Time flies, and a month passes quickly.
This month, there have been great improvements in all aspects. The "Thirteen Deadly Swords", "Sword Wings", and "Cloud Shadow Step" have all been practiced to the level of Dacheng, and even alchemy has reached the peak of the fourth level. The cultivation base has also been completely consolidated and is heading towards the initial peak.
There is only water swordsmanship, which is too difficult to master, and it can only reach the entry level. Cheng Ling named this water sword technique "Blue Waves Thousand Miles". There are seven moves in total. Each move is very strong. It feels several levels higher than the thirteen deadly swords. In the past month, he has only mastered the first move. "Falling flowers and flowing water"!
Cheng Ling even suspected that this was an earth-level swordsmanship. As for which level it belonged to, he couldn't tell for the moment because he had never seen it before. However, as a result, there are too few means to fight the enemy, and one sword skill alone is obviously not enough.
On this day, he came out of the training room and was hesitating whether to go to the library to choose a secret book on swordsmanship. He saw many disciples running in the same direction. He quickly grabbed a disciple and asked: "This senior brother, what happened?" What's going on, why are you all running over there?"
"Senior Brother Zhang Zheng from our Sword Academy is going to the sword fighting arena with the disciples from the Academy. Come and watch!"
After saying that, without waiting for Cheng Ling's answer, he ran straight after the disciples.
Cheng Ling was startled. It was really new for the disciples of the Sword Academy and the Law Academy to go to the sword fighting stage. He suddenly remembered that this was the inner sect, and the three courtyards all lived in the same area. It was common for some friction to arise, and it was understandable to go to the sword fighting platform.
I couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that I was too homebound and my life was very monotonous. There was only Zhuyin Pavilion and the training room. I really didn't look like a twenty-year-old young man. I thought, since I have the opportunity to see other people fighting, it would be a good idea to go and experience it.
He followed the direction in which the disciples were running and chased after them.
Not long after, I saw a large group of people in front of me. The all-white flying sword uniform on the left is obviously a disciple of the Kendo Academy. The disciple on the right is wearing a robe with colorful magic patterns painted on it. He is a disciple of the Fa Dao Academy.
The disciples on the two sides are separated in the middle, with clear distinctions between Jing and Wei. Cheng Ling walked to the group of disciples in the Kendo Academy and hid in the crowd.
"Hey, why isn't Senior Brother Zhang here?"
"Why are you so anxious? I haven't seen anyone from the Fa Daoyuan and they haven't come either. If someone comes first, they will lose their momentum!"
"Do you know who the person from the Court of Justice is?"
"I heard that he is the 726th-ranked disciple of their Fa Dao Academy, named Cheng Hongyuan!"
"Seven hundred and twenty-six? This ranking is very high. Senior Brother Zhang only ranked over 1,200."
"So Senior Brother Zhang is no longer his opponent?"
"That's not necessarily the case. Senior Brother Zhang is very talented in combat and can often leapfrog challenges. His ranking is not high, but he just hasn't initiated the challenge. According to me, his strength must be within the top 600."
"That's not certain. If Cheng Hongyuan also hides his strength, wouldn't he be in danger?"
"As for you, whether you are from the Kendo Academy or not, please speak to the Kendo Academy!"
"Aren't I worried? Of course I hope Senior Brother Zhang can win."
"I don't think so. Could it be that he is an undercover agent of the Court of Justice?"
"..."
Cheng Ling listened quietly to the arguments among the disciples, and his heart moved. Cheng Hongyuan, this name is very familiar. Thinking of Cheng Honggang, Cheng Hongjie and others, is he also a disciple of the Cheng family?
At this moment, the group of disciples at the Fa Daoyuan made a commotion. I saw one disciple slowly walking towards the sword fighting platform, and the disciples next to him gave way to a passage.
"Senior Brother Zhang is here, please give way!"
On the Kendo Academy side, the disciples also heard the sound!
