The outcome on the Grade C Martial Practice Platform had been decided.
Even Ye Lingxiao couldn't help exclaiming from the spectator stands, "Garuda Formation-Breaking Sword Finger!"
His reason for being surprised was exactly the same as Chen Siwu's.
Deng Qi had too many tricks up his sleeve.
The Lesser Formless Flower-Plucking Sword Finger he'd used earlier was a technique that brought Daoism and Buddhism together.
Now this Garuda Formation-Breaking Sword Finger combined the mysteries of Buddhism and the Military School.
There was also the killing technique he'd used at the beginning, which wielded Geng Metal Sword Qi. Ye Lingxiao couldn't make out its origins.
But the few steps Deng Qi had taken during the fight had been just as exquisite!
Ye Lingxiao could only guess that they were the Great Five Elements Heaven-Mixing Steps!
This secret art first required one to gather the winds of the five elements as the foundation for cultivation. That first step alone had stopped countless people. The cultivation process itself was also far too complex. Even in the era when the technique had been famous, only a handful had managed to master it.
He'd thought it had been lost...
Where had the Mu Kingdom found someone like this?
The foundations of a hegemonic nation went without saying. It was hardly surprising for one to possess any number of wondrous techniques.
But a person's abilities had their limits. If one focused only on pursuing a broad range of combat methods, one would inevitably fall short in cultivation.
At least the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword Canon was a complete set, with each part connected to the others, allowing one to comprehend the Great Dao through them together.
The mysterious Geng Metal Sword Qi killing technique, the Lesser Formless Flower-Plucking Sword Finger, the Garuda Formation-Breaking Sword Finger, the