"What a strong young man." The voice behind him said, "I remember you're not even twenty yet?"
The voice was almost right against the back of his neck. Jiang Wang could even feel his hair standing on end as the breath brushed over it!
But...
Clang!
He spun around abruptly, and Longing rang as it left its sheath—
He answered with only one sword strike!
A leftward slash and a rightward stroke: the Human Character Sword!
In the instant he turned, he also "saw" the powerful pursuer—
There was only the outline of a human figure. Its face, build, and clothing were all hidden from view. Even that outline was merely a terrifying trace created in the air by the dispersal of immense power.
He looked at his opponent, yet could not see them!
Then, clang!
The outline of a slender finger sprang out and struck squarely against the blade of Longing.
The sword force he had relied on as his trump card was broken with ease, and terrifying power poured into the blade.
Jiang Wang refused to let go. He went with the sword!
In a flash, he was hurled more than ten zhang away again!
He forcibly suppressed his nausea, cut away his despair, and kept his blood and qi in check! His body was still helplessly flying backward when an Azure Cloud Mark appeared at his feet. He tapped it lightly, veering north.
"Your swordsmanship has great potential," the strange female voice remarked.
The human figure, visible only as an outline, abruptly appeared in his path!
The roar of a tsunami rose.
Eight-Sound Sea-Burning unfurled before him.
But with a single vertical slash, the streams of sound scattered like flames.
Jiang Wang twisted sharply in midair, only to be sent east again.
Smack!
A palm came sweeping