"You've always been the ones to make the first move; now it's my turn!"
Amidst the smoke and dust of the explosion, Gu Chen slowly emerged, looked at Gu Muyu, and then his body shot out. The next moment, he appeared in front of Gu Muyu and delivered a merciless punch to Gu Muyu, who had not yet recovered!
"Pfft!" Gu Muyu spat out blood and rolled several times on the ground before stopping.
"Damn it!" An immense sense of humiliation spread through Gu Muyu's body. She gritted her teeth, drew her longsword from behind her back, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and said, "Gu Chen, you forced me to do this!"
As he spoke, Gu Muyu from his dantian and assumed a starting stance! -- The Fierce Dragon Sword Technique, the Gu Family's ultimate martial art!
"You expendable pawn, you would never know the core martial arts of our Gu Family!" Gu Muyu said coldly, "Even if your Inner Breath strength surpasses mine, you still cannot contend with me in terms of techniques!"
"Is that so?" Gu Chen said calmly, "Brother Chen, may I borrow your sword?"
Before Chen Shumeng could react, the long sword at her waist suddenly flew out of its sheath, as if drawn by a powerful suction force, and flew towards Gu Chen's outstretched hand!
Then, Gu Chen gripped it tightly!
"Qi manipulation techniques? So skillful?" Gu Muyu was utterly astonished!
This method is practically like retrieving something from thin air!
She forced down her shock, her face solemn. She raised her sword and let out a shout! This shout seemed to be to bolster her courage, or perhaps to dispel her fear. She took a step forward, and the Fierce Dragon Sword Technique was already in motion!
He knew he couldn't let Gu Chen gather his sword energy any longer, because Gu Chen's internal energy was too strange. In the two clashes just now, Gu Chen's Inner Breath didn't weaken at all, as if it were inexhaustible and endless, and it had an extremely exaggerated suppressive effect on her True Qi!
However, Gu Muyu didn't realize that once she had such a thought, it meant she had lost the upper hand mentally and put herself at a disadvantage. But at this moment, she had no choice but to do so; if she didn't make the first move, she would undoubtedly lose!
So, she moved!
Swift as lightning!
Gu Muyu's figure was like a gust of wind, and her sword light was like a shooting star. The void was instantly lit up. Gu Muyu's robes billowed and her hair flew wildly. At this moment, she had poured all her True Qi into the long sword in her hand. The light that burst out from the sword was as dazzling as the sun!
"Kill!"
Gu Muyu roared again. Having already suffered a great loss, her sword technique was now executed with incredible speed, without any hesitation or stagnation. She pressed on with all her might, determined to break through the aura that Gu Chen had deliberately created. With a swift movement and carrying a powerful aura of swordplay, she arrived in front of Gu Chen in an instant!
Boom! Boom!
The Fierce Dragon Sword Technique, Meteor, transformed into a fireball as it hurtled forward, forming the so-called Radiant Star at that moment. This was a battle that the young nobles present could not comprehend. The power of a single sword strike made them all feel suffocated, and they all retreated several steps!
As Gu Muyu's sword strike approached, Gu Chen remained motionless. However, after a half-breath, his eyes flashed, and the longsword in his hand sprang up, transforming into a rainbow of light, while his True Qi surged up at the same time!
boom..."
During the swordplay, Gu Muyu clearly felt a tremendous resistance from the front. When she paused, a temperature strong enough to melt black iron assaulted her, scorching every pore of her body. In an instant, her mind went blank, as if she had fallen into a pot of boiling oil. She felt a pain worse than death, both physically and mentally!
What's this?
Gu Muyu was utterly horrified!
She didn't know that this was a cultivator's method— Divine Sense, capable of launching soul attacks!
But what shocked her even more was yet to come!
During Gu Muyu's brief pause, Gu Chen began to knead his fist!
What is he doing?
This scene once again left everyone utterly astonished. Gu Chen hadn't chosen to attack, but instead chose to make a gesture? But they quickly understood what Gu Chen was doing!
Sword Control Technique!
Sword-Splitting Technique!
Gu Chen cast a spell, channeling it into the longsword. Then, with a buzzing sound, the longsword floated in mid-air, multiplying from one to two, from two to four, and from four to eight!
The single longsword instantly transformed into eight flying swords, hovering in mid-air! Their cold gleam and unleashed power formed an impenetrable net of swords, like a well-prepared army, blocking all attacks!
Everyone, including Gu Muyu, was dumbfounded!
What, what is this?
"Disease!"
Gu Chen grunted, then joined his middle and index fingers together and pointed his right hand in Gu Muyu's direction! In an instant, Gu Muyu's eyes seemed to be hallucinating. Behind Gu Chen was a vast ocean, with huge waves rolling in the raging storm, and the eight flying swords in front of him were like soldiers charging into battle before the giant waves, riding the wind and waves, and coming on the clouds!
Swish swish swish--
Eight flying swords were enough to change the color of the heavens and earth. When the sword intent struck, everyone around was passively drawn into this martial arts realm, as if dizzy and unable to extricate themselves! At this moment, the flying swords attacked from different directions, twisting in the void, as flexible as silk threads, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded Gu Muyu!
Gu Muyu's aura shattered layer by layer under this impact, like a lens.
Gu Muyu's face was filled with horror. She abruptly withdrew her sword, not daring to advance. The backlash caused her mind to surge, and her body churned violently, spitting out three streams of blood before finally stopping!
Standing still, feeling immense pressure, she dared not move. At least three of the eight flying swords had found her weakness, and she knew that if she moved, she would be doomed!
Absolutely no chance of survival!
Surrounded by eight flying swords, Gu Muyu was drenched in sweat and her face turned pale under this aura. After a few breaths, her body could not withstand it, and she plunged the long sword in her hand into the ground to support herself and prevent herself from falling!
A deathly silence fell all around!
It's so quiet you can hear a pin drop!
It was both understated and unhurried!
Gu Chen subdued Gu Muyu without even moving his body! The shock this time was far greater than when he fought Gu Mingheng! The eight gleaming flying swords in mid-air gave everyone an extremely unreal and surreal feeling!
This... is a flying sword?!
The legendary Sword Control Technique?
At this moment, whether they were scions of noble families or members of the Heaven and Earth Palace, their eyes were filled with disbelief and terror.
In the plaza, Gu Chen stood with his robes flowing, hands clasped behind his back, his body shimmering with azure light. Before him, a sword formation of eight flying swords tightly bound Gu Muyu. Though he hadn't drawn a single sword, he overwhelmed her with sheer force, subduing her from afar!
The saying goes, "Riding the wind on a sword, vanquishing demons across the land. "Gu Chen today is just like the sword immortals and gods in those stories!
"This..." Gu Muyu uttered a sound so strained that even she herself couldn't understand it, her lips trembling violently as if she were too shocked to close them. "What is this...?"
"As you can see," Gu Chen said calmly, "Sword Control Technique."
Boom!
These words seemed to explode in the minds of everyone around!
Their speculation was one thing, but when Gu Chen revealed the truth, it was another kind of shock!
This was actually Sword Control Technique! Moreover, the longsword that Gu Chen casually absorbed from someone else's hand was divided into eight! This kind of skill can no longer be called martial arts; it's practically the work of an immortal!
"Perhaps you think you're flawless, but in my eyes, you're full of flaws!" Gu Chen said calmly. "If I were to unleash a flying sword attack, you'd be powerless to resist right now, and it would pierce your heart!"
Gu Muyu bit her lip tightly, remaining silent, because she knew that Gu Chen was telling the truth!