Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty Six – The Unforeseen Consequences of Lei Peng’s Blow (1/2)
Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty Six – The Unforeseen Consequences of Lei Peng’s Blow
The first level of sword essence, preliminary comprehension of sword essence; second level of sword essence, Heart Turn Sword Essence; third level of sword essence, sword essence manifestation.
Comprehending sword essence for a sword xiu meant they had talent and potential above others. When Wei Sheng had stepped into the second level when he was in ningmai, he had shocked many.
Comprehending sword essence was not as rare and attention-catching in other regions as it was in Sky Moon Jie. Large sects had numerous methods to allow their disciples to comprehend sword essence. For example, the sword cauldron, at its core use was similar to Zuo Mo’s five element sword formation.
However, comprehending sword essence was just the first step through the door, and the path onwards was not a smooth one. A disciple that comprehended the third level of sword essence in ningmai would not be ignored even those large sects that were full of geniuses.
The first two levels did not increase the power of sword moves greatly. The second level, Heart Turn Sword Essence, was also extremely unstable. But when sword essence reached the third level, and it could manifest, the power of each sword move would skyrocket!
So when the other side saw Ma Fan’s sword essence manifestation, many were very shocked.
Of course, they were just shocked, but no one was afraid. They were a battalion that were from Kun Lun. Geniuses were not rare in Kun Lun. While disciples that comprehended the third level of sword essence in ningmai did not fill the streets, they were not preciously rare. Even those subordinate sects had many.
On top of that, they had finished forming their formation. This filled them with confidence towards the oncoming assault.
Almost all battle formations had a similar attribute. That was once their assault started, it would be relentless, one wave after the other.
Seeing Ma Fan stop the seven sword energies, the battle formation changed again.
Seven people to each troop forming a small seven star formation. Seven troops to a team, forming a large seven star formation.
The one who was leading the Twinkling Brilliance team was a jindan sword xiu, He Jian. He was in charge of this seven star formation made up of forty nine people. When he saw the other’s sword move, he too had been slightly shocked. The other’s sword essence level was even one above his own. But he did not feel nervousness. At a glance, he saw that the cultivations of this group of people were all ningmai.
The gap between ningmai and jindan was deep. Even if the other had one whose sword essence was one level above his, they were not a match for him!
A fierce smile floated upon He Jian’s lips!
Who cares what genius that was; by his hands, someone like that would only die!
He opened his mouth and spat out a blue sword pill!
The sword pill was just the size of a rice grain, but it grew when it came into contact with the air. After flying for ten zhang, it had expanded to more than three zhang wide. Pulling along a long blue tail of light, it was like an enormous, blue axe that howled as it charged at Ma Fan’s group!
The howling was like sobbing wails, shocking people’s souls!
The other forty eight sword xiu saw their Head attack and showed smiles of relief. During all their time together, they had never seen a sword xiu below jindan escape Head’s attack!
The fight was going to end!
He Jian’s sword energy came extremely quickly and grew bigger. When it came near Ma Fan and the others, the sword energy was almost enough to cover all of them!
The sword essence was sharp and intimidating, pressing straight at their heads and making them feel it was unstoppable!
A jindan’s attack had an extraordinary presence!
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On the Black Turtle, Xie Shan looked at the smile the sword xiu were showing. He twisted his mouth. “Pitiful Ma Fan, he is being underestimated again.”
“So pitiful … …”
“Pitiful? That Ma Fan is laughing inside, if he’s able, he’ll put on a sheepskin, this guy is black on the inside!”
The crowd discussed heatedly.
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Ma Fan looked at the incoming sword energy. His eyes unconsciously narrowed as his figure suddenly flashed to the side.
Half a body-length behind him was Lei Peng. His eyes glaring angrily, he raised the Gold Crystal broadsword. His legs bent slightly at the knee in the sky as though there was invisible ground beneath the feet. All the muscles in his body expanded, the ling power gathered like a burning flame and erupting from his body.
But all of this was silent as though he was a statue.
It made everyone feel an extreme contrast. Lei Peng was covering the raging sword energy with a suppressing silence.
The enormous sword energy that came with a long dazzling tail tore at the air, rumbling like thunder.
Extreme movement against extreme stillness, roaring thunder against deathly silence!
At this moment, the two conflicted natures formed a frightening scene!
Lei Peng seemed to return that battle, the moment right before the three of them had fainted. All the ling power in his body was like burning flames that burned every strand of his nerves in this soundless silence!
The blurry scene, the distant voice, the unwilling roar … …
The chaos flashed through his mind like a tide. The rough sword hilt he was tightly grasping gave him a thread of security, a thread of clarity!
Something seemed to flow through his mind.
This single thread of clarity was lightly plucked like an invisible chord.
Without any hesitation, the ling power flooded into the sword hilt by travelling through his arms and then palms. The raised broadsword moved in a single motion, swinging up and then down in the air!
The restlessness disappeared, the howling disappeared, all sound seemed to disappear in this instant!
A silent blow!
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Far away, He Jian’s expression changed dramatically. Terror showed in his eyes. Before he could react, the other’s broadsword struck his flying sword!
Zzzt!
The sound was like a cloth being torn and scratched through the air in an unusually clear manner. The enormous blue curtain of light was cleaved by this blow.