Strongest Cultivation Swordsmanship System-Chapter 40: Zhang Xiaotian vs. Zhang Lucheng (1)
"Why don’t you bow to me again, Lucheng? You must greet me with respect if you want my recognition." The first thing Xiaotian did was mock him.
"Shut up." Lucheng roared in a whisper muffled by his own mouth so as not to reveal his embarrassment.
His pride had been hurt more than once by this guy. Once when they were young, he lost miserably in a duel against him after bragging... and then he did it again.
He even acknowledged him as his superior!
Lucheng couldn’t bear the shame.
If the earth didn’t swallow him up, then he had only one alternative: to destroy the source of his discomfort.
So he gripped his sword and took a deep breath to calm himself.
"Since you come here thinking that the previous duel should be taken into account, I will teach you a lesson," Lucheng whispered so that only Xiaotian could hear him.
Xiaotian sneered with his sword pointed at him. "Go ahead then. Let me see what it means to fight someone from the Elemental Root Realm."
Both were ready.
The referee still felt fear towards these two, not because of what they could do to him, but because of what it meant that Xiaotian was alive.
He was a small elder from the family; he didn’t know much about it, but he could foresee it. He had his own thoughts about it.
He took a deep breath and shouted what everyone knows.
Zhang Xiaotian vs. Zhang Lucheng.
The battle began.
It was Lucheng who attacked first, rushing towards Xiaotian and attacking him with a powerful horizontal strike.
Xiaotian moved his sword to defend himself, but then, Lucheng’s sword changed its trajectory and rose sharply, aiming for his head.
"Child’s play." Xiaotian flipped the sword in his hand, changing its position in an instant.
CLANK!
The clash of the two swords was solid, but Xiaotian was pushed back a step by the impact. The difference in strength was evident.
Even though it was an almost vertical attack, it still had a strong thrusting force.
’As expected. I’m barely at the Advanced Stage of the Body Strengthening Realm, so facing someone from the Elemental Root Realm is naturally impossible with just my cultivation.’
Despite that, Xiaotian smiled and brought his cultivation to the sword, surrounding it with spiritual energy, maximizing its power. Then he struck towards Lucheng’s head...
Their swords danced between fierce attacks and defenses, leaving little to the imagination of the spectators.
They were going all out!
Xiaotian had reached 80% of his condensed spiritual mass in recent days, achieving a more than surprising advance, enhanced by cultivation techniques that were not difficult to learn.
Even he was surprised that he could advance so much in such a short time... that’s why his strength was so powerful.
Even so, he had a problem.
Lucheng’s attacks pierce his bodily defenses with terrifying ease. Every time he was hit, a new wound appeared on his body, and these wounds were not small; they were deep cuts.
Meanwhile, his blows were not as effective.
Both of them had spiritual protection on their bodies to prevent such damage, but it was not because of cultivation that this happened.
Xiaotian’s weakness was obvious: his body was not strong on its own.
That made it easy for Lucheng to hurt him or break a bone, but fortunately, he had learned well.
As he dodged Lucheng’s attacks, Xiaotian demonstrated the marvel of a talented and skilled swordsman with his movement technique.
His feet were agile. Like a ghost, he dodged Lucheng’s attacks with terrifying agility. But he wasn’t just dodging; he was attacking in his defense.
Lucheng was forced to swing his sword to shake him off, trying to get a moment to breathe. But he couldn’t do it.
Xiaotian’s onslaught, though weak, was painful when so many attacks hit at the same time.
CLANK!
Suddenly, Lucheng used one of his cultivation techniques to stop the battle for a brief moment.
He stood in a lunging position, pointing at Xiaotian and balancing on one foot.
Then he whispered, "Hundred Oak Swords."
In that instant, his spirituality created the physical representation of 100 real swords throughout the arena.
The distance between them was barely a meter. Xiaotian had to decide what to do.
Should he continue his frenzied attack and take advantage of his superior sword skills, or should he defend himself?
He wasn’t stupid. He knew his body wasn’t as strong as that of a cultivator of his level. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
He jumped backward to dodge the first, most powerful thrust from Lucheng.
With the first thrust dodged, the 100 swords began to move and fall on him at full speed.
Xiaotian took a deep breath, and just as one of the swords came down on him, he whispered: "Dancing Sword, Leaping Dance."
Suddenly, the first level of his cultivation technique materialized in his body. All the movements of the technique flashed through his mind, and his body began to move accordingly, following the commands of his brain with terrifying precision.
Every movement, every strike was like a broken spiritual sword.
Even though there were 100 of them, in the face of such a spectacular dance, they seemed like 10.
The fact that he had advanced so much in this cultivation technique, as well as in a movement technique and a legacy technique, demonstrated a superior talent for the sword.
But this was no ordinary talent... this was not his talent. Or perhaps it was, but not the one he remembers.
He wasn’t stupid. He understood his talent perfectly and knew the difficulties of each technique. It wasn’t something that could be learned in a matter of weeks.
In particular, the Legacy Technique was astonishingly difficult.
But in just one month, he managed to improve dramatically in it and other level 3 cultivation techniques.
How could his talent for swordsmanship be so high?
The answer lay in that day of his transmigration.
He still remembers very well the words the system said then: [The Grade F Specialization "Wind Swordsman" has been replaced by the Grade Unknown Specialization "Divine Swordsman."]
If his talent is the grade of his specialization, what is it like to have a Divine-level talent or higher?
Now he is a witness to that. And he believes he can still be better.
Hidden in his sword dance was the most terrifying talent this world could offer.
One that left Elder Yan himself in shock.
’This boy... has perfected that level to a degree that even Miss Mu has not been able to,’ he thought.
Elder Yan glanced sideways at Mu Ruxue, who was sitting near him.
The reflection in her eyes said it all: She was in shock...
