Top-Tier Perception Starts From Basic Fist Techniques-Chapter 125.2: Ten Thousand Cauldrons of Strength! One Saber Falls, Sheng Yuanyi Dies! (II)
Lu Changsheng walked forward step by step, his gaze fixed on the figure before him. The man wore white robes with a sword hanging at his waist. As he advanced, the information about Sheng Yuanyi surfaced in Lu Changsheng's mind. Sheng Yuanyi was a successor of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom's Heart Sword Sect.
The Heart Sword Sect was an extremely secretive sect. Its disciples were few in number because the requirements for aptitude and Perception were extraordinarily strict. After all, if a martial artist's aptitude and Perception were insufficient, it'd be impossible for them to cultivate the Heart Sword.
"Dao Shi'er... I've been wanting to meet you for a long time now. Someone even Tian Xin couldn't kill is truly rare. I always thought the Da Yu Dynasty only had Song Wuqing, but I didn't expect there'd be someone like you as well. How interesting... truly interesting."
Sheng Yuanyi did not appear nervous at all. Instead, he seemed relaxed and full of confidence. His strength had advanced greatly recently, and he had nearly killed Song Wuqing. Compared to Song Wuqing, what threat could Dao Shi'er pose?
From what he understood, only Dao Shi'er's senses were strong.
Lu Changsheng couldn't be bothered to waste words. "I will kill you in one strike!"
Rumble!
The surroundings distorted, and the grasslands were replaced by the starry sky.
"Intent..." Sheng Yuanyi immediately understood what had happened, but he showed no fear whatsoever.
Crack.
Just then, countless cracks seemed to appear across the starry sky as it shattered like glass. At the same time, Lu Changsheng sensed a piercing sharpness erupt from Sheng Yuanyi. It was an edge so keen it tore through the Starry Sky Waterfall Intent.
Clang!
Lu Changsheng drew his saber. The blood-colored saber light tore through the void. Even as the starry sky collapsed, a colossal waterfall still descended through it, plunging downward like a torrent falling from the heavens.
As it crashed down, the roar of tidal waves echoed without end.
Whoosh...
A violent gale rose, and at some unknown moment, wind filled the space between heaven and earth. Thanks to the fierce winds, wuthering waves were created, and thunderous roars echoed as they swept toward Sheng Yuanyi.
"Three Intents..." Sheng Yuanyi was truly shaken. At the Divine Strength Realm, comprehending even a single Intent meant one had a remarkable aptitude and the potential to reach the Divine Fortification Realm.
Comprehending two Intents meant one was a genius, but Dao Shi'er had actually comprehended three Intents. Worse still, the three intents complemented one another. If it were only one Intent, Sheng Yuanyi wouldn't fear it. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
However, three Intents suppressed him instantly. Upon being suppressed, he found himself unable to bring much of his strength into play.
This was how Sheng Yuanyi and Song Wuqing had faced Tian Xin. Tian Xin had directly suppressed them with Intent, and both of them could only exert a fraction of their strength. How could they contend with Tian Xin since that was the case?
Dao Shi'er walked a completely different path. Tian Xin specialized in a single path and had gone extremely far in the Slaughter Intent. As for Dao Shi'er, he relied on stacking multiple Intents to suppress his opponents.
"Rend!" Sheng Yuanyi exclaimed, but he did not draw his sword. Lu Changsheng trembled as a sword appeared in his mind. It was an invisible sword.
It's the Heart Sword! Lu Changsheng recognized it at once. The so-called Heart Sword was, in truth, a sword of the mind, aimed directly at the spirit.
If a martial artist's mental strength was insufficient, their spirit would be torn apart by the Heart Sword, which meant becoming instantly incapacitated.
Lu Changsheng felt searing pain, but he endured it. With three Intents stacked together, the amplification to his mental strength alone meant his mental strength now far exceeded that of other Divine Strength martial artists.
