Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 43: Sword Produces Thunder and Fire
"Are you Lu Qingshan?" Luo Ji looked at Lu Qingshan with scrutiny, and said word by word: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, and this battle can finally begin."
Although he was said to be his opponent, in fact, this battle was entirely arranged by Luo Tanghou, and his opinion was not even asked for. Before this, Luo Ji had never even met Lu Qingshan.
Therefore, there was no such emotion as hatred. He even wanted to thank Lu Qingshan in person - if it weren't for the battle with Lu Qingshan, his father Luo Tanghou would not have spent a huge price to exchange for the real blood of the ghost leopard just to help him transform his left palm in advance.
In addition, this time, by taking the opportunity of defeating Lu Qingshan, he might also be able to catch Xia Daojing's attention and rise to prominence.
If this is true, then Lu Qingshan is not only not his enemy, it is not an exaggeration to call him a noble man.
In addition, looking around, there were countless people on the viewing platform with restrained auras and countless with deep auras.
Not everyone is qualified to enter the Martial Hall to watch the battle. The cultivators currently sitting in the spectator seats are all people of a certain status.
These people are here to watch his fight!
Just thinking about it makes me feel so vain.
Think again about the heated discussions that have swept across the seven regions of the human race over the past period of time.
Since when could a Void Refining cultivator like him, who was not ranked on the Xuan List, attract so much attention?
Isn’t it because the person he is facing is Lu Qingshan!
In this regard, he still benefited from Lu Qingshan.
In response to Luo Ji's interrogative tone, Lu Qingshan just glanced at him coldly and did not respond.
In public, Luo Ji found that his words were ignored by Lu Qingshan, which made him feel embarrassed and his face turned a little pale.
Fortunately, his face was originally dark, so it was hard to tell that his expression had changed.
…
At this moment, a divine light descended from above.
A middle-aged monk appeared in the divine light, dressed in black, his figure vague and indistinct.
The middle-aged cultivator is the master of the Tianzui Martial Hall, a disciple of the Lunwu Hall, and also the host of this duel.
The Lord of Heavenly Sin Palace first glanced at Lu Qingshan with a slightly curious look, and then slowly said:
"Now that both parties for this match have arrived, you two should prepare to enter the ring."
"Open!" The Lord of Tianzui Palace gave a low shout, and a layer of hazy light suddenly appeared on the stage in front of Lu Qingshan and Luo Ji, with a magnificent scene.
"You two, please step onto the stage."
Lu Qingshan and Luo Ji flashed and rushed towards the stage at the same time.
As soon as he entered the arena, Lu Qingshan discovered that the arena, which looked only a hundred meters long and wide from the outside, suddenly expanded and turned into a vast space of dozens of miles in radius.
He and Luo Ji stood on either side of the space, facing each other from a great distance.
This is because there is a mustard seed magic array on this arena, which puts Mount Sumeru into the mustard seed, shrinking a huge small domain into the small arena.
For cultivators, a small arena is simply not enough for fighting.
Only a small domain like this is suitable as a place for cultivators of this level of cultivation to fight and confront each other.
In addition, there is a layer of golden light shield around the outside of the ring, on which flashes complex and majestic symbols.
This is a shielding formation to prevent the aftermath of the battle from rushing out of the small area of the arena.
"It is finally time to begin. This showdown that has caused a sensation in recent months." The monks on the viewing platform were all watching the scene of the small area in the arena displayed on the golden light cover, with great anticipation in their hearts.
"Jing'er, capture him for me..." In the high-level viewing position, Marquis Luo Tang stared at the scene on the battlefield and murmured.
Lu Qingshan was in a very disadvantageous position on the surface, but this battle still concerned Luo Tanghou.
Because he cannot and cannot afford to lose this battle .
If they lose, 90% of their family property will be ceded to the Sword Sect. Who can afford such a loss?
"Is he the first disciple of His Highness Dao Yun? He looks like a handsome man." Around him, there were Da Xia monks chatting in low voices.
