"Thank you for the match."
On the Sword-Suppressing Sword Platform.
Zhu Xuejian stood rigid, not daring to move a muscle. When she heard Xu Taiping's words, she felt as though she had been granted a pardon, and the taut string in her heart abruptly relaxed.
At the beginning of this Sword Inquiry, she had thought that, if she struck with all her strength and caught Xu Taiping off guard before he opened his blade domain, she could at least gain the upper hand for a move or two, even if she could not hurt him.
For her, gaining the upper hand for a move or two against a former Golden Scale Champion would have made this trip worthwhile.
Yet the reality was that even her surprise sword strike, delivered with all her strength, could not match his casual slash.
"Th-thank you for your instruction."
The ever-arrogant Zhu Xuejian was now utterly convinced of his superiority.
"You're welcome."
Xu Taiping smiled.
Then, with a mere flick of his wrist, the strands of blade qi halted before Zhu Xuejian returned to his body with a series of whooshes through the air.
The sight sent another wave of alarm through the cultivators in the surrounding stands and before the Spirit Mirrors.
Under normal circumstances, only Transformation Realm experts could release and recall blade qi and Sword Qi so freely. Aside from them, only the very few cultivators who had honed their saber or sword techniques to the ultimate realm could accomplish it.
Thus, that flick of Xu Taiping's wrist had undoubtedly reminded the spectators of another fact-
"Not only does Xu Taiping possess true essence whose purity and depth far surpass those of his peers, along with saber techniques and fist techniques that have reached profound connection, but he is also a supreme