Chapter 440: Chapter 302 Junior Brother! Although you have no partner, you still have your hands! [Vote for Monthly Ticket!]_2
Once I thought it through, enlightenment came instantly.
But immediately, the idea that ’the Combined Attack Swordsmanship must be executed by two people’ was shattered by Yan Chuan—
"Junior Brother!"
"This Combined Attack Swordsmanship I’ve created is named the ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’. Initially, a man uses the ’Quanzhen Swordsmanship’, a woman uses the ’Jade Maiden Swordsmanship’, and the dual swords merge for great power."
"However, to utilize this swordsmanship, it requires a man and woman with a shared understanding, and it’s my wish for you to find a good match."
"Thus, when using the ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’ with someone else, if not a lover, many subtle aspects are hard to experience; without mental connection between the two, if they are friends, they might be too polite, and if of different generations, there might be too much consideration; even if husband and wife use it together and it’s wonderful, the subtle affections and tender shyness, the push and pull, gains and losses, lack a layer."
Yan Chuan explained the ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’ to Chen Ze, and hearing his senior brother’s hope that he finds a great partner touched Chen Ze.
But to Sun Gui Fen’s ears, it was a shock: "Only affectionate lovers can fully unleash the power of this swordsmanship? Yan Chuan and Chen Ze’s current combination isn’t even the strongest match for this swordsmanship?!"
She dared not imagine!
She even thought Yan Chuan was bluffing, trying to intimidate.
But watching further, Yan Chuan and Chen Ze, when facing her, wielding deadly weapons, often in danger, cared for each other without regard for their own safety, aligning perfectly with the essence of the swordsmanship, just like a pair of lovers in the heat of passion.
And listening to each move in this swordsmanship, all containing a poetic reference—
"Plucking the Zither and Playing the Flute!"
"Sweeping Snow and Brewing Tea!"
"Beneath the Pine Tree!"
"Pool Side Crane Taming!"
"Raise the table!"
"Bright Bracelets!"
"Cold Moon Peeping!"
"West Window Night Talk!"
And so on, all about the endless romance when men and women are together.
No wonder she felt uncomfortable at the start, a wave of nausea ascending.
Now she had her answer.
However, as Yan Chuan said to Chen Ze, for the ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’ to achieve dual sword fusion, it requires a perfect couple, but Yan Chuan and Chen Ze, being only senior and junior brothers, were still somewhat lacking.
"Luckily, they aren’t lovers!"
Sun Gui Fen felt a wave of relief.
Yan Chuan and Chen Ze were merely senior and junior brothers, yet their dual sword fusion already overwhelmed her, hard to counter. It’s unimaginable if they were a pair of intimate lovers; once united, the swordsmanship’s brilliance and strength would reach another level.
Sun Gui Fen couldn’t help but feel relieved.
But it was too soon to relax—
"Junior Brother!"
"Even though you have no intimate partner now, you still have both hands, more intimate and unified than the closest companion."
"Before the battle, I taught you ’Left and Right Mutual Combat’!"
"Just now, I guided you through the ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’ once!"
"Now that you’ve learned ’Left and Right Mutual Combat’ and mastered Divided Attention, this ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’ can be executed by one, though the strength doesn’t match two people, but the speed is several times faster, and the power remains strong."
"Try it!"
After speaking, Yan Chuan stepped back using ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’, leaving Chen Ze to face Sun Gui Fen alone.
"Old Yan!"
Wang Zhengyi swept forward, shocked by Yan Chuan’s talent and the ’Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship’, yet concerned for Chen Ze’s safety: "Sun Gui Fen is ranked twelfth in ’Chufeng’; even though Brother Chen just had an enlightenment breakthrough, facing her alone might be too aggressive?"
Chen Ze!
Before enlightenment, he couldn’t even contend against someone like Ning Junlong near the ’Hidden Dragon List’ bottom, even struggling when teamed up with Wang Ge and Fu Yunzhan; now, even with enlightenment and an advancement in cultivation, at best he reaches the level of entry on the ’Human List’.
To battle Sun Gui Fen?
Even Wang Zhengyi wasn’t entirely confident.
Is Chen Ze capable?
...
"Is Chen Ze capable?"
Tian Jing couldn’t help but question.
Though an Innate Grandmaster, he couldn’t judge this time.
Not only Tian Jing.
Qian Lingyi, though amazed by his own swordsmanship prowess, admitted, "This time, I truly misjudged!"