"After all, he is the number one person in the Seven Realms. He is a rare talent among people, so he must have extraordinary aura." Another person also agreed: "Not to mention, he has the confidence to fight against a cultivator who is a whole realm higher than him. How many cultivators have such courage?"
There were discussions one after another, but the focus was on Lu Qingshan, and no one mentioned Luo Ji's name.
After all, a Nascent Soul cultivator who dares to challenge the late Refinement Void stage is worthy of being a topic of conversation.
What is there to mention about Luo Ji, who is in the late stage of Lianxu and is fighting against a Yuanying cultivator?
Who doesn’t dare?
"Although we are brave enough, our chances of winning are low." This is also the opinion of most people.
Although Lu Qing was amazing, he was only at the Nascent Soul stage after all, and that was the late Nascent Soul stage that was quickly achieved.
In their eyes, it should be the lack of unique and powerful foundation.
…
In the field, Luo Ji was as fast as a comet. A dazzling silver light burst out from his body, and he turned into silver lightning and rushed out.
His target, of course, is Lu Qingshan!
The moment Luo Ji rushed out, Lu Qingshan was also hanging high in the air. With an idea in his mind, the dragon bird suddenly swooped out.
Facing Luo Ji, who was in the late stage of Refining Void, he could not afford to be careless.
However, even though he already attached great importance to Luo Ji, Lu Qingshan still discovered that Luo Ji was indeed not weak.
Because Luo Ji's speed was too fast, so fast that it was unimaginable.
It is quite rare for a physical cultivator to be so fast.
This is because the Dharma form that Luo Ji himself practiced: the Ghost Leopard, is a strange beast famous for its speed.
In addition, Luo Ji is a Tao seed condensed with the artistic conception of speed.
The combination of the two, plus the fact that his cultivation was already one level higher than Lu Qingshan's, so in terms of escape speed alone, he had already surpassed Lu Qingshan's sword-riding speed.
Facing an opponent of this speed, this means that every time Lu Qingshan distanced himself, he could only control the flying sword to attack once or twice at most, and Luo Ji would be able to rush to his side.
Under normal circumstances, with his speed advantage in flying the sword, other cultivators would either have to fight him from a distance, or force their way close to him under the continuous attacks of the flying sword.
In short, the "kite flying" strategy will not work against Luo Ji.
However, although the "kite flying" style of fighting is the iconic style of sword cultivators, it has never been Lu Qingshan's most commonly used tactic.
Therefore, this blow did not have much impact on Lu Qingshan.
This is also the reason why the higher the monk's cultivation level, the more time and energy he spends on building his own spell system.
Facing those strange and diverse opponents, there is no tactic that can be "one trick to dominate the world" when the strength difference is not much.
The most reasonable tactic is to respond to each opponent's moves and choose the most suitable style of play according to the actual opponent.
When Luo Ji rushed towards him, Lu Qingshan's dragon bird had already gone to meet him.
boom!
There was a loud bang.
This didn't seem like a clash between humans and swords, but more like the collision of two comets. The vibrations were extremely violent. A roar was heard on the field, and spiritual energy rolled out like smoke.
People were shocked.
"What a fast flying sword!"
These monks who were watching the battle were also very powerful themselves. From their perspective, the speed of the flying swords that made them praise them so much was truly extremely fast.
Eighty-four times the speed of sound!
The fact that a sword cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage could fly his sword at such a speed really made them feel terrified.
Especially those who are also sword practitioners.
They can better understand the horror of this.
You have to know that when they were in the late Nascent Soul stage, the speed of their flying swords, even with the blessing of the number one killing sword intent, could reach forty times the speed of sound, which was already the best among people and was rare.
Lu Qingshan simply doubled their money.
This is so fucking far off the mark.
"The murderous sword intent of the perfect realm..." Someone who knew the value of it stared at the circling dragon bird and whispered to himself.