Sheng Yuanyi continued his attack with the Heart Sword, and the sharp pain in Lu Changsheng's mind grew sharper and more intense. The Heart Sword had neither form nor shadow. There was no way to block it, and it could only be endured head-on.
Even Tian Xin could only endure it in this manner, but Tian Xin's mental strength had perfectly condensed, and the Heart Sword was completely incapable of shaking his mind.
"Hmph. Trying to sever my mind?"
"Lin!"
Lu Changsheng invoked the Nine-Character Mantra. This time, however, he turned the technique on himself. The character manifested within his mind, and it radiated boundless golden light that shattered the Heart Sword.
"A mind-type secret technique?" Sheng Yuanyi was shocked. He had never expected Dao Shi'er to possess a mind-type secret technique as well.
However, the Nine-Character Mantra was far more than a mere mind-type secret technique. It encompassed both the mind and blood qi.
The clash of wills seemed long, but in truth, it lasted no more than an instant. From the moment Sheng Yuanyi silently unleashed the Heart Sword to the instant Lu Changsheng suppressed it with the Nine-Character Mantra, the process took only a mere moment.
Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng's blood-colored saber light remained uninterrupted as it flew toward Sheng Yuanyi.
Lu Changsheng had gone all out with the back. He layered his Third Dragon Transformation and the Threefold Waves on top of the three Intents. The power of this saber attack shattered the threshold of ten thousand, and it even reached thirteen thousand cauldrons' worth of power.
Even from several zhang away, Sheng Yuanyi felt his scalp go numb.
How is that even possible?! Sheng Yuanyi could hardly believe it. Such power wasn't supposed to exist, but reality was mercilessly against him.
Schwing!
At last, Sheng Yuanyi drew his sword. Although he was a successor of the Heart Sword Sect, his sword techniques were still extremely powerful, and his sword had heavily injured Song Wuqing.
When Sheng Yuanyi drew his sword, a dazzling sword light soared skyward. It seemed as though the sky was filled with dense sword lights. White sword lights and a blood-colored saber light engulfed an area several zhang wide.
One saber and one sword, each carrying terrifying Intent, slammed violently into each other.
BOOM!
A deafening roar erupted. Lu Changsheng saw clearly as his blood-colored saber light descended like Mount Tai. It tore through Sheng Yuanyi's sword light with unstoppable force.
"No..." Sheng Yuanyi's eyes widened. For the first time, fear suffused them. Death loomed unmistakably close. He could not block this strike, but regardless of his fear, the blood-colored saber light still fell and struck him.
Squelch!
A soft but grotesque sound echoed. Sheng Yuanyi stiffened and froze briefly before he exploded into multiple pieces. His blood sprayed everywhere as he collapsed to the ground with multiple thuds.
A single saber strike had torn him apart. This was the might of ten thousand cauldrons. Even Sheng Yuanyi could not withstand it. Just one strike was enough to kill Sheng Yuanyi.
The surroundings became deathly still. Sheng Yuanyi was dead; his head remained intact, but his eyes were wide open, and his face was frozen in terror.
Even in death, he seemed unable to believe that he had actually died at the hands of Dao Shi'er.
A dignified expert second only to Tian Xin in the Divine Strength Rankings was cut down by a single strike. Worse still, his corpse was in fragments!
Lu Changsheng stood calmly and fell into deep thought as he looked at the shattered remains of Sheng Yuanyi. It seemed he had underestimated the power of ten thousand cauldrons.
The rumors were no exaggeration. Ten thousand cauldrons' worth of strength could indeed shatter divine fortification. Sheng Yuanyi had proven it to Lu Changsheng with his life.
Lu Changsheng stepped forward and searched through the bloody chunks.
"Hm?" He retrieved a manual. "Heart Sword Art?"
It turned out that Sheng Yuanyi himself had been carrying a secret art of the Heart Sword Sect. Lu Changsheng put the manual away, lifted Sheng Yuanyi's head, and turned back toward Beiling City.
