This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 618 - 85 52 Consecutive Wins

Chapter 618: Chapter 85 52 Consecutive Wins

Lu Qingshan stood motionless, gazing at the rugged hills in the distance.

There, a Dharma Cultivation bathed in Spiritual Light, surrounded by more than a dozen Magic Artifacts flickering around him.

This Dharma Cultivation was ‘Many Treasures’ Yu Li, born in the Armor Pavilion of the Northern Domain.

In the Cultivation World, there’s a common saying: “Fast in the east, solid in the west, proud in the south, rich in the north.”

This saying describes the characteristics of the cultivators from the major regional Taoist Sects. Compared to the swift Sword Cultivators of the Eastern Domain, the cultivators from the Armor Pavilion of the Northern Domain are rich as can be.

‘Many Treasures’ Yu Li, as the leading Nascent Soul Realm figure of the Armor Pavilion, immediately showed the crowd what “wealth” meant and what “many treasures” were as soon as he made his appearance.

In just a few short breaths of time, he had summoned more than a dozen Supreme Quality Earthly Artifacts, armoring himself like a turtle’s shell.

The defense was truly formidable, shield within a shield, skin inside the shell, completely enveloping himself. It’s not even worth mentioning his head; even a single hair was well-protected.

Though many cultivators in the Cultivation World believe that Magic Artifacts, as external influences, are ultimately just external and not as reliable as one’s own strength, hence they specialize in Techniques and physical Cultivation.

Nevertheless, some undeniable advantages of Magic Artifacts exist, like the ability to summon many at once – can your Spell accomplish that in one breath?

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Or, consider that even though the power may be similar to that of Spells, the Mana consumed by Magic Artifacts is much less.

Therefore, many cultivators go to another extreme.

They are extremely obsessed with the convenience and power of Magic Artifacts.

In Lu Qingshan’s view, both these mentalities are flawed; a balanced approach is the true path.

After all, the ability to use tools is an advantage of the Human Race. Why discard it?

But in a world where immense power can be concentrated within oneself, one’s own strength is absolutely foundational and crucial—it cannot be overlooked.

Therefore, Sword Cultivators cultivate their own Sword Dao while also forging their Life-bound Sword.

What a reasonable cultivation system!

Of course, this is just his own opinion and doesn’t represent anything, as every cultivator with resolute Daoist Heart believes that their cultivation system and philosophy are the best—there’s no doubt about it.

With a thought from Lu Qingshan, the Flying Sword was released.

Three Sword Lights flashed, swift as thunder, heading straight for Yu Li.

Yu Li, as if not seeing the Flying Swords from Lu Qingshan, became solemn. Instead, he began to summon Attack Magic Artifacts to counter.

This was because he had already set up his defense system. It’s not certain that it could withstand the onslaught of the Flying Swords indefinitely, but to hold strong for a moment was not a problem—he was confident in that.

In his hands, he drew an Ice Bow, slightly tugging toward Lu Qingshan’s direction.

On the bowstring, faint blue Spiritual Power gathered, creating a crystalline Ice Arrow out of thin air that shot towards Lu Qingshan.

Yu Li was quick with his hands, continuously drawing his Ice Bow, rapidly creating a small barrage of continuous arrow rain.

Meanwhile, Lu Qingshan’s Flying Swords had already struck the surrounding Magic Artifacts of Yu Li with the speed of lighting.

Various Magic Artifacts demonstrated their Divine Skills, producing a great many marvels.

First, a tornado-like Great Banner appeared, unleashing a fierce wind to slow down the momentum of the Flying Swords.

Next was a blue Brilliant Light Pearl, from which water cascaded down, enveloping Yu Li, resisting the firm with the soft, significantly reducing the power of the Flying Swords.

Amidst the water, countless vines sprouted, wrapping around Lu Qingshan’s Flying Swords like tentacles.

After entangling the Flying Swords, the vines suddenly burned, attempting to dissolve the Spiritual Power within them, turning to ashes, from which the ashes formed an Earth Shield…

This cycle continued endlessly.

