When performing the Burial Sword Art, the more drifting petals there were, the more profound the Burial Sword Art was. According to records, when the Burial Flower Supreme performed the Burial Sword Art, there were several hundred petals.
Naturally, Ye Chen could not compare with the Burial Flower Supreme. When he performed the Burial Sword Art, there were only four or five drifting petals.
Even so, it was already terrifying. Compared to Ye Chen's, the White Bone Sword Emperor's Burial Sword Art had been inferior by an unknown margin, barely amounting to a superficial grasp.
Time flowed swiftly; forty years were but an instant in the vast sea.
"The Five Elements Swordplay is broad and profound. In the past, my foundation was insufficient, and the Five Elements Swordplay I created was very immature. Now that I have the martial arts essence of the Three Realms Supreme, I can greatly improve the Five Elements Swordplay."
Whether in profundity or power, the Burial Sword Art had already far surpassed the Five Elements Swordplay. Ye Chen naturally could not favor one over the other. He wanted to forge the Five Elements Swordplay into an even more powerful sword art, a supreme sword art that combined attack and defense.
First came the defensive swordplay. Ye Chen planned to incorporate Waxing and Waning into it. After all, Waxing and Waning was exquisitely subtle, but it could only weaken an enemy's attacks; in terms of defense, it still fell far short. If it could merge with a defensive swordplay, weakening and defending at the same time, it would undoubtedly drive enemies to despair.
Of course, the prerequisite was to first create a defensive swordplay, then fuse them together.
"Qingxuan, attack me."
In the starry sky far from Flamefire Star, Ye Chen and Yan Qingxuan faced