As we all know, Sword Immortal are the most powerful and dangerous profession, whether in traditional the Myth or modern fantasy, and this is also true for Li Xingkong.
Although the sword in the Sword Immortal's hand may only be an abstract concept—it could be a proper sword, or a knife, spear, axe, halberd, or even a barbell—it doesn't change the fact that in this spell, it represents the meaning of a sword.
Having tested all the methods of this spell, the next step is naturally to test its maximum speed.
Since this thing also flies, Li Xingkong reported it to the authorities as usual before taking action.
Now, Li Xingkong's flight reporting is handled by a dedicated team, and this team has been separated from the original Space Agency.
After all, once cultivation becomes widespread, flying will also become a very common mode of transportation. Once anything is to be popularized nationwide, its management methods will inevitably be simplified to the extreme.
This separate unit is specifically designed to conduct low-altitude traffic control in the near future. In addition to flight reporting, they are already training the first batch of air traffic police officers.
Li Xingkong's report was quickly approved, and given Li Xingkong usual flying speed, his report had become a nationwide standard.
Having reported the incident, Li Xingkong controlled the sword beside him, making it spin around him more than a dozen times, gradually increasing its speed.
"Get out of here!"
Li Xingkong didn't choose any particular direction; he simply pointed casually, and the sword beside him immediately started with a sonic boom, streaking across the sky like a white light.
The way this sword flew was naturally different from Li Xingkong's. Although Li Xingkong flew fast, he was surrounded by magic, so the noise was less. But this sword flew straight into the sky, making a huge commotion along the way.
Normally, supersonic flight would only produce bursts of sound, but perhaps due to the magical structure, the flying sword produced a clear sword cry as it flew. This sword cry, along with the flash of sword light, resounded throughout the entire land, and no one could miss it.
As the flying sword streaked through the air, it carved out two wispy white clouds in the otherwise azure sky. This was because the speed was so fast that the moisture in the air was directly evaporated by the high pressure and heat generated by the high speed after colliding with the outer layer of the flying sword, and condensed into clouds in the air.
Even the existing clouds were not spared; wherever the flying sword went, it was cleaved in two.
Li Xingkong didn't know how fast the flying sword was now, but he could clearly feel that it was several times faster than his own flying speed, and it was already comparable to the speed of flying in space.
However, there are no ground reference points when flying in space. Although you fly fast, the speed is not very noticeable. This is different from the perspective of a flying sword.
The ground was no longer what it looked like during normal flight. At high speed, the ground appeared Distortion and deformed to Li Xingkong, as if his field of vision had been stretched. At this speed, ordinary visual observation was useless. By the time you could see the target and transmit the information back to your brain, the flying sword had already passed by.
In less than half a minute, the ground beneath his feet suddenly changed color, transforming from predominantly green land into an endless blue ocean in an instant. During this time, although Li Xingkong tried his best to use the vision of his flying sword to see the movements below, it was still difficult for him to do so without mobilizing his Divine Sense and the Qian Hexagram for full assistance.
After another 2-3 minutes, the trace of the ocean beneath their feet had disappeared. Li Xingkong estimated that the flying sword was now roughly in the Americas, and should be flying over the Eagle Country.
Although he couldn't see clearly, Li Xingkong could still get a general idea. Where the flying sword passed, many people below poked their heads out to see what was going on. Li Xingkong could even see that some people fired a few shots at the flying sword, trying to shoot it down.
From the perspective of the flying sword, these people's actions are like those of apes in a zoo, who see tourists passing by and think about throwing a few punches.
Although these attacks were nothing to him, Li Xingkong was not going to ignore them; he had to teach them a lesson.
They spotted the area with the loudest gunfire on the ground. It looked like the hideout of some small-time gang. Amidst some old, high-rise buildings, a dozen or so people were firing into the air while laughing and joking around a ball of fire, looking like they were high on drugs.
In this high-speed flight state, it is extremely difficult to make precise control of the flying sword. After all, if one's mind pauses even slightly, the flying sword may fly far away. Therefore, when Li Xingkong wants to attack, he first reduces the speed of the flying sword to a speed that he can accept.
The flying sword plunged down from the sky like a shark encountering its prey, heading straight for the group. Although bullets were fired, they were deflected by the airflow generated by the high-speed flight of the flying sword, and did not even hit the flying sword.
For ordinary people, the speed of a flying sword is so fast that it is beyond the reach of their retinas once the distance closes. They can only see a strange shadow flash by and then disappear without a trace.
The strange thing seemed to be heading straight for them, but then it vanished in the blink of an eye, and the people who were high on drugs were all fine, as if it had just been a hallucination.
"Damn, that scared the hell out of me."
One of the leaders spat out a mouthful of saliva; he was genuinely frightened.
"Boss, I need to use the restroom."
Several of his henchmen were also frightened; after all, judging from the movement of that flying object, even if it crashed to the ground, their lives would be in danger.
"Get out of here, you're bad luck!"
The leader waved his hand, and the henchmen immediately ran to the corner of the dilapidated building to urinate.
"That scared me to death! Damn it, when you're high, you see all sorts of things."
One of them walked to the corner, subconsciously lit a cigarette, and then leaned against the wall, preparing to enjoy himself.
As a result, when he leaned against it, he crashed through the wall and fell into the building.
"Holy crap!"
His leaning seemed to trigger some strange reaction, and soon everyone witnessed a scene that shocked them to no end.
The dilapidated buildings surrounding their base seemed to have been turned into toys. Starting from the hole the man had leaned through, the entire building turned into a pile of fine powder and began to collapse downwards in unison.
The man had fallen downstairs and hadn't even thought about getting up when the sudden commotion caused the falling powder to bury him up to his calves. He immediately scrambled out of the dust, and in those few seconds, the building he was in had become a pile of powder. As the upper layer of powder fell, the billowing dust enveloped several blocks around it.
This was, of course, done by Li Xingkong. It operated at high speed, and the flying sword also had a sharp effect. This effect was greatly amplified as the speed increased. Li Xingkong only controlled the flying sword to circle the surrounding buildings once, and the destructive effect caused by the flying sword was already astonishing.
After circling several times in the sky and seeing the effect of his move, Li Xingkong was somewhat satisfied. This was only because his control was insufficient, and the flying sword could not operate at full power. If the speed were increased further, the destructive power would be unimaginable.
After a brief test, Li Xingkong controlled the flying sword to continue forward. The entire process took less than 15 minutes. Li Xingkong then used his own vision to see the flying sword again, controlled it to slow down, and brought it back to his side. Li Xingkong made a rough estimate.
His flying sword had completed a round-the-world trip, splitting Earth Star in half in less than fifteen minutes. This meant that its flight speed had reached nearly Mach 120, and no man-made flying object could withstand its exhaust fumes, not even Li Xingkong himself.
No wonder that even in the world of cultivation, a civilization with such complex methods, the destructive power of Sword Immortal is unparalleled.
This is fast and deals high damage, so there's really no need for any other methods.