"Blade Drawing Technique had actually reached minor mastery?"
Ji Qing drew his blade from its sheath. He did not use Thirteen Fast Blades, nor did he use the Hundred Battles Saber Technique.
Yet with merely this single act of "drawing the blade," his blade speed was already extraordinarily fast.
The so-called Blade Drawing Technique was actually the instantaneous eruption of Internal Force, using it to propel the blade's speed and maximize that speed at the very instant it left the sheath!
Even at minor mastery, its blade speed was already terrifying.
However, the Blade Drawing Technique had one flaw: it possessed the power for only a single strike.
If he drew his blade and struck but failed to kill his enemy, then he himself would be in danger.
"The Blade Drawing Technique has enormous drawbacks, but its advantages are also immense. If I can make up for its flaws and combine it with my Thirteen Shocking Blades..."
Ji Qing held great expectations for the Blade Drawing Technique.
"Hero Li."
At that moment, urgent knocking sounded outside the door.
Ji Qing opened the doors of the library, finding Lie Yingniang standing outside.
Lie Yingniang's face was flushed red, and a trace of excitement shone in her eyes.
"Hero Li, news has just arrived. Li Tianyang accepted the challenge letter and set the time and place: tomorrow at noon, at the Heavenly Sun Gang's arena. He has even widely invited fellow Jianghu figures to witness it."
Lie Yingniang had been waiting for this day for a long time!
Ji Qing nodded.
"How skilled is Li Tianyang's martial arts, exactly?"
Ji Qing asked aloud.
Li Tianyang was very famous in Anyang City. As the leader of the Heavenly Sun Gang, he was highly proficient in palm techniques, fist techniques, and sword techniques alike.
He had forcibly established the Heavenly Sun Gang in Anyang City through martial arts alone, ruling over one region!
All of this information could be gathered easily.
But Ji Qing did not know much about Li Tianyang's precise martial prowess.
Lie Yingniang certainly knew Li Tianyang very well.
Now that he was about to face Li Tianyang, Ji Qing needed to know both himself and his enemy, ensuring nothing could go wrong.
Hearing this, Lie Yingniang took a deep breath, calming her stirred emotions. With a solemn expression, she said, "Although Li Tianyang betrayed his master and ancestors, turned against his sect, and even killed my father, speaking purely of martial arts, I have to admit that he truly was a martial arts prodigy. His martial arts surpassed my father's!"
"Among Li Tianyang's many martial arts, swordsmanship is his greatest specialty. His swordsmanship actually fused the Hundred Battles Blade with many third-rate sword techniques, gathering the strengths of a hundred schools. His swordsmanship is nimble and ever-changing, capable of both attack and defense, never constrained by fixed sword forms. It can truly be called equally adept at offense and defense."
"Back then, when Father used the Hundred Battles Blade, he could initially fight Li Tianyang to a standstill. But after ten moves, he gradually fell into a disadvantage. Within thirty moves, he was defeated by Li Tianyang and severely wounded by a single sword strike. A few hours after the match ended, he passed away..."
"Hero Li, your blade is indeed very fast, but Li Tianyang might not be unable to block it. Once he blocks it..."
Lie Yingniang did not continue.
Ji Qing understood what Lie Yingniang meant as well.
"Alright, I understand."
Lie Yingniang left, and Ji Qing was the only one remaining in the library.
"Li Tianyang is not weak. Among Second-Rate Martial Artists, Li Tianyang should be very strong!"
"Gathering the strengths of a hundred schools and creating his own sword technique..."
Ji Qing knew very well that Li Tianyang could be considered the strongest martial artist he had encountered so far!
Although his eldest sister Lei Yu was also a Second-Rate Martial Artist and came from a major Jianghu sect, in terms of talent, she was likely still inferior to Li Tianyang.
This was a man who had slowly fought and killed his way out of the grassroots world, one fist, one kick, one blade, one sword at a time.
With Ji Qing's current martial arts, he asked himself whether he feared any Second-Rate Martial Artist.
But he still did not possess absolute confidence.
Therefore, he had to add points!
Ji Qing had originally planned to save two Origin Points to add to his internal cultivation later.
But tomorrow was a life-and-death arena battle. Once he stepped onto the arena, anything could happen.
Ji Qing did not want any accidents.
Then he could only add points.
The Blade Drawing Technique had conveniently reached minor mastery, so he could directly raise it to perfection.
