This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

Fifty Cultivators obediently listened to the words of Sect Leader Taiyin.

Sect Leader Taiyin nodded with satisfaction, and then with a sweeping gesture, fifty orbs of shining white Spiritual Power surged toward the crowd.

One of the Spiritual Power orbs merged into Lu Qingshan's body, flooding every part of his body with an unparalleled abundance of Spiritual Power.

This was the most pure liquid Spiritual Power, devoid of any impurities, and at this moment, it was extravagantly used to restore their Spiritual Power.

With the aid of this liquid Spiritual Power, Lu Qingshan gently closed his eyes, circulated his Cultivation Technique, and devoured all the Spiritual Power. The twenty percent of Spiritual Power he had expended on performing Myriad Swords Art was immediately replenished.

....

An hour later,

Lu Qingshan once again stepped onto the number seven fighting stage, facing his second opponent, Liu Bai.

This was a lean Body Cultivator, not tall with dark skin, and his Cultivation was at Golden Core Perfection.

In his hands was a massive broadsword Magic Artifact, the blade as wide as his body.

Liu Bai watched Lu Qingshan with extreme caution, his gaze intense, like a Hunter facing the most ferocious prey, without any underestimation or arrogance, just endless vigilance and ferocity.

This was a Cultivator who dared to risk his life.

Lu Qingshan made his judgment.

Liu Bai did not speak with Lu Qingshan. As soon as Sect Leader Taiyin announced the start of the match, he transformed into a gust of wind rushing toward Lu Qingshan.

Around his body, swirling wind-like Qi formed from his blade energy, merging and flowing rapidly, connecting head to tail in overlapping layers, with an astonishingly powerful defense.

Up until then, what Lu Qingshan had shown the most was his Flying Sword, second only to Cao Xiaoxin, as well as the horrifying quantity of his Myriad Swords Art.

A Cultivator's energy and time are always limited, not to mention Lu Qingshan's young age, so in Liu Bai's eyes, Lu Qingshan naturally fell into the category of a Sword Cultivator specialized in Internal Sword.

If so, his External Sword skills would not be very strong.

Thus, his strategy was simple: close-combat fighting to prevent Lu Qingshan from wielding his Flying Sword freely.

Of course, to get close, he would have to withstand the first wave of Lu Qingshan's attack.

He was fairly confident about this.

After all, he was a Body Cultivator with amazing defensive capabilities.

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan's Flying Swords had already stricken his protective blade Qi.

The deep green Wood Attribute Spiritual Light above the Peach Blossom clashed against the blade Qi, emitting constant tinkling sounds of colliding and bursting, while Liu Bai remained immobile.

With the formidable Qi-Blood of a Body Cultivator's Physical Body combined with perfected blade Qi shielding, it seemed impossible for Lu Qingshan to defeat him quickly.

"If Lu Qingshan's realm of Flying Sword could reach the Sword Burst Thunder Sound stage, he indeed could easily take down Liu Bai.

But at this level, facing a Body Cultivator who excels at defense, he indeed lacks experience.

However, the ultimate victor should still be Lu Qingshan. It just depends on how much Liu Bai can force out of Lu Qingshan.

Up till now, the fight against both the previous five and the incoming five Cultivators has been too easy; you can't see much from it."

As the distant Cultivators conversed, Liu Bai had already, amidst the continuous onslaught of Lu Qingshan's Flying Swords, dashed rapidly towards Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan, calm and composed, commanded his Flying Swords to attack while his figure swiftly retreated, his speed not inferior to Liu Bai's.

The problem was that the fighting stage had boundaries, so this state would not last long.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Liu Bai, who darted forward with a rush, caused a series of snapping sounds from his body's joints. His previously lean muscles expanded, blood Qi surged, and with the power of his Physical Body, a series of sonic booms erupted, making it feel as though a herd of wild oxen was charging over.

Lu Qingshan's gaze slightly solidified.

His Internal Sword technique was strong, but his External Sword was equally formidable.

After all, he had mastered two Secret Sword techniques.

However, before meeting a real opponent, he did not want to reveal too much.

"I will just use my Flying Sword to defeat you," Lu Qingshan had already decided in his heart.

A profound and mysterious force arose spontaneously, blending into his Slaughter Sword Intent, which had reached the Realm of Unity.

This was the evolving power from the embryonic form of the Immortal True Intent.

Under the amplification and evolution of the Immortal True Intent, the already sharp Slaughter Sword Intent grew even more intense, enveloping the Peach Blossom Sword, and a flash of crimson color passed by.

The next moment, Spiritual Power poured out from Lu Qingshan's body.

Boom, boom, boom!

A green light spot, brilliant as the rising sun, as swift as lightning, and as sharp as a blade, rushed forward, creating a deafening thunderous roar.

"Hmm?!" Liu Bai's complexion dramatically changed.

"Sword Burst Thunder Sound!" Among the observing cultivators, some sharp-eyed ones exclaimed in surprise.

Previously, Lu Qingshan's Flying Sword Speed had always been infinitely close to twenty times the speed of sound of the Sword Burst Thunder Sound, but as the saying goes, a miss is as good as a mile, in reality, this slight closeness was an insurmountable bottleneck.

However, once this bottleneck was crossed, the power of the Flying Sword would undergo a qualitative change.

As long as one had not reached the realm of Sword Burst Thunder Sound, no matter how close, the destructiveness of the Flying Sword still belonged to the level of a Golden Core Cultivator.

But once this limit was exceeded, the power of the Flying Sword would transform into a technique of the Nascent Soul. Discover hidden stories at My Virtual Library Empire

The gap was that big.

But who could have imagined, in their eyes, such an insurmountable chasm, Lu Qingshan had achieved this realm in a blink of an eye.

"This Lu Qingshan has hidden very deep, looking at it this way, perhaps the strongest among the next five will be him..." some cultivators murmured.

......

In this quadrant.

"Ping!"

The Flying Sword shot out like a thorn, striking against Liu Bai's protective sword qi.

Liu Bai, who had previously been coping with ease, now only felt an irresistible counterforce spreading throughout his body, causing his Qi-Blood to surge, and that layer of rapidly spinning protective sword qi shattered in an instant.

"Again!" Lu Qingshan's eyes were coldly determined.

Boom, boom, boom!

Sword Light and sword qi intersected, and Lu Qingshan directly unleashed the utmost power of the Peach Blossom, shattering the sword qi around Liu Bai.

Like a Heavenly Maiden scattering flowers, the shattered sword qi flew in all directions on the stage, carving out grooves.

"Pfft!"

Liu Bai suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body flying backward, his complexion slightly pale, a Spiritual Light immediately protecting him to prevent serious injuries.

"I concede, wholeheartedly and willingly!" Liu Bai managed to stabilize his body, uttering his first words since stepping onto the stage.

He had no choice but to admit defeat because normally, even Nascent Soul Early Stage Sword Cultivators' Flying Swords could not necessarily reach the realm of Sword Burst Thunder Sound.

And Lu Qingshan, merely at Golden Core Late Stage, had achieved such a feat with his Flying Sword; what reasons did he have to be displeased?

"Without participating in the Seven Domains Debate on Dao, I absolutely cannot imagine this world having so many supreme figures; my journey is still long," Liu Bai murmured.

"Lu Qingshan has won," the voice of Sect Leader Taiyin timely rang out.