Novel Full Chapter 440
Chapter 440: Chapter 73: Watch closely, this is how the trump card is played Chapter 440: Chapter 73: Watch closely, this is how the trump card is played “`
Snowflakes swirled through the sky, a sea of flames rolled over the ground, on the vast square of White Jade Capital, forming a fierce clash of water and fire.
Many cultivators watched from a distance, equally astonished by the spectacle.
Normally, this sort of competition in Daoist magic would occur among Kunlun Cultivators in their internal conflicts.
Because wide-area Daoist magic consumes too much True Yuan, whether it’s Shushan Sword Immortals leveraging Flying Swords or Penglai Cultivators using Magical Treasures, neither can withstand such prolonged depletion.
In fact, even Kunlun Cultivators rarely use this tactic to stalemate…
it was unexpected that it would happen in the contest between Ling Yunpo and Xu Yinglian.
Xu Yinglian, being an elite disciple of Kunlun and having cultivated the “Nine Heavens Clear Entrance True Mantra,” had a profound reservoir of True Yuan, which was not surprising.
But where did Ling Yunpo, clearly a Shushan disciple, get so much True Yuan?
Ling Yunpo knew things weren’t looking good, if the tug-of-war continued, Junior Sister Xu might just be drained of True Yuan alive.
Preposterous!
You, a Shushan Sword Immortal adept at swift battles, are grinding a Qi Refiner from Kunlun known for abundant True Yuan to death, does this make sense?
Winning the contest, yet revealing weaknesses, is it worth it?
With this in mind, Ling Yunpo immediately decided to change tactics.
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If he couldn’t withstand a war of attrition, he must make it a quick battle.
Unable to swiftly suppress the Great Bright Fire, there was no choice but to disregard the sea of flames and directly target Xu Yinglian.
With this thought, Ling Yunpo said in a deep voice:
“Ah Jing, help me scan!”
“Over there,” the Kunlun Mirror replied indifferently.
Ling Yunpo focused his gaze and spotted Xu Yinglian amidst the rekindled flames, who was casting the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire.
Once again using his Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step, he agilely dodged the sweep of the golden thread while dispersing the Green Duckweed, Thunder Punishment, and Myriad Bamboos Swords across the field, quickly darting around.
The Myriad Bamboos Sword suddenly struck down, piercing straight through Xu Yinglian’s body.
Prepared Junior Sister Xu immediately activated a spell, her figure collapsing into flames.
Reappearing elsewhere in the sea of flames, she was about to cast the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire again.
Suddenly, the Thunder Punishment Sword slashed down from the sky, aimed precisely at her crown!
Startled, Xu Yinglian had no time to activate the Fire Escape Technique and hastily summoned the Feather Jia Sword to block the blow, her mind filled with shock and uncertainty:
Something’s wrong!
I haven’t even released the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, how could he have predetermined my range within the sea of flames?
Another deep explosion resounded, Ling Yunpo had summoned the Daoist Magic of “North Wind Rolls White Feathers,” directing the Flying Snow Sword Qi towards her location, bombarding it.
Xu Yinglian had no choice but to perform another Daoist Formula and escape her original position using the Fire Escape Technique.
Just as she teleported to another spot, the Green Duckweed Sword slashed down again, its trajectory pinpoint accurate, right where she stood.
This guy isn’t just lucky, he can actually see me in the sea of flames!
Xu Yinglian gritted her teeth in anger.
In this case, using the Great Bright Fire to hide my form is completely futile, isn’t it?
That’s right, I remember senior brother was the same; somehow, he could always pinpoint my location in the flames, even though my Great Bright Fire could isolate even Divine Sense…
That despicable senior brother, even if he defeated me, at least let me understand why I lost!
Xu Yinglian once again performed the Fire Escape Technique, extracting herself from between the Green Duckweed Sword and Flying Snow Sword Qi.
Appearing on the edge of the White Jade Capital square, she quickly focused her gaze, only to find that Ling Yunpo’s figure had disappeared from her field of vision.
Hm?
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Xu Yinglian’s face underwent a drastic change as she saw Ling Yunpo using the Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step, appearing right in front of her, and the Green Duckweed Sword chopping down at her swiftly!
