Six Meridian Divine Sword!

Six Meridian Divine Sword?

There was no reason to pass up such an unparalleled Divine Arts!

Wang Xuan reached out with a single backhanded grab. The Energy Absorption Technique erupted instantly, its invisible force field swallowing the Grandmaster Player in the pit like a gigantic maw. The man did not even have time to scream before his body rapidly shriveled, crumbled, and finally turned to ash.

Without hesitation, he One-Click Maxed [Six Meridian Divine Sword], pushing it from beginner to minor accomplishment, major accomplishment, perfection, and all the way to its limit.

In an instant, an enormous tide of martial insights surged into his mind. Shaoshang was majestic, Shangyang nimble, Zhongchong righteous, Guanchong weighty, Shaochong swift, and Shaoze unpredictable. The intent behind all six swords became crystal clear to him. Four traits rapidly appeared on the System Panel: [Mind-Controlled Qi], [Invisible Sword Qi], [Long-Range Instant Kill], [Armor and Qi Shield Piercing].

Mind-Controlled Qi: Controlled by thought; sword qi could be released and withdrawn at will, with unlimited consecutive firing.

Invisible Sword Qi: Nearly invisible to the naked eye and impossible to guard against.

Long-Range Instant Kill: Could injure enemies from a hundred paces away, far surpassing ordinary weapons.

Armor and Qi Shield Piercing: Ignored protective True Qi, hard-body techniques, armor, and Astral Qi.

Looking at the four traits on the System Panel, Wang Xuan raised an eyebrow, his thoughts racing.

The creator of the Six Meridian Divine Sword was Duan Siping, founding ancestor of Dali. Duan Siping had lived amid the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The late Tang had collapsed, the realm had splintered apart, emperors changed as quickly as a revolving lantern, and military generals rebelled as though it were routine. War blanketed the land, corpses lay everywhere, and human lives were cheaper than grass.

To carve out a bloody path through such a hellish era, dominate a region, and ascend the imperial throne, the Six Meridian Divine Sword he created had never been intended for contests among Martial Artists. It was a military martial art born specifically for battlefields.

The traits of Invisible Sword Qi and Armor and Qi Shield Piercing alone showed that this was clearly a weapon for harvesting enemy troops on the battlefield!

Unfortunately, this Divine Arts consumed True Qi in vast amounts. The Dali Duan Clan's internal cultivation was mediocre and simply could not sustain such terrifying expenditure. In the end, it could only become a Divine Arts fought over by Martial Artists seeking fame and profit.

As he pondered, seven Grandmaster Players wielding longswords had already leaped forward. They moved like lightning, and the instant they landed, their steps shifted in staggered patterns as they precisely occupied the Black Tortoise Seven Star Position. Their formation took shape at once. Seven longswords pointed at Wang Xuan in unison, their cold gleams piercing and their sword qi crisscrossing toward his face.

Mind-Controlled Qi!

Wang Xuan raised an eyebrow and swept out his hand.

Invisible sword qi poured from his fingertips like a surging tide.

The True Qi within him was as vast as an ocean. When he used the Six Meridian Divine Sword, he was several times more overbearing than the Grandmaster Player from before. There was no trace of restraint in conserving qi; instead, it surged forth like rivers and flooded freely outward.

Six kinds of invisible sword qi alternated in succession. The Shangyang Sword was light and agile, the Zhongchong Sword grand and expansive, the Shaoze Sword swift, and the Shaochong Sword tricky and incisive. They faintly carried the profound intent of yin and yang merging and the Five Elements cycling. Their power was far beyond that of the previous Player.

The seven opponents were silent as stone, expressionless. They moved their longswords at the same time, their bodies following their blades. Their swordsmanship was as fast as lightning, leaving overlapping afterimages. Frost-white sword radiance gathered at their tips. Working together with flawless coordination, their white sword radiance intertwined and entwined, weaving a watertight net of swords in an instant that sealed off every invisible sword qi before them.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A dense burst of crisp impacts exploded like rain, shaking even the surrounding air. Sparks flew wildly before the sword net, joining into a blinding curtain of light that caused the entire sandy ground to flicker between brightness and darkness.

The Six Meridian Divine Sword's invisible sword qi struck the sword net and were all blocked. Not a single strand slipped through. The shockwaves from the dispersing sword qi swept fine sand into the air.

The Six Meridian Divine Sword had failed to achieve anything, but Wang Xuan's expression did not change. He was not surprised in the slightest. He suddenly spread his hand, and the force field of the Energy Absorption Technique erupted again. Violent suction swept in every direction, attempting to disrupt the seven men's positions.

