Chapter 442: Chapter 303: 7th Realm Geng Wu, Unparalleled! ’Double-Handed Sword’ Chen Ze’s "Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship"!
The two of them clashed in the center of the arena, the attacks and defenses exchanged were extremely fierce.
Sun Guifen’s golden knife was heavy, occasionally flying out of her hand as she relied on the ’Crown Prince’s Travel’ to launch more exquisite lethal moves. It was as heavy as a thousand jin, and the whirling, flying sound of the blade cutting through the air resonated with the people surrounding the ’Hai Character’ arena, making their ears buzz.
Meanwhile, Chen Ze’s every sword strike was faster than the last, vaguely accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder. When his sword clashed with the golden knife, sparks flew, creating a grating sound reminiscent of grinding teeth, which was incredibly annoying.
"Damn it!"
"Can we even stay at this ’Hai Character’ arena anymore?!"
Not long ago, there was a match between Yan Chuan and Luo Qi, with one unleashing an incessant ’Lion Roar’ and the other playing mesmerizing music, both colliding to produce a sound that pierced the ears like a magic resonance.
It left a deep impression on everyone.
Now, Chen Ze fiercely battled Sun Guifen, the two of them clashing intensely. Chen Ze cleverly avoided the heavier strikes, making each collision of sword and knife incredibly jarring and unpleasant.
The crowd below the stage grumbled.
But the people on the stage paid no heed.
Wang Zhengyi observed Sun Guifen and Chen Ze dueling. Although she mostly defended with fewer attacks, after receiving two or three attacks, she would return one move. The power of her golden knife was so fierce that it forced Chen Ze to keep his distance—
"Even with Chen Ze’s strong breakthroughs,"
"Sun Guifen is not weak either!"
Wang Zhengyi secretly praised in his heart.
Little did he know, while Sun Guifen’s golden knife attacks were fierce, she was actually inwardly lamenting.
She had thought that the swordplay of Yan Chuan and Chen Ze’s cooperative technique was already exceptionally brilliant, leaving her struggling to cope. But now, with Chen Ze’s solo display, its power was even greater.
Swish swish swish!
Clang clang clang!
Chen Ze’s two-handed sword strikes were different yet ingeniously coordinated.
The left sword attacked from the front!
The right sword simultaneously struck from behind!
This left her neither able to advance nor retreat.
Every sword move from his dual swords attacked multiple points, how could it not exceed the variations of a single-handed sword?
Yin and yang!
Illusion and reality!
Soft and hard!
It was truly difficult to distinguish, leaving Sun Guifen unable to attend to one without losing sight of the other, struggling to cope. If she hadn’t already reached the postnatal peak, the peak of limit-breaking, and had such a deep foundation which far surpassed Chen Ze, and with her ’Qingxi Saber Technique’ too reaching an extremely refined level, she would have long been pierced countless times.
With that thought, she was even more surprised: "I have such an advantage in cultivation, yet he suppresses me with just a dual-handed sword technique?"
Sun Guifen realized late.
In fact, many people had already noticed—
"Postnatal peak, peak of bone training, eighth-grade muscle training, eighth-grade muscle training, seventh-grade skin training—it’s Sun Guifen!"
"Postnatal fourth layer, fourth-grade muscle training, it’s Chen Ze."
"The difference between them is like heaven and earth!"
"But Chen Ze can actually suppress Sun Guifen!"
"How powerful exactly is this ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’? If his cultivation caught up, wouldn’t Ban Xianfu, a master of unparalleled knife technique, have to keep his distance? Wouldn’t he be invincible among those acclaimed as absolute?"
Ding Xiang was shocked.
She knew this Chen Ze was Yan Chuan’s junior brother, the ’Quanzhen Swordsmanship’ and ’Jade Maiden Swordsmanship’ he used were taught by Yan Chuan.
But these two, when separated, were just ordinary sword techniques, yet, combined now, they had such power, truly profound.
Looking back at the Hai Character Arena—
Chen Ze!
Yan Chuan!
Wang Zhengyi!
Almost all could rival the top ten of the ’two lists’ in some aspect, perhaps even called absolute.
Their common weakness was their cultivation!
"Once the three of their cultivation catches up to the peak, instantly there would be three absolute figures!"
"This, this, this!"
Ding Xiang was both shocked and delighted, her ’Mind Reading Technique’ bound to Yan Chuan, she truly hit the jackpot!
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"Well done!"
Yan Chuan chuckled, continuously observing this battle between Chen Ze and Sun Guifen, realizing that although Chen Ze’s individual swordplay was fast, it ultimately lacked the power of their joint effort.
The real gap in power was too large compared to Sun Guifen.
However—
[Seven Realms Quanzhen Swordsmanship]+[Seven Realms Jade Maiden Swordsmanship]+[Left and Right Mutual Combat]=[Seven Realms Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship]!
