Flowers Bloom Throughout the Splendid City

Upon hearing Old Lu's words, Ye Yu's expression changed instantly! His previously dejected gaze became extremely sharp, with layers of sword energy surging and transforming into points of cold light that were captivating!

Li Yao immediately sensed the killing intent.

The chilling killing intent felt like Ice Soul Poison Needle piercing his very bones... Did this guy really want to kill himself?

Chirp!

Ye Yu abruptly sheathed his sword and then instantly drew it again. A clear, high-pitched sword cry resounded all around, and the originally transparent and invisible sword energy gradually took on a faint gray tinge... Under Ye Yu's control, the semi-transparent, light gray sword energy swirled around his body, its curved blade-like shape sweeping and cleaving through the spring rain! Li Yao retreated step by step.

This unleashed even more Spring Rain Sword Qi! These sword energies, primarily cyan, black, and deep blue, shot out across the sky under Li Yao's control, like long, thin snakes weaving through the air.

In a short time,

The sky was filled with dark blue and cyan sword energy, which intertwined to form a huge dark cloud!

The occasional flash of icy blue lightning behind the dark clouds was like lightning brewing within the clouds... Upon seeing this, Old Man Lu, who had already sat up straight, immediately leaned forward again, leaving only half of his buttocks still on the seat.

Looking at the scene on the Training Field, he said softly, "Chen Xi, do you know what your boss's sword technique is called?"

Chen Xi nodded and named it "Spring Rain".

Old Man Lu continued, "The poem 'Spring Rain' is taken from Sage Du's ' Spring Night Delights in Rain.' The most widely circulated part of this poem is the first four lines. However, the last four lines are the most powerful, the most evocative, and even the most subtly murderous. Of course, the line 'It slips into the night with the wind, silently nourishing all things' is truly divine, which is why the first four lines are so widely circulated."

Chen Xi nodded again and looked towards the arena.

The dark blue sword energy did indeed shroud the entire area like dark clouds.

Above Li Yao's head, a single flame, like a candle flame, shone with an awe-inspiring light beneath the dark clouds! It was a ball of fire elemental energy compressed to its limit! —The wild paths and clouds are all dark, only the fire on the riverboat shines brightly!

It perfectly captures the mood of the poem!

Beneath the dark clouds, Ye Yu resembled a traveler braving a raging storm, his sword energy surging forth, slashing down countless sword threads that seemed impossible to sever or kill! These scattered sword threads were also incredibly malevolent; even when severed, the power emanating from them significantly affected Ye Yu! In reality, the outward-released bluish-black sword energy was merely a means to restrain Ye Yu. Therefore, Li Yao used sword energy constructed from Dark Element, ice, and lightning elemental energy; Dark Element could paralyze the body and senses, ice elements could cause a slowing effect, and lightning attacks were both powerful and paralyzing—this combination alone was almost unbearable for Ye Yu!

Why are you coming up with so many tricks?! This is a tactic that Li Yao developed after thoroughly analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the Spring Rain Sword Qi!

The advantage of Spring Rain Sword Silk lies in its large quantity and density, which allows it to attack unexpectedly!

However, its drawbacks are also obvious! That is, the sword threads lack sufficient attack power - under the same intensity, of course, the stronger one is, the bigger and stronger one is! In this respect, Spring Rain Sword Qi is inherently weak.

There's no way around it; the original purpose of the Spring Rain sword is to use its concealment to captivate and seduce. Under these circumstances, the more concealed the sword energy is, the better.

Whoever created the Spring Rain Swordplay could never have imagined that hundreds of years later, such a freak Li Yao would emerge, turning a perfectly good, evil sword technique into a complete mess!

It not only caused a huge uproar in the other world, but also became a direct confrontation with the peerless swordsmanship in this world!

I don't know if this counts as carrying forward and popularizing...

In order to improve the inherent weakness of the Spring Rain Swordplay in terms of insufficient power, Li Yao applied the compression technique of the Fireball Spell to the Spring Rain Sword Threads—and thus the scene that Old Man Lu and Chen Xi had noticed before was revealed! A terrifying spiritual energy fluctuation emanated from the depths of the dark clouds!

Unfortunately, sword energy kept attacking from all around.

This annoyed Ye Yu to no end! And it was impossible to guard against! Finally,

When Li Yao felt that the Fiery Spring Rain Sword Qi had been compressed to its limit, he suddenly took a step back. Then, the orange-red light sphere, which had been compressed into the size of an egg, was like the rising sun in the clouds, breaking through the layers of clouds and fog and about to shine on the Zhou Tian!

at this time,

Old Man Lu immediately stood up, ready to intervene at any moment! Chen Xi, Big Sis Feng Li, Shuisheng Ge, and the others were all captivated, their eyes glued to the scene...

The orange-red flame streaked across the dark clouds, leaving a striking trail as it flew towards Ye Yu. No matter how Ye Yu moved or dodged, the flame never lost its target... This was partly because Ye Yu was currently afflicted with numerous negative effects, and partly because he was within Li Yao's "field".

Having already been branded with the Specialized Magic Rune of the Shaping School, his mastery of elemental psionic energy has made a qualitative leap!

At this moment, Ye Yu, filled with murderous intent, forgot that this was a friendly sparring match and had long forgotten that his opponent was Boss Li.

His eyes were fixed only on the orange-red fireball that was flying ever closer, its shape resembling a laughing egg! And in his perception on a spiritual level...

That fireball wasn't the size of an egg at all! The psionic energy radiating from the core source was almost the size of the entire Training Field! Ye Yu felt as if he were trapped in a fiery prison, as if the sun were blazing down on him! He was about to collapse!

A burst of orange-red flames erupted, like a volcanic eruption, with flames rolling across the ground!

Chen Xi raised an eyebrow, thinking of the last two lines of "Spring Night Delights in Rain"—"At dawn, I see the red, wet spots, the City of Brocade, Heavy with Flowers!"

The red that exploded and spread was like a blood-red Manjusaka blooming in an instant.

She looked at Lu Xingshen, as if asking, "Aren't you going to make a move?" The power and momentum of this Crimson Flame Sword Qi were so strong that even Ye Yu, a peak fifth-tier cultivator, might not be able to withstand it.

This is supposed to be a friendly sparring match...

Even if he doesn't die, being seriously injured is still not a good thing, is it?

Sensing Chen Xi's gaze, Old Man Lu gritted his teeth and shook his head. "Wait a little longer!"

This kid needs more challenges and training! Without external pressure and threats, how can he grow up so easily?

Old Man Lu is just that stubborn most of the time.

He has a bad temper, speaks in an unpleasant way, and is stubborn, like a stinking rock in a latrine.

But he genuinely cares for the younger generation.

Like most older people, he loves you but doesn't really care about you. When you're video chatting with your family, he'll wander over and listen intently, occasionally interrupting. When you ask him to answer the phone, he won't! Even when you're about to leave home, if he has a pack of cigarettes that he doesn't want to smoke himself but wants to give to you, he'll casually stroll over to your car, then impatiently toss them through the window into your passenger seat, and finally turn and leave.

It's like they really dislike you...

Actually, that's not the case.

He's just not very good at expressing himself, but he cares about you.

Ye Yu was locked in by the heavy crimson flames, and the Red Flower Sword Qi that bloomed in an instant did not continue to spread. Instead, it collapsed inward under Li Yao's precise control!

Old Man Lu couldn't help but take a step forward, but the next instant...

He noticed that a patch of decaying gray had suddenly appeared in the center of the enormous, blood-red Manjusaka...