by Feng Yise
Finally, the tip of Ye Yuan's feet tapped lightly, and he dodged several dozen feet away, pulling apart the distance between him and Tian Yu!
"Sword Driving Technique!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Yuan let out a light cry, and soul force undulated out!
Not far away, Canghua Sword which was stabbed into the ground gave off a series of hums and actually moved by itself!
Tian Yu's expression changed drastically when he saw the situation. He pounced forward once more.
But how could Ye Yuan give him another chance?
Only to hear Canghua Sword pull out from the ground with a ding, then with a cold flash, it attacked Tian Yu directly!
The Canghua Sword flew through the air. Its speed was much faster than Tian Yu.
In only a blink of an eye, the Canghua Sword already arrived in front of Tian Yu!
Tian Yu could only give up on attacking Ye Yuan and turned around to deal with Canghua Sword.
Tian Yu's vision was exceedingly good. His finger once again accurately tapped the sword's body, blasting the Canghua Sword away.
Except that this time, the Canghua Sword did not land on the ground like before. Instead, it drew a single arc through the air and attack Tian Yu once more.
Just like this, one sword and a person actually tangled together!
Canghua Sword could not break through Tian Yu's Firecloud Finger, while Tian Yu similarly could not break past the Canghua Sword to attack Ye Yuan.
The pair entered a stalemate once again.
"This . . . What sword art is this? To actually . . . actually remotely control the sword to attack! Such an attack method is seriously inconceivable!"
"Just now, Ye Yuan clearly could not hold on anymore, why did his movements become increasingly faster all of a sudden like he was on stimulants?! Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu nearly succeeded earlier, but he actually escaped just like that!"
"Ye Yuan is truly too scary! Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu holds all the advantages, but he still managed to pull it back. Furthermore, he even used such a profound sword driving skill!"
"En? This sword driving technique is definitely a divine soul mystic art! Can you guys feel it? Ye Yuan's soul force is actually even stronger than high-rank Alchemy Masters!"
"Hiss . . . Just how on earth did this fellow cultivate? A 15-year-old Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm who grasped true intent and his soul force is even ridiculously powerful! Is this fellow really human?"
Chapter 276 - Opportunity!
Ye Yuan's current soul force could no longer be compared to the past. It could already sustain the Sword Driving Technique for some time.
It was just that the requirement the Sword Driving Technique had towards soul force was too high. He could not keep it up for too long either.
Furthermore, while the Sword Driving Technique was strong, when facing a half-step Crystal Formation Realm expert like Tian Yu, it was still unable to gain any advantages.
After over a dozen rounds, Ye Yuan withdrew his soul force and brought the Canghua Sword back.
This time, Tian Yu did not seize the opportunity to pursue. He understood that the same method was already useless towards Ye Yuan!
Tian Yu looked at Ye Yuan with eyes like burning torches, appearing very excited.
It was apparent that the battle earlier was to his heart's content.
"Looks like you had some kind of breakthrough during the exchange just now. Otherwise, it's impossible to escape from my attack range!" Tian Yu said.
Ye Yuan reached out to receive the Canghua Sword and nodded as he said, "Actually, I primarily cultivate a fire-attribute cultivation method. But, I keep being unable to learn the rudiments of the concept of fire. Just now, under your enormous pressure, I actually had some gains."
Ye Yuan could not help sighing when he talked about.
In fact, compared to sword intent, Ye Yuan's first breakthrough should be the concept of fire. After all, he basically had contact with fire the whole of his previous life and was all too familiar with it.
But the previous life's Ji Qingyun was simply uninterested in cultivation and never comprehended the concept of fire.
In this life, he stepped onto the Nine Heavens Road by chance. Ye Yuan relied on his own perception to directly fuse together the sword intents, forming the elementary form of a supreme true intent.
During this period of time, Ye Yuan naturally placed his emphasis on comprehending sword intent and also created two extremely powerful sword moves: the Nine Swords Stance and Thousand Flowing Petals.
But he cultivated in the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art for such a long time and did not even comprehend a single type of fire attribute true intent.
One must know that the Spirit Bristle Divine King relied on this one cultivation method to comprehend several types of supreme true intent!
The might of this cultivation method was clear at a glance!
But comprehending true intent required opportunities and needed fortuitous encounters. Ye Yuan was unable to find this opportunity and lucky chance this whole time.
But today, Tian Yu used the Tier 3 fire attribute martial technique, Firecloud Finger, to push him into a desperate situation, and finally unlocked this opportunity!
In reality, the Firecloud Finger and Ye Yuan's Essence Energy Ignition had the same profundities of achieving the same results with different means. They both augmented the power of the martial technique through igniting the essence energy within the body.
They encompassed a type of auxiliary concept of fire attribute concepts: Transmission True Intent!
This was actually a kind of very obscure concept. Exceedingly few people would go and comprehend it.
Fire had no constant form but was an existence that could transform its own energy into other forms.
Such as boiling water where fire could transfer energy into the pot and water. This was actually a kind of energy transfer to the pot and water.
In life, such examples were prevalent. The ignition of essence energy had the same principle.
However, compared to a purely auxiliary martial technique like Essence Energy Ignition, there was still an offensive concept contained within the Firecloud Finger. That was why its power was so great.
Although Tian Yu's Firecloud Finger was not on par with the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art, his comprehension of fire attribute concepts was above Ye Yuan!
From this aspect, Tian Yu's talent was indeed startling!
And under the pressure from Tian Yu, Ye Yuan actually produced some sort of resonance with Tian Yu's Firecloud Finger!
It was precisely this sort of resonance that let Ye Yuan's comprehension towards transmission true intent become even deeper. Essence Energy Ignition, this auxiliary