Chapter 246: Great Qing's Shaolin fell
The Shaolin monks were all stunned.
In just two sword strikes, a Heavenly Being had been defeated!
They could scarcely believe it.
Monk Wuxiang climbed out of the rubble. His robes had burst apart, revealing a bronze torso, gaunt yet brimming with strength. A savage sword wound also marked his chest, deep enough to expose bone, and blood was now bubbling out of it.
But he paid it no mind. He merely stared fixedly at the white-robed young man in the distance, disbelief written across his face as well.
From exchanging blows with Yu Huatian, he could clearly sense that Yu Huatian was not a Heavenly Being. His cultivation was merely at Great Grandmaster Perfection, yet his Sword Dao had actually reached the legendary Swordless Realm!
Swordsmen in the Swordless Realm were exceedingly rare, not just in Great Qing, but throughout the martial world of the Divine Land.
Swordsmen of this level were even rarer than Heavenly Being experts.
After all, although the Sword Dao offered formidable offensive power, it was also notoriously difficult to cultivate.
Many spent their entire lives in the Sword-Having Realm and might still be unable to advance into the Swordless Realm even on their deathbeds.
Moreover, although no rule dictated that one had to become a Heavenly Being before breaking through to the Swordless Realm, the Sword Techniques employed at that level consumed tremendous amounts of true qi, far more than an ordinary Great Grandmaster could sustain.
Thus, swordsmen in the Jianghu who reached this level had generally already become Heavenly Beings.
Perhaps Swordless Realm swordsmen at the Great Grandmaster Realm did exist, but in truth, Monk Wuxiang had never seen or even heard of one.
Yet what was he seeing now?
This Yu Huatian was actually a Great