Martial Cultivator

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master, who had only just produced that thought, gave a self-mocking smile and shook his head.

A little too greedy.

The sword cultivators lineage already had Yu Xiyi now, and that could almost be said to be a sword dao genius rarely seen in a hundred years. Not to mention that for a single sect to have one like him was already a blessing, even in an entire era, having one such genius would be enough.

Even the young woman that the young man standing before him liked was also an excellent sword immortal embryo.

One could not ask for too much.

Many times, when the Sword Sect’s Sect Master looked back, he could vaguely see those young figures behind him.

Give it another ten years, at most one full sixty-year cycle, and perhaps it would be an era belonging to sword cultivators. At that time, whether he, this peak of sword dao, would still be the highest, no one could say for sure.

But in truth, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master very much looked forward to the arrival of such an era. A great age of sword cultivators, with a hundred currents vying, that was the final era he envisioned.

Yet in that era, perhaps all sword cultivators under heaven, no matter how outstanding, would still be told one thing - you people who use swords, the strongest among you are still not as strong as that one who uses a saber.

That one who used a saber was now standing before the Sword Sect’s Sect Master.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master shook his head again, feeling some regret for the sword cultivators of the future. Sword immortals had always been the most free and unrestrained, but no matter how free and unrestrained they were, being suppressed by someone else meant they would no longer be so.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master’s thoughts drifted, and for a moment, he became distracted again. But when he came back to his senses, that sword had only just arrived in front of Chen Chao unhurriedly.

It swept horizontally.

As if a brilliant white line appeared between heaven and earth, slicing the world apart.

And Chen Chao was right on that line.

Chen Chao made no movement. The towering dharma idol behind him had already extended that massive hand, grabbing toward that brilliant white line.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the movement of Chen Chao’s dharma idol with some curiosity, and also a bit of surprise. Could it be that he truly intended to seize that sword just like this? One had to know, that sword strike was far from simple.

Yet when that massive hand grasped the brilliant white line, the expected scene of the hand being split apart by the sword and the attack continuing forward did not appear.

Although at the same time, countless streams of qi were cut apart by that sword, scattering in all directions, in the end that massive hand was still not severed. Instead, it was tightly clenched within Chen Chao’s grasp. Then Chen Chao’s hand suddenly lifted upward, and that white line condensed from sword qi was abruptly raised, like the roots of an old tree being yanked from the ground, while the “soil” that continuously fell was the scattered sword qi.

Seeing his sword being lifted, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master did not feel anger. He merely smiled faintly, then exhaled a mouthful of sword qi.

The sword that had been seized by Chen Chao’s towering dharma idol suddenly surged with sword qi.

If that sword before had merely been a docile sheep, then at this moment, it had already become a hedgehog covered in spikes.

Endless, razor-sharp sword qi burst forth continuously, and in an instant, countless battlefields were formed.

Within those battlefields, sword qi and the qi Chen Chao had scattered fought incessantly. The shockwaves produced by these countless small battlefields spread continuously, making this entire stretch of cloud sea extremely dangerous.

The robes of Chen Chao’s towering dharma idol were already shredded in countless places. The young martial artist took a deep breath, while the sun, moon, and stars at his side revolved without end. Their trajectories were elusive, yet here they crushed a considerable portion of the sword qi.

But the main battlefield was still at the point where the palm of that towering dharma idol met the sword qi. The Sword Sect’s Sect Master’s sword gathered there, then burst forth continuously. Sword qi erupted, clashing without cease against Chen Chao’s qi.

Chen Chao frowned slightly. The massive dharma idol was connected to his mind. In an instant, qi gathered in its palm, and with a forceful squeeze, thunderous sounds rang out one after another, like spring thunder rolling without end.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master was briefly startled. At his level, he already understood even the most minute strands of sword qi in exquisite detail. Compared to the grand spectacle, he could already sense the disorder in his sword qi at this moment.

He raised his head and looked toward Chen Chao.

Chen Chao’s figure flashed past, and in the blink of an eye, he was already in front of the Sword Sect’s Sect Master.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master frowned slightly, retreating backward.

Though he had already broken through this realm and reached the higher Fuyun Realm, even so, he had no desire to engage in close-quarters combat with a martial artist.

A martial artist’s body was tough, something ordinary cultivators could not compare to.

Creating distance was the best choice.

Sword intent flickered into existence and vanished before the Sword Sect’s Sect Master. In the instant of his retreat, layers upon layers of sword qi were laid out. These sword qi surged forth, shredding the qi Chen Chao drove forward.

Chen Chao frowned, throwing punch after punch, shattering those strands of sword qi. But the fragmented sword qi quickly tore apart his sleeves.

With a wave of his hand, Chen Chao shattered them again.

But in the next moment, instead of retreating, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master advanced, already appearing before Chen Chao.

Forming a sword finger, he pointed forward. Thousands upon thousands of sword qi burst from his fingertip, seeking to pierce through Chen Chao’s brow.

Though the Sword Sect’s Sect Master did not hold a sword, it was as if an incomparably sharp flying sword was already in his grasp.

In the next instant, sword intent condensed into a sword and directly pierced through Chen Chao’s brow!

Yet at the same time, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master’s expression changed slightly. He frowned, his figure about to disperse at once.

Because after Chen Chao’s glabella was pierced, his entire body also dissipated in an instant.

That was not Chen Chao’s true body at all, but a remnant image condensed from qi at some unknown moment.

So where was the real Chen Chao?

At this moment, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master very much wanted to know the answer.

He did not need to search. At this moment, Chen Chao had already appeared behind him.

A heavy punch smashed down onto the Sword Sect’s Sect Master’s head.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master frowned, and in that instant, he delivered a sword strike to meet Chen Chao’s punch.

The two collided, and a thunderous sound erupted.

A shockwave spread in all directions, sweeping through the surrounding cloud sea, causing even the distant clouds to shatter outright.

Originally, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master had only intended to seize an opening from Chen Chao and land a sword strike to heavily injure him, but in the end, he had fallen into Chen Chao’s trap.

At this moment, the distance between them could no longer be widened.

A grandmaster of sword dao and a grandmaster of martial dao were now forced into close combat.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master formed sword fingers. Though he could not create distance, at this range he could still deliver strike after strike, each sword meeting Chen Chao’s punches that were almost impossible to see clearly.

After several brief minutes, the Sword Sect’s Sect Master had already fallen into a disadvantage. This grandmaster of sword dao was, after all, only a sword cultivator. Under such circumstances, he was simply no match for a martial artist.

Meanwhile, Chen Chao’s offensive surged like a tide, as though he intended to end the battle quickly right here.

The Sword Sect’s Sect Master remained expressionless, only thinking of how to create distance again.