Falling Star Sword Technique

"Die!"

Lin Yichen shouted low, the longsword in his hand slashing at Tang Tian like a white rainbow piercing the sun.

Over the past month, many people had loved discussing him alongside a piece of trash after meals and over tea, making him feel utterly humiliated!

Only by cutting down the trash before him with one sword could he wash away that disgrace.

If Tang Tian died, who would remember a piece of trash from then on?

Everyone present believed that Tang Tian, a cultivator at the Initial Blood-Burning Realm, could never evade this strike. Being instantly slain was his only fate.

Qin Yuexi had even been ready to cheer, but her cry died abruptly as she stared wide-eyed in shock.

Tang Tian suddenly stomped his right foot against the ground. Instead of retreating, he advanced, evading that powerful sword strike at incredible speed and arriving before Lin Yichen in an instant. Then he threw a punch.

First, Tang Tian wanted to see whether the power of his physical body alone could deal with Lin Yichen.

As for his trump cards, the less he revealed, the safer it would be.

Trump cards were meant to save one's life. The fewer people who knew about them, the better.

If time had not been so pressing, Tang Tian would have wanted to cultivate the third turn of the Nine-Turn Heavenly Thunder Art. His strength would then have risen even further.

"What?"

Not only did Lin Yichen's expression drastically change, but the expressions of everyone present changed as well.

The spectators below the stage, who had been the loudest hecklers before, now fell utterly silent. With their way of thinking, they simply could not understand how Tang Tian had managed to evade such a fierce sword strike.

"Lin will definitely kill this piece of trash!"

Qin Yuexi clenched her delicate fists unwillingly. The more outstanding Tang Tian appeared, the harder it felt like a slap across her face.

Qin Tiande and Lin Changdong exchanged a glance, both seeing disbelief in the other's eyes.

Given their cultivation, they could naturally tell that Tang Tian was at the Initial Blood-Burning Realm. Yet they truly could not understand how he had escaped the sword of an Advanced Bone-Forging Realm expert.

Could Tang Tian be an unparalleled genius capable of challenging opponents above his realm?

Tang Lingyun was deeply gratified. At the very least, Tang Tian was not as weak as he had imagined, which put his mind much more at ease.

Ye Ruxue watched Tang Tian with a calm expression. She alone was not surprised in the slightest.

Back in Heavenly Thunder Valley, Tang Tian had been unbelievably fast, capable of evading the pursuit of the Heavenly Thunder Python. What could a mere Lin Yichen possibly amount to?

As the person involved, Lin Yichen felt it most clearly. He did not even have time to be surprised before Tang Tian's punch was already upon him.

With no time to be alarmed, he hurriedly withdrew his sword and retreated.

If Tang Tian insisted on throwing that punch, then unless he did not want his hand anymore—

Tang Tian slightly raised his brow. Lin Yichen truly deserved to be an inner disciple of Starfall City. This swordsmanship balanced offense and defense; relying solely on his physical body, it would indeed be difficult to win.

Lin Yichen was both shocked and enraged. He had never expected to be forced into pure defense by a cultivator at the Initial Blood-Burning Realm.

Everyone present was already staring in stunned disbelief.

Tang Tian was barehanded, yet Lin Yichen had no opportunity to attack at all.

"How could you possibly understand the power of my Falling Star Sect's Falling Star Sword Technique?"

Before so many people, not only had he failed to instantly kill Tang Tian, he had even been driven into such an embarrassing state. Lin Yichen instantly flew into a rage.

His longsword turned in his hand, scattering like a sky full of twinkling stars. Strands of Sword Qi descended from above, enveloping Tang Tian.

If Tang Tian's physical body was merely powerful, then with the gap in their cultivation, he would either die or be injured beneath this strike.

"What an excellent Falling Star Sword Technique!"

Qin Tiande was the first to slap the table and cheer from the viewing platform.

As the sect-defending sword art of the Falling Star Sect, the Falling Star Sword Technique could only be cultivated by inner disciples. It was a mid-grade earth-tier sword technique.

Lin Changdong nodded repeatedly, greatly pleased.

The Lin Family would finally flourish in Lin Yichen's hands.

