“Good swordplay.”
Seeing Jian Wushuang unleash a single sword strike, Ye Lin was full of praise, then no longer hesitated.
“Three Swords of Life and Death, First Sword of Death.”
Ever since he comprehended Destruction Sword Intent, he found that the last sword of the Three Swords of Life and Death was extremely compatible with his Destruction Sword Intent.
When the two combined, their power doubled.
“Slash.”
Ye Lin’s single sword and Jian Wushuang’s two swords collided, sparks flying from the blades.
Both stared at each other, neither giving way.
Boom, boom, boom.
With three loud bangs, terrifying explosions erupted from the sword blades.
Ye Lin and Jian Wushuang both retreated three steps.
In their first exchange, it was a draw.
“You’re really getting more and more interesting to me.”
Seeing Ye Lin withstand his sword and still fight him to a draw, he became even more interested in Ye Lin.
“Fellow Daoist Ye, please observe, how is this sword strike?”
“Sword Cleaves Heaven and Earth.”
Jian Wushuang leapt high, raising his two swords above his head, and the surrounding Heaven and Earth momentum converged wildly.
An intense pressure made Ye Lin’s expression turn solemn.
There was nothing he could do; the oppressive feeling from Jian Wushuang’s sword was simply too powerful.
“Come on, Sword Control Skill, Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.”
Ye Lin laughed heartily, and longswords began to emerge around him, the black longswords emitting an aura of world-destroying power.
“If your sword cleaves Heaven and Earth, then I shall destroy this Heaven and Earth.”
The ten thousand swords began to converge, and in a short moment, an incomparably dark giant sword appeared.
“Slash.”
“Slash.”
Both shouted simultaneously, and two sword lights immediately collided.
Instantly, an incomparably dazzling light erupted across the entire arena.
The young people around them covered their eyes in pain.
They found that the light contained Destruction Concept and Heaven and Earth Concept, and even using Spiritual Qi to block it, their eyes still stung with pain.
Boom.
An even larger explosion rang out, making the ears of the young spectators buzz.
“Slash.”
“Slash.”
The entire arena was already enveloped in light; no one knew how fierce the battle within was.
However, from time to time, the voices of the two could be heard from within.
“Is this what you meant by ‘forty percent certainty’?”
Wu Xin’s eyes widened as he looked at Ye Lin, who was evenly matched with Jian Wushuang on the arena, and he was instantly dumbfounded.
He possessed an innate Buddhist heart, so this light had no effect on him whatsoever.
He still remembered asking Ye Lin how confident he was against Jian Wushuang.
Ye Lin had only pondered for a moment before slowly saying, “Forty percent.”
Damn it, is this what you meant by forty percent certainty?
Little Monk, with thirty percent certainty, couldn't even withstand two of Jian Wushuang’s sword strikes, and your words must have contained some exaggeration, right?
And it seems like quite a bit of exaggeration, too, right?
This made Wu Xin realize one thing: when you’re out in the world, never trust anyone’s words; they’re all liars.
“Hahaha, good, exhilarating, exhilarating, truly exhilarating.”
Jian Wushuang leapt up, standing on the edge of the arena, laughing heartily.
How many years has it been? How many years has it been? How many years has it been since he experienced such an exhilarating battle?
Now, his heart was filled with satisfaction; he had encountered a formidable opponent in his life, how exhilarating was that?
Some people are invincible their entire lives, no one in the world can withstand a single move from them, and they die filled with regret.
“Fellow Daoist Ye Lin is truly worthy of being Nameless Mountain’s chief disciple, incredibly formidable.”
Looking at Ye Lin in the distance, Jian Wushuang was full of praise.
“Fellow Daoist Wushuang exaggerates; Fellow Daoist Wushuang is also not bad. Your Heaven and Earth Sword Intent truly made me extremely uncomfortable.”
Ye Lin had a bitter smile on his face.
During the battle, the intense Heaven and Earth Concept around Jian Wushuang made him extremely uncomfortable.
