Comprehend Saber Force, Saber Technique Reaches Entry!

Mind arrived, intent arrived.

Intent arrived, force arrived!

The long saber in Chu Fan's hand suddenly trembled lightly, waves of wenging ringing out without end.

As though practicing Taiji, he slowly unfolded the moves of the Ninefold Thunderclap Saber.

At this moment, he could clearly sense the two strands of Qi and Blood Force circulating within him—as if a tsunami surged forth, as if a mountain collapsed and split the earth!

Yet this tyrannical force had remained difficult to fuse with the saber moves throughout these three days of cultivation.

Without fusion, it was difficult to achieve Entering Force.

Chu Fan, however, did not feel the slightest discouragement.

As he repeatedly performed the saber moves, he quietly focused on comprehending Saber Force.

Time slipped away unnoticed...

His slightly clumsy saber moves repeated again and again.

The Qi and Blood Force traveled through his body like dragons and serpents roaming freely.

Although it was not as strenuous as circulating Qi and Blood while practicing Twelve Forms Boxing, beads of fine sweat still seeped across his forehead.

Suddenly!

The long saber, which had been trembling nonstop after being struck by the Qi and Blood Force, unexpectedly returned to the silence it had possessed before being drawn.

A thread of white light even began to shimmer across the saber's body!

"Saber Force!"

The Qi and Blood Force had finally fused with the saber moves, transforming into Saber Force!

Chu Fan's heart filled with wild joy, and his originally slow saber moves suddenly accelerated!

Hissing sounds of breaking through the air rang out!

The Qi and Blood Force flowed through his right arm and into the long saber, and sharp ringing sounds continued without end as it hacked and slashed.

This power intoxicated Chu Fan.

Swish!

Another saber fell!

In the darkness, the air split apart like waves.

Chu Fan lowered his saber and stood there, savoring the feeling with his eyes closed.

Immediately afterward, he surged forward, leaping into the air—

and actually vaulted over the South Wall and out of the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard stood nine thick wooden stakes.

The stakes had been made from century-old Black Iron Wood.

The wood was as dense as iron and incomparably hard.

Ordinary sabers and swords could hardly damage them. Even heavy strikes produced only dull "dong dong" sounds, leaving behind no deep marks.

The older they were, the harder their texture became.

The bodies of the stakes were also wrapped in cowhide, specially made for martial practice.

Over these days, Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing had often hammered these stakes while practicing boxing.

Yet with their Qi and Blood Force, the stakes still stood as they had before, without suffering the slightest damage.

Chu Fan stood before the stake, his eyes slightly narrowed and his Aura restrained, like an ancient well without a ripple.

Three days of bitter thought had led to enlightenment in a single moment!

The wonder of this "Saber Force" did not rely on brute strength.

It was using qi to control force, sending force through the tip, releasing it in an instant, making it move as easily as one's arm and turning it round and round with perfect ease.

As his thoughts stirred, the two strands of Qi and Blood Force in his Dantian suddenly surged forth.

They raced along his Meridians, poured into his right arm, and reached his palm.

The hand gripping the saber suddenly clenched tight!

A flash of Bright Light flickered in Chu Fan's eyes, like lightning tearing across the sky!

Without seeing him make any particular move, the Hundred-Forged Cold Iron Saber had already transformed into a streak of startling light and swept diagonally outward!

This saber did not move with the swiftness of rolling thunder. Instead, it carried a heavy, solid quality.

The saber's edge broke through the air without making the slightest sharp ring. Only a low wenging could be heard, like a Hidden Dragon murmuring softly.

Dark-red radiance raced across the saber's body—not a reflection of the Blood Moon's light, but a sign of his own Qi and Blood Saber Force erupting!

"Poof!"

A muffled sound rang out, unusually deep and heavy.

It did not sound like chopping wood, but rather like a blunt weapon punching through tough leather.

The saber's edge had already been firmly embedded in the very center of the Black Iron Wood stake.

The Black Iron Wood stake was dark black in color, its material harder than High-Grade Steel.

Before comprehending "Saber Force," even when Chu Fan hacked with all his strength, he could only break through the cowhide and leave a pale mark on the Black Iron Wood stake.

At this moment, the area touched by the saber showed not the slightest sign of splitting.

Chu Fan gave his wrist a light shake and returned the saber to its sheath.

With a crisp and clean "click."

In the blink of an eye, a hair-thin line suddenly appeared on the Black Iron Wood stake, starting from where the saber had struck.

The thin line extended straight from top to bottom.

"Click... crack..."

Amid the fine, faint sounds, the stake split neatly in two along that line and slowly slid down to the left and right.

The broken surfaces were smooth as mirrors, faintly reflecting a cold, dim luster. Not the slightest trace of wood grain could be seen.

The might of a single saber had actually reached such a level!

Chu Fan's chest rose and fell, and his Aura was slightly hurried.

Cao Shi had once said that even a single layer of force could produce twice the power...

Now he had only just comprehended Saber Force and had not even mastered a single layer of force, yet it was already this tyrannical!

If he could master the nine layers of force in the Ninefold Thunderclap Saber, would that not allow him to unleash more than nine times his strength?

No wonder Cao Shi had said that within the same rank, no one dared to withstand a single strike of the Ninefold Thunderclap Saber head-on!

