King of Assassins-Chapter 190 - 179 Selected

A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the audience seats in the livestream room.

As Gao Xuan’s fanbase grew, the livestream room expanded a hundredfold. Now, it had a capacity of thirty thousand seats.

Sitting in the livestream room allowed people to interact closely with others, which was much more comfortable than typing comments on a screen.

The key was the lively atmosphere; cheering and shouting with a group felt great.

Gao Xuan had a steady charisma and a cheeky way of speaking. Most importantly, he was undefeated in every battle. That was truly impressive.

While other servers had tens of thousands of consecutive wins, and even records of a hundred thousand, those were made over a century.

Some of them were records set personally by Golden Powerhouses.

Gao Xuan’s six thousand-win streak was definitely a first on Pegasus Star. So, every time he broadcasted, a multitude of fans would come to support him.

Outside, millions of viewers watched the livestream.

People always admired the strong. Especially in a world where everyone practiced swordsmanship, Sword Dao experts were exceptionally revered and admired.

Whether Gao Xuan’s real skill was as great or not, the fact that he could win consecutively on the Battle Net was enough.

People were already used to Gao Xuan’s streak of victories and weren’t surprised by his wins. They didn’t know, though, that he defeated a Level 10 top swordsman.

Gao Xuan waved to the audience, and their Spiritual Power poured into the Celestial Demon Relic like a rainstorm.

Among them, Xiao Wan provided the most Emotional Power.

While others were only giving +1 +1 +1, Xiao Wan’s Emotional Power was a shocking +3596 in an instant.

The Six-winged Celestial Cicada’s super keen perception could quantify the Emotional Power it absorbed.

If Gao Xuan wanted, he could data-ize every change in the outside world. But there was no need for that.

Like the quantification of the Spiritual Power absorbed by the Celestial Demon Relic, it was just a clearer way for him to grasp the situation without any other substantial effect.

The high Spiritual Power value Xiao Wan contributed was mainly due to her strong Spiritual Power and an emotional outburst.

After the peak passed, Xiao Wan’s emotional fluctuations were still strong, +501 +322 +471 +213...

These emotional fluctuations gradually reached a low in two minutes, achieving a balance.

Gao Xuan couldn’t initially identify the sources of Spiritual Power, but Xiao Wan’s intense reaction allowed him to pinpoint her.

He also discovered an interesting fact. From Xiao Wan’s emotional fluctuations, he could directly gauge her state and general thoughts.

When Xiao Wan’s emotions stabilized at +10 +10, it indicated that she had completely calmed down and was preparing for the next challenge.

Gao Xuan could also observe Xiao Wan’s state through Spiritual Sensing, but it wasn’t as intuitive or convenient.

Xiao Wan didn’t know she was completely seen through as she adjusted her state.

She was about to break through to Silver. With a Divine Sword and Biochemical Battle Armor, she looked down on her peers.

Deceived by Blood Shadow, the young toy immediately regarded Blood Shadow as a definite Silver Sword Hero. She couldn’t believe a Bronze Swordsman could deceive her based on her own strength.

Xiao Wan couldn’t imagine that Blood Shadow’s actual cultivation was only Level 7. She was deceived because Gao Xuan’s Spiritual Power was too strong, and his Sword Dao cultivation was ten thousand times superior.

With just a hint of Sword Intent, he could make Xiao Wan lose her perception of the outside world. Even Yan Qingge was misled by his Sword Intent.

For low-level swordsmen, this trick always worked.

Even powerful swordsmen like Ye Qianqiu would lose control when swept by Gao Xuan Sword Intent.

Even someone as strong as Luojia had little resistance against Gao Xuan Sword Intent.

Xiao Wan had no idea about this, and even her master, Cui Lingyun, couldn’t see the subtlety. The gap in realms between them was too vast.

In this cosmos, there are countless marvels and anomalous powers. Experienced Silver Sword Heroes often hesitate to jump to conclusions.

Xiao Wan learned a lesson from Blood Shadow, and most of her arrogance was extinguished. However, she never imagined she would lose to Gao Xuan, an eighteen-year-old.

And with just one sword strike.

Xiao Wan exited the ring in the livestream room and stood there, pondering for quite some time.

"Maybe it’s because I didn’t use the virtual landing pod. The virtual screen’s reaction is slow, and I’m not used to this floating virtual combat..."

Xiao Wan made excuses for herself, having logged into the Battle Net via the virtual screen for convenience.

The fully virtual screen-simulated combat environment indeed left her without a sense of combat.

There was actually a virtual landing pod in her guest room, a necessary device for logging into Celestial Net.

Dissatisfied, Xiao Wan entered the landing pod and re-entered Gao Xuan’s battle room.

"Young lady, it seems we’ve met before."

Seeing Xiao Wan return, Gao Xuan smiled, "Although we exchanged a sword strike, we didn’t promise lifelong commitment. Don’t fall in love with me, okay?"

Xiao Wan didn’t reply, instead waving her longsword, sensing the subtle vibrations returning from the sword blade’s oscillations.

The landing pod was truly different; she now had the sensation of controlling her real body.

Even though the game character was vastly different from herself.

Xiao Wan bent her arm and pointed her sword directly at Gao Xuan. "Come."

Gao Xuan laughed again, "Miss, don’t be too reckless this time."

Xiao Wan didn’t pay attention to what Gao Xuan said. She was serious now and wouldn’t be angered by small teasing.

As a tenth-level swordsman, she was extremely, extremely outstanding.

Unable to use Source Power, unable to use Spiritual Sensing, even the nascent Sword Intent was uncontrollable.

Without these external conditions, all sophisticated swordsmanship could not be performed.