His attacks would be reduced by ten percent.
Don’t underestimate this ten percent; in a battle between experts, even one percent can determine the outcome of the entire battle.
“Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Ye, Wushuang still has one more sword; please observe, Fellow Daoist Ye.”
“This sword is one Wushuang cultivated for three years and honed; you are the first person to witness this sword.”
“Please be careful, Fellow Daoist Ye. If Fellow Daoist Ye can withstand this sword, you will be my brother, Jian Wushuang, and after the Grand Competition ends, we must have a good drink.”
After Jian Wushuang finished speaking, his body slowly rose, and two longswords revolved around him.
Above his head, a sky-blue flame appeared.
“Spiritual Fire? And it’s a Spiritual Fire of no low grade, at least Earth Rank Low Grade. Divine Sword City is indeed wealthy; they even have such a treasure.”
Looking at the sky-blue flame above Jian Wushuang’s head, Ye Lin thought to himself.
The sky-blue flame was extremely beautiful, but within the flame, there was extreme high temperature, a high temperature capable of incinerating all things in the world.
“My life, Jian Wushuang, yearns for Heaven and Earth, yearns for another Heaven and Earth above the firmament.”
“Therefore, this sword is named ‘Sword Opens Heavenly Gate,’ solely to observe the Immortals above the firmament.”
Jian Wushuang shouted loudly, and at the same time, a giant sword behind him also began to slowly condense.
Jian Wushuang looked up at the sky, his eyes full of longing.
Hearing this, Ye Lin couldn’t help but praise him greatly.
Jian Wushuang, this person, had aspirations as high as the sky. His Realm was still at Golden Core Peak, but his heart already yearned to reach the pinnacle of Heaven and Earth and observe the Immortals above the firmament.
Such a state of mind, even some Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivators might not possess.
“Fellow Daoist Ye, be careful. Sword Opens Heavenly Gate, Slash.”
Jian Wushuang then lowered his head to look at Ye Lin below, pointing his conjoined swords at Ye Lin.
The sky-blue flame above his head converged on the longsword behind him, emitting an extremely fatal threat.
If it were an ordinary Golden Core Peak Cultivator, they would probably have already knelt before the sword light even descended.
Jian Wushuang’s sword strike was already no different from an attack from an ordinary Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.
However, this was Jian Wushuang’s most Peak sword strike, a sword that gambled everything, but a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator could unleash dozens or even hundreds of such attacks.
This is also why no matter how much of a Prodigy you are, you cannot fight across a major Realm.
“Phoenix Fire, out.”
“Nine-Colored Golden Core power, out.”
“Destruction Sword Intent, out.”
Ye Lin dared not be careless with Jian Wushuang’s sword strike, and immediately, all his trump cards began to be used.
He wasn't afraid of his trump cards being known by others; his identity was an Outer Sect Disciple of Nameless Mountain, and he believed no idiot would dare to kill him.
Moreover, even if you know my trump cards, what then? As long as I defeat Jian Wushuang, I will be the number one Prodigy of Tianhe County.
Even if you know all my trump cards, do you dare to challenge me?
Only the weak are fit to hide; the strong, with an invincible heart, even if you know all their trump cards, so what? It’s just a battle.
A black giant sword slowly appeared behind Ye Lin, Phoenix Fire encircled the black giant sword, and the Nine-Colored Golden Core within his body shone brightly with golden light. Nine rays of light instantly wanted to burst out of his body, but Ye Lin intercepted three of them.
If these nine rays of light appeared, then everyone would know he possessed a Nine-Colored Golden Core, and then things would get interesting.
The Nine-Colored Golden Core had been extinct since ancient times; its reappearance now would surely attract everyone’s attention.
And six rays attached themselves to the giant sword, and instantly, the black giant sword behind Ye Lin emitted an incomparably scorching black light.
“Slash.”
Sensing the terrifying aura from Ye Lin, Jian Wushuang no longer hesitated and unleashed his sword.