"Let’s go," Qiao Baixuan called out first.
Other than himself and Zhang Yangde, their side was nothing but a ragtag bunch, while the opponents, although only three in number, included two who were unfathomably skilled.
Qiao Baixuan indeed had confidence that he could contend with one of them, or even best them, but he had no faith in Zhang Yangde. Therefore, retreating was the wisest choice.
However, even though he lacked confidence in Zhang Yangde, Zhang Yangde certainly couldn’t lack confidence in himself.
"How dare you act wildly, you upstart!"
Zhang Yangde, with a ghostly aura, ford a ghostly claw with his cold True Qi and struck first.
"Yang Ping Du Yin, Drive Gods and Enslave Ghosts."
This secret technique of Dragon Tiger Mountain was unleashed, and Zhang Yangde’s True Qi, defying normal logic, spread around, summoning gusts of ghastly wind and the howling of ghosts and wolves as if the netherworld itself had descended.
The icy ghostly claw brought forth bone-chilling winds, pressing toward Yuan Jianyi.
"Not bad!" The fierce montum of the ghostly claw ignited a strong combat spirit in Yuan Jianyi who, based on this single move, deed his opponent worthy of challenging him.
With the iron sword in his hand, he cleaved downward, a move unsophisticated and plain.
Yet, it was this very unsophisticated cleave that split the ghostly claw in two. Then, Yuan Jianyi closed in on Zhang Yangde for close-quarters sword combat.
"Damn it!" Seeing Zhang Yangde entangled in a fight with Yuan Jianyi without further discussion, Qiao Baixuan couldn’t help but curse under his breath.
At that mont, the irregular troops Zhang Yangde had recruited in the small town saw that their opponents were vulnerable, and they too began to strike competitively.
"Clang—"
With a ringing of the sword, ’Eternal Brightness’ was unsheathed, dividing into Dual Swords, "Breaking Chaos and Dividing Yin and Yang."
With a light shout from Qing Yu, the clash of tal rang out, the two swords touched and imdiately parted like dual dragons soaring through the clouds, rampaging freely.
Sword Light filled the sky, and the leading Jianghu Wandering Cultivators were shredded in an instant.
Qing Yu moved swiftly, with Sword Qi following, and rushed to Qiao Baixuan in the blink of an eye. Behind him, all enemies were decapitated, dead on the spot.
"Brother Qiao, let this junior test your strength!"
As the voice arrived, so did the sword, and in a flash of lightning, the Dual Swords aid for him.
Taiyi Splitting Light Sword, ’Wind and Cloud Change Color and Fill the Sky.’
In a mont of crisis, Qiao Baixuan’s four pupils moved around, and his figure suddenly floated back, miraculously evading this lightning-fast strike.
’Indeed, the eyesight of double pupils is extraordinary, capable of capturing even the fastest sword.’ He affird his earlier speculation in his mind but didn’t slow down in his actions.
Taiyi Splitting Light Sword, ’Traceless.’
The Dual Swords split from ’Eternal Brightness’ continued to swing, the swords moving freely through the sky, leaving no trace behind.
Under this traceless exquisite technique, Qiao Baixuan could no longer rely solely on evading.
Imdiately, Qiao Baixuan, with his double pupils striving to catch the trajectory of the Dual Swords, used both palms in motion. His techniques were as always simple, but unlike Yuan Jianyi’s direct attacks with Sword Qi, they were a case of vast complexity reduced to simplicity, containing brilliant skills within each straightforward move.
Each stroke of Qing Yu’s ’Traceless’ was t with Qiao Baixuan’s palm striking the sword’s body, shaking off the blade and breaking the traceless nature of the attack, leaving marks that made Qing Yu’s sword moves traceable.
Once traceable, the ’Traceless’ lost its essence and beca no different from any ordinary sword technique.
"This is the ’Heavenly Destiny Palm’ that breaks through the Demon Young Master’s ’Illusionary Heavenly Demon Hand’? Indeed, it lives up to the na of heavenly destiny, omnipresent and unbreakable by any move."