The three Flying Swords, breaking through numerous defenses, finally exhausted their strength and hastily retreated.

Lu Qingshan, seeing this scene, also felt quite impressed.

This was the difference between the professional and the amateur.

Both were manipulating Magic Artifacts, but ‘Many Treasures’ and the others showed a substantial difference. He wasn’t just piling on a number of artifacts; instead, he ingeniously designed a set of systems through the interaction of the Five Elements and the principles of Yin and Yang, maximizing the potential of the Magic Artifacts.

At this time, the arrow rain was also nearing.

Lu Qingshan’s expression unchanged, hundreds of Sword Qi Filaments, fine as hair, lazily shot out, annihilating the ferocious Ice Arrows.

“Again,” thought Lu Qingshan.

The Dragon Sparrow, Oblivion, and Peach Blossom flew out again, transforming into three rainbows. However, unlike the initial strategy with two Taoist Artifacts, this time he slightly reduced the speed of Dragon Sparrow and Oblivion, allowing Peach Blossom to lead.

As for the purpose…

Yu Li was still relying on the blue Brilliant Light Pearl as a base, to coordinate his Magic Artifacts and attempt to entangle Lu Qingshan’s Flying Swords.

“Withering!”

The moment the Peach Blossom made contact with the Brilliant Light Pearl, a mysterious sense of withering emerged.

The lustrous Brilliant Light Pearl, under that single slash of Peach Blossom, instantly lost all its Spiritual Nature.

The Five Elements support each other in a continuous cycle; without one link in the chain, how can it generate and flow without end?

Yu Li’s expression changed, he hurriedly summoned another Water Attribute Magic Artifact to fill the gap.

Why would ‘Many Treasures’ not have a spare Magic Artifact?

But the issue was, Lu Qingshan’s move was deliberate. Would he not consider that Yu Li had spare Magic Artifacts at his disposal?

Following the Peach Blossom, the Dragon Sparrow and Oblivion immediately surged forward, converging with all their might on a nearby Earth Attributed stone tower surrounding Yu Li.

Without support from the generating power, the stone tower artifact was directly toppled to the ground, its Spiritual Light dim.

Only then, Yu Li was just patching up the gap left by the Water Attribute Magic Artifact.

Like repairing the east wall only to dismantle the west, Yu Li transformed into a repair worker, tirelessly mending the gaps, while Lu Qingshan played the role of a demolisher, constantly creating new breaches.

However, building is nowhere as easy as destroying, right?

Despite having ‘many treasures’ indeed, after ten breaths, his face finally turned pale, and he could no longer sustain the effort.

It wasn’t that he lacked enough treasures; it was simply that Lu Qingshan was too extraordinary.

Whether it was the speed of his flying sword, its immense power, the depth of his thinking, his fast reaction, or the abundance of his methods, all left him completely without any chance to counterattack.

To think that they had only confronted each other once before, and in such a short time, Lu Qingshan had found the most effortless way to break the deadlock?

This kind of sharp insight into combat, even among the sword cultivator community known for their combat skills, was absolutely rare to see, which made Yu Li feel increasingly dismayed the more he thought about it.

Lu Qingshan, unconcerned with Yu Li’s apprehension towards him, spared no effort in his attacks, assaulting like a tempestuous storm.

Overwhelmed and in disarray, Yu Li finally made a lapse in his defense. His strength fell short, and he was defeated.

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“The sixty-eighth magical combat, Lu Qingshan wins!”

Amid the complex gazes of the crowd, the figures of the two appeared side by side in front of the Mountain and Sea Pillar.

The battle between Lu Qingshan and Yu Li was the sixty-eighth match in the grand competition of the Taoist Sect.

This means that Lu Qingshan’s current record was…

Fifty-two victories in a row!

Still, facing such a splendid record, most of the watching cultivators were somewhat numbed.

Since the battle between Yan Fei and Lu Qingshan, the intensity of the Taoist Sect’s grand competition plummeted, with most of the matches turning into one-sided takedowns by Lu Qingshan, severely lacking in spectator appeal.

