"Fellow Daoist Xia, are you saying this old man has no sense of restraint when he strikes? Besides, put another way, if I truly intended to kill her, why would I need several strikes to force her back? Killing her with a single sword strike would have been easy enough, would it not?" Xiao Jianlan replied calmly, but the sword in his hand grew faster and faster, while his figure flickered in all directions. He was simply as troublesome as a cheat.
However, at this level, such flickering could at most serve as a distinctive auxiliary feature of his swordsmanship. Once the battle truly began, a single sword strike could shatter the entire surrounding space, leaving him no room to get close at all! Knowing this, Xiao Jianlan also dared not flicker too near me. Otherwise, once I caught him, he would be in for a sound beating.
Of course, Xiao Jianlan's fighting style inherited the steadiness of the Dao lineage. His attacks proceeded step by step, utterly free of impatience, like an eagle that had fixed its gaze on its prey yet still soared through the heavens, circling as it waited for the final killing opportunity!
Compared to Yun Xingzhui, he was simply far too powerful. His swordsmanship did not follow a swift and nimble path either. Instead, every strike seemed intent on merging with the surrounding world's aura to the utmost. No wonder he ranked ahead of me on the Swordsmanship Rankings. This kind of swordsmanship was the most difficult to deal with!
"It's not that I won't kill her. The time simply hasn't come. If I had arrived a little later, Young Lady Shaoshi would probably have been killed by you after insisting on her convictions several times, wouldn't she?" I showed him little courtesy. As we