He saw it clearly: the seven were using a combined sword formation. Its power could stack in pairs and support one another. As long as their positions were broken, the formation's operation would inevitably be obstructed. If he seized that instant of weakness, he could shatter the formation in one strike. The remaining seven would then be nothing to fear.

The idea was sound, but as the seven faced the violent suction rushing toward them, although their bodies swayed slightly and seemed somewhat unstable, their footwork remained strange and elusive. As they moved, they kept the formation steady at all times. Not one of them strayed from his position.

Next, the seven men's True Qi linked into one whole. A blurry yet heavy phantom of a Black Tortoise crashed down, suppressing the area. The violent force field of the Energy Absorption Technique was simply ignored.

Not only that, an aura as heavy as a mountain pressed back upon him, firmly enveloping Wang Xuan. It forced the sand beneath his feet to sink slightly, and even his breathing became somewhat labored.

The seven men held their longswords as the frost-white sword radiance on the blades suddenly swelled. Faint phantoms of Black Serpents seemed to coil around them, their forked tongues flickering as their cold gleams intensified. They all thrust their swords forward. In an instant, sword shadows poured down like a torrential rain, so dense that they dazzled the eye.

Wang Xuan's vision blurred. His clothes were instantly shredded by sword qi, and countless sword lights struck his skin. The clattering of metal against iron rang out without end as sparks scattered in every direction.

Though only seven men had attacked, it felt as though dozens were besieging him at once. The sword lights interwove into layer upon layer of sword circles. Slashing, lifting, sweeping, thrusting—their moves were fierce, trapping him in place like a storm.

The Black Tortoise phantom above his head remained utterly still, continuously suppressing the surroundings. Even though Wang Xuan possessed several unparalleled movement techniques, he found them difficult to use at this moment. He could not move an inch.

Fortunately, his Indestructible Diamond Divine Skill had long since reached its limit. His body was as hard as Divine Iron. No matter how fierce their sword techniques were or how dense the sword lights became, they shattered upon striking him. They could not even leave a faint white mark.

Although Wang Xuan had not yet completely grasped the details of this sword formation, he was certainly not someone who would sit and wait for death.

He knew that the seven men's True Qi was linked as one. While this made the formation immensely powerful, it also consumed an astonishing amount of True Qi. Moreover, they had to devote part of their attention to restraining the Energy Absorption Technique's force field.

He focused his mind and calmed his breath, casting aside all distracting thoughts. The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth mental art circulated at high speed. Every sharp sword light striking toward him was gently deflected and redirected by an incomparably supple force, like water flowing around stone, leaving him completely unharmed.

At the same time, his gaze burned as he carefully observed the formation's operating patterns, the nodes of its True Qi circulation, and the seven men's shifting footwork.

He possessed several Divine Arts, all of which had reached their limits. His understanding of martial arts had already reached the pinnacle. On top of that, the "Mind-Absorbing Origin Return" trait granted by the Arhat Demon-Subduing Divine Skill made his mind clear, emptied him of stray thoughts, sharpened his thinking, and greatly expanded his wisdom.

With the traits of "learn at a glance, master upon learning" inherent to the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth supporting him, he grasped the formation's operating principles completely in only a short while.

On the System Panel, a new formation martial art rapidly took shape. In the blink of an eye, a line of text clearly emerged: [True Martial Seven-Section Formation (Not Initiated)].

Wang Xuan's eyes lit up as realization struck him.

So it was this formation!

The True Martial Seven-Section Formation was Wudang's supreme sect-defending formation, created by Zhang Sanfeng, the founding patriarch of Wudang, in Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.

Back then, Zhang Sanfeng spent every day on Wudang Mountain observing the statues of the turtle and serpent generals before the seat of the True Martial Great Emperor. He saw that the turtle was solemn and heavy, concealing the great principle of "stillness," while the serpent was nimble and winding, containing the mystery of "motion."

One was still and one moved; one was hard and one was soft. Together, they perfectly embodied the Daoist principle that yin and yang aided each other, while motion and stillness gave rise to one another.

This formation used seven people as its core, with each person practicing one section of the art. Thus it was called the "True Martial Seven-Section Formation," corresponding to the number of the seven Black Tortoise constellations.

When all seven used this formation together, its power rivaled sixty-four experts of the same level attacking at once. Its dominance was unheard of. Yet since its creation, it had never gathered seven masters suited to the art to deploy it simultaneously. Thus, its reputation had remained obscure and few knew of it.

Wang Xuan could not help sighing inwardly. As expected of Zhang Sanfeng! Across the many martial arts Plot Worlds, powerful figures were as numerous as fish crossing a river, but in terms of talent and comprehension, there were very few who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.