Divine Arts, Supreme Skills
Flowing Cloud Manor Master's attack was powerful and forceful, exceeding the norm.
Although he failed to use the flute music to guide the experts around the island to form a Yanxia force.
However, he still made use of every available factor.
Chu Tianshu only broke the flute music completely when he arrived on this reef.
And the distance between this reef and the ship.
This allows Flowing Cloud Manor Master to fully convert his height advantage into a powerful forward momentum.
He used his shoulder to slam forward, his entire body already filled with Gang Qi, trying to leverage the force of the downward momentum to turn it into a forward surge.
The meridians in the shoulder area are the most resilient and robust, capable of bearing this heavy responsibility.
Such was the power of that single strike.
It can be said that he brought Flowing Cloud Manor Master study of "speed" and "strength" to its extreme.
Chu Tianshu's right hand was already in front of him, but at this moment his five fingers suddenly tensed up, his fingertips almost curled back, and his palm protruded forward.
Using his right hand as the pivot and his left hand supporting him in mid-air for stability, his entire figure began to spin rapidly.
The light blue robe, propelled by his inner strength, transformed into a whirlwind.
Bang!!
Flowing Cloud Manor Master was like a cannonball from a powerful cannon, blasting out at close range.
Upon encountering this extremely pure azure whirlwind, after a brief stalemate, it was blasted away.
His entire life trajectory is a reflection of this phenomenon.
It crashed from the second floor of the ship, then deflected and struck a reef on one side.
That direction was exactly where the iron flute was located.
It's like throwing the Flowing Cloud Manor Master onto an iron flute and piercing him through.
But in the blink of an eye, he suddenly slammed his palm heavily onto the ground.
The figure that crashed into them was lifted into the air and spun around in the wind.
The iron flute was slightly moved by the hem of his robe.
Bass!!
The sound of the whistle sparked against the rocks.
The iron flute, propelled by the robes, was pulled out and followed the figure of the Flowing Cloud Manor Master, spiraling upwards.
At this moment, the jet-black iron flute resembled a flying sword swirling around him.
Chu Tianshu had already broken free from the whirlwind, his palm crackling with lightning as he slammed towards the Flowing Cloud Manor Master.
Flowing Cloud Manor Master grasped the iron flute and flicked it in mid-air.
The trajectory of this tremor was both the afterimage of the iron flute and the filling of internal energy within it.
In an instant, a white Taiji symbol without the ability to see ghosts was drawn in the air.
The palm-sized Taiji diagram blocked Chu Tianshu's palm strike.
A loud, clanging sound erupted.
It was as if Chu Tianshu's palm strike had landed on the tips of dozens of sharp swords.
Even with the power of his Sky-Spanning Divine Art and the swiftness of the Palm Thunder, it was neutralized by this strange Taiji diagram.
Each small burst of palm force felt like it was being pierced and diverted.
"That move you just made, it was based on Taiji Fist, wasn't it?"
Flowing Cloud Manor Master let out a long roar, "I also know some Taiji Sword."
The Wudang Sect's Taiji Fist and sword are world-renowned.
However, Taiji Fist Sword are known to be easy to learn but difficult to master.
Even those within Wudang do not truly regard Taiji Fist Sword as unique skills.
What they admire is the "Mystic Gate Two Polarity Divine Sword," which evolved from Taiji Sword.
This sword technique was once considered one of the three great sword techniques in the Central Plains martial arts world, along with Kunlun's "Flying Dragon Great Nine Forms" and Ba Mountain's "Returning Wind Dancing Willow Sword Technique".
The "Returning Wind Dancing Willow is passed down, but most of its practitioners are mediocre. The Flying Dragon Nine Forms" are rarely mastered.
However, the Two Polarity Divine Sword has produced masters in every generation.
Each generation of masters has provided new interpretations, thus clearly distinguishing the superiority or inferiority of the three great sword techniques.
The Yin-Yang Two Polarity Divine Sword that Flowing Cloud Manor Master was currently wielding had reached a level of consummate skill.
