Chapter 302 - Sword Qi Soaring in a Flash
Chapter 302 Sword Qi Soaring in a Flash
No one could think that Li Tianlan would be so frank.
Song Ci knew her stance. She had severely hurt Xu Chu and Ning Qiancheng. Meanwhile, she suppressed the East Emperor Palace in the first two maneuvers. Thus, she knew that she would not make friends with Li Tianlan.
Beyond her expectation, Li Tianlan launched an attack without warning.
Hardly had she been identified when wild sword intent came after her, soaring aloft.
The massive alloys that blocked out the light were dancing in the air.
The sun was dimming.
As he fell in a single step, Li Tianlan abruptly changed.
That was an indescribable feeling.
Before the step, the world was real, while Li Tianlan was vague and deceptive. Although he stood there, he was as unreal as dust.
After the step, the world was unreal.
Everything became vague amidst the sword intent, including the high platforms, ruins, trees in the distance, the crowd around him, and hot light. Only Li Tianlan became incomparably real.
The world seemed to be small as if Li Tianlan stuffed it.
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Song Ci only saw his real and pure figure without any temperament.
Such a change was drastic, like the sudden eruption of magma from a silent volcano or a raging wave on a calm sea, which would bring danger.
Song Ci finally took a step back.
Her palms were glowing.
A quaint and dark handle slipped into her hand from her cuff, radiating a dark and deep light.
After being lifted up by Li Tianlan, the alloy plate hit down with a heavy sound.
Sword Qi was all over the place, and the undisguised killing intent seemed to tear her up.
Song Ci completely stretched out her arms.
The dark handle in her hand gave out sharp and glaring light.
A thin longsaber directly popped out of the handle.
The dark blade was as straight as a sword. At the tip, it slightly went up in a small but perfect arc.
The thin blade was almost two meters long when it was fully extended. At the moment, it was stern and sharp beyond expression in Song Ci’s hand.
This was a little-known longsaber in the Dark World in recent years.
Its name was Curtain of Night.
The huge alloys roared past.
Song Ci held the Curtain of Night tightly and raised it up.
The thin blade swept away with a harsh sound.
With a loud clang, the alloy plate nearly five meters long was abruptly torn to pieces by saber light.
The alloy pieces flew everywhere.
Song Ci held the Curtain of Night without emotion, and saber radiance was rampant over her. Her eyes were already empty and dead.
It was not until now that the logistics director of the Sky Academy, Zhao Hefei, came to his sense.
“What are you doing? The maneuver has not yet begun!”
Zhao Hefei subconsciously snarled, “You guys…”
“Get out!”
Li Tianlan directly interrupted Zhao Hefei’s words.
Zhao Hefei was suddenly stunned.
His face suddenly blushed deeply and even turned purple.
Li Tianlan looked at him then fixed his eyes on Song Ci.
He looked at her blandly.
It seemed that he had poured cold water on Zhao Hefei, who was filled with anger. The flames of anger in his bosom suddenly extinguished, and ice was formed.
He was still angry.
However, he did not give vent to his anger.
His inner fear entirely suppressed his anger. He moved his mouth and walked a few steps to the side.
At this moment, he discovered Li Tianlan’s change.
The change from illusion to reality was fierce and abrupt.
Li Tianlan stood there right now. His figure was small, but it seemed that the entire training ground was inundated with his will.
Zhao Hefei could not even find a place to remain.
The elites of the Sky Academy subconsciously came over.
Countless cold eyes covered Li Tianlan.
“Withdraw,” Song Ci suddenly said.
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Everyone was slightly stunned. They did not retreat, but they were not moving forward.
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Besides the elites of the Phantom Palace, there were the elites of the Three Thousand World and the Blizzard Organization.
Song Ci’s majesty in the Deep-sea Academy was evident.
“You launched an attack first.”
Song Ci tightly held the thin and dark Curtain of Night and took a step forward.
She looked gorgeous and extroverted, but her blank eyes were full of danger and cruelty.
Li Tianlan frowned a little.
He did not like this woman, not just because she severely hurt Xuchu and Ning Qiancheng, but because of repulsion by instinct.
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Song Ci left a strange impression on him.
Although the tentative strike did not work out, he could judge a lot of things.
Song Ci was neither good nor bad at saber skills.
The strike was lethal, but Li Tianlan could be sure that she did not have a personal constitution. Not to mention having the Wind and Thunder Veins, she did not even have a single Wind Vein or Thunder Vein.
Most importantly, he was now absolutely certain that this woman’s will was just so-so.