What did a mere Starfall City count for? Starfall City no longer held any place in Lin Changdong's eyes.

A worried look surfaced on Tang Lingyun's face. Lin Yichen cultivated an earth-tier technique, while the Tang Family possessed, at best, only profound-tier techniques.

Compared side by side, there was simply no comparison.

Among cultivators, one compared talent, resources, divine weapons, pills, and cultivation techniques.

Any one of these could widen the gap between cultivators.

Take Tang Tian, for example. With the Primordial Chaos Origin Physique, coupled with the God Clan's cultivation technique, there were scarcely any cultivators who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Seeing Lin Yichen unleash his ultimate move, Tang Tian naturally would not use his body to withstand it any longer. Light flashed in his hand, and a mid-grade Mortal Artifact longsword appeared.

With a sword in hand, Tang Tian's entire aura changed.

With his physical body alone, Tang Tian had been as heavy and domineering as a great mountain. But once he held the longsword, he instantly became like an incomparably sharp blade.

"Falling Star Sword Technique?"

Tang Tian's lips curled slightly. "What does a falling star amount to?"

"Meteor Beyond the Heavens!"

The first form of the Astral Sword Art.

Tang Tian swung the longsword in his hand. The Sword Qi seemed to transform into a meteor, crashing directly into the sky full of stars.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

The stars formed from Sword Qi were all destroyed by the meteor.

"The Falling Star Sword Technique is nothing but a flashy, impractical sword art. How could it possibly be mentioned in the same breath as the God Clan's clan-defending sword art? Falling Star Sword Technique? It's nothing but trash!"

Within the Burial Ground of Stars, Fan Siren watched the scene in the starry sky and gave a disdainful assessment.

Lin Yichen had originally thought that once he used the Falling Star Sword Technique, Tang Tian would surely lose his head. Yet he had never expected the other party to know swordsmanship as well.

This sword art was so fierce that it was simply unstoppable. Before the other's sword move, the Falling Star Sword Technique was like paper paste.

"Retreat!"

Lin Yichen's pupils suddenly contracted. How could he dare to meet it head-on? He retreated again and again.

The crowd watching below the stage erupted into an uproar.

Everything happening now was completely different from what they had said and imagined before.

What Lin Yichen killing the trash? He was now completely being led around by Tang Tian by the nose.

No matter how they fought, Tang Tian had completely overwhelmed him.

How stifled was Lin Yichen at this moment? His cultivation was a full major realm higher than Tang Tian's, yet not only had he failed to kill him, he was instead being suppressed. He had lost all face.

If this matter reached the Falling Star Sect, he might very well be crippled outright.

On the viewing platform, everyone wore different expressions.

Jia Shiming narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the duel between the two on the stage, saying nothing.

Qin Tiande and Lin Changdong, however, looked extremely unpleasant. A piece of trash mocked by everyone was now beating Lin Yichen back step by step?

"Impossible! This must be fake! How could this piece of trash be so powerful?"

Qin Yuexi shook her head repeatedly, her face pale as paper.

When Tang Lingyun saw the sword art Tang Tian had displayed, he was greatly startled before becoming overjoyed.

He could not help but believe that Tang Tian must have encountered some fortuitous opportunity after entering Starfall Forest. Otherwise, where could such a formidable sword art have come from?

Only Ye Ruxue remained the calmest. She simply watched Tang Tian quietly, and endless tenderness unexpectedly filled her cold eyes.

Those days in Starfall Forest had been the happiest days of her life, becoming her most beautiful memories.

As Lin Yichen retreated, Tang Tian followed swiftly on the momentum of Meteor Beyond the Heavens, directly thrusting at Lin Yichen's chest.

Lin Yichen's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly swung his sword to block.

"Crack!"

The two longswords collided. Lin Yichen's sword bore the immense force for only a moment before snapping into two pieces and falling to the ground.

Silence!

The only sound in the entire venue was that of the broken sword falling to the ground. Everything felt like a dream!

[Author's Note]: The third update for today is here! Don't miss it if you pass by. Look at how beautifully our Lin Yichen wielded his sword—gentlemen, send a few more silver tickets as a reward!