Chapter 435: Chapter 289 Kongsang Nascent Soul_2
Xu Xing walked slowly, with the fragrance of wind dispersing step by step, wanting to speak but the charming girl spoke first. Her smile was like the Weaver girl leaving with the stars, her presence like Heng’e bringing the moon.
The charm of a hundred beauties floated on her makeup, Furong’s fragrance mixed with the chaos of lip gloss. Her sideburns like those of a cicada, not quite forming into sideburns; her eyebrows smiled like moths, but weren’t like eyebrows.
Her slender waist subtly swayed, her long and charming eyes were deeply alluring. Qiao’er, who used to carve wood, couldn’t catch her, and the painter couldn’t capture her likeness.
She came forward in a tender and graceful manner, playfully turned back with a laugh. She was a beauty capable of toppling cities and empires, graceful and charming wherever she was.
Upon seeing her all dressed up and acting, with her face full of fragrant wind, so showy and flamboyant, Hui Ming Zhan Tie found her detestable, genuinely unpleasant, giving her a glance to identify her as a whore.
Not only were they displeased, seeing the two gazing at each other, communicating with their eyes, others also got furious!
"Hold on!"
They saw a Taoist with a black cap, holding a broken knife, riding a black tiger and leaping forward.
This person was previously flattering by Yuan Ying’s side, but now, being faced by this encroachment by horizontal knife, in his inability to vent his anger at the Immortal, he vented out angrily,
"Brother Jun Cen! What you’re doing is not fair! Originally we were five, that’s enough, why bring a third one!"
Old man Jun Cen was also helpless,
"Oh, Brother Lu, if we get the treasure, how about I let you have one piece..."
Tie Dan looked at this Black Tiger Taoist, noticing he was of the Refining God Gang True Qi, and also knew that his own Sword Sect forcefully barging in definitely robbed his spot.
And seeing him staying close with Yuan Ying, presumably he teamed up with the Immortal in the first place, thus the unexpected plundering by Tie Dan which left him with nothing by chance, it’s no wonder he angrily lost his composure.
But it didn’t matter, being that Tie Dan was habitually one to take all there was to take, pursue his own path and leave others without options. The person before him also bore the strength of three lightning bolts, he thought it might be worth exchanging some blows, so he cupped his hands.
"Guangxia Mountain Tie Dan, please let’s sword fight."
"You! Outrageous! Fine! Gusheshe Mountain Lu Qin! Please enlighten me!"
After all, as men, when it comes to fighting or winning over women, there’s no good nonsense, you just go for it.
With the Immortal watching from the side, how could Lu Qin appear cowardly and lose face, he immediately accepted the challenge.
As for Kongsang Yuan Ying with her appearance, she seemed accustomed to such scenes, merely smiling without speaking.
Jun Cen and the two other True Monarchs tried in vain to dissuade them, having no choice, they allowed them to first determine a victor, to also gauge how many tricks Tie Dan had up his sleeve to strong-arm a spot.
Lu Qin mounted the black tiger and ascended into the air, his knife waved in the air as he chanted, his body radiating with Divine Gang Gold Qi, providing protective Gang Qi to both man and tiger initially. The black tiger, after all, was also a Nascent Soul Demon, though according to sword fighting rules, a mount could also join the battle.
Tie Dan faced the challenge alone, declining the Beichen Sword handed over by Zhan Tie, after all now his aim was no longer killing to win, but experiencing the world’s Daoist Skill, refining it for his use, honing his sword skills, and comprehending the Sword Dao.
So he merely swirled the Yao Guang Sword Formation around him, controlled his sword to soar upward, stood with his hands behind his back atop the clouds, waiting for his opponent’s readiness.
"Divine Gang Tiger-Slaying Saber!"
"Howl——!"
Lu Qin had no reservations towards Tie Dan, riding the black tiger in a charge, with Sword Qi Gang Edge protecting his body! Swinging his knife to chop!
Sword Cultivators have always been straightforward, although there can be a bit of flair, essentially it’s about chopping. Losing to a Sword Cultivator often results in being chopped to death, nine out of ten times.
Tie Dan had learned a move called "White Tiger Leaping Over the Stream" from Senior Brother Zhou with the Five Tigers Breaking Door Saber, and saw Gan Qi a bit from Snow Mountain Palace, now having also learned a Soul Splitting Beheading from Divine Sect, so he knew that today’s worldwide sword ways consisted of three major styles.
The most classic and widely used is the Immortal Palace Style Gang Blade.
Gang Blade is about combining Divine Gang Blade Qi with Gang Fist, cleaving horizontally through to resist a thousand armies, relying on sharp eyes and quick hands, forceful blade edge, cutting through with brutal effectiveness.
Under this method, each chop simultaneously creates Protective Gang Qi, forming an unparalleled blade edge, assisted with various True Qi restrictions, tactical shifts, and Divine Weapon bonuses, naturally becoming unstoppable.
Next is the Mystic Sect’s Qi Blade.
Qi Blade emphasizes Qi over the blade itself, with saber technique as formality, and a treasure sword merely assisting, the key is cultivating Blade Intent, transforming Qi into blade, slicing through Heavenly Dao with supreme Blade Intent.
In the end, reach the pinnacle with blade technique and Blade Qi to gain Blade Intent, achieving a slice through Taiji, Shattering Void for Enlightenment.
Few in Mystic Sect pursue wisdom via the blade, most just refine Blade Qi enough to supplement distant targets as an aid to Gang Blade.
Then naturally there’s the Divine Sect’s domineering sword.
The domineering sword is one of Divine Sect’s hallmark Cultivation Techniques, a rare combat technique dealing tangible reality damage, outstanding in its demand for all-encompassing power—technique, True Qi, breaking body, breaking Qi, void shattering, even slashing Divine Souls and evil spirits, one slice through everything eliminated.
While at a glance, all three swords seem similar in execution, it’s mostly human frailty to blame, the actual damage and attributes differ significantly.
Lu Qin’s Gang Blade, however, resembled Tie Dan’s Lightning Sword in strategy, relying on his mount’s step, the black tiger charging with a leap, he then fully powered with his blade, slashing with a mix of blade light and Gang Wind to behead.
This approach indeed wasn’t weak, excellent against weaker targets, with a mount handling the charge, while the rider only needed to ensure the single slash severed the head.
Unfortunately for Lu Qin, the surpassed one-jump-one-slash tactic was Tie Dan’s previous play, how could he not know how to respond to the Lightning Beheaded strategy?
So as his opponent charged with a leaping strike, Tie Dan simply executed a sword escape to evade. His opponent chased with two more leap-strikes, again Tie Dan dodged with escape techniques.
With ferocity succumbing to weariness, fatigue settled in, the black tiger’s pouncing waned, not landing a single blade...