It did not mean that her will was not determined.
Will includes a lot of things—for example, perception.
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Perception includes a sense of danger, a judgment of enemies, and so on.
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Beyond Li Tianlan’s expectation, Song Ci’s perception was so terrible.
However, she was mentally firm.
She was not sharp but firm enough.
On the whole, Song Ci looked extremely stiff.
This was the most annoying.
Li Tianlan was uncertain how many people could detect her defects.
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However, he knew that Jiang Shangyu, who always concealed her Heavenly King Heart but was mentally perfect, could also see her limitations.
This meant too many possibilities.
Li Tianlan thought silently, but he still looked calm. “So what?”
“Anyone who offends me has to pay the price.”
Song Ci raised the Curtain of Night.
It was as dark as night. Even under the scorching sun, the thin blade was still dark.
She obliquely pointed the blade at Li Tianlan, and her vital force was wildly escalating.
Li Tianlan smiled. He came here today only for Song Ci.
Song Ci stopped Xu Chu and Ning Qiancheng from attending the final maneuver.
He had to send Song Ci out of the final maneuver.
Li Tianlan did not mind paying the price, but the precondition was that the other party was competent.
His figure became blurred in the hot sun.
The world was still illusory.
Li Tianlan’s figure dissolved into the air like flowing water and turned into nothingness.
Song Ci knitted her beautiful eyebrows.
She did not think that Li Tianlan was much stronger than herself. However, he was her most hated opponent because of his weird and erratic behavior.
Song Ci’s eyes became more and more dead, but the killing intent in her black pupils became more and more intense.
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The hot wind blew under the scorching sun.
The wind was mixed with a little Sword Qi.
Song Ci suddenly turned around with Sword Qi.
Li Tianlan appeared on platform Number Two, hundreds of meters away.
He was so clear and real that people subconsciously ignored everything around him.
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Li Tianlan looked at Song Ci. His thunderous voice echoed within a radius of a few hundred meters.
“Come over.”
Li Tianlan’s voice was indifferent and casual. The two simple words were filled with unmindful contempt.
Song Ci was not familiar with this kind of tone.
She did not feel angry. Instead, she laughed.
She looked so beautiful. When she laughed, she was so gorgeous that no one could stand to look into her eyes.
“I’m coming,” Song Ci said.
The Curtain of Night shifted and pointed directly at Li Tianlan.
When viewed with the naked eye, the blazing sun became distorted following the shifting blade.
With Song Ci as the center, the vast space vibrated layer upon layer.
Qi spread out like waves.
The undulating space covered Platform Number One and continued to spread out.
It was not surging fast.
The qi beat layer by layer and extended outward. When it reached Li Tianlan, it had become a raging torrent.
The twisted space hit everything with a loud roaring as if it would destroy the whole world.
Song Ci held the longsaber tightly.
From the extreme silence, a scream resounded from Platform Number One, which was loud enough to penetrate through metal and stone.
From a distance, the blade of the Curtain of Night thrust forward.
Lightning flashed, covering all the sky.
Song Ci did not thrust too hard, but she seemed to be flung away by the thrust and directly dashed toward Li Tianlan.
Rising winds, surging clouds.
The training ground became a world of lightning. Rumbled thunder shook the Sky Academy. Lightning shattered on the ground, and smoke rose up and turned into fog.
In thick fog and lightning, the dark blade light of the Curtain of Night appeared like lightning in front of Li Tianlan with the ultimate killing intent.
Li Tianlan was neither advancing nor retreating. When facing the saber light that was piercing straight into his head, he just raised his arm.
He wore a silver bracelet on his wrist.
The silver bracelet quietly radiated brilliant light.
Li Tianlan opened his fingers. In a flash, the space of Platform Number Two seemed to be solidified.
Without Ice Frost or lightning fire, there was only the fiercest contraction or squeezing of space.
The entire space seemed to form a wall.
The air billows driven by Song Ci whistled and hit on the wall.
With the surging tide, the tip of the Curtain of Night struck.
Space seemed to be completely still.
All the sounds were gone entirely.
The world was quiet.
Li Tianlan stood motionless on the high platform.
In the air, Song Ci held that pose and thrust out.
The saber was close to Li Tianlan’s hand. If it went further forward only a few centimeters, it would be enough to penetrate his hand.
The distance of a few centimeters was like a natural moat.
In this moment of stillness, the tip that was about to pierce into his hand could not move one inch more.
Dark blue thunder came over quietly.
Song Ci held the saber with both hands, and her body tensed up as she struggled to stab.