Even if Daoist Gu of Ba Mountain were to be resurrected, he might not be able to withstand three sword strikes without showing signs of defeat.
At this moment, with a long roar, he had already unleashed twelve consecutive sword strikes on Chu Tianshu.
These twelve swords, with their eight outer landing points, subtly form a circle.
The four points inside vaguely form a yin-yang arc.
Every single sword strike was deflected by Chu Tianshu with his bare hands, shattering the Sword Qi.
After the twelve sword strikes, Taiji outline, about half the size of a person, suddenly appeared out of thin air and crashed towards Chu Tianshu.
The remaining Sword Qi of those twelve swords was actually able to connect with each other, continuing from top to bottom.
Gathering twelve rays of afterglow, the sword's brilliance shines once more.
This half-human-sized Taiji outline is as sharp as a sword strike unleashed with full force by the Flowing Cloud Manor Master.
However, his true form had a moment of weakness and unleashed another sword strike.
The white robe of the Flowing Cloud Manor Master was adorned with numerous silver embroideries, resembling clouds and cranes.
The embroidery is exquisite, but because it deliberately pursues an ethereal quality, the patterns are obscured when the wearer slightly tugs at the fabric during movement.
At this moment, he made a sword incantation with his left hand and used his iron flute in his right hand to thrust his sword out from his waist with perfect precision.
The blurry patterns on the back of the robe suddenly solidified, forming the silhouette of an ancient monk.
Bodhidharma facing the wall for nine years, leaving his shadow on the stone wall.
The Chan Buddhism Shaolin, when it was passed down to the sixth patriarch, entered the Bodhidharma Cave to comprehend the Dharma.
The sixth patriarch sat in meditation for seven days and seven nights facing the shadow on the stone wall, but gained nothing.
One day, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he turned his back to the shadow on the stone wall and looked at his own shadow.
The sunlight slanted in from outside the cave, casting my shadow at my side.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see both my own shadow and the shadow on the stone wall, a mutual reflection.
The sixth patriarch thus achieved great mastery of Chan Buddhism and divine powers.
He created the Bodhidharma Sword Technique, which can defeat an enemy with just one sword strike.
This sword strike went straight at the enemy, but the Sword Qi shot out from the direction of the enemy's shadow.
This is because the Sword Qi has been cultivated to the point where it can be controlled at will and dispersed like a wisp of silk.
With a slight movement, before anyone could notice, it reached the shadow's location, then condensed into a sufficiently threatening Sword Qi before stabbing out.
Shaolin masters throughout the ages have exhausted their efforts to study this sword technique, yet they still cannot understand how the sword emerges from the shadows.
Flowing Cloud Manor Master understood this point and therefore did not pursue the effect of being pretentious or mysterious.
His Sword Qi energy, like wisps of smoke, emanated from the iron flute and flew directly toward Chu Tianshu's left ear, intending to solidify into a form through Chu Tianshu's ear canal.
A sword pierced through his head!
Chu Tianshu suddenly closed his ears, covering his ear canals with his ears.
He actually sensed the invisible, elusive wisps of Sword Qi, causing these wisps, which were not yet a threat, to condense only an inch or so outside his ear.
It appeared as if a small crystal sword was close to Chu Tianshu's ear.
But as soon as he appeared, Chu Tianshu's figure had already spun around and turned backward.
The sword was struck by the wildly whipping hair behind his head. The dark hair, mixed with a bluish light, was like a large, soft whip, shattering the Sword Qi into pieces.
Hundreds of strands of hair took the opportunity to break apart and burst out in the blue light.
The formation of the half-human-sized Taiji diagram was due to a harmonious aura created by the residual Sword Qi.
As these strands of hair passed through, although they did not directly touch the outline of the Taiji symbol, they disrupted the energy field.
The Taiji symbol suddenly collapsed.
Flowing Cloud Manor Master's iron flute trembled in mid-air, shredding all the strands of hair.
Only then did the two figures fall back onto the reef.
(End of this chapter)