There seemed to be a hint of blood on the flying sword, and the lingering sense of awe was like a needle piercing the bones, and the murderous aura was so fierce that it made people afraid.
This kind of momentum can only be achieved by reaching the perfect state of killing sword intent.
Under the attack of Lu Qingshan's flying sword, Luo Ji's forward figure paused for a moment, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes. "It's only been a few months, and your killing sword intent has improved again. You are worthy of being Xia Daoyun's first disciple."
The last time the Yellow List was updated, Lu Qingshan’s cultivation level was still recorded as the Killing Sword Intent at the Unity Realm.
Who could have thought that in the blink of an eye, perfection would be achieved.
The speed at which the artistic conception improves is truly terrifying.
Moreover, the natal sword of Lu Qingshan that was suspected to be a fake Taoist weapon as recorded on the Yellow List seemed to be verifiable.
The attack power of Lu Qingshan's flying sword made even him tremble with fear. After taking a hard hit, although he was not injured, he felt the biting chill deeply.
If it weren't for the extremely high quality of this sword cultivator's natal sword, Luo Ji would never have believed that a Nascent Soul sword cultivator could launch such a ferocious flying sword attack.
Luo Ji felt a little nervous, feeling that this would be a tough battle.
Lu Qingshan also had a strange look on his face.
——Luo Ji’s physical strength was far beyond his imagination.
In terms of speed alone, his flying sword is so fast that many sword cultivators in the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm can hardly match him.
This is due to the combination of the Taoist weapon, the perfect killing sword intent, the powerful spiritual power of the flawless Taoist foundation, and the primordial spirit that has reached the realm of control.
But even though the flying sword, which had reached the late stage of the Refined Void Realm, pierced Luo Ji, he was unharmed.
Although the flying swords of sword cultivators are sharp, each cultivator has his own methods to weaken the power of the flying swords.
For example, barriers, the golden light of Buddhism, the mountain-moving technique of a cultivator... and so on. Therefore, when the flying sword finally lands on the enemy, it is considered good if it can retain half of its power compared to when it was shot out.
But it is very rare to see someone like Luo Ji, who could block a flying sword with his body alone without any other means and still remain unscathed.
It seemed that he had no way to deal with Luo Ji with his flying sword.
“Even flying swords can’t hurt my son. Lu Qingshan, how can you win?” In the distance, the handsome Marquis Luo Tang was watching this scene and muttered to himself.
“Among the Nascent Soul cultivators, there are not many who can fight with Lu Qingshan, or even take a flying sword from him safely. He is indeed a young genius, but it’s a pity that Luo Ji’s cultivation is much higher than his.” Next to Luo Tanghou, a Da Xia cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Realm made an evaluation.
"Based on his current performance, what does it matter if he loses this battle? Can Xia Daoyuan and the Sword Sect not protect him? Besides, I have begun to believe that he has the ability to kill Guiyuan Zhenzun." Another Da Xia cultivator with silver hair and who looked quite old said slowly.
The others all nodded in agreement.
Here, in the small space of the arena, Luo Ji's figure paused for a moment, and then rushed out again swiftly and fiercely, like an eagle soaring into the sky, with silver light bursting out from his whole body.
When Lu Qingshan saw this scene, he calmly controlled the Dragon Bird to fly out again.
"A futile struggle." Luo Ji said in his heart, seeming to ignore Lu Qingshan's flying sword and facing it again without dodging or evading.
Anyway, he has already tried it once, and this flying sword cannot hurt him at all for the time being.
When Lu Qingshan saw this scene, he sneered.
The flying sword he had used earlier did not use the true meaning of immortality. It was purely for testing to see what level Luo Ji's physical body had been cultivated to.
In a fight where strength is not overwhelming, it is necessary to test the opponent's limits and bottom line.
Now, he is sure.
The flying sword began to accelerate in the air.
It only takes half a breath from starting up to eighty-four times the speed of sound.
