In the distance, thunder suddenly surged!
Then the sky darkened. Not far away, fierce winds raged, and in that instant, the leaves seemed to become weapons.
Lan Xin stopped in her tracks. The two had already begun. If she went any closer, she might get caught in the crossfire.
"Damn that Lin Yi. What an impatient fool! No wonder Master was worried!"
Left with no choice, she approached slowly, stopping once they came into view.
Lin Yi now held a sword, but however she looked at it, it was nothing more than an ordinary blade.
Cang Wuming still wielded his divine weapon, the Nameless Sword!
Neither man's techniques were superior to the other's, but their different weapons produced different levels of power.
That was why Lin Yi had lost before.
This time, however, things were different. Lan Xin noticed a change in Lin Yi.
Every movement of his sword seemed to fall between his breaths.
"Breath-Controlled Swordsmanship?" Lan Xin understood.
By comparison, Cang Wuming's movements were much slower. Both men wielded their swords on the same principle, but Cang Wuming was missing an arm.
For a top swordsman, every part of the body served a purpose!
What was more, for countless swordsmen, the left hand controlled direction and maintained balance.
Without his left arm, Cang Wuming was a few fractions slower when using the same swordsmanship!
There was hope!
Lan Xin felt that Lin Yi had a chance of winning this time, though she had no idea how he had learned Cang Wuming's techniques.
Then Cang Wuming made a mistake. Lin Yi seized the initiative and flew forward. The instant he struck, the needle-like leaves in the pine grove seemed to come alive!
Combined with the power of the Heart Sword, they turned the intangible into tangible blades!
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