Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 787 -494: Sword Technique

“This…”

Everyone’s gaze sharpened, and subsequently, everyone took action, including the Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods and the disciples from Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect at Mount Emei, all retreated to a hundred miles away.

They dared not stay close!

After all, witnessing a battle between True Immortals was risky, especially since both parties had so harmoniously agreed on starting…

Previously, the challenge arranged by Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect was not intended to be a fight to the death, because as Wandao School was now the Master of Fate, fighting to the death would cause backlash from fate itself, causing offense to both man and heaven.

Thus, Ren Baimei used the term “sword duel,” implying a competition, not a fight to the death.

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But now things had changed.

The moment their eyes met and their gazes locked, they instantly agreed to clear the field, excluding all bystanders.

What did this imply?

It meant this sword duel was no longer merely a competition; it could not stop until one was declared winner, and one must give their all.

Otherwise, not only would defeat be imminent, death could also follow!

Thus, the two could not hold back; they had to clear the surroundings to prevent the uncontrollable force during the battle from harming innocent spectators.

Who escalated this combat, turning a stoppable competition into an all-out life-and-death battle?

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No one knew, but since the principals had no objections, the others could only silently retreat.

As everyone retreated a hundred miles away and looked back at Mount Emei, all they saw was a glint of cloud-sea golden light.

Fortunately, all were no ordinary beings; focusing their vision, they could still make out the scene of the battle from afar.

However…

Atop the Golden Summit, the two faced each other, silent. Only their sword intent surged, causing Sword Qi to manifest fiercely, like waves and streams, crisscrossing through the air.

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!”

The alarming sounds rang out, like the clanging of metal or thunder exploding.

The two stood opposite each other, unmovable, with only their Sword Qi flowing like rapids, fiercely colliding, leaving marks in the void, wounding the heavens and the earth, and causing the Golden Summit of Mount Emei to shake violently, as delicate as a fragile girl under the impact of their Sword Momentum.

“This…”

“Ah!!!”

A hundred miles away, the watching crowd was injured by the sharp edges; those in Mahayana Unity were better off, feeling only a slight sting, unlike those in Returning to Void and Becoming Divine, who cried out in pain, hastily bowed their heads, and shifted their gaze.

Even so, tears still streamed from their eyes, some who had cultivated the Heavenly Eye Pupil Skill even bled from their eyes.

“This Sword Qi…”

“True Immortal, True Immortal!”

“Mere mortals, daring to spy on the Sword Momentum of a True Immortal.”

“Do not restrain yourself anymore, or it won’t just be an eye injury.”

The watching immortals and gods shook their heads helplessly too, one by one using their skills to “broadcast” the image of the battlefield through the Mirror Flower Water Moon.

Since fate was at stake, along with the hearts and intentions of people, they had no choice but to do this work.

Seeing this, the crowd dared to watch, observing through the Mirror Flower Water Moon; they saw the Sword Qi crisscrossing, still in the initial skirmish.

The crowd didn’t dare miss a thing, intensely watching, but there were a few who set up their magical treasures, actually…

“Quick, quick, quick, hold it steady, hold it steady!”

“What kind of filming technique is this?”

“Separated by a hundred miles, are we watching a marketplace?”

“Should have gone to the site, we aren’t doing a live broadcast this time.”

“How to do a live broadcast when the opponent is a True Immortal, not fully committed to giving you a broadcast?”

“Forget it, just watch this broadcast, there should be a playback after the fight from the big guy over there.”

“Lucky we’re not at the scene, or would our eyes still be okay?”

“This is the Sword Might of a True Immortal; mere mortals don’t even deserve to watch?”

The designated “broadcasters” set up their magical treasures, projecting the Mirror Flower Water Moon in front of the people.

This battle was not only a duel between swordsmen but also a contest of hearts and a struggle of fate; there had to be spectators.

All eyes were on them, and the Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods were also fully focused, watching the battle progress.

Atop the Golden Summit, two figures stood opposite each other, surrounded by crisscrossing Sword Qi, yet they remained immovable. Even a superficial engagement had such momentum.

The terror of a True Immortal was such!