After breaking the move, Qiao Baixuan’s figure flickered like a phantom, turning into nothingness and gradually disappearing.
Then, Qing Yu’s ’Turtle Mirror’ reflected in his body, with a faint killing intent perceptible above his head, almost imperceptible yet utterly resolute.
Quickly looking up, he saw Qiao Baixuan, head down and feet up, a palm technique descending from the sky and covering down.
This ti, his Heavenly Destiny Palm was not as deceptively simple as before, but rather just an ordinary palm print coming down.
But this palm was imbued with boundless power, like the irresistible and unstoppable force of heavenly destiny.
"Bang—"
Qing Yu’s sword was by his side, and with his right hand, he t the attack, palm to palm, clashing with the descending palm technique from below.
Upon contact, Qing Yu nearly stumbled, almost unable to stand and about to fall to his knees.
’This hand power is certainly not Innate Seventh Layer.’
Qiao Baixuan had always displayed only Innate Seventh Layer, even when breaking the Illusionary Heavenly Demon Hand, he used cunning to overco trickery, not brute force. That’s why the Demon Young Master was so irritated then, unable to accept that his technique could be broken by soone of the Innate Seventh Layer.
However, now, after clashing with Qiao Baixuan’s full power, Qing Yu finally understood his true strength.
Innate Nine Layers, not inferior to the top five on the Dragon and Phoenix List. Whether he could surpass the Demon Young Master with his astonishing double pupils and Heavenly Destiny Palm was unknown, but he would undoubtedly surpass Qingxu before his breakthrough.
After all, back in Xixian City, it was only because Qing Yu spotted the gap in the Four Symbols Cycle and took the opportunity to break it. And if it were Qiao Baixuan, with eyes as sharp as Qing Yu’s and the move-breaking Heavenly Destiny Palm, it would definitely be easier.
’This Qiao Baixuan has really kept his true capacity well hidden.’
’Unfortunately, he has t .’
With a loud shout, Qing Yu unleashed his Eightfold True Energy to its utmost limit. A trendous force erupted from his palm, rebounding the power of the Heavenly Destiny Palm.
If it had been the Demon Young Master who was unprepared for Qiao Baixuan’s sudden deception, it would have been hard to turn the tables. But Qiao Baixuan’s opponent was not the Demon Young Master; it was him, Qing Yu.
Under the operation of the Taiyi Splitting Light Sword Qi Integration Technique, with the force of Eightfold True Energy, even the unstoppable power of Heavenly Destiny Palm could be forcefully countered.
"Ha!"
The ferocious palm force knocked Qiao Baixuan back into the air, and then, seizing the opportunity when his follow-through was weak, Qing Yu extended his right hand and remotely drew the long sword that was by his side into his hand.
And then...
"Brother Qiao, now take a move from ."
Qing Yu’s dual swords rged yin and yang in his hands, displaying the Taiji Formation, dividing Yin Yang, and between the movents of the dual swords, creating a True Qi Field that fixed Qiao Baixuan in the air.
Within the field, True Qi surged like raging waves, unceasingly battering Qiao Baixuan.
’Cleanse a thousand clevernesses with alchemical wash; Wanxiang Hunyuan is the ultimate truth.’
This move was nad a sword move, but in essence, it restored Qing Yu’s robust True Qi to its peak; the move was not a move. Therefore, as Qiao Baixuan’s ’Heavenly Destiny Palm’ was too miraculous, it lacked a way to break the move, and he had to clash True Qi directly to break through Qing Yu’s True Qi Field.
Qing Yu pushed his True Qi fiercely, pushing the True Qi Field ford by the Taiyi Splitting Light Sword to its limits. The True Qi around Qiao Baixuan pressed towards him like a tangible force, exerting trendous pressure.
Qiao Baixuan’s skin continuously compressed and expanded from the inside out, a sign of his own True Qi wrestling with the external pressure.
Even so, how long could he last?
It should be noted that Qing Yu possessed the Qi Dual Flow with continuous returning energy. This martial art, Qiao Baixuan did not have.
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