greatsword. Then, with a slight exertion of force from the two fingers, the white greatsword shattered instantly in the void.

Wuming stared wide-eyed, hardly believing his eyes, looking at Lin Yaoxie with astonishment as if he were looking at a monster.

『Blank_』6989/2585_0. Internal Group/：~22~0|52/314-9 Not only Wuming, but even the trio who were originally full of excitement became stiff. They were originally happy to see Lin Yaoxie, this inhuman monster, about to be killed. But they never expected that this would be a complete 180-degree turn. Lin Yaoxie, who was originally at a disadvantage and was beaten without any power, suddenly seemed to have taken Viagra and instantly rose up, turning into a Super Saiyan. With just two fingers, he crushed Wuming's Ruthless Sword Dao. Was Wuming deliberately holding back because he couldn't bear to kill him?

All three looked at Wuming, but instead of the calm Wuming they had expected, they saw a shocked Wuming, which was clearly beyond Wuming's expectations.

Nameless had heard that Xiong Ba had gone mad and nearly wiped out the entire Tianxia Society, which shocked the entire martial arts world. To verify the truth of the matter, he went to the Tianxia Society himself. At that time, the corpses had not yet been collected, so Nameless could easily see the scene of the battle. This was a peerless demon who used the sword path to help the spiritual veins and killed 100,000 people with a single sword. This was Nameless's first impression of Lin Yaoxie.

After several years, the martial arts world was shocked to find such a demonic figure. This made Wuming uneasy, so he came to Wushuang City to slowly investigate Lin Yaoxie, wanting to see if Lin Yaoxie was such a bloodthirsty person, and whether Lin Yaoxie was responsible for the deaths of 100,000 people. The investigation revealed that Lin Yaoxie was the one who did it!

This gave Wuming the idea of ​​eliminating Lin Yaoxie. He couldn't let a demon live in this world. Just as he was about to go to the city lord's mansion to find Lin Yaoxie, Xiong Ba arrived.

Since Xiong Ba had arrived, it would have been best if Xiong Ba had killed Lin Yaoxie. However, the result caught Wuming off guard. Lin Yaoxie was simply too strong. He had severely injured Xiong Ba in just a few moves and even killed one of his disciples, leaving Wuming completely unprepared.

Just as Lin Yaoxie was about to kill the remaining three, Wuming finally couldn't hold back and took action. He saved Xiong Ba and the other two with an absurd reason, and then personally killed Lin Yaoxie.

Things went as smoothly as he had imagined. After all, his supreme swordsmanship was incredibly powerful. Just when he was about to kill Lin Yaoxie, Lin Yaoxie seemed to have awakened and suddenly became incredibly powerful. This was beyond Wuming's imagination. His most powerful supreme swordsmanship was broken by Lin Yaoxie with just two fingers? He couldn't believe his eyes.

"How did you do that?" Wuming managed to control his emotions and looked at Lin Yaoxie with a puzzled expression.

"Hehe, do you think I'd tell you?" Lin Yaoxie was beaming with joy. He couldn't help but feel happy; his strength had finally taken another giant leap. Since arriving in this world, his power had practically achieved a triple jump, a vertical growth curve. This made him much more confident in his actions, no longer having any reservations like before. Now he felt that no one could stop him, not even the mighty Xiong Ba who would ultimately defeat Wuming and Fengyun!

"I know you won't tell me, but I won't admit defeat! Take this! The Supreme Sword Path: The Ruthless Sword Path!" Nameless roared, instantly appearing before Lin Yaoxie and thrusting his sword towards his head.

Chapter 221: The True Meaning of the Sword [First Update]

Lin Yaoxie smiled and casually gave Wuming a finger sword, which collided with Wuming's sword tip.

"click click"

The nameless sword was as soft as tofu, shattered into pieces by Lin Yaoxie's single strike. Not only that, the sword strike did not stop at all, piercing straight through the nameless man's shoulder and creating a hole in the city wall behind him.

With his right hand clutching the wound on his left shoulder, Wuming said bitterly, "In the sword fight, I lost, you won."

Lin Yaoxie was not surprised at all. He had taken a big step forward in swordsmanship and had truly reached the edge of it. If he still couldn't win, he might as well find a block of tofu and smash his head against it.

Fortunately, at the last moment, he finally grasped the true meaning of the sword. Otherwise, not only would he not have been able to defeat Nameless, but he would have gone down the wrong path for a long time, until it was perhaps too late.

What did Lin Yaoxie understand at that moment?

At that moment, Lin Yaoxie's mind raced, desperately trying to recall the flash of inspiration he had just experienced. Just as he was racking his brains, the nameless sword arrived in front of Lin Yaoxie with a sharp aura. As soon as Lin Yaoxie sensed the sharp aura of the sword, he immediately understood what the true essence of the sword was.

