Asura Mad Emperor

"Domain Suppression Divine Power!"

Lin Xuan's cold shout echoed as his Meridian Opening Realm Seventh Layer cultivation, combined with the full activation of the Domain Suppression King Body's power, forcibly shattered Zhou Xi's Taiyin True Qi.

His sword momentum was ferocious and domineering, his hand flipping to ruthlessly slash down with his sword. Zhou Xi raised her sword to block, but limited by her cultivation realm, she was sent flying backward by the force of Lin Xuan's attack.

"Die!"

Lin Xuan's eyes were cold, showing no mercy or compassion, his longsword trembling with an icy cold light that dazzled the eyes. His figure, chilly and swift, chased after the retreating Zhou Xi to kill her.

The glint of the icy cold swords intersected, reflecting in her pupils as Zhou Xi's complexion turned pale, her pupils shrinking to the size of pinpoints as she felt the imminent threat of death.

Her body unstable, she had no strength left to defend against Lin Xuan's sharp and lethal swordsmanship.

The icy sword edge was already upon Zhou Xi's neck, about to pierce through her throat.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

However, at that moment.

Zhou Xi suddenly felt a hand supporting her waist, and the icy sword edge that was aiming for her snow-white neck was caught in a fair-skinned palm.

Lin Xuan's lethal, domineering, and swift sword strike could not advance an inch against that palm.

"Though she is but my maid, she isn't someone that riffraff like you can touch," Qinchuan said, holding Lin Xuan's sword edge in his hand, his eyebrows slightly raised as he spoke leisurely.

"How is this possible?!"

Seeing Qinchuan effortlessly catch his sword with bare hands, stopping its lethal force dead in its tracks, Lin Xuan's pupils constricted, his eyes filled with disbelief.

This guy actually dares to catch a sword barehanded, does he not value his life?

"Drip."

A trail of blood seeped from Qinchuan's fingers, trickling down the blade.

Qinchuan frowned slightly, muttering to himself, "It actually cut through the skin a bit. It seems my physical body still needs enhancement. I'll have to find time to further temper my body."

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He released Zhou Xi's slender waist with his left hand and also let go of Lin Xuan's sword edge with his right.

"Step back and hand me the sword. As a Taiyin Treasure Body, if you can't even suppress a trifling Domain Suppression King Body just three realms above your own, forcing me to take action myself, then you are not qualified as a maid," Qinchuan commented indifferently, glancing at Zhou Xi.

Zhou Xi, who had been moved by Qinchuan saving her life from Lin Xuan's murderous sword, scowled at him sharply upon hearing his words.

Qinchuan was unconcerned with her glare, taking the longsword from her hand, "Watch closely, the splendid Lone Peak Thirteen Swords you displayed was a complete mess."

"Pay attention, this is the true form of the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords!"

As his words fell, Qinchuan's aura dramatically shifted, his entire being emanating a sharp and proud essence that immediately burst forth.

With a flicker of his figure, he used the swordsmanship Zhou Xi had just attempted, and attacked Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan, having recovered from the shock of Qinchuan's bare-handed precision in catching his sword, saw Qinchuan, with his mere Condensed Truth Realm Nine Layers Peak cultivation, daring to make the first move, and he snorted coldly, "A mere Condensed Truth Realm dares to act against me, seeking death!"

The words had hardly left his mouth when Lin Xuan's wrist turned, drawing a sword flower as he met Qinchuan's attack.

However, Qinchuan did not meet the attack head-on.

The other was a Domain Suppression King Body, and his cultivation was a full seven realms higher than his own. Even with Qinchuan's solid foundation and profound strength, he couldn't possibly have the advantage in a direct confrontation.

Only a fool would expend effort to attack an opponent's strengths with their own weaknesses.

A true sword cultivator should learn to find the opponent's weak spots, exploiting them to maximize advantage while minimizing effort.