Hui Zhenzi smiled wryly: "Not just Brother Qian! We’ve all misjudged!"
"Damn it!"
Yang Wang was also frustrated, initially indifferent, believing Yan Chuan’s creation and Chen Ze’s execution of ’Quanzhen Swordsmanship’ and ’Jade Maiden Swordsmanship’ didn’t qualify as absolute skills, at most, the latter completely restrained the former, while the former didn’t lack in finesse, deserving praise.
Among them, including Yang Wang, many masters thought the mystery of these two swordsmanships lay entirely therein.
Yet who could have foreseen!
This turned out to be a set of Combined Attack Swordsmanship, Dual Sword Fusion, allowing even someone like Chen Ze, just barely entering the ’Human List’, to combine with Yan Chuan and contend against Sun Gui Fen.
They thought this was the limit.
They assumed this was impressive enough.
Yet—
Yan Chuan!
Chen Ze!
They brought even more ’surprises’!
...
"Junior Brother!"
"Receive the sword!"
Yan Chuan shouted, handing the sword to Chen Ze.
In an instant.
Chen Ze held dual swords in his left and right hands.
Sun Gui Fen’s mind went blank: "How can one person use a combined sword technique?"
Left hand ’Quanzhen Swordsmanship’?
Right hand ’Jade Maiden Swordsmanship’?
Isn’t that absurd!
"Who can divide their attention equally?"
"If I could use two different martial arts with both hands simultaneously, wouldn’t my left hand with Eagle Claw, right hand with golden knife, bring down a mere Yan Chuan instantly?"
Sun Gui Fen couldn’t imagine.
Dual-tasking?
This is hard enough in daily life, challenging when reading or writing, let alone with complex and profound martial arts, absolute skills; utilizing one already demands countless thoughts for changes, responses, countless strategies, making any further focus impossible.
This is one issue.
The other is, most martial arts aren’t merely about different surface moves; it’s deeper in the operation of Inner Strength and Inner Strength combined with moves and punches to unleash incredible power.
Under dual-tasking, even employing different techniques with both hands is barely feasible; how can the entirely different pathways of Inner Strength and Inner Strength operation be achieved?
"Impossible!"
"Impossible!"
When Sun Gui Fen thought of it, she instinctively tried to attempt, but her Inner Strength clashing, in chaos, she couldn’t: "This Yan Chuan!"
Sun Gui Fen was furious!
She was startled, thinking this might be Yan Chuan’s scheme and pattern, intentionally arousing her curiosity, just like telling someone a lightbulb can fit in a mouth but can’t be taken out—a contrary rationality that’s tempting to try, potentially causing severe consequences.
Sun Gui Fen felt Yan Chuan was deceiving her.
No denying—
Sun Gui Fen overthought!
"Hah!"
"Watch the sword!"
Only to see Chen Ze, with the dual swords in hand, suddenly change his aura.
Sun Gui Fen, after all, ranked twelfth on the ’Chufeng’, a pride among the heavenly prides, a master among masters; facing Wang Zhengyi with ’Unrivaled Divine Power’, or against Yan Chuan with ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’ at full evasion might be challenging, but facing a mere newcomer to the Postnatal Fourth Layer, Limit-breaking Fourth Grade, an unknown individual, what’s there to fear?
"Hah!" Sun Gui Fen shouted fiercely, wielding the sword, charging at Chen Ze first.
Having been led by Yan Chuan in fighting against Sun Gui Fen for a while, while listening to the senior brother’s analysis of her saber skill, and personally experiencing it, Chen Ze, now facing Sun Gui Fen’s saber edge, was confident and unflustered.
Seeing Chen Ze’s sword tip quiver, it seemed to pierce both Sun Gui Fen’s left and right wrists, left and right legs simultaneously in an instant.
Swish swish swish swish!
These four sword thrusts were so quick that even Fu Yunzhan was shocked: "Faster than my ’Evil Exorcism Sword Skill’?"
The ’Evil Exorcism Sword Skill’, with the ’self-castration’ price, pursued speed above all, hailed as a fast sword model. Fu Yunzhan, after extensive cultivation, initially effective, had been far surpassed in speed compared to Chen Ze, who was far inferior before, yet now leaves him way behind.
Not only Fu Yunzhan was astonished.
Wang Zhengyi was equally impressed: "Such fast sword!" This sword move was so fast that without preparation, even he might suffer.
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