The sword is a weapon of slaughter! It represents sharpness and power. The Way of the Sword is one of the myriad paths, representing the will of the sword—fearless, unwavering, and fearless, charging forward even against a million obstacles! The sword represents elegance, freedom, and the confidence to slay any enemy with a single strike! This is the true Way of the Sword! This is the true sword!

Although anyone can use a sword, it is difficult for anyone to truly understand it. Everyone has their own unique understanding of the sword, so everyone develops their own way of using it, whether righteous or evil. Lin Yaoxie thought this way before, and although this direction seemed correct, it was actually the biggest misunderstanding of the way of the sword.

Since its creation, the sword has been imbued with meaning, and the Way of the Sword was born at the same time. Although it has become more diverse and unpredictable due to human use, its core essence has never changed. However, many people have arbitrarily imposed their own ideas on the Way of the Sword and made their own interpretations of it. Although this may make people stronger in a short period of time, the room for improvement is limited. After all, humans are not among the three thousand great paths.

Lin Yaoxie and Wuming were both at this stage, but Lin Yaoxie comprehended the sword in that instant, understood the meaning of the sword's existence, and knew the true essence of the sword path. He broke through his own imposed understanding of the sword path, and Lin Yaoxie's sword path became the true sword path, transforming from a minor path into the true sword path of the three thousand great paths!

The essence of the sword has changed. Although Lin Yaoxie's swordsmanship has not improved much overall, his strength has undergone a tremendous transformation.

This is why Lin Yaoxie was able to easily break Wuming's Ruthless Sword Technique with just two fingers.

"Nameless, since you know the gap, don't blame me if you die. The victor is king, the loser is villain, this is an eternal truth," Lin Yaoxie said to Nameless with a smile.

Lin Yaoxie is now like a butcher wielding a knife, while Wuming is like a lamb to the slaughter. Their roles changed when Lin Yaoxie comprehended the true meaning of swordsmanship.

“You can’t kill them, not only that, you can’t kill a single one of them,” Wuming said, his face filled with the dejection of defeat, but he still looked at Lin Yaoxie with determination.

"Oh? I don't know where you get the courage to say such a thing, but since even Xiong Ba had such a miraculous escape method last time, you, who have dominated the martial arts world for years and are known as a martial arts legend, must also have a final trump card, right?" Lin Yaoxie showed no surprise, because when he killed Xiong Ba before, he had already discovered that the world of Fengyun was completely different from the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes. Here, it's all about the survival of the fittest, and no one can guarantee that they are the strongest. Therefore, every strong person should have their own survival skills, especially overlords like Xiong Ba and Wuming, whose survival skills would be even more powerful. Otherwise, they would never have survived to this day.

"Nameless, although you're quite adept at self-preservation, you'd better think it over. The same self-preservation skill can only be used once in my eyes, Lin Yaoxie! Once it's repeated, you'll be dead the next time you meet me! I'll ask you one last time, will you move aside or not?" Lin Yaoxie felt extremely frustrated. He had an absolute advantage in killing the four people in front of him, but one of them happened to have a divine self-preservation skill. This feeling of being able to kill them but not being able to was driving him almost mad.

Lin Yaoxie had silently made up his mind that if anyone ever opposed him again, he would cut off their head without hesitation and see if they could survive!

“There’s no need for Benefactor Lin to worry about that. I’ll take care of these three,” Wuming said firmly.

Lin Yaoxie didn't bother with any more words and directly gave each of the four nameless individuals a finger sword. Four sharp sword energies immediately appeared in front of the four nameless individuals. Without any resistance, the four nameless individuals had their heads pierced and fell to the ground.

Strangely, none of the four nameless individuals shed a single drop of blood; they vanished into thin air the instant the hole was pierced.

"An illusion? It seems I must kill them with one blow next time. I was too merciful." Lin Yaoxie realized something was wrong when Wuming finished saying he couldn't kill Xiong Ba and the others. The three Xiong Ba in front of him had stopped breathing at some point. People, whether dead or alive, have a breath. The absence of breath meant that the three Xiong Ba were no longer there and had been moved away.

As for Nameless, he also used a method unknown to Lin Yaoxie. After fighting him, he disappeared without a trace. However, the price he paid was absolutely enormous. This also reflects Lin Yaoxie's confidence in his own strength. To be able to use a secret technique to escape in front of him is something Nameless could never do in his current state. The only possibility is that Nameless paid a huge price to leave unnoticed in front of him.

"Next time, you won't be so lucky," Lin Yaoxie said slowly, gazing at the spot where the four had left.

Chapter 222: The Sword Immortal [Second Update]

Leaving aside Lin Yaoxie's side, let's just talk about how Xiong Ba and the other two were rescued by Wuming and returned to the World Society.

