diskusbooks Chapter 431 Sword Intent
Chapter 431 Sword Intent
As his calm words rang out, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth in his hand!
The light subsided, and a long sword with a golden halo flowing throughout, an ancient design, and dragon patterns hidden on the blade was already in his hand!
Before the sword was even drawn, its innate kingly aura and sharp sword intent caused the surrounding killing sword domain to pause slightly!
"what?"
"He...he can use a sword too?"
Li Yan's figure, which had merged into the sword domain, trembled violently, revealing a momentary freeze, filled with extreme shock and disbelief!
The opponent's domineering fist techniques and strange movements were not his true trump cards.
He's actually a sword cultivator?
Not only him, but everyone in the audience, including the bigwigs on the platform, all showed surprise!
"A sword cultivator? He's actually a sword cultivator?" Liu Yanran covered her mouth, her eyes wide with surprise.
Shen Nan was also stunned; he had never seen his junior brother use a sword before!
Zhao Xiruo, who was standing to the side, pursed her lips and remained silent.
She knew that Yun Chen could use a sword, but he wasn't a sword cultivator.
Swordsmanship isn't his forte either; at least compared to Li Yan, a pure swordsman, he's no match for him at all.
Did he draw his sword at this point because he had no other choice?
Thinking of this, her fists clenched almost imperceptibly.
"You...you've been hiding your true strength?"
On the arena, Li Yan's voice, trembling slightly without his own awareness, came from the void.
Yun Chen held a golden longsword, its tip pointing diagonally at the ground. His aura was completely different from before, becoming incomparably sharp and pure!
He felt the blood connection between himself and the longsword in his hand, and the sword intent within him that had been forcibly suppressed yet surged even more fiercely. He smiled faintly.
"Hidden? Not really. It's just... watching you wield the sword gave me a slight insight."
As soon as he finished speaking, he flicked his wrist slightly.
"Qiang——!"
A clear, melodious sword cry, like a dragon's roar, resounded throughout the heavens!
The golden longsword was suddenly drawn!
"Enlightenment? You have insights into emotions while fighting me?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yan flew into a rage, feeling that he had been insulted like never before!
His figure, now fully integrated into the sword domain, manifested completely, carrying the full power of the Annihilation Sword. Like a death thorn thrust out from the depths of the Netherworld, his speed suddenly increased by three points, determined to completely annihilate Yun Chen!
Faced with this deadly attack that came with fury, Yun Chen's eyes remained calm and unwavering.
He casually thrust the golden longsword forward, its tip trembling slightly as it traced a mysterious trajectory.
This sword strike lacked Li Yan's earth-shattering momentum and ferocious killing intent; it even seemed somewhat... clumsy.
However, at the very moment this seemingly ordinary sword thrust was unleashed, a sudden change occurred.
An indescribable sword intent rose from Yun Chen's body!
This sword intent was not as bloody and murderous as Li Yan's, nor was it the sharpness and ferocity of ordinary sword cultivators. It was purer and more ancient, as if it originated from the beginning of heaven and earth, carrying a charm of understanding the essence and returning to simplicity.
Under the influence of this sword intent, the originally suffocating sword intent of annihilation seemed to have encountered its nemesis, its power was greatly reduced, and it became less terrifying.
"Sword Intent?"
"You also possess sword intent? And... this sword intent..."
Li Yan's pupils shrank as he watched this scene, his shock beyond measure.
He could clearly sense that although Yun Chen's sword intent seemed weak and not yet fully formed, its essential level was extremely high, far surpassing his killing sword intent.
That was a pure intention that pointed directly to the origin of swordsmanship.
"Ding--!"
A very faint, yet clearly audible, crisp sound that penetrated the depths of everyone's soul.
Yun Chen's seemingly casually extended golden longsword tip struck precisely the core and most lethal point of Li Yan's sword light, hidden within the sword intent of annihilation.
It seemed like a coincidence, yet it also seemed like an inevitable outcome that had been preordained.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
The next instant, the supreme sword strike, which had condensed all of Li Yan's essence, energy, and spirit and contained even a trace of the law of annihilation, collapsed like a burst bubble.
All the murderous intent, all the malevolent energy, all the aura of annihilation vanished under this one "point".
Li Yan staggered out of the void, his face turning deathly pale.
The Blood Slaughter Sword in his hand let out a mournful cry, and the dark red aura on the sword faded.
He stared wide-eyed at Yun Chen in disbelief, his lips trembling, but he couldn't utter a single word.
Lost!
His strongest sword strike, Annihilation, was actually broken by the opponent so easily...?
Not only him, but the entire square fell into a deathly silence!
Everyone was stunned by this sudden scene.
Yun Chen... not only drew his sword, but he actually... also comprehended sword intent?
Moreover, with just one sword strike, that seemingly simple and unadorned strike, he shattered Li Yan's terrifying Annihilation Sword.
"Sword intent... Junior Brother actually comprehended sword intent too?"
Liu Yanran gasped in shock, feeling as if her entire understanding had been overturned.
Shen Nan gasped, his eyes filled with shock: "Moreover... Junior Brother's sword intent seems... to be purer and closer to the essence than Li Yan's."
Zhao Xiruo covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes sparkling with excitement. Her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, replaced by immense pride.
Lu Beiyou's sinister smile froze completely, as if an invisible hand had gripped his throat. His face turned from ashen to deathly pale, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
Sword intent... Yun Chen actually comprehended sword intent as well?
Why?
At this moment, the high platform was also completely silent.
The composure on Master Yu Shu's face had vanished, replaced by extreme shock and solemnity.
Elder Lei Tong's mouth gaped open, and he couldn't close it for a long time, forgetting to restrain the lightning around him.
Lin Xuantong gripped the armrest of the seat tightly.
The Azure Wave Fairy's eyes shone brightly as she murmured, "Such pure sword intent... pointing straight to the source..."
For the first time, a clear expression of emotion appeared on Elder Ling Shuang's usually icy face.
Leng Hanyue stood frozen in place, staring at the figure standing on the arena, sword in hand, surrounded by pure sword intent, her heart pounding like a drum.
Yun Chen slowly sheathed his sword, the golden longsword emitting a pleasant hum in his hand.
He felt the newly born, though faint, yet infinitely potential pure sword intent within his body, and his mind became clear.
He looked at the distraught Li Yan and calmly said, "Your sword is too full of killing intent and too obsessed. A sword is a weapon, a way, not just a tool for killing. If you cannot understand your own mind and nature and comprehend the true meaning of the sword, you will ultimately fall into inferiority."
His words struck Li Yan's heart like a morning bell, and echoed in the hearts of all the sword cultivators present.
Li Yan trembled violently, as if struck by lightning, and stared blankly at the Blood Slaughter Sword in his hand.
She glanced again at the longsword in Yun Chen's hand, which shone with golden light and was full of spirituality, her eyes filled with confusion and struggle.