" This is..."
Yue Hengshan's pupils contracted. Facing this blade, he actually felt a fleeting illusion that he was confronting a towering mountain.
"Could this be Blade Momentum?"
Yue Hengshan's heart pounded, but he quickly dismissed the thought.
Because he realized that although he couldn't fully withstand this strike, it wouldn't be enough to kill him outright.
If he were facing true Blade Momentum, however, one strike would be enough to take his life!
"Retreat!"
Yue Hengshan gritted his teeth, retreating as he parried. Yet the blade's radiance seemed to cleave through the air with the force of splitting mountains and parting rivers. The shock split the web between his thumb and forefinger, and blood ran down his hand.
A surge of force swept over him, sending him stumbling back more than ten steps. Pain flared in his chest; the blade's radiance had cut him, leaving a wound deep enough to expose bone.
Even his hard-body defense had been rendered mostly useless.
"He's grasped the barest hint of Blade Momentum..."
Yue Hengshan understood at once. He clenched his teeth, his heart filled with resentment.
He hadn't expected Liu Chu to gain a new insight even in the middle of battle.
Or perhaps he had been hiding his true abilities all along, only revealing them now?
"Die!"
Liu Chu gave him no time to think. He lunged forward in a single stride, his long blade bursting with dazzling radiance.
He had already discovered that the greater one's comprehension, the easier it was to squeeze new insights out of battle.
Of course, that required a strong enough opponent to put at least a little pressure on him.
Battles against the Li Family Great Elder or the Three Friends of Songling hadn't put the slightest pressure on him.
Only when he stormed the