Although the headquarters of the World Society was destroyed by Lin Yaoxie and he was falsely accused of killing 100,000 people by Xiong Ba's demonic possession, it was still the number one gang. After so many years of Xiong Ba's brainwashing, most of them were loyal to him. So they found a new place and re-established the headquarters of the World Society.

Xiong Ba, Bu Jingyun, and Nie Feng returned to the newly established World Society.

"Lin Yaoxie! Lin Yaoxie! I want you dead, I want you dead!" Xiong Ba angrily slammed the teacup on the table and the chair on the ground, as if he had gone mad.

He couldn't help but go mad. The World Society, which he had built with his own hands, had slaughtered all 100,000 elite members of the Forest Demon Sect, greatly weakening the World Society's strength. Not only did they kill his people, but they also stole all the treasures he had collected over the years. They even kidnapped his daughter and made her their wife. If that were all, it would be one thing, but they even wanted to kill their father-in-law. This was simply a devil!

Xiong Ba was furious; he hated Lin Yaoxie so much that his teeth itched.

No, I'll take revenge myself. Just because I can't beat him now doesn't mean I can't in the future. I haven't even mastered the Three-Part Returning Origin Qi yet. I've already mastered the Three-Part, and all that's left is the Returning Origin. Once I master the Returning Origin, Lin Yaoxie will be nothing to me.

While Xiong Ba was venting his emotions, he didn't notice that his two disciples were looking at him with strange eyes. Instead of resentment, their eyes were filled with murderous intent!

Just as Xiong Ba had found a way to deal with Lin Yaoxie and his vigilance had relaxed, Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun exchanged a glance and suddenly attacked Xiong Ba's chest.

"Cloud-Dispelling Palm"

"Wind God Leg"

With years of teamwork, Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng caught Xiong Ba off guard. Because their attack was too sudden and Xiong Ba was somewhat relaxed, he could only barely dodge Nie Feng's Wind God Kick. Bu Jingyun struck him in the left chest with a palm strike, and Xiong Ba coughed up a mouthful of blood, crashing into the wall behind him and falling to the ground.

"You? How dare you attack me! I have treated you well, why?" Xiong Ba looked at Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng in shock. He could not accept that his carefully trained disciples had betrayed him.

"Xiongba, why? Have you forgotten that you killed everyone in the Huo family in order to unify the martial arts world? I was the adopted son of the Huo family patriarch back then. I have been waiting by your side for so many years, just for this opportunity! Now I have finally waited for it. I finally have the chance to avenge my adoptive father. Xiongba, just obediently accept your death!" Bu Jingyun looked at Xiongba with murderous intent.

"Good, good, as expected of my disciple. You managed to lie low under my command for ten years, all for this moment. Although I was wary of you, I still underestimated you. So, Nie Feng, why did you betray me?" Xiong Ba had long been prepared for Bu Jingyun's betrayal, but he never expected Nie Feng's betrayal. According to Nie Feng's character, he was the least likely to betray him.

"Xiongba, you've kept this from me for so long! If it weren't for Lin Yaoxie's words, I might still be in the dark, helping my father's killer. I'm such a scoundrel! I didn't believe Lin Yaoxie's words at first, thinking he was just trying to sow discord between us. But after asking Senior Wuming, I discovered your wolfish ambitions. I wish I could kill you now!" Nie Feng's face was full of pain. Clearly, his dearest master had become his father's killer, a blow he couldn't bear.

"It's Lin Yaoxie again! Lin Yaoxie, Lin Yaoxie, you really are everywhere!" Xiong Ba didn't listen to Nie Feng's words at all; he only knew that Lin Yaoxie had tricked him again.

Now that Nie Feng already knew, Xiong Ba no longer concealed himself. "That's right, it was me who took your mother from your father, then pushed her off the cliff, then forced your father into Lingyun Cave, and finally used you to build my empire. What can you do about it?" Xiong Ba finally revealed his true colors as a ruthless and cunning leader, which enraged Nie Feng so much that he lunged at Xiong Ba like a madman.

"The Threefold Return to the Origin of Qi"

Xiong Ba struck out the door with a single palm, sending the crazed Nie Feng flying. He then struck out the door again with another palm, sending Bu Jingyun flying as well.

Xiong Ba followed the two to the door, laughing as he said, "You think you can kill me just because I'm seriously injured? You're too naive! You're both seriously injured too; you have absolutely no chance."

"Let's go!" Nie Feng had been pulled out of his madness by Xiong Ba. He and Bu Jingyun exchanged a glance and knew that they couldn't kill Xiong Ba today. Perhaps the two of them would have to stay here. They made up their minds that as long as they were alive, they could always fight again.

The two supported each other and fled towards the entrance of the World Society.