Once the Blade Drawing Technique fused with Thirteen Shocking Blades, Ji Qing's strength would surely soar.
"Blade Drawing Technique, raise it to perfection!"
As two Origin Points vanished, scene after scene emerged in Ji Qing's mind.
For years on end, he practiced the Blade Drawing Technique every day.
He drew his blade again and again, improved it again and again, and advanced again and again.
Gradually, his Blade Drawing Technique reached great mastery.
But great mastery was not the end.
Ji Qing continued practicing the Blade Drawing Technique. He seemed to want to comprehend something from it. He had caught a trace of inspiration, yet could never grasp it.
After the Blade Drawing Technique reached great mastery, Ji Qing always felt that something was still missing.
Then one day, as Ji Qing practiced the Blade Drawing Technique once more, his hand gripping the hilt while he calmed his mind.
He felt the surroundings suddenly fall silent.
He seemed to hear the wind, the chirping of insects, and even the wind striking the scabbard, making it tremble faintly.
Ji Qing even felt as though the blade in his hand had come "alive."
An invisible aura gradually rose from his body.
When that aura rose to its peak.
Clang.
Ji Qing drew his blade.
The blade emerged like a stone shattering the heavens, its dazzling light cutting through the void.
It was clearly still the Blade Drawing Technique at great mastery, yet its power instantly surged.
"Blade Drawing Technique has reached perfection. Your Blade Drawing Technique has attained miraculous mastery. You have comprehended Accumulating Momentum! When you grip your blade, you will gather a momentum—a momentum no one can resist, a momentum that cleaves through all things!"
Swish.
Ji Qing opened his eyes.
"The Blade Drawing Technique reached perfection? This time, what I comprehended was... Accumulating Momentum?"
Ji Qing lightly gripped the hilt.
At once, Ji Qing's aura changed.
He seemed to become a blade—a blade incomparably sharp, as though it might leave its sheath at any moment!
This momentum was founded on the level of the mind.
But there was no doubt that its effect would be excellent.
His opponents would be affected by this "momentum" to a greater or lesser degree.
If the momentum became powerful enough, merely releasing blade momentum could subdue an enemy without fighting, intimidating them until they dared not make a move.
In truth, many people possessed momentum in daily life.
For instance, high-ranking officials in lofty positions.
Or princes and nobles, and so on.
Having long dwelled in high places, they accumulated an imposing authority over time. This was, in fact, "momentum."
However, they found it difficult to control that momentum on their own.
Ji Qing was different.
What he had comprehended was "blade momentum."
As long as he had a blade, he would have blade momentum, and he could use this blade momentum to suppress his opponent.
"The Blade Drawing Technique has reached perfection. It can be combined with Thirteen Shocking Blades and fused into one, forming a new blade technique..."
Fusing blade techniques did not require Origin Points.
Every blade technique Ji Qing possessed was at perfection.
He had mastered them completely, so naturally he could fuse them.
Moreover, the two blade techniques truly complemented each other. Drawing the blade from its sheath was already fast enough, and then using Thirteen Shocking Blades midway would be equivalent to accelerating the blade speed once more.
Just how fast would Ji Qing's blade techniques become then?
Of all martial arts under heaven, only speed was unbreakable!
This was not empty talk.
If he encountered martial artists with brilliant defensive methods, or demons with thick hides and tough flesh, Ji Qing also had "Shocking Force."
His blade focused on speed, but it did not possess speed alone—it also possessed tremendous power!
"Three blade techniques fused into one. It needs a new name."
"This blade technique can also be considered one I created by gathering the strengths of a hundred schools. From the moment I grip the blade, it is equivalent to having drawn it. It pursues blade speed pushed to its absolute limit, like a startled swan... Then let it be called the Startling Swan Blade!"
Ji Qing immediately checked the information on the Demon Record.
Ji Qing: Second-Rate Martial Artist Supreme Yang Pure Origin Skill: Perfection (Supreme Yang Inner Force, Inner Force Burst increased by thirty percent, Inner Force Purification) Startling Swan Blade: Perfection (ultimate move Thread of Sky, Shocking Force, Accumulating Momentum) Grass on Wings: Perfection (ultimate move Void Borrowing Strength) Origin Points: 0
"Startling Swan Blade..."
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Ji Qing's mouth, but he soon lightly shook his head.
Perhaps tomorrow, he would not even need to use the Startling Swan Blade...
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