In the match, what mattered was judgment and the sword techniques. That’s why true masters disdain such Battle Net sword dao duels.

Here, the foundational powers of masters were completely abandoned, turning swordsmanship duels into something like a game of chess. It was more about intellect, about judgment.

Xiao Wan also had self-awareness, purely comparing sword techniques, she might really not be as good as Gao Xuan.

The Ten Swords of Po Jun from the Xiao Family were famous for being concise and direct. What truly made the Po Jun Sword powerful was the combination with Source Power, Sword Qi, Sword Intent, and the level of God of the Sword reaching into the Golden Level.

Now that the advantages of the Po Jun Sword couldn’t be brought into play, Xiao Wan could only rely on her strong combat awareness and acute swordsman intuition. She felt if she was cautious and serious, beating a seventh-level junior swordsman wouldn’t be a problem.

"The Po Jun Sword."

Gao Xuan smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I’ve happened to practice it too. Let’s have a match today."

The Po Jun Sword was widely circulated in the military, belonging to the basic swordsmanship everyone had to practice.

This set of Po Jun Sword also slowly spread among civilians, becoming one of the most basic swordsmanship techniques.

Open the light net to choose a swordsmanship to learn, and Po Jun Swordsmanship is definitely among the choices.

Gao Xuan liked the simplicity of Po Jun Swordsmanship, but Po Jun Swordsmanship was too direct and strong, not suitable for an assassin. He just practiced it casually.

In the last life, during the apocalypse, Gao Xuan exchanged Po Jun Sword with a military Sword Saint. From him, he learned the highest secret technique of the Po Jun Sword.

At that time, the powerful humans who rose up in resistance abandoned all prejudices and united to cooperate.

Gao Xuan remembered the atmosphere back then and felt a bit emotional. He still couldn’t let it go, that such a united humanity lost.

For this reason, Gao Xuan mastered many kinds of high-tier secret techniques. But most of the secret techniques were hard to integrate with what he had learned.

Moreover, he was now in the Foundation Stage, and there was no need to practice other secret techniques concurrently.

Even so, his achievements in Po Jun Sword far exceeded Xiao Wan, far exceeded everyone in the Xiao Family of Taurus.

Gao Xuan also assumed the Po Jun Sword’s charging stance. This stance was about adjusting the posture of holding the sword and adjusting the power of the whole body. There was no fixed posture. The key was the force technique, combat strategy, and Po Jun Sword had its unique and distinct style.

Seeing Gao Xuan also assume the starting stance of the Po Jun Sword, Xiao Wan’s eyes widened slightly, observing Gao Xuan’s arms, back, waist, and legs, the crucial muscles.

The Po Jun Sword was simple and direct in muscle mobilization, yet most effective. The hardest to train were those muscles at the neck and back.

Seeing Gao Xuan’s sword-holding posture, seemingly more standard than her own, Xiao Wan was a bit surprised.

Gao Xuan said, "Miss, your shoulder is half a millimeter too heavy... it will make your sword slower by a bit..."

As Gao Xuan spoke, he advanced with a sword strike. Xiao Wan quickly sidestepped to evade, while thrusting her sword at Gao Xuan’s flank. Gao Xuan parried with a horizontal sword.

The two swords clashed, Xiao Wan suddenly applied force. Her virtual character was stronger, obviously Gao Xuan’s character added all to agility, that’s why it was faster than her.

Xiao Wan’s heavy sword couldn’t exert force, Gao Xuan’s thrusting sword touched and withdrew, followed by continuous rapid thrusts.

Every sword of Gao Xuan aimed at Xiao Wan’s vital points, and having the initiative, he was always slightly faster than Xiao Wan.

If Xiao Wan abandoned defense and attacked back hard, she would inevitably be killed by Gao Xuan first. Her sword was inherently slow, and being forced to defend, she could only defend reluctantly.

After encountering three swords from Gao Xuan, Xiao Wan knew she had lost. This battle, she would definitely lose. She just had one last chance at a desperate counterattack.

As Gao Xuan thrust the eighth sword, Xiao Wan suddenly gave up defense, advancing instead of retreating.

Gao Xuan’s sword blade directly pierced through Xiao Wan’s chest, and she finally found a chance to swing back her sword to counter-stab.

To trade death for a sword, Xiao Wan wanted mutual destruction, the move was exceptionally fierce.

Gao Xuan, having succeeded with a sword, immediately flipped his wrist to withdraw his sword rapidly, parrying lightly to block Xiao Wan’s desperate thrust.

The two swords clashed again, like two silver snakes undulating and trembling, giving off the long sword cry of clanging.

Xiao Wan’s bright eyes carried a trace of unwillingness, turning into a data stream of light, dispersing.

Losing this battle, Xiao Wan was emotionally much steadier.

From the first move, she knew she couldn’t win. This seventh-level swordsman had a talent in swordsmanship stronger than hers.

Xiao Wan, after all a top swordsman, quickly calmed down after losing the second bout.

"This is a genius in swordsmanship, and he comes from an innocent background, without complex ties. Such a genius could be brought into the family."

The Xiao Family had mighty influence in the Twelve Star Domain’s military, arguably one of the top military noble families in the Twelve Star Domain.

The first pursuit of a noble family was resources. Military power, economic wealth, and super geniuses were top-tier resources.

Xiao Wan felt that Gao Xuan would at least become a Silver Sword Hero in the future. He might even become a Golden Sword Saint.

If the Xiao Family could cultivate a Golden Sword Saint, it would be extraordinary.

The major noble families of the Twelve Star Domain’s military maintained a delicate balance, but if the Xiao Family had a Golden Sword Saint, it would be enough to break the balance and become the number one in the military.

From this perspective, this talent Gao Xuan was very worthy of drawing in!