Returning Wind, Withered Snow; Quiet Night Walks the Nether (Part 1)

Starlight flickered uncertainly in Yue Luan's eyes. At this moment, what this Reverted Elixir elder of the Great River Alliance had revealed truly exceeded Su Che's expectations.

This man did not use any magic power at all. Relying solely on the strength of his fleshly body, exquisite attainments in swordsmanship, and an almost godlike ability to foresee the future...

That was right. Su Che was now completely certain that the man before him clearly possessed some form of precognition. The killing moves Su Che had carefully arranged time and again had all been evaded by this man at the most critical moments.

Su Che's sword moves flashed like a violent wind and torrential rain, while Yue Luan was like a proud, unyielding boulder, letting the surging waves crash against him.

Truly a thousand transformations and ten thousand variations.

What this man had displayed genuinely took Su Che by surprise.

Such a figure could not possibly be as simple as merely an elder of the Great River Alliance.

It was not as though Su Che had never met Yuchen. That Great River Alliance leader from White Deer Grotto deserved to be called an outstanding hero, but compared with Yue Luan, Su Che felt that he did not even measure up.

That was right.

Yuchen's cultivation was still far inferior to this man's.

Su Che's sword moves grew ever swifter. As the longsword in his right hand trembled, it faintly carried the sound of thunder. Amid the branching sword-light, threads of fire flickered in and out of sight. This was precisely the sign of him giving full rein to his own sword intent, incorporating the Glazed Pure-Flame Divine Thunder into it.

Yet Yue Luan seemed wholly unaffected. He still swung his sword according to his own rhythm. A stone sword sent his