Cheng Ling turned around and saw the senior brother Zhang with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, a resolute face, and a powerful aura exuding, and the disciples on both sides gave in one after another.
The two of them walked onto the sword fighting stage from the side of their own disciples. Cheng Ling finally got a clear look at Cheng Hongyuan's appearance and saw that he was 50 or 60% similar to Cheng Honggang. He should be a child of the Cheng family.
They stood facing each other, and soon, another young man walked up. As soon as he appeared, the momentum of Zhang Zheng and Cheng Hongyuan seemed to be completely annihilated. All the eyes in the audience seemed to be attracted. They slowly moved to the center of the sword fighting platform, opened their eyes and scanned in all directions.
Cheng Ling felt that the other party's gaze was like a sharp sword. When it came to him, he was horrified and quickly used his skills to resist. Who is the person in front of me? Judging from his appearance, he must be around thirty years old at most. How can he have such a powerful sword? And he felt that the young man must have understood the meaning of the sword.
He quietly asked the disciple next to him: "Brother, who is this person? He is so strong!"
"He is Qiu Ruohen, the servant of our Kendo Academy. I heard that he has reached the peak of Nascent Soul perfection and can enter the form of God at any time."
Cheng Ling took a deep breath. If the academy attendant alone is so powerful, what kind of cultivation are the elders of the academy and the master of the inner courtyard?
"How many attendants are there in our Kendo Academy?"
"The number of attendants in the three academies is the same, each with a hundred. Senior Brother Qiu is very powerful and currently ranks eighth."
Ranked eighth? Just eighth is so powerful, but what about the top seven? Cheng Ling felt his heartbeat speed up and his body trembled slightly, but his eyes flashed with dazzling light. The inner gate area is really exciting. There are such powerful swordsmen, as well as monks from the Fa Dao Academy and the Martial Arts Academy. There are still many people to catch up with!
At this time, Qiu Ruohen spoke. He said: "You know the rules of the academy, the duel begins!"
Suddenly, the disciples on both sides let out loud shouts, and both Zhang Zheng and Cheng Hongyuan moved.
Cheng Hongyuan stretched out his right hand, and a fireball appeared in his palm. The fireball was very small, but the energy contained in it was very huge, and the image of the fireball was very solid, much clearer than the spells seen in the Wuxiang Sword Sect. .
Zhang Zheng took two steps forward, and before Cheng Hongyuan could hit the fireball, he struck at the opponent with his sword. Cheng Hongyuan grabbed the air with his left hand, and the long sword deviated from the direction. He moved his right hand and fired three consecutive fireballs towards Zhang Zheng.
Zhang Zheng's long sword rose up, rolled back twice, and struck out with a burst of sword energy, colliding with the fireball.
"Boom boom boom"
The attacks from both sides collided, causing an explosion. Fortunately, the sword fighting platform was strongly sealed, and the disciples watching from the outside were not affected.
The distance between the two widened instantly, and Cheng Ling secretly cried out. Sure enough, Cheng Hongyuan fired a long series of spells with both hands. Zhang Zheng, on the other hand, was unhurried, his feet landed on the ground, and the long sword in his hand stabbed, chopped, and lifted, blocking all the incoming spells, but he did not get closer.
Cheng Ling was puzzled. Isn't this a passive situation? People's magic is good at long-distance attacks. No matter how long the sword is, it has its limitations. No matter how high the sword skill is, it will be useless if it can't hit the opponent.
Zhang Zheng was seen standing sideways, raising the sword in his right hand and shouting "golden light shines on the world". The long sword instantly emitted a dazzling golden light, spreading upward from the hilt to the tip of the sword.
With a movement of his hand, he raised his long sword and stabbed out several swords in the air. A Bingxuan long sword transformed from the long sword and attacked Cheng Hongyuan.
"Wanfa Shield"
Cheng Hongyuan drew a large circle with his hands, forming a circle of light in front of him. Transparent ripples rippled in the circle, constantly blocking Zhang Zheng's illusory sword from attacking. One sword, two swords, three swords... until the sixth sword, the halo finally couldn't hold on and shattered.
