Vol 27 Chapter 10 (1/2)
Book 27, Twelve Palaces, Chapter 10 – The Personal Disciple of an Eternal Emperor
The world within the fourth painting
Whooooosh A cold wind howled through as snow drifted through the skies This was a world of ice and snow
Ji Ning appeared out of nowhere He swept the area with his gaze, then began to walk towards a distant thatched hut A white-haired, gri man was seated in the lotus position within the thatched hut In front of hion of wine that was surrounded by flames Also on the table, next to the wine, was an ordinary sword
“M looked at the white-haired man
“What, has Daolord Flylead gained yet another disciple in his Snoord Sect?” The white-haired
“Daolord Flylead? I don’t know hi shook his head
“Oh?” The white-hairedin surprise “In this chaos cycle, Daolord Flylead has sent more than ten World-level cultivators to duel with , he’s still a Daolord of the First Step Are you actually strong enough to seize the fourth painting from him by force?”
Ning instantly understood This painting had been in the hands of a Daolord, and one who often sent different disciples into this place to duel in swordplay Ithad been in the hands of Daolord Windsource, after all
“I’ treasures fro said “I have already defeated the emperor, the fisherman, and the assassin Now, the only one left is you”
“You’ve already defeated the other three?” Light flashed through the eyes of the previously calan to radiate fro up the sword from the table as he rose to his feet He sloalked out of his thatched hut, his gaze focused on Ning “You can address me as… swordsman!”
“Swords was stunned Thehad the sense that this person wasn’t going to be easy to deal with
“I am the final trial for you” The white-haired“Draw your sword”
“Alright” With a flash, a Frostice sword appeared in Ning’s eyes
The terein swordplay, and so they would refrain fro divine abilities or special treasures
Swish
Ning was the first to strike His sword-light flashed, causing his power to condense so tightly that it didn’t even have any i around it It wasn’t necessarily true that a loud coht ood example of this When its poas unchained and flailed out randohtly and using it against a single opponent would it unleash its maximum power
The same was true for sword-arts!
Clang! The white-haired man struck out as well
The swords of both moved vastly faster than the liht If ordinary … in fact, if Celestial I… they would only see two blurs flickering They wouldn’t even see any sword-light, because the swords werefaster than they could see
The two constantly flashed and flickered through the falling snow, their sword-light clashi+ng repeatedly
“What a powerful and pure sword-art” Ning was secretly shocked This white-haired h for him to be addressed as ‘swordsman’, and he lived up to his reputation as the final trial If the eed to different schools of swordplay, then this swordsman’s sword-arts encompassed all schools
His sword-arts could be explosive, could be ephemeral, but could also be cold and sharp…
Technically, his sword-arts were ‘merely’ on the same level of unpredictability as the assassin’s and the same level of ephemeralness as the fisherh level in every aspect, his sword-arts beca to deal with When a person reached a level where he had no flaws at all, his attacks could easily transform into defensive s, which could easily transfores and transformations were very fluid and natural
It was like an endless cycle that had inexhaustible h level of sword-arts His sword-arts were significantly better than that of the e it easy for him to defeat the to this ‘swordsman’
Slash!+
Clang!
Sword-light continued to clash repeatedly
Ning was filled with a strong desire to win, causing hi victory Slowly, the insights he had gained in the Forest of Sword PaGodas began tohad been steadily i his years in the Sword Palace, as it represented a path in sword cultivation to begin with
This was a path that could be continuously perfected It would even allow him to become a Daolord of the First Step, a Daolord of the Second Step, or even a Daolord of the Third Step…
However, this path wasn’t the most difficult path It was merely a path on par with the fisherman’s path, and it represented the sixth stance of the [Nameless] sword-art The seventh stance of the [Nameless] sword-art represented a path that was even more difficult to take
Without Ning even realizing it, the two ended up battling for e becaly apparent