Qian Yu did not waste words. He slightly raised the black warblade in his hand.
"Let the battle begin!"
The voice in the clouds had barely faded when the Guardian moved!
His figure vanished from where he stood, and in the next instant, he appeared before Qian Yu. His warblade swept down with a fierce blade aura!
That strike was so fast that it seemed to tear through space!
Qian Yu's gaze sharpened. His footwork shifted slightly, and he moved half an inch to the side, narrowly avoiding the blow.
At the same time, he swept his warblade horizontally at the Guardian's waist and abdomen!
Clang!
The Guardian reacted swiftly, pulling back his blade to defend. The two warblades collided, erupting with dazzling sparks!
Both men retreated half a step, then charged at each other once more!
Clang clang clang clang—!
In the void, the two figures collided wildly. Every exchange unleashed deafening metallic crashes.
Blade light flickered and blade aura crisscrossed. In the blink of an eye, they had exchanged dozens of moves!
Qian Yu was slightly startled. The Guardian of the Ninth Floor was far stronger than those of the previous eight floors.
The other man's blade technique was fierce and domineering. Every strike contained profound power of laws, and his combat experience was exceptionally rich, leaving almost no openings.
Yet the Guardian was even more astonished.
"Not bad, not bad. You're quite impressive."
He spoke as he attacked, his voice carrying a trace of admiration.
"I never expected your comprehension of laws to be so profound. Even among Realm Lords, it is rarely seen. To fight me to this point, you have every reason to be proud."
Qian Yu sneered and knocked aside the other man's attack with a slash.
"Is that all you have? Empty talk?"
His gaze suddenly became incomparably sharp, and his aura surged explosively!
"Next, I'll send you to your grave with one strike!"
Hearing this, battle intent ignited in the Guardian's eyes as well.
"Good! Then let's see whether you have what it takes!"
Both took a deep breath. The warblades in their hands trembled slightly as faint light of laws emerged along the blades.
"Blazing Heaven Seven Kills!!"
They spoke in unison and unleashed the same blade technique at the same time!
In an instant, seven blade shadows seemed to appear in the void. Each carried the might to destroy heaven and earth, overlapping as they swept toward one another!
Clang clang clang clang clang—!
Seven collisions, seven thunderous blasts!
Every collision unleashed a terrifying shockwave that scattered all the surrounding clouds!
When the seventh collision ended, the two figures crossed paths and stood back-to-back in the void.
Silence.
Deathly silence.
A moment later, the Guardian's body trembled slightly, and a fine streak of blood appeared across his neck.
"What a blade technique..."
He muttered, his voice growing weaker and weaker.
"I... lost..."
As his words fell, his body turned into a cloud of black mist and dissipated into the void.
Qian Yu sheathed his blade and let out a long breath.
"You have passed the Ninth Floor of the Heavenly Bridge."
The voice rang out from the clouds. Qian Yu did not linger. With a flash, he continued toward the Tenth Floor.
The Tenth Floor of the Heavenly Bridge required comprehension of laws comparable to that of an ordinary Immortal.
The instant Qian Yu stepped into this floor, he sensed an entirely different aura.
Amid the swirling clouds, a figure slowly condensed into form.
The same black mask, the same black warblade, yet this man gave Qian Yu a completely different feeling.
"To reach the Tenth Floor, you truly count as someone among Realm Lords."
The Guardian spoke calmly, his voice as placid as water.
"But the Tenth Floor and the Ninth Floor are worlds apart."
Qian Yu could not be bothered to listen to his nonsense and charged forward with his blade!
His speed was pushed to the extreme. In an instant, he closed in on the Guardian and slashed down!
Yet the strike missed.
The Guardian's figure swayed slightly, then vanished from the spot like an illusion. The next instant, he appeared thirty feet behind Qian Yu.
"Your speed is decent, but unfortunately..."
Before the Guardian could finish speaking, Qian Yu had charged again!
This time, his blade was faster and more ruthless, sealing off all of the Guardian's routes of escape!
But the Guardian merely took a light step and avoided the strike again.
That small step seemed simple, yet it was as though he had crossed the restraints of space itself, producing an exceedingly strange sensation.
"So impatient?"
Qian Yu's pupils contracted slightly.
The Law of Space!
"What? Surprised?"
The Guardian smiled faintly.
"If you could not even accomplish this after reaching this point, then this is as far as you go."
As his words fell, he swung his blade in a backhand slash!
The strike appeared ordinary, but when its edge drew close, Qian Yu discovered that the surrounding space seemed to have frozen. His movements actually slowed by a fraction!
"This is..."
Qian Yu was startled. He abruptly shifted his footwork and barely avoided the strike.
Yet the spatial ripples raised by the blade still swept past his side, leaving a tear in his robe.
"You felt it?"
The Guardian pressed forward step by step, slashing again and again. Every strike contained the mysteries of spatial power.
"The Law of Space is not merely for evasion. It can be shackles that trap an opponent; it can be a sharp blade that cuts through all things; it can be a bridge linking life and death."
His blade technique grew faster and faster, and the power of space was wielded in his hands with divine precision.
At times, he froze space to restrain Qian Yu's movements. At times, he tore open space to attack from bizarre angles. At other times, he used spatial folding to make his blade appear before Qian Yu in an instant.
From his initial passive defense, Qian Yu gradually began to struggle.
His comprehension of laws was actually deeper than the Guardian's. After all, he had nurtured the Primordial Dao Tree clone, comprehended laws for a hundred years, and then acquired the Wild Beast Clone, allowing his comprehension of laws to advance at an astonishing pace.
In terms of the depth of his comprehension alone, he was very strong.
But in his application of laws, he was far inferior to the Guardian before him.
The other man's application of the Law of Space had already reached an exceptionally exquisite realm.
It was not simple execution. He had integrated the Law of Space into every slash, every step, and every breath.
That was the gap between them.
As Qian Yu defended, he carefully observed the Guardian's every movement.
His consciousness was intensely focused, committing every detail of the other man's use of space to memory.
Spatial freezing, spatial tearing...
Layer upon layer of profundities gradually became clear in his mind.
The Guardian seemed to notice his intentions, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
"You want to learn how I use my techniques? Learning while fighting, interesting. Then I'll let you see your fill!"
His blade technique changed, and his use of spatial power became even more unrestrained!
For a time, the entire void trembled. Waves of spatial ripples spread outward, completely enveloping Qian Yu!
Qian Yu's pressure abruptly increased!
Yet the light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter!
"So that's how it is..."
Inner World.
"Roar!!"
The Wild Beast swung out a claw with a roar!!
The space ahead was instantly torn apart!!
"Hahahaha, keep going, keep going!!"
The warblade in Qian Yu's hand also began to change.
With one slash, faint spatial fluctuations appeared around the blade's edge.
With two slashes, space began to twist slightly.
With three slashes, a tiny spatial rift appeared at the blade's tip!
The Guardian's eyes lit up.
"You learn pretty fast!"
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