Li Tianlan raised his eyebrows slightly.
He folded his hands and opened them again.
Sword Qi shot up into the sky in a flash.
Suddenly, the seemingly static space shattered most violently. On Platform Number Two, all the qi around Li Tianlan was torn into the shape of a longsword with sword intent. Countless illusory, transparent, and perilous sword shadows kept soaring and falling rapidly.
The sword shadows surrounded Li Tianlan.
Dozens of swords, a hundred swords, and hundreds of swords.
The sword intent was boiling like water.
Numerous sword shadows surrounded Li Tianlan.
The sword shadows became curtains.
The large-scale curtain revolved around Li Tianlan, whirling and rising. Sword shadows were not for defense, and they moved forward layer upon layer. They hit Song Ci in front of him endlessly as if the ripples of huge waves were chopped up by the sword shadows.
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The lightning dissipated.
Only that dark blade light was struggling to clang.
Song Ci’s empty eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and her pupils became increasingly pitch-black.
In combat, she had an indescribable madness.
The dense sword curtains revolved around Li Tianlan as flowers bloomed. A lot of swords cast their shadows on Song Ci, generating rays of glaring light.
Blood was dripping down her body.
The Curtain of Night still could not move forward one inch.
The sword intent around Li Tianlan became increasingly vigorous.
His figure was more and more real.
The sword intent started to change.
The Great Void Sword Intent of Mount Shu.
The Jifeng Sword Intent of the Jifeng Sword-reining School.
Sword Intent of Jade Pool.
Sword intent was on the move, and all the simulated sword intent was specious. However, the complicated and changeable sword intent made the sword curtains around Li Tianlan get larger and larger.
The flashes of lightning around Song Ci almost died out.
The sword curtains around Li Tianlan had extended to hundreds of meters.
They were vast, complex, and solemn, covering all the sky, with soaring Sword Qi.
Song Ci’s pitch-black pupils quietly dilated and occupied almost all the white of her eyes.
The long and thin Curtain of Night fiercely vibrated.
Among the vast sword curtains, she suddenly soared into the sky.
The chaotic and orderly sword curtains rushed at Song Ci at the same time.
Thousands of swords gathered into a bunch.
Like dragons, the sword curtains went forward with great strength and vigor.
Song Ci was still rising.
The next second, there was a beam of dark saber light in the sky.
The sword light was like a waterfall.
The dark blade light filled the whole sky.
The saber light diffused and converged together again.
Song Ci’s essence, qi, and spirit reached the limit in the shortest time.
The dark saber light became many pitch-black lines.
Large pieces of the vast sword curtains disappeared in the saber light.
The pitch-black lines became more and more numerous, wildly falling down like raging rain.
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Outburst!
Reckless outburst!
This was the essence of the martial arts of the Wang family of Beihai.
Now, it was even more vividly displayed by Song Ci.
Song Ci might not be the strongest among the young generation, but she was absolutely the most dangerous person.
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The balance of the martial arts of the Wang family of Beihai was the combination of instantaneous outburst and sustained outburst.
Obviously, Song Ci went to the extreme in instantaneous outburst.
It meant that she could release all her physical strength and unique skills in the most thorough way in the shortest time.
Regardless of the consequences, she would only pursue the most thorough explosive force.
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It seemed like an instant, but yet, an eternity.
The dark saber light covered the sky from above to below.
Unparalleled.
Killing.
Destruction.
Tearing.
Dragon slaying.
When she bent her essence, qi, and spirit of fighting, she could burst out all her fighting capacity in the blink of an eye.
As the blade of the Curtain of Night slightly vibrated, all the unique skills turned into slaying saber light.
The blade of the Curtain of Night went straight down.
Rampant saber light destroyed the sword curtains, like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.
Song Ci’s killing intent went beyond the commanding heights. With absolute concentration, she seemed to make a little breakthrough.
Li Tianlan still did not move, despite the sword curtains being shattered, and the black saber light went straight down.
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Song Ci’s figure went straight down in the air in a wild and decisive manner.
Li Tianlan looked at her quietly.
The rampant dark saber light tore apart the shattered sword curtain, all the way down.
It was getting closer and closer.
30 meters.
20 meters.
10 meters.
The saber light shifted and caused a gale.
Li Tianlan’s white robe fluttered backward in the gale. Song Ci could feel the coolness from the white gown, which was made of Cloud Threads.
Five meters.
Li Tianlan reached out his hand again.
He still flicked his fingers.
As he did so, a mysterious and complicated handprint formed in his palm.
