Chapter 3332

“I suppose some powerful expert slaughtered these formidable sword cultivators and gathered all their sword-intent seeds here.”

Ye Liuyun speculated inwardly as he assessed the strength of the sword-intent seeds.

He discovered that all these sword-intent seeds had already grown into various sword shapes. A few of them were even brighter than the saber-intent seed in his sea of consciousness.

“So powerful! Just how strong must the person who gathered these sword-intent seeds be?”

Ye Liuyun marveled inwardly, realizing as well that his own sword intention might still be far from having reached its limit. He suddenly remembered that the strongest sword intention he had comprehended in the Artistic Conception Stone Forest might not actually represent the ultimate level of sword intention.

While Ye Liuyun was reflecting on this, the elder in charge of receiving guests courteously invited the women to cultivate here for a while.

Ye Liuyun and the others also thanked him politely, allowing Feng Wanyu and the others to experience it here.

He had no intention of taking the sword-intent seeds for himself. He felt it would be better for the women to improve their own sword intent. Besides, their sword intent was not weak. As long as they practiced diligently, their sword intent would eventually surpass the seeds here rather than fall short of them.

While Feng Wanyu and the others cultivated their sword intent, Ye Liuyun did not dare to stray far from them, lest the locals kidnap them and use them to threaten him. Thus, he cultivated nearby as well, while he had everyone else taken into his spatial world.

Seeing that Ye Liuyun and the others had no intention of taking the Sword Dance Stone, the elder in charge of receiving guests finally relaxed and let them continue cultivating.

Every sword cultivator cultivating here released their sword intent to its fullest and communicated with the sword-intent seeds within the Sword Dance Stone. Thus, Ye Liuyun was the only one whose body showed no fluctuations of aura.

Instead, he released his soul and wandered through the great void, sensing the condition of the planet.

At that moment, he suddenly saw a middle-aged sword cultivator cultivating in a valley on the opposite side of the planet, a greatsword strapped to his back. Sword intent swirled around him, protecting him.

Moreover, he sensed Ye Liuyun’s soul power and raised his eyes toward the sky.

“The outsider who destroyed the Li family?” he communicated with Ye Liuyun through his divine sense.

“Yes. My name is Ye Liuyun.” Ye Liuyun also communicated with him through his divine sense. “Your sword intent seems quite powerful!”

The middle-aged sword cultivator merely smiled and replied, “My name is Feng Pei. Do you have what it takes to exchange a couple of moves with me? As long as you can defeat me through sheer strength, you can name any demand!”

“Hmm?” Ye Liuyun was stunned by this. There was actually a martial cultivator who was seeking defeat? But he quickly understood: Feng Pei was probably so powerful that he could no longer find an opponent in this star system.

This situation was rather similar to Ye Liuyun’s current circumstances. There were now very few people who could make him feel threatened in battle, and he often found it pointless to fight opponents who were too weak.

However, Feng Pei was too far away, on the opposite side of the planet, and Ye Liuyun was unwilling to leave Feng Wanyu and the others here unattended.

After thinking it over, he suddenly felt that he could compete with Feng Pei in sword intention. He merely had to send his saber-intent seed over with his soul.

Therefore, he did not answer Feng Pei immediately, but first tested whether this idea would work. Once he tried, he discovered that the saber-intent seed could reach any place his soul could reach.

Only then did he suggest to Feng Pei, “I’m rather far from you, so let’s have a simple contest. I’ll use sword intention, and you’ll use sword intent. No other powers. How about it?”

“You’re a saber cultivator? Are you sure you want to compete with me in sword intent? My sword intent is even stronger than that of the several elders of the Li family!” Feng Pei smiled when he heard this. He thought Ye Liuyun might be underestimating him, so he reminded Ye Liuyun.

“Haha, it’s precisely because you’re stronger that I want to give it a try!” Ye Liuyun smiled as well.

“All right, then. But when I attack, I won’t hold back. If you get hurt, don’t regret it afterward!” Feng Pei reminded Ye Liuyun once more, worried that if Ye Liuyun lost, he would release his army and massacre the entire planet.

“I guarantee that I won’t be a sore loser, much less seek revenge!” Ye Liuyun assured him.

“Very well! You attack first. I’m afraid that if I attack first, you won’t get the chance!” Feng Pei said confidently.

“All right!”

Ye Liuyun did not think Feng Pei was being arrogant. Given Feng Pei’s strength, he indeed had the right to be proud. Feng Pei’s sword intent was probably considerably stronger than Li Wufeng’s and would even suppress Ye Liuyun’s.

Ye Liuyun immediately began gathering momentum, sending the saber-intent seed directly out of his sea of consciousness. That terrifying, domineering sword intention instantly disrupted everyone cultivating nearby, leaving them wondering what he was about to do.

But in the next moment, they all saw Ye Liuyun’s saber-intent seed transform into a streak of light and fly into the distance.

Just as Ye Liuyun’s saber-intent seed transformed into a streak of light and shot through the sky, he suddenly recalled the strongest sword intention that the saber in the Artistic Conception Stone Forest had shown him.

Guided by Ye Liuyun’s soul, his saber-intent seed sped toward Feng Pei. It naturally sensed the kind of sword intention Ye Liuyun was envisioning in his sea of consciousness, and its sword intention continued to soar as it flew.

Ye Liuyun was astonished by this sensation. He had never expected that cultivating sword intention through a soul journey across the great void could produce such an unexpected effect.

Ye Liuyun immediately used the power of time to freeze time itself. He took the opportunity to experience this artistic conception more deeply and further enhance his sword intention.

By the time the power of time was exhausted, his saber-intent seed had grown considerably brighter. The dazzling white light already made it impossible to see the saber within, making it look like an elongated orb radiating blinding white light.

“Go!”

Only then did Ye Liuyun finally feel confident that he could defeat Feng Pei, and he sent the saber-intent seed flying toward him once more.

The process appeared to take a very long time, but in the world of the soul, it lasted only a breath or two.

Feng Pei suddenly felt himself locked down by a powerful artistic conception, sensing a threat akin to death.

Then he saw a white light flying toward him from the distance. It grew larger and larger, moving at tremendous speed.

“What powerful sword intention! No wonder Li Wufeng was no match for him. It seems he relied on far more than his army to win!”

Feng Pei thought this to himself and did not dare to be careless. He unleashed his sword intent with all his strength and sent his own sword-intent seed out of his sea of consciousness as well. However, his soul power was far inferior to Ye Liuyun’s, and his sword-intent seed could not travel more than ten miles from him.

Thus, his sword-intent seed circled him several times to gather momentum before flying toward Ye Liuyun’s saber-intent seed.

“Boom!”

The two artistic-conception seeds collided in midair. The burst of light instantly tore open a massive rift in the void, directly exposing the void leading to the realm of the great void.

Feng Pei’s sword-intent seed was blasted straight back into his sea of consciousness. Feng Pei also spat out a mouthful of blood—not because his physical body or sword-intent seed had been injured, but because his soul had been shaken.