"Not to mention Qinchuan's awakening of the Innate Pupils, which could peer through falsehoods and predict advantages,"

"Even without the awakened Innate Pupils, with his vision alone, he could easily see through all of his opponent's moves and every single flaw."

"Thus, facing the opponent's counterattack, the sword technique in Qinchuan's hands suddenly changed, and the longsword pierced towards the center of the sword flowers his opponent had wheeled out at a tricky angle, like lightning."

"That center of the sword flowers was one of the biggest flaws."

"As Qinchuan thrust his sword, Lin Zhixuan's expression changed instantly, fully aware of the consequences if that thrust hit its mark."

"If this thrust were to hit, the swordsmanship he was using would collapse on the spot, and his hand would be crippled."

"Having a crippled hand, unable to hold a sword steady, was absolutely fatal for a sword cultivator."

"He saw through the flaw in my move!"

"Is it a coincidence?"

"Lin Zhixuan's expression shifted, he quickly retracted his move, and at the same time, he used his movement technique to swiftly increase the distance."

"Hmm, your reaction isn't bad, it seems you're well aware of the consequences if you hadn't retreated from your move just now,"

"Seeing the opponent decisively retract his move and retreat, Qinchuan revealed a slight look of surprise, somewhat unexpectedly finding that Lin Zhixuan was so decisive. It seemed that he had rich combat experience and was not merely a naive hotshot immersed in hard training."

"However, I want to see how many moves you can last under my hands?"

"Qinchuan didn't care about the sword move being dodged, in fact, he hadn't even been taking it seriously, considering it nothing more than a stretch to loosen his muscles."

"After all, with his rich combat experience and his cunning eye, even if his cultivation level was much lower than his opponent's, it was still somewhat like bullying to cross swords with the opponent."

"As a sword cultivator, what you need to train first is the ability to spot your opponent's flaws,"

"This sentence from Qinchuan was clearly a piece of advice for Zhou Xi."

"As his words fell, Qinchuan tapped his toes, and his figure immediately swept out towards Lin Zhixuan, who had widened the distance."

"And in the 'Lone Peak Thirteen Swords', the most important aspect isn't the move itself, but the intent within, 'Lone Mountain's Distant Shadow'."

"Accompanying this statement from Qinchuan,"

"All of a sudden, Qinchuan's entire figure and his sword technique began to take on an eerie form."

"His figure became fleeting and unpredictable like a ghost, and his sword techniques appeared to create multiple visual effects, seemingly hazy and as if separated by an insurmountable distance."

"But the next moment, the sword shadow, which seemed so far away, suddenly drew close right before the eyes."

"With such an illusory sense of distance, both near and far, it caused the opponent's six senses to experience great deception. Under the influence of 'Lone Mountain's Distant Shadow', the opponent would have a hard time accurately judging the distance between themselves and Qinchuan, leading to many mistakes."

"Chi-la!"

"With a sudden thrust of his sword, from Zhou Xi's perspective, Qinchuan's sword had already closed in on Lin Xuan."

"Yet to Zhou Xi's surprise, Lin Xuan's reaction to Qinchuan's thrust was incredibly sluggish, he didn't react at all as if he didn't see it coming."

"Because from Lin Xuan's point of view, Qinchuan's thrust felt extremely distant and posed no threat to him."

"Pu!"

"Ah..."

"In an instant, Lin Xuan's arm sprayed out a streak of blood, and if it weren't for his Domain Suppression King Body bolstering his physical frame, that one strike could have severed his entire arm."

"His heart was filled with shock. That sword, which should have been too far to be a threat, had struck him solidly."

"Damn it, it's the intent! Only a few high-rank Profound Level martial skills and Earth Level or above martial skills contain intent, and yet, being in the Condensed Truth Realm, he managed to practice such a high-level martial skill and even comprehended its intent?"

"For a moment, Lin Xuan's heart was thrown into disarray, his six senses clouded and confounded by the 'Lone Mountain's Distant Shadow' intent, making it impossible for him to fathom Qinchuan's attacks."