Chapter 128: War (Part 2)

  Ding Er's long sword changed this time, faster than the previous one, and the attacking part was more than the previous one. The sharpness increased by a fold, and the long sword swiftly enveloped Chen Xuan in an instant.

  Chen Xuan stood upright, his eyes narrowed into a thin slit, watching Ding Er's long sword changing constantly. It was indeed a flawless sword technique, with over 50 variations within a single move. However, these attacks were already anticipated by Chen Xuan, whose "Cutting Void" technique had surpassed the 50-part attack, so he saw through the weakness of this move at a glance.

  The evil charm in his hand also moved, quickly weaving into Ding Er's one-meter range. A loud clanging sound echoed as Chen Xuan's evil charm continuously blocked fifty attacks. Each change was blocked by Chen Xuan's evil charm without any extra moves, completely a move-for-move counterattack. Those who didn't know thought that the two were just practicing moves, with Ding Er's this move becoming an accompaniment to his training. Every single move was precisely countered by the evil charm, and the scene once again returned to calmness. Ding Er's long sword also retreated, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

  "Just now your move happened to break my Thunder Sword Technique!" Ding Er exclaimed in disbelief;

  "Do you still want me to admit defeat? Your swordsmanship has already been broken by me, what other moves do you have now? The Lightning Sword Technique is indeed fast, but it's full of loopholes. If you don't have any stronger moves left, then you'll have to bear my attack next." Chen Xuan said calmly.

  Ding Er's face turned pale, and he almost spat out blood. This was a mid-grade martial skill that he had exchanged for with countless task points, and now Chen Xuan was saying it was worthless. Ding Er felt like exploding in anger, but his sword technique had indeed been easily broken through. He began to doubt whether his sword technique was truly mid-grade, or else why couldn't he even defeat a young master at the peak of the Spiritual Martial Realm? Not only that, but he had also been defeated by Chen Xuan's single move. For an instant, Ding Er's face showed a hint of despair, but he quickly regained his composure and put on a confident expression. After cultivating to this realm, one wouldn't easily be affected by emotions.

  "Chen Xuan, don't think that just because you broke my Thunderbolt Sword Technique, you can rival me." As soon as Ding Er's words fell, his long sword stabbed out again, this time with even greater speed and over a dozen more changes.

  Chen Xuan took a look at Ding Er's body and found that he was burning his own spiritual power to force out this move. It seemed that Ding Er had started to go all out. "Even if you have ten more transformations, and your speed is twice as fast, I can still break your sword technique." Chen Xuan's evil charm moved again, and this time its speed increased a lot.

  "Wind Slash, Spiral Slash!" Chen Xuan let out two low growls as he simultaneously launched the two moves. Wind Slash instantly clashed with Ding Er's sword, and at the same time, the residual force of Spiral Slash also struck out in an instant. The sword-breaking style of Wind Slash combined with the sword-attacking style of Spiral Slash caused Ding Er's sword to be knocked back like a withered branch. Chen Xuan showed no mercy, as Spiral Slash continued to change and evolve, dozens of spiral forces shot towards Ding Er's body from all directions, each one as thick as an arm. If any of them hit their mark, it would be fatal or at the very least cause severe injury.

  Ding Yi is now in a situation where he is unable to catch his breath, the previous blow has already burned up more than half of his spiritual power. He launches an attack, but clearly feels that his spiritual power is insufficient, and his whole body starts to rapidly retreat. The snake-shaped steps are performed to the extreme, transforming his entire body into a snake shape, moving left and right on the arena, trying to dodge Chen Xuan's attack.

  Chen Xuan was able to advance as he wished, manipulating the dozens of spiral forces. The spiral force now also began to be mixed with a hint of knife aura by Chen Xuan, accompanied by a faint sound of breaking through the air and a metallic sound. This was because Chen Xuan's dantian had absorbed a lot of metal substances, and even his spiritual energy had a hint of metallic properties. As long as he attached a hint of metal to it, no matter what martial skill, the attacking power would naturally become sharper, making the entire Spiral Slash seem unstoppable.