In a hurry, she used the Feather Jia Sword to block while her hands were about to perform the Daoist Formula for the Fire Escape Technique to break free, but then she saw the Thunder Punishment Sword launching a rapid sneak attack from the left.
The Metal System Flying Sword was incredibly fast, and by this time, it was too late to activate the Fire Escape Technique, or else she would be stabbed by the Flying Sword ahead of time.
At this moment, the Feather Jia Sword was entangled with the Green Duckweed Sword and could not break free; Xu Yinglian only had a Wood System Flying Sword named “Cangwu,” which she typically used for transportation with the Sword Control Technique; she had no choice but to reluctantly draw it out for defense.
Not adept at the Two-Handed Sword Control Technique, and distracted by multitasking, Xu Yinglian barely blocked the stab from the Thunder Punishment Sword and was about to perform the Daoist Formula when suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her back.
The Myriad Bamboos Sword had already penetrated her chest.
Xu Yinglian: “???”
Wasn’t it said that Shushan disciples, with their Two-Handed Sword Control Technique, could at most control two swords at the same time?
Why is it that this person was able to use three swords in successive combination attacks without the slightest hindrance…
Her figure vanished in an instant, and then reappeared–”resurrected”–at the original spot once again.
At this point, the entire square was free of the Great Bright Fire.
Xu Yinglian stood in her original spot, her face a mix of disbelief, confusion, regret, resentment, loss, depression, and frustration – it was indeed because he, as her Senior Brother, had spent so many years with Junior Sister Xu, he recognized these subtle emotions one by one.
In any case, Junior Sister Xu was distinctly unhappy at the moment.
Ling Yunpo cast his eyes towards the edge of the arena, his gaze skimming past Qiu Changtian’s figure without a pause.
The task of consoling Junior Sister, I’ll leave it to you, future me!
“Senior Sister An!” Ling Yunpo flew away from the arena with his sword, joining An Zhisu who was watching from a distance.
“Congratulations, Junior Brother Ling!” Lin Duanshan and others came forward to congratulate, “Junior Brother Ling’s advancement to the top three is a great honor for our Shushan disciples.”
“Oh, it was nothing but luck,” Ling Yunpo said humbly just as Duan Fenhai eagerly asked:
“Junior Brother Ling, in the end, with two swords you occupied the opponent’s two swords, and the third sword readily defeated Xu Yinglian.
Is this not the legendary method of controlling three swords with an external incarnation?”
“Hahaha, that…” Ling Yunpo was about to give a joke-ridden explanation, trying to bluff his way through when he saw Xu Yinglian suddenly fly in on her sword to the people’s presence.
An Zhisu immediately stepped in front of Ling Yunpo, fearing the Phoenix Immortal might wish harm upon her Junior Brother.
However, luckily, since Xu Yinglian was after all Qiu Changtian’s Daoist Companion, Senior Sister An didn’t show obvious animosity towards her, mostly just on guard.
“Excellent swordsmanship, excellent strategy,” Xu Yinglian said coolly.
“I concede defeat wholeheartedly after this loss.”
“But with your and your Senior Sister’s strength, neither of you could match my Senior Brother.”
“Whether we are a match or not, only trial by combat will tell,” An Zhisu replied displeasedly.
“Indeed,” Xu Yinglian revealed a faint smile.
“I’m looking forward to your match with my Senior Brother, no matter who it is…”
Having spoken, she turned her sword light around and flew in the direction of Qiu Changtian.
“What does she mean by that?” Lin Duanshan smirked, “Is it because she’s not satisfied with her defeat, so she came to drop some harsh words to regain face?”
“I don’t think so,” Guan Shanyue pondered, “It seems more like she’s saying ‘Don’t underestimate Qiu Changtian and prepare inadequately’.”
“Aren’t you overthinking it?” An Zhisu frowned, “How come I didn’t notice it?”
No, that’s just how prideful she is…
???G?.??
Ling Yunpo muttered internally.
Given your level of emotional intelligence, Senior Sister, it’s normal that you didn’t notice.