Chapter 42 Blade-like Moonligh (1/2)

The gleam of the blade flashed through in an instance and disappeared, the victor had stood apart from the loser.

As anticipated Shen Lian did not lose to Jian Shisi, his sword had broken in half, even Jian Shisi's partly formed sword will was destroyed.

To not be able to defeat the opponent's sword will, there was no need to exist.

To destroy was to create something new.

Nonetheless, whether Jian Shisi was still able to produce a stronger sword will, nobody knew.

He knelt on the snowy ground, some of the snow had melted, but there was more snow that had not melted, it formed into ice.

The ice within the dirt made the ground as tough as refined iron.

Jian Shisi did not practice any kind of martial arts similar to the Iron Claw, both his hands were digging on the cold tough layer of dirt, very quickly a small bloody crater was dug, it was his blood. The nails had been turned inside out, there was dirt mixed into the bloody nail beds.

He then placed the sword into the earth, buried the short blade, then he picked up Jian Shisan, and retreated far away.

There was a ripped hole on Shen Lian's clothes, which was near the position of the heart, the small hole was an inch long, it was not cut by the edge of the sword, but it was by the half-formed gleam of the sword.

”You have pulled your knife out, but you have not seen my sword, do you still want to continue to oppose me now?” If it was other people of Jianghu, like Jin Daowang, even the man in green at that time who have seen Shen Lian's sword skills then, would unconsciously sigh at himself when acknowledging Shen Lian's superiority, their confidence would be shaken.

However, Ye Liuyun did not have any fear because he was able to understand just how formidable the other was, the other would only seem half as formidable.

The one thing that truly frightened others was the unknown, and that unknown is Ye Liuyun's sword.

There had never been a living person who had seen his sword, that day was no exception.

Shen Lian stared at Ye Liuyun, he was very calm.

His calmness was not just for display, but it came from within.

”How did you know that I only had one knife?” Shen Lian chuckled.

This time he threw the knife away completely, it was thrown towards Ye Liuyun, and it was caught between Ye Liuyun's fingers.

The force used to throw the knife was not intense, the angle was not tricky either, there was no way Ye Liuyun could not have caught it.

Ye Liuyun placed the knife down, his gaze never leaving Shen Lian, because he would not give Shen Lian any chances, he himself would not be careless.

It was because that his gaze never left Shen Lian, he saw that Shen Lian did not only have one knife, or rather, this was his actual knife.

It was a peculiar looking fly cutter.

There was an afterglow after the sunset. The moon had taken over the role of the sunset, generously radiating its light.

Both Ye Liuyun and Shen Lian stared at each other for a good fifteen minutes. The atmosphere was heavy, which caused the people in the surrounding to not dare to breathe with their mouths open.

Ye Liuyun noticed Shen Lian's hand, the hand that was gripping the fly cutter.

What Shen Lian noticed was, however, Ye Liuyun's left sleeve.

Coincidentally, as the night breeze brushed pass, the left sleeve was more sluggish compared to the right sleeve.

”I know where your sword is.”

Shen Lian's words were filled with confidence, this self-assurance should have been what only Ye Liuyun have.

”Yes.” Ye Liuyun could not help but acknowledge Shen Lian's attentiveness, his vision was superb.

His swordsmanship was the Sleeve Sword, the hidden weapon was merely a mean for him. Sleeve Sword was the technique that he was devoted to. It was also the legacy of the Mingjian Peak.

He even applied the sword technique to the skill of controlling the force applied to other objects, which was used to launch the hidden golden needles.

He did not think it was worth to use the sword against Bai Yufei, or else Bai Yufei would not have lived until now.

”You cannot predict when I'm going to use my knife, yes?” Shen Lian smiled with satisfaction as he said this.

”Of course,” Ye Liuyun replied coolly.

”Does that mean you've lost?” Shen Lian's eyes became vivid, it was brighter than the radiant stars.