[Ninefold Thunderclap Saber Experience +3]

Chu Fan turned around abruptly, and his saber moves rose again!

Since he had comprehended Saber Force, the Shackles had already been opened.

Tonight would be the moment the Ninefold Thunderclap Saber reached Entry!

Beneath the Blood Moon, his figure was graceful as a Swimming Dragon, while the long saber in his hand reflected the Blood Moon's faint light.

Half an hour later.

He returned the saber to its sheath, sat down on the cold bluestone beside him, and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

[Skill: Ninefold Thunderclap Saber (Entry) Progress: (1/100) (Trait: None)]

In an instant, Chu Fan's mind and spirit shook violently!

Within his mind, countless Saber Shadows came rushing in.

Every form and every variation of the Ninefold Thunderclap Saber he had learned over these days circulated and reappeared with incomparable clarity.

The angle of every saber strike, the deviation in applying force each time, the sluggishness of every connection of Qi and Blood...

At this moment, they were all as though placed beneath a Liuli Lamp, magnified and examined, with every detail revealed!

Those areas that had once seemed right and wrong at the same time, barely turning smoothly, now appeared to be nothing but flaws!

As his thoughts flashed like lightning, all kinds of Errors were dismantled, reorganized, and corrected on their own.

The saber moves that had originally possessed more ferocity than variation unexpectedly discarded the dross and retained the essence, producing countless subtle and wondrous changes.

They gained even more of thunder's explosive violence and agility.

At the same time, the two strands of Qi and Blood Force in his Dantian surged abundantly in response to their summons.

The faint force that had previously scattered through his body while practicing the saber and been difficult to control now gathered rapidly like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

It transformed from insubstantial to substantial, becoming a searing, piercing Thunder Saber Force that seemed about to burst out of his body!

A moment of silence passed, seeming to span lifetimes.

Chu Fan suddenly opened his eyes, and streaks of electric light seemed to flash through their depths.

Countless fragmented Saber Shadows intertwined and flickered, then suddenly collapsed inward, returning to a single profound ray of thunderlight before finally vanishing.

They had both reached Entry...

The Profound Mystery of the Ninefold Thunderclap Saber far surpassed that of the Chopping Wood Saber Technique from back then!

Chu Fan felt incomparably exhilarated, almost as if he could ride the wind away.

Yet at that moment—

a figure rapidly charged out from inside the courtyard and pounced fiercely toward him!

Chu Fan sidestepped, and the Saber Sheath gripped in his left hand struck the person's back with a loud "bang."

The person let out a miserable howl and fell face-first onto the ground!

"..."

Chu Fan reacted and hurriedly helped him up.

The person he had knocked down with a strike of the Saber Sheath was none other than Zhao Tianxing!

Zhao Tianxing spat the dirt from his mouth and looked at Chu Fan resentfully. "When you sparred with me three days ago, you hadn't been using your full strength all along..."

"If you had used your full strength, I wouldn't have been able to block even one move!"

Chu Fan was silent for a moment before saying, "The way you pounced at me just now was too handsome. I really couldn't hold myself back, so I gave you a strike with the Saber Sheath."

Zhao Tianxing bared his teeth and rubbed his burning back.

Then he said, extremely excited, "I've condensed a second strand of Qi and Blood Force!"

"That's great!" Chu Fan said with a smile. "Then you have to treat me!"

"Fine!" Zhao Tianxing readily agreed, only to regret it the next moment. "But I don't have any money!"

Chu Fan turned and walked away.

"Hey? Don't rush off!"

Zhao Tianxing immediately followed him and said, "Don't you still have plenty of silver from those ruffians?"

"Give me some first. We'll celebrate tomorrow."

"After I condense the third strand of Qi and Blood Force and break through to the Blood Nourishment realm in a few days, we'll go to the Mirage Dream Marsh together to hunt Exotic Beasts."

"By then, you can eat as much game meat as you want!"

The two walked side by side back to the room.

Zhao Tianxing still wanted to share his joy, but Chu Fan pushed him outside and said, "Remember Cao Shi's warning. Don't act like a hen, clucking and squawking everywhere!"

"When have I ever clucked like a hen?" Zhao Tianxing said angrily. "I only shared it with you."

"Could it be that you're jealous?"

"Get lost!" Chu Fan shut the door with a loud "bang."

Outside the door, Zhao Tianxing said again, "You must be jealous!"

"But there's no need for that!"

"My Qi and Blood was stronger than yours to begin with. Wasn't it only natural that I condensed Qi and Blood Force first?"

"Then I'm going to sleep too. Remember to treat me to roast chicken tomorrow!"

Inside the room, the corners of Chu Fan's mouth curled slightly as he lay down on the bed.

Three days had passed since he condensed the second strand of Qi and Blood Force.

He had not missed a single day of three bowls of Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup.

To recover quickly, he had deliberately reduced the number of times he practiced Twelve Forms Boxing over the past few days, devoting his time to comprehending Saber Force and the Literacy Technique.

Now, the source of his Qi and Blood had recovered completely.

After a good night's sleep, he would drink three bowls of Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup tomorrow, and he would certainly be able to restore his Qi and Blood to its peak.

Tomorrow night, he could try condensing the third strand of Qi and Blood Force.

For the sake of caution, however, he could no longer practice Twelve Forms Boxing during the day.

Chu Fan closed his eyes and sank into a deep sleep.