Chen Ze indeed took a shortcut; both ’Quanzhen Swordsmanship’ and ’Jade Maiden Swordsmanship’ were merely ’Xin Martial’, achieving the seven realms was far less challenging than the more profound ’Geng Martial’.
Under Yan Chuan’s planning and guidance, Chen Ze achieved seven realms with ’Xin Martial’s’ difficulty by first achieving seven realms with ’Quanzhen Swordsmanship’ and ’Jade Maiden Swordsmanship’, then cleverly combining them with [Left and Right Mutual Combat] into ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’, inheriting the seven realms mastery of these two techniques.
But the critical point—
’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’ is Geng Martial!"
Seven realms Geng Martial?
Even Yan Chuan hadn’t achieved it yet!
His highest mastery ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’ was only Sixth Realm, not even halfway through.
Among the heavenly prides present, the peak was merely Fifth Realm Geng Martial, Sixth Realm could already be called absolute.
And Chen Ze!
Geng Martial!
Seven realms!
Absolutely unique!
Yan Chuan couldn’t help but smile.
Looking at Chen Ze again.
Only to see him striking with speed like a shooting star, unseen by anyone before.
Sun Guifen had already suffered under the combined power of Yan Chuan and Chen Ze’s ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’, underestimating Chen Ze when he used it alone. But Chen Ze unexpectedly gained the upper hand, catching her off guard, shattering her morale.
As such, Sun Guifen under this swordsmanship now thought more about self-preservation, how to retreat.
One advancing bravely, the dual swords used more skillfully.
One panicked and timid, restrained.
As they intensely clashed for sixty to seventy moves, Chen Ze fought more valiantly, while Sun Guifen was in increasing danger, unable to use her ultimate skill ’Crown Prince’s Travel’ to counterattack, forced back to using her golden knife for defense, mostly on the back foot.
After several more moves.
With the golden knife in hand, Sun Guifen was reduced to purely defending.
The knife encircled her, guarding her body closely.
The defense becoming tight.
But Chen Ze let out a shout—
"Take this!"
The dual swords fell like a cascade, a burst of sparks flew.
The two of them leaped back and forth on the stage, moves getting faster, the ordinary low-grade breakthrough could hardly see clearly the changes in their techniques.
But Yan Chuan was delighted—
"If Sun Guifen breaks the technique with strength, she might still have a chance to win!"
"But feeling intimidated, she gives up her strength to compete in speed with my junior brother, now there’s no chance of victory!"
As if confirming Yan Chuan’s thoughts, he spread a hand forward, a strength sweeping in a spiral like a vortex, slightly distorting the surrounding air.
Then viewed his palm to see—
"Blood?!"
Wang Zhengyi saw a splash of blood in Yan Chuan’s palm, his eye twitching as he hurriedly looked at Chen Ze and Sun Guifen: "Who got hurt?"
He noticed spots of blood on Chen Ze’s white robe, as if peach blossoms painting bright colors on white silk.
The bloodstains were evident.
"Chen Ze is injured!"
Someone in the crowd below shouted!
But on stage.
Yan Chuan smiled.
Wang Zhengyi burst into laughter: "Haha! Brother Chen! Well done!"
They could clearly see that the blood was not Chen Ze’s but from Sun Guifen’s skin cut by Chen Ze’s dual swords, splattering onto his garments in their fierce battle.
Sun Guifen was already wounded, clearly indicating the victory and defeat.
Sure enough—
"Let go!"
Chen Ze shouted, then with two flashes of the sword’s light, they heard a ding sound, and Sun Guifen’s golden knife slipped from her grasp, retreating step by step. Looking closer, it was evident that Sun Guifen was clutching her wrist, bleeding heavily, her right wrist having been struck, making it impossible to hold the knife.
And as the golden knife hit the ground!
This match!
"Chen Ze wins!"
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"Great swordsmanship!"
Qian Lingyi saw Chen Ze’s victory, couldn’t help but applaud in praise, then turned to look at the Military Suppression Department Director Deng Kunlun: "Lord Deng, take another look, is there hope now for defending the Hai Character arena stage?"
Previously, Deng Kunlun claimed Yan Chuan’s prowess as opportunistic, unlikely to hold the stage.
But now—
Wang Zhengyi!
Chen Ze!
On the Hai Character arena, the Yan Chuan team had breakthroughs one after another, a splendid metamorphosis.
Among them, Wang Zhengyi alone took down the top elite team led by ’Hidden Dragon’ No. 74, ’Thousand-Handed Sword Ape’ Yin Ye, which had three ’Human List’ masters, yet they were defeated effortlessly.
Subsequently, ’Hidden Dragon’ No. 38, ’Snow Flying Cranes’ Liu Guanlan was easily taken down by Wang Zhengyi too.
Wang Zhengyi’s strength is undeniable!
His prowess approached the level of being called absolute, without doubt!
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