After only a brief moment of blankness, Bai Shen pulled his thoughts back and sent True Qi surging wildly through his body and into his arm.
The Evil-Slaying Saber, which had been pressing downward, suddenly stopped, causing Kong Wu to frown. Then, as if he had noticed something, he raised the long saber and kicked toward Bai Shen at the same time.
Bai Shen was no slower to react. He slapped out, striking the sole of Kong Wu's foot head-on, and the two of them retreated together.
The long sword in his hand was now wreathed in black lightning. With a casual swing, he carved a sword mark into the ground.
"Not only is his physical body formidable, his senses are outstanding as well."
Bai Shen thought to himself.
He glanced at the uniquely shaped saber in Kong Wu's hand. After confirming that it contained no True Qi fluctuations, Bai Shen raised his long sword and attacked.
The black lightning coiling around his long sword was terrifyingly powerful. Not to mention ordinary mortal iron, even some low-grade magical artifacts could not withstand more than a few strikes.
The long sword swept over at a mysterious angle. Kong Wu neither dodged nor evaded, hacking forward with his saber in a head-on clash.
At the instant saber and sword met, the black lightning suddenly expanded, countless tiny bolts striking the Evil-Slaying Saber.
Seeing this, Bai Shen thought to himself, It's settled.
This sword strike would split the long saber apart and fall straight onto Kong Wu's neck.
But what happened next made his eyes widen.
Under the assault of the black lightning, the Evil-Slaying Saber suffered no damage at all. Instead, his long sword let out a sharp crack, and the Evil-Slaying Saber chopped a small notch into it.
While Bai Shen was distracted, Kong Wu seized the opportunity. The muscles in his back rose high as he pressed all his strength onto the Evil-Slaying Saber.
The long sword broke, and the Evil-Slaying Saber continued downward with the momentum.
Just as Bai Shen was about to be split in two, Kong Wu suddenly frowned and twisted his body slightly.
On the sword broken into two pieces, the black lightning did not weaken—instead, its power surged. The broken tip spun rapidly and flew toward Kong Wu wrapped in lightning.
Even though he dodged by relying on instinct, the sword tip still struck Kong Wu in the shoulder.
The Evil-Slaying Saber that had been brought down also failed to land.
A golden curved saber blocked the Evil-Slaying Saber from below.
Bai Shen held the broken sword in one hand and the curved saber in the other, bending his knees to block the attack.
The wooden case behind him had already fallen to the ground, its interior completely empty.
After one exchange, the two retreated simultaneously.
Bai Shen held up the broken sword, his expression ugly.
Though this sword was not a magical artifact, it was the finest long sword that could be found in the mortal world, only a hair's breadth away from becoming one.
Yet the bizarrely shaped great saber in Kong Wu's hand clearly had no True Qi fluctuations, and it had still cut this long sword apart with ease.
A great saber comparable to a magical artifact, yet without any True Qi fluctuations.
An ordinary man who could rival the Late Qi Refining stage through physical strength alone.
Everything that had happened tonight made Bai Shen feel that this world was changing far too quickly.
Across from him, Kong Wu pulled out the broken sword tip and stared blankly at the bleeding wound.
After adding points, his Strength attribute had already surpassed Bai Shen's.
Based on his previous experiments, anyone whose Strength attribute was lower than his should have been unable to injure him.
Yet now, even though the wound was shallow and amounted to no more than a flesh wound, Bai Shen had injured him despite having a lower Strength attribute.
Is this... the power of a skill?
Can it strengthen the attack power of its user?
Kong Wu licked his lips, the smile on his face growing richer.
Across from him, Bai Shen stared at the place where Kong Wu had been struck by the black lightning. It had left only a shallow mark, and the bleeding had even stopped after just a few breaths. His face was filled with disbelief.
No one understood the power of Yin Thunder Swordplay better than he did.
Those seemingly tiny black bolts of lightning could blast apart a boulder the size of a human head with just a wisp of their power.
What was more, he had increased his True Qi output at the final moment, infusing even more Yin Thunder into the broken sword tip.
Yet the damage it had caused had only left a tiny scar on Kong Wu's body??
The toughness of his physical body was even greater than that of a Bronze Corpse.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion rang out from where Kong Wu stood, and the ground split apart.
The long Evil-Slaying Saber swept toward Bai Shen once more.
He laughed wildly, his eyes fixed straight ahead, making Bai Shen's heart panic.
This skill that plays with lightning is so cool!
I want it, damn it! System, when you chop him down later, you absolutely have to drop this skill for me!!
With this thought in mind, the Killing Intent around Kong Wu grew even denser.
Bai Shen, meanwhile, retreated several steps in disorder. He secretly swept his gaze across the surroundings before finally calming himself.
He circulated the Asura Corpse Scripture at full force, pouring all the scant True Qi in his body into the golden curved saber.
The golden curved saber immediately lit up, illuminating the entire forest clearing.
"Not good!"
Feng Yang, shaken by Kong Wu's formidable performance, subconsciously shouted when he saw this: "A top-grade magical artifact! Constable Kong, don't meet it head-on!"
The moment Feng Yang shouted those words, Kong Wu and Bai Shen had already clashed at close quarters.
Bai Shen consumed the last of his remaining True Qi and swung the golden curved saber, unleashing the ancestral saber technique, the Five Tigers Severing Gold Saber.
The saber technique itself was merely an ordinary move used by martial artists in the jianghu, but the curved saber in his hand was a top-grade magical artifact.
Bai Shen's father had once encountered a cultivator on the verge of death and obtained this curved saber.
Afterward, relying on this curved saber, he carved out a fearsome reputation among the bandits of the greenwood.
Now, as a cultivator himself, Bai Shen could bring out even more of this top-grade magical artifact's power, unlike his father, who could only rely on its innate sharpness to face enemies.
When the Evil-Slaying Saber collided with the curved saber, Kong Wu felt as though he had struck a mountain. The force that rebounded through it made his wrist tremble.
After they remained locked together for only a moment, the light on the golden curved saber flashed again, and Kong Wu was sent flying backward at even greater speed.
Bai Shen's arm trembled as he bent over, gulping in huge breaths.
The meridians that had been filled with True Qi were now completely empty.
He had lost his ability to fight.
Yet the Evil-Slaying Saber in Kong Wu's hand remained completely undamaged.
Kong Wu himself had not suffered the slightest injury.
If this continued, Bai Shen would be finished here.
Fortunately, he still had another move.
His thoughts turned rapidly, but not much time passed.
Kong Wu's body was still flying backward.
The next moment, while airborne, he relied on his astonishing physical strength. The muscles in his waist tensed, and he changed direction in midair, using the force of his backward flight to hack fiercely toward an empty spot.
His face still carried a savage smile, but his eyes were as tranquil as an abyss.
In his field of vision, an Attribute Panel floated there.
Zhu Yin Life: 197 Strength: 26 Skills: Gold Splitting Hand, General Outline of the Demon Statue Talisman Canon (Fragment), Blood Burst Technique, Spirit Descent Technique First impression of you: Obsessed (That surging yang qi, boiling like water, is truly an excellent sacrifice.)
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