At this time, the flying sword was already extremely close to Luo Ji, as Lu Qingshan was planning and Luo Ji was arrogant and ignored it.
At this distance, even a god would not be able to react instantly.
boom!
With a roar, an illusory flash of lightning and fire appeared on the flaming Dragon Sparrow Sword.
Even Luo Ji, who was extremely proud of his physical body, changed color at this moment.
——After reaching eighty-four times the speed of sound, Lu Qingshan's flying sword did not reach its limit. Instead, its speed increased again. With an unstoppable momentum, it directly rushed to ninety-nine times the speed of sound, infinitely close to a hundred times the speed of sound.
The third level of the flying sword is to generate lightning and fire from the sword, and its limit is a hundred times the speed of sound!
At this moment, Lu Qingshan's flying sword was only one step away from breaking through the realm of sword-generating thunder and fire.
This flying sword attack carried unimaginable power.
The dragon bird hit Luo Ji's chest.
Luo Ji felt a tightness in his chest. A huge force burst out from the sword and pressed against his chest, causing him to stagger and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"A sword flying at ninety-nine times the speed of sound! How could a disciple of the Sword Sect be so desperate?!" Many people exclaimed, their jaws nearly dropping to the ground in shock.
"Luo Ji is injured!" They were excited again.
The shock was because they had not expected that the flying sword's speed of eighty-four times the speed of sound, which had already astonished them, was not actually the limit.
Lu Qingshan’s true limit is actually the terrifying flying sword at ninety-nine times the speed of sound.
The excitement was because, since Luo Ji was injured, it meant that this duel was becoming suspenseful again.
After all, if Lu Qingshan can't even break the defense, and this battle is in the form of a ring duel, the outcome will be too obvious.
"What a pity! If Luo Ji had really reached the realm of sword-generating thunder and fire, his injuries would not just be minor." Lu Qingshan murmured softly as he watched Luo Ji wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.
The immortal truth of the Unity Realm amplified the killing sword intent, but it still failed to make his flying sword break through the limit of a hundred times the speed of sound.
The sword produces thunder and fire, which is a big bottleneck.
Lu Qingshan estimated that only when his cultivation was further improved and the true meaning of immortality was cultivated to perfection, his flying sword could reach the realm of sword generating thunder and fire.
Luo Ji looked at Lu Qingshan with a ferocious expression.
Gradually, strange lines appeared on his face. Upon closer inspection, Luo Ji's appearance had changed to become extremely similar to that of the leopard.
"Fierce and ugly." The female cultivator who gave Luo Ji the title of "ugly man" never let anyone down. At this time, she stood up again, looked at Luo Ji's leopard face, curled her lips, and complained in a low voice.
The physical trainer next to her heard the female trainee's complaints and felt a little sad:
The body-building techniques that body-cultivators practiced were indeed powerful, but in terms of appearance… the best was the Buddhist Vajra Body, which shone with golden light, but that was only a minority. Most of the body-building techniques that body-cultivators practiced were related to beasts…
If it is the so-called "Blue Sky Dragon Transformation Art", "Ancient Dragon Elephant Art" or "Vermillion Bird Holy Body", it is also very powerful.
However, just by hearing the names, we can tell that these body-building techniques are definitely for those great physical cultivators. How can ordinary physical cultivators have access to these top-notch skills?
Most of the physical cultivators practice weird things like "Bull Demon Body Tempering Technique", "Spirit Turtle Body Controlling Technique", and "Ape Demon Moon Catching Technique".
It’s not that they don’t want to look good, they are just turtles and monkeys, no matter how good-looking they are, how good can they be?
It’s all tears if I talk too much.
But what about sword cultivators? Each of them can fly a sword with the wind and control the flying sword to kill enemies thousands of miles away.
Regardless of whether he is strong or not, he is definitely handsome.
Not only is he not as good-looking as others, but his moves are also uglier than theirs.
So cold!
