MTLNOVEL Chapter 38: Big Shot
"Asking Dao!"
"Of course, it's Asking Dao!"
With clear and resounding words, accompanied by a low shout, the young man drew out his heavy sword and charged directly at Xie Xuanyi.
A wisp of snow-white light suddenly appeared on his forehead.
This was indeed the manifestation of a newly formed Grotto Heaven; countless snow-white Sword Qis emerged from the Mei Xin Cave Heaven on his forehead. However, they did not transform into flying swords. Instead, they fluttered around the young man as he dashed like fireflies, eventually streaming into the body of his heavy sword.
After running a dozen yards, the young man abruptly stopped, twisted his waist, and lifted his crotch and sword together in a single motion.
Accompanied by a heavy tap on the back of the blade with his toes!
With a thunderous boom!
The heavy sword broke through the muddy ground and smashed toward Xie Xuanyi.
Was this really a sword?
It resembled more a giant fan made purely of iron!
Xie Xuanyi stood up, his feet firmly rooted to the ground, raised his arms, and bore the brunt of the sword. However, the force of the strike was so great, it displaced him about ten feet to the right, plowing a long furrow in the ground beneath his feet, and even his blocking arms felt numb.
"Sword Cultivator? Martial Artist?"
Xie Xuanyi shook his wrist and watched the youth before him with great interest.
This little fellow, to wield such a great sword, must possess an astonishing physique!
In his previous life, he had wanted to cultivate two paths of Sword Qi, but his physical strength had been insufficient, forcing him to give up and focus mainly on cultivating the Flying Sword.
In this world, there was another kind of Sword Cultivator.
Sword Qi Grotto Heaven, fused with the Taoist Realm.
One's body becomes the sword itself!
The Flying Sword, undefeated beyond a hundred steps!
This type of Sword Cultivator is undefeated within three feet!
This little fellow's cultivation appeared to be of the latter type... yet the Sword Intent in this strike, while somewhat effective, also revealed a fierce and oppressive force.
"What Martial Artist! I am a Sword Cultivator!"
The words 'Martial Artist' seemed to strike a chord deep within the young man's Heart Lake. He bitterly raised his head, rotated his heavy sword, and smashed down again!
With a thunderous boom!
This time, Xie Xuanyi did not take the blow head-on. He casually stepped back two steps, causing the heavy sword to miss its target without reducing its residual force, enabling the young man to swing the heavy sword around for a second round.
Xie Xuanyi stepped back again.
Third round.
The force contained in the heavy sword grew increasingly heavier!
Thanks to his robust physique, this young man swung the heavy sword fiercely, with Sword Intents layering over each other increasingly sharply, whipping up a strong wind on the grassy fields of Lotus Peak!
Eventually, Xie Xuanyi had nowhere to retreat. If he retreated any further, he had no doubts that this tiger-headed young man would directly break through the small courtyard beneath Lotus Peak!
He could only step forward.
What seemed to be an impenetrable Sword Intent was torn open by Xie Xuanyi with a single stroke.
Xie Xuanyi struck with his palm.
With a thud, the young man's face turned pale, and he was sent flying backward, but his eyes shone with extreme excitement as he grabbed his heavy sword and charged again!
So—
Another thud!
Following—
Thud! Thud! Thud!
On the grassy fields of Lotus Peak, a lean and small figure dragging a heavy sword ran, charging at Xie Xuanyi repeatedly, and was struck flying again and again. Yet, every time he hit the ground, in less than a moment, the little fellow immediately got up, his expression wildly excited as he launched himself again.
"..."
After a moment, Xie Xuanyi furrowed his brows.
He had to admit, this frail young man possessed high cultivation talent!
At sixteen, he had reached the Golden Body Realm of the Body Refiners, a feat no less challenging than Prince Jiangning's Grotto Heaven at seventeen!
However, something puzzled Xie Xuanyi.
This little fellow, clearly having never practiced the Sword Dao, insisted he was a Sword Cultivator...
Each time he was sent flying,
he would come charging back with his heavy sword and an unstoppable momentum, looking indeed very formidable!
But who uses a heavy sword like that?
This young man's swordsmanship was full of flaws.
That heavy sword, like a fan, like an iron rod, like a spear, like a hammer...
In short,
it was not like a heavy sword at all.
"How long do you intend to keep this up?"
Xie Xuanyi was quite helpless.
He was starting to lose his patience.
This young man's approach was completely different from Jing Qingming's.
Jing Qingming, a kind of Flying Sword Cultivator, would quickly lose his combat effectiveness if struck in close combat.
Yet this young man's tough flesh meant that Xie Xuanyi couldn't end the battle quickly unless he resorted to 'heavy-handed' measures.
But the opponent was a Golden Body Realm practitioner, seemingly imposing, yet his strikes contained no killing intent, looking merely like a pure fighting maniac.
Well...
Perhaps, as he insisted on calling himself, he might be considered a sword maniac.
"Until I comprehend the Dao!"
The young man flipped back up from the mud with a carp flop, stood firm, and assumed a horse stance.
He raised the heavy sword with one hand, pointing it at Xie Xuanyi, his eyes showing unyielding determination: "My master said that to break through, one must spar with a 'master'... I looked around, and among all those who came to Da Sui Sword Palace, you are the highest."
"Is that so? You have quite the eye..."
Xie Xuanyi sighed and asked, "Who is your master?"
"Hum!"
Above the lawn, the sound of the heavy sword splitting the air kept echoing.
The young man drove his giant sword deeply into the ground.
He lifted his head proudly and earnestly said, "My master is Xie Xuanyi."
...
...
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
The excitement at Lotus Peak was simply too intriguing... the news of Xie Zhen defeating numerous visitors not only reached Prince Jiangning's mansion but also reached every mountain peak of True Hidden Peak.
Jing Qingming set up a Sword Array, fought fourteen against one, and was still severely injured by a wooden branch.
This news sparked everyone's interest!
Without a doubt,
Jing Qingming's "severe injury" was wonderful news for the other twelve Grotto Heavens; after all, only the top ten in the Sword Qi Grand Ceremony could step into Xuanshui Cave Heaven, competing for the subsequent 'creation'... It was almost certain, Silver Moon Sect was already out of the top ten.