Under the enhancement of True Annihilation Intent and Slaughter Sword Intent, aside from a few cultivators or particular terrain, Lu Qingshan only needed to summon his flying sword and bombard wildly to determine the outcome of a match.

Under these circumstances, Lu Qingshan even managed to fight an average of ten or so matches before needing to rest and recover.

This also led to a very strange phenomenon, before Lu Qingshan participated, sixteen matches took nearly two days.

But after Lu Qingshan started fighting, fifty-two matches were completed in just half a day…

In the beginning, cultivators from all domains could still harbor thoughts of preserving the spiral dojo for their own domain.

As the situation progressed, however, it took a complete reversal.

Because by the thirtieth match, everyone had clearly seen that if things continued this way, was it possible that Lu Qingshan could achieve the feat of single-handedly overturning the Six Domains?

Before this, if anyone had told them such an event would occur during the grand competition at the Taoist Sect teeming with heroes, they would have never believed it — to death.

——Everyone is a Yellow List cultivator, even if you are stronger than me, beating me would surely take a considerable toll, and winning five matches in a row would already be quite remarkable. Winning ten? Unthinkable. Winning forty or fifty matches in a row?

Are you kidding?

But the fact is, this once laughable notion was unfolding before everyone’s eyes.

The reason for this situation was straightforward…

Lu Qingshan’s flying sword was just too strong.

The flying sword is merely one of the most commonplace techniques for a sword cultivator, somewhat akin to an archer’s arrows — while not the smallest expenditure of energy, it was definitely not the greatest.

Yet, it was this very standard technique that most cultivators present found difficult to withstand, leading them to consecutive defeats.

Furthermore, with two hours of optional rest time between every two matches, even a battle of attrition lost its meaning.

To put it figuratively, facing an overpowered shooter, charging in collectively, you still have a chance to focus fire and deal with him.

But if you can only go up one by one, it doesn’t matter whether there are five or fifty people. Other than resembling the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather, what use is it?

Of course, replicating Lu Qingshan’s performance was incredibly difficult.

The ferocity of his flying sword was the result of a chemical reaction created by combining multiple factors: a Primordial Spirit Realm surpassing most Void Refining cultivators, a robust spiritual power crushing Nascent Soul cultivators, the enhancement of perfection realm True Annihilation Intent and Slaughter Intent, and his life-bound sword which was a Taoist Artifact quality Dragon Sparrow, Oblivion, and a supreme quality Heavenly Artifact Peach Blossom.

Any one of these factors alone would allow a Nascent Soul sword cultivator’s flying sword to surpass those of their peers by a large margin.

And yet, Lu Qingshan possessed them all.

How could he be anything but powerful?

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Among the cultivators below, there was a large group of sword cultivators, continuously sighing, “We both wield flying swords, so why do I feel like mine is a sewing needle, weak and flimsy, while his is like a mighty treasured sword? How can the gap be so huge? It doesn’t make sense!”

“You think you’re on the same level? He’s a sword cultivator from the Sword Sect, what are you?” someone else retorted without any hesitation.

“Should you really say that? Can it be that he is so because he’s from the Sword Sect? Frost Sword is also a sword cultivator from the Sword Sect, and he specializes in internal swords at that. Do you see his flying sword comparing to Sword Jue’s?”

“You have a point there…”

“……” Hearing this conversation, Xue Hanfeng, who had just shown a hint of unconscious joy on his face, perked his ears and heard every word clearly.

The next moment, his body shook, and he swiftly concealed the joy from his face, regaining the frosty demeanor befitting ‘Frost Sword.’

Lesser cultivators had their own perspectives, while great cultivators viewed things differently.

They paid more attention to the competition on the level of the Sects, rather than the gain or loss of individuals.

Xi Xiang wore a smile so broad it resembled a chrysanthemum blooming in autumn, “My Sword Sect indeed breeds talents generation after generation. It’s bound to thrive!”

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