Three Blades, Three Kills-Perfection Upon Perfection

Still, it was a single palm strike, chopping down from above.

Only when facing this palm did the Shuren Zhengxue Academy contestant understand, in utter horror, why his companion had been killed in one blow.

It was because this palm was simply too fluid.

It looked like a clean, straightforward downward chop, but in truth, its speed constantly shifted, its rhythm changed, and most crucially, its unfathomable guidance of qi and deception of perception concealed every hint of stiffness and every flaw born of those changes, rendering this strike traceless and impossible to follow.

It was like a gust of wind rushing into one's face, impossible to guard against.

The man retreated. It was useless.

The man dodged. Still useless.

He only felt that the footwork he usually excelled at was utterly useless at this moment. No matter how he twisted, turned, and shifted, it was as though he had not moved at all.

Shi Tiexin rode the Formless Tribulation Wind beneath his feet. If he chose to evade, no one could catch him. But if he chose to attack, no one could shake him off. All one could do was watch helplessly as that palm blade fell upon one's head—impossible to dodge, like a fated tribulation, a formless calamity.

Unwavering Fire Tribulation Blade, first layer training progress increased to: Perfect

Activated attribute: Unwavering Fire +1

Whoosh. It was as though a tiny nameless flame had suddenly ignited. Though it was only a faint spark, when the palm blade reached the end of its path, it instantly erupted with even greater force.

The Unwavering Fire Tribulation Blade was a blade truly made for killing.

Crack!

It was not that the Shuren Zhengxue Academy contestant had failed to block it. He simply could not block it. The