"Dharma has no form"
Cheng Hongyuan flashed to the right, and without stopping, his spells hit the void next to Zhang Zheng one after another. Instead of exploding, they stagnated in mid-air, as if blocking the opponent's movement space.
"The sky is the limit"
Zhang Zheng's expression changed drastically, and he took the initiative to face those spells, destroying them with every sword, not letting them stop. But the opponent's attack was extremely fast. He had just destroyed three places here, and four more were added in the void, which was faster than his destruction speed.
Gradually, more and more spells were stagnant around Zhang Zheng, and he was about to be surrounded.
"Thousands of people return to their clan"
Zhang Zheng gritted his teeth and knew that he could not let the opponent form a siege, so he could only use his trump card. He raised his long sword high and filled his body with true energy. Even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around the sword fighting platform swarmed in, holding the long sword in his hand. The light at the tip of the sword became brighter and brighter.
Cheng Hongyuan's expression changed drastically, he speeded up his hands, and completed all the layout of the spell at the last moment when Zhang Zheng was gathering momentum.
"receive"
Those spells that were stagnant in mid-air started to move instantly, blasting towards Zhang Zheng from different directions and angles!
"burst"
Cheng Hongyuan shouted low, and the spell suddenly exploded, forming a powerful shock wave and hitting Zhang Zheng overwhelmingly.
Zhang Zheng had already gathered enough momentum to face the magical energy coming from the front. Using both feet, he rushed out of the encirclement. With a finger of the long sword in his hand, a huge ball of light bombarded towards the explosion point.
"Rumble"
There was a loud sound, and the sword fighting platform trembled slightly.
"Terrible, such powerful sword skills!"
"Senior Brother Zhang's sword skill has been practiced to a small level. Unfortunately, if it is a big level, the attack speed will definitely be faster, and Cheng Hongyuan's spell will not be able to form an encirclement."
"To put it lightly, only those with extremely high talents like Senior Brother Zhang can comprehend such sword skills. If it were you, would you be able to comprehend it?"
On the sword fighting stage, the powerful killing moves of both sides clashed with each other. After a stalemate for a while, the true energy in the two people's bodies gradually depleted. In the end, Zhang Zheng was slightly better, breaking through Cheng Hongyuan's magic aperture and bombarding him. However, the light ball that bombarded him was already very weak, and its lethality was slightly insufficient.
Cheng Hongyuan spurted blood from his mouth, staggered back, and finally managed to stabilize his body, and said helplessly: "You win!"
Zhang Zheng let out a long sigh. It was very hard for him to win this battle. If it weren't for his newly acquired sword skills, he really wouldn't have been able to defeat the opponent. Now, it was finally a narrow victory.
The disciples of the Kendo Academy cheered in unison, and each one of them cheered heartily. "Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Brother Zhang!" The shouts continued for a long time.
The disciples of the Fa Daoyuan looked gloomy and helped Cheng Hongyuan leave dejectedly.
The duel ended here, and the disciples dispersed. Cheng Ling stood in the audience, constantly replaying the sword skills used by Zhang Zheng in his mind.
In his eyes, Zhang Zheng's swordsmanship was not very strong, but those two sword skills left a deep impression on him. It turns out that with sword skills, it doesn't matter whether the opponent uses long-distance attacks, and the swordsman can also understand the sword skills of long-distance attacks.
Especially the last move Zhang Zheng used was obviously unskilled, but the power it produced was very powerful. If you master it proficiently, wouldn't the time to accumulate momentum and the speed of shooting be faster and more powerful?
It seems that after Nascent Soul, the fighting style has changed. Simply relying on swordsmanship is no longer able to meet the needs of combat, unless you practice swordsmanship that is so strong that the opponent has no room to fight back.
Cheng Ling was very confident about this. As long as he could fully understand the "Blue Waves Thousand Miles" sword technique, he would definitely be able to reach such a state. But now, he has to find a way to master a few sword skills.