  Ding Er was also shocked by this knife, Chen Xuan is really a freak, how can his knife contain metal power? Only the cultivation of gold attribute skills, the attack can bring a hint of metal energy. Looking at his skills, it's not a gold attribute skill at all. Ding Er retreated again, and the long sword in his hand kept changing, striking out dozens of swords to try to break Chen Xuan's Spiral Slash. However, each sword strike was absorbed by the Spiral Slash, and every time it absorbed Ding Er's attack, the spiral force became even stronger. This is the function of the evil charm. The evil charm had absorbed the Tianmo blood and began to have a part of the swallowing function, able to absorb others' attacks for its own use. Ding Er was more and more shocked, completely without any defensive power, and his whole person had retreated to the edge of the arena. If he continued to retreat like this, he would fall off the arena, directly losing.

  Ding Er became violent, the spiritual power in his dantian burning wildly. It seemed he wanted to forcibly receive this move. "I don't believe it, I'm a half-step True Martial realm and can't even block your attack as a Spiritual Martial peak? Let me see just how powerful this move is!" Ding Er abandoned his defense and took the initiative to launch a counterattack. The long sword in his hand transformed into dozens of sword shadows, colliding with Chen Xuan's dozens of spiral slashes that had transformed into a spiral force, attempting to use the strength of his half-step True Martial spiritual power to forcibly break through this move.

  Chen Xuan saw that Ding Er had given up his defense and launched a proactive attack, wanting to break through the Spiral Slash. Chen Xuan was delighted, for if Ding Er had continued to defend passively, it would have been difficult to break through his defenses after all, there being a difference of one level between them. Although Chen Xuan could easily defeat this Ding Er, he had always been honing his Seven Kills Sword, wanting to raise this move up another notch.

  "About time. I've been waiting for you to make a move, I thought you'd be hiding forever." Chen Xuan sneered;

  However, the attack in his hand did not stop. Ding Er's dozens of long sword shadows intertwined with Chen Xuan's spiral slash in just a few seconds, and the sound of impact began to spread out. However, every impact was followed by Ding Er retreating again, Chen Xuan stepped forward tightly, and Ding Er's forehead started to sweat, his own attack had no effect on this move at all.

  "Are you saying that the gap between our cultivation realms doesn't matter now?" Ding Er shouted.

  Two men exchanged dozens of blows over the course of several dozen breaths, with Chen Xuan clearly gaining the upper hand. Every move he made was aimed at Ding Er's vital spots, causing Ding Er to become flustered and lose his composure. His sword strikes no longer had their previous sharpness and precision, and his movements became disorganized and chaotic. Each strike lacked any semblance of technique or strategy, as if he were simply flailing wildly. Chen Xuan did not seize the opportunity to deliver a crushing blow, instead using his Spiral Slash to harass Ding Er from all sides, only to withdraw it every time it seemed about to land. It was like a cat toying with a mouse, and Ding Er soon realized that Chen Xuan was intentionally teasing him.

  "Chen Xuan, you're too much!" Ding Er was furious, his long sword completely controlled by Chen Xuan, without any chance of counterattacking. He was suppressed by Chen Xuan and had no temper left, the clothes on his body were also cut into strips by Chen Xuan's knife aura.

  The remaining ten disciples had their eyes wide open like lanterns, and their mouths were also wide enough to fit a salted duck egg. Was this Chen Xuan really a strong True Martial Realm cultivator? This DIng Er was already at the half-step True Martial Realm, and he was still the third-ranked disciple in the entire Danxuan Gate. In Chen Xuan's hands, he had completely become a weak sheep, being toyed with by Chen Xuan. Everyone felt a chill run down their spines, breaking out in cold sweat. Abnormal, monstrous, over a dozen people all exclaimed in unison.

  Chen Xuan played for over a dozen breaths, and the Spiral Slash suddenly changed. Dozens of spiral forces combined into one, forming a massive spiral force as thick as a bucket, which violently slammed into Ding Er's chest. The rumbling sound echoed out, and some disciples closed their eyes, unable to bear watching anymore. They could all guess Ding Er's fate, and some even turned their heads away, not wanting to see Ding Er's brutal appearance.

  A loud crash, the spiral force as thick as a water bucket slammed into Ding Er's body. Puffing sounds, large mouthfuls of fresh blood gushed out from Ding Er's mouth without any cost, the tattered cloth strips on his body were completely shattered by this blow, leaving only some shameful places exposed. The long sword in his hand was also thrown to who-knows-where, and his entire person was blasted into mid-air. Thud, a dull sound echoed out, Ding Er fell to the ground.

  Some disciples who had just finished the competition also saw this scene, and were shocked. Especially Qin Huo and Li Cheng, fortunately they didn't fight him, otherwise they would have ended up like this too. The two of them simultaneously felt a chill run down their spines.