“Bang!!!”

Finally, with a loud crash, the streams of swords collided fiercely. Mount Emei’s Golden Summit shook, splitting in the middle to form a deep trench, resembling the Chu River and Han Boundary.

The two combatants did not change their expressions; their eyes met, breaking the silence at last.

“Please!”

“Come!”

Each uttered a word and then started the Sword technique, ready to reveal their true moves.

The previous intense fight was just an exchange of vital energy?

“Qingming!”

Ren Baimei pointed his sword, and from the void, a bolt of light was seen. A sword pierced through the air straight towards his opponent.

It was one of the Nine Mystic Heaven Swords – Qingming!

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A blue light ghostly cold, mysterious as the heavens and earth, carrying the intent of life and death, sought to sever his opponent’s fate.

“Boom!”

Xu Yang’s expression remained unchanged. He leaned slightly and a bolt of lightning blasted from the Sword Box, shattering the sea of clouds and directly striking the Qingming Sword.

“Bang!!!”

The two swords clashed, shaking the heavens. Thunder was fiercely unyielding, and Qingming was gently binding. The swords tangled like dragons and snakes, and clashed like tigers and leopards, where neither hardness could suppress softness nor could softness overpower hardness, blade to blade they could not breach each other.

Both fighters remained unfazed by this outcome, as if it was expected, each channeling their Sword Decision to enhance the might of their Sword Device.

“Nine Heavens profound, Tusita Divine Edict!”

Ren Shou brought his sword fingers together, drawing forth the Sword technique. It was a Profound Gate Orthodoxy and directly transmitted from Taiqing, Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture, Tusita Divine Edict.

Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, being a true lineage of Taiqing, possessed two great techniques, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture and the Imperial Heavenly Scrolls Tusita Divine Edict; the former was the method of longevity, crucial fundamentals, the latter a Skill to Protect the Dao, a Battle Skill.

To say nothing of the former, those who entered the Nine Heavens Profound Gate, from the Taiqing lineage, be it in terms of Primordial Spirit Cultivation or Immortal Spirit Mana, were all top-tier.

The latter was even more mystical, being the Great Dao Method, Imperial Heavenly Scrolls Tusita Divine Edict. It could evolve myriad Divine Powers, fitting the principle of “The way that can be trodden is not the eternal way, the name that can be named is not the eternal name.” It was both Talisman and Elixir Skills, both Artifact Skills and Formation, both Swordsmanship and Taoism, encompassing myriad techniques and paths.

Ren Baimei, a heaven-sent genius, was a Sword Dao True Immortal of a rare era, having comprehended the true essence of “Sword” “Artifact” “Formation” from the Imperial Heavenly Scrolls Tusita Divine Edict, and was both a Ninth Order Sword Dao True Immortal and an Eighth Order Artifact Formation Grandmaster.

Thus, he sought to deploy the Taiqing Immortal Power cultivated from the Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture, invoking the Imperial Heavenly Scrolls Tusita Divine Edict, this Great Dao Sword Decision.

“Hum!!!”

As the Immortal Power surged, he urged the Sword Decision, causing the Qingming light to suddenly explode a hundred feet, like an Azure Dragon tossing its head and thrashing its tail, aiming to swallow the opposing lightning radiance.

Previously a sword duel, now a duel of arts!

Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture, Taiqing Immortal Power.

Tusita Divine Edict, Great Dao Sword Decision.

Such methods, such Divine Powers, are in no way comparable to ordinary Sword Cultivators.

But…

Xu Yang pointed his sword, and suddenly, Heavenly Thunder roared, and Earthfire blazed, merging into one sword, fiercely battling the Green Jiao of the Netherworld.

The swords clashed back and forth, neither conceding an inch, with thunder and fire battling the Jiao Dragon, the Jiao Dragon engulfing the thunder and fire, the furious sword stream tormenting, churning the sea of clouds into fragments.

“Boom!!!”

Finally, with a loud crash, thunder and fire shattered dramatically, and the dragon shadow also collapsed, a bolt of Lightning and a streak of Qingming each returned to their side, each holding their ground, equally matched.