CH 218

Above the Tongyou City, three Martial Extermination Realm experts were watching the battle closely. They were the three who remained after Ji Wenlong and the rest left to deal with the source of disturbance outside the city. Kang Ci of the Tongyou Institution, Shang Ke, the new patriarch of the Shang Clan, and the deputy patriarch of the Jianmen Institution, Elder Yu Chengjin, stared unblinkingly at the battle below. 

In fact, watching the battle closely seemed a little inappropriate to describe their actions. To put it more accurately, the three of them were completely focused on Shang Xia.

“Light and heavy, void and reality, offense and defense, softness and strength… This kid is something else alright! How was he able to comprehend four different pairs of qi?” Yu Chengjin gasped. “The only thing that makes it more terrifying is that the kid actually comprehended sword intents at the ‘Two Opposing Realm’ for each of them!” 

The Azure Origin World only started to use their unified method of cultivation realm classification in recent years. That was why Yu Chengjin still called Shang Xia a cultivator at the ‘Two Opposing Realm’.

Chuckling lightly, Shang Ke spoke up, “Elder Yu, you’re praising the boy too much. The little brat has always been really pompous about his own actions. He’s always running around saying how he came up with something new. Hah. All he did was to add a little extra to the Triple Mystery Polarity Art.” 

A smile that didn’t seem like a smile appeared on Yu Changjin’s face as he snapped, “Pompous? What the hell! All I saw was him being humble out there. The Triple Mystery Polarity Art has been the pride of the Murong Family for hundreds of years! How can someone casually make improvements to it?!” 

After he spoke, Yu Changjin’s gaze returned to the two below. He muttered to himself, “Even if he made some improvements, shouldn’t it only be to the type of qi? Three pairs of qi seem to be the maximum when cultivating the Triple Mystery Polarity Art.” 

With the way Shang Ke put it earlier, it was clear he was trying to protect little Shang Xia. He didn’t wish for the kid’s talent and skills to be exposed to the world so soon. He quickly added, “He might be a little smart, but he’s still a Martial Extremity Realm cultivator. He has a long way to go… Elder Yu, you’re thinking too highly of him.” 

“Yeah… The road of cultivation is a long one…” Yu Chengjin sighed, but he changed the topic the next moment. “We definitely can’t behave like a frog in a well. There’s always a higher mountain out there. How can we miss such a good opportunity?” 

Looking at each other, Shang Ke and Kang Ci saw the confusion in each other’s eyes. They didn’t know what the hell Yu Chengjin was referring to, but they quickly noticed him tossing out a transmission signal.

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Martial intents were split into different levels.

Ordinary martial intents were no different from skills created from the fusion of several techniques. An example of such would be the martial intent of one of the disciples of the Rose Party. Back in the battlefield between two worlds, the disciple of the Rose Party used a martial intent, Triple Blade, against him! It was a simple attack that involved three strikes. 

Martial intents that were a little better would be able to trigger slight changes in their surroundings.

An example would be Shang Xia’s Chaos Essence Lightning Palm! He could trigger the appearance of lightning and use it to attack his opponents. The power contained in his attacks was much stronger than usual. Of course, that only referred to the Chaos Essence Lightning Palm the original Shang Xia planned to comprehend. After he was struck by heavenly lightning which also caused the current Shang Xia to transmigrate over, a shocking change happened. The massive increase in power couldn’t be measured in ordinary terms! In fact, it could probably be classified under the next type of martial intent.

The third type of martial intent triumphed over the previous. It could create a boundary of its own as long as the user maintained his control over it. Even though it wasn’t a comprehensive upgrade in power, it was a lot more versatile and useful. Against cultivators who were at the same level or weaker, it gave the user a lot of advantages. 

As for Shang Xia’s Yin Yang Sword Formation, it could probably be considered to be of the third type. However, it was leagues ahead of any other martial intent as it made him an invincible existence in the Martial Extremity Realm.

Even if he were to use each of his six sword intents separately, they would be classified under the second type of martial intent.

Yang Chao’s martial intent behind his Agile Sword Art could allow him to capitalize on gaps in his opponent’s technique, but Shang Xia’s moves changed too quickly for it to have any effect. Shang Xia’s sword qi might seem to be in disarray as it transformed to many different types, but they would form an impeccable protection net at the critical moment. As long as Shang Xia wasn’t defeated immediately, he just had to wait for his opponent to burn off all their energy before pressing for the win.

That was also the reason Yang Chao thought that both of them would be evenly matched. He felt that there was no need to drag the battle out to make things worse. In his eyes, his actions were noble and allowed Shang Xia to conserve his energy. However, Shang Xia not only rejected his goodwill, he even added a challenge on top of it!

With rage filling his heart, Yang Chao swore that he would definitely teach Shang Xia a lesson no matter the cost.

He never would have expected that Shang Xia had been hiding his strength the whole time! Even when he fought the other two earlier, he only used one type of sword intent at a time. He was using less than one-sixth of his true battle capabilities!

Since he challenged Yang Chao, Shang Xia felt that he should bring out a little bit of his true strength. No longer disrespecting his opponent, the Yin Yang Diagram in his dantian started to rotate a little bit faster. Fire and ice qi, along with softness and strength qi appeared at the same time. He unleashed his Yin Yang Sword Formation with two of his six sword intents!

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Yang Chao felt a sense of danger approaching the moment Shang Xia moved. He tried to overestimate Shang Xia’s ability as much as he could, and he was even prepared to face a sword boundary.

However, being cautious was the most he would allow himself to be. He wasn’t afraid as he felt that utilizing his martial intent would allow him to avoid the strike for sure. The moment he did, he would be the victor of the battle!

The perfect scenario came crashing down in his mind the moment the sword boundary descended. Yang Chao’s expression changed, as shock threatened to overwhelm the fear he was feeling.

Shang Xia was too fast and the sword boundary descended before he could react. In fact, even if he managed to respond in time, he wouldn’t have been able to leave the region affected by the sword boundary.

Despite his fright and surprise, he decided to go all the way. He might be trapped in his opponent’s sword boundary, but that didn’t mean that he had lost yet! At worst, he would suffer some inner injuries while keeping his outward appearance! As long as he looked unaffected, he would be declared the victor anyway.

One couldn’t forget that the longer a cultivator maintained their sword boundary, the larger the energy consumption.

Alas, Yang Chao was wrong again! Why would Shang Xia care about energy consumption when he was only using two of the six sword intents that made up the sword formation? He had lots of energy to spare.

As the sword qi descended on him, fire and ice qi mingled with softness and strength qi as they struck heavily against Yang Chao’s body.

The blood drained from his face as it turned into a stream that exited from his nose. He discovered that his martial intent was completely useless in the face of absolute strength!