Just as he had guessed, this sword technique truly focused on defense. Once unleashed, it was as though heaven and earth lay beneath a canopy, leaving no opening to exploit.
Nie Yun had also cultivated defensive sword techniques before, but he had never seen one so pure and watertight, so seamless that not even a drop of water could slip through.
Though the technique consisted of only one move, it contained three hundred and sixty-five variations, secretly corresponding to the yearly paths of the sun, moon, and stars, with one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred defensive positions. Cultivating it was not difficult, but memorizing and flexibly applying it was extremely challenging.
Fortunately, Nie Yun possessed a Storage World. With the power of its controller, he quickly memorized everything. Sword moves that would take others countless hours to commit to memory instead became the easiest part for him.
Before even half the time needed to master the fifth move had passed, Nie Yun unhesitatingly walked toward the third stone stele.
Recorded upon it was the sixth form of the Great Evolution Tianji Sword—the Sky Sword!
Like the third form, this move fused the fourth and fifth forms, combining defense and sneak attacks. It was like a sudden streak of sword light shooting forth from within a smooth, rounded sky, impossible to guard against.
This move was difficult to execute. However, with his experience cultivating the third form, Nie Yun still wielded swords in both hands—Soaring Cloud Under Heaven in one hand and Heaven and Earth Canopy in the other. When the two were combined, their power was even greater!
Having mastered all three swords, he successfully cleared the trial!
After passing the third trial, Nie Yun no longer attempted the fourth. Failing a trial here meant being erased. He had