Suddenly, the dark saber light with endless crazy killing intent appeared no more.
Song Ci, whose face greatly changed, was too late to stop.
The downward saber light was about to cover Li Tianlan’s body.
While his handprint changed, the saber light went upward against the sky.
The distance between them was too close.
Song Ci’s saber was completely out of control. Abundant saber light had almost covered her body in a wink.
Li Tianlan looked calm.
He did not know how many people would recognize that move.
But it didn’t matter anymore.
That move had other names in the Dark World.
In his opinion, it was 24 Moves of Sword.
When the saber light fell on Song Ci, a bolt of soft but shocking lightning enveloped her.
The lightning appeared without any signs.
However, its presence destroyed most of the hidden killing intent.
The soft and deep lightning formed a light flowing like water, instead of flashing an electric arc. It was not dazzling but profound and harsh.
Not to mention others, even Li Tianlan did not know that the moves of the Thunder-shocking Realm could change like this.
Eventually, the water-like lightning was a little late.
As a small amount of saber light swept through Song Ci’s body, a lot of blood splashed out. The blood was brilliant with lightning when the red and blue mixed together.
Li Tianlan felt that it was a little unexpected, but he laughed grimly.
The lightning around Song Ci slowly dispersed.
Being soaked with blood, Song Ci was ragged and looked pale. However, she was fully conscious.
No one knew when the slender and gentle figure appeared on the battlefield. The man saved Song Ci and took her in his arms.
They slowly descended from the air and landed on the high platform.
The high platform was as flat as new. Even with the fierce battles, it didn’t have the slightest damage.
“Long time no see.”
The man held Song Ci in his arms and fell on the platform.
His eyes were quiet and gentle. He looked warm and mild, but Li Tianlan could feel his fighting desire and killing intent deep inside him.
Wang Shengxiao!
If he had not appeared on the battlefield, Song Ci would definitely withdraw from the maneuver one month later, even if she would not be dead today.
The battle was fierce and short.
Song Ci rushed to the high platform.
Li Tianlan stretched his hand.
He flicked his fingers.
He flicked his fingers again.
The battle was over.
Song Ci had lost, but no one thought that she was shameful in this short and fierce battle.
Wang Shengxiao was a little late.
Li Tianlan was a little slow.
They stared at each other like a pin against an awl.
A few onlookers finally came to their senses after watching this battle.
Everyone was thinking about Song Ci’s out-of-control saber light at the end of the battle.
That was Li Tianlan’s unique skill.
He borrowed others’ power for himself!
That was…
A scream sounded in the crowd, “That’s…”
“It’s the All-embracing Collection?”
Wang Shengxiao looked at Li Tianlan with deep eyes.
It was well known in the Dark World in recent years. It was the unique skill of the Purgatory of Heaven Capital.
With it, one could stimulate different sword intent and control the Empty & Infinite.
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The All-embracing Collection, borrowing others’ power for oneself, was the unique skill of the Purgatory of Heaven Capital.
“It’s 24 Moves of Sword,” Li Tianlan said simply.
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Wang Shengxiao smiled. Aside from the calmness in his eyes, there was only confidence.
“You’ve really figured out the 24 Moves of Sword.”
He looked at Li Tianlan as if absorbed in thought. “I’ve underestimated you. Perhaps you’ll be a good opponent.”
“Do you want to fight me?” Li Tianlan asked with a smile.
He pointed to Song Ci. “You can avenge her. I accept. And I can fight you right now.”
Wang Shengxiao seemed to be persuaded, with his eyes twinkling, but he finally shook his head. “I’m in no hurry for that.”
He said indifferently, “See you in the maneuver in a month. We need to end the grievances between the Wang family of Beihai and the Li family at that time. Meanwhile, we also need some important witnesses.”
Li Tianlan roared with laughter.
In his loud laughter, his figure gradually disappeared from the high platform. His voice kept ringing out, getting further and further away.
“To solve the grievances between the Li family and the Wang family of Beihai? You’re not qualified right now.”
Wang Shengxiao narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction that he left without speaking for a long time.
“You’re so arrogant,” Song Ci said in a weak and cold voice as she leaned into his arms.
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Wang Shengxiao smiled and whispered, “He’s powerful.”
“You’re the strongest in the younger generation,” Song Ci said in a firm and proud tone.
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Wang Shengxiao didn’t answer.
He recalled the battle between Li Tianlan and Song Ci.
From beginning to end, Li Tianlan stood still the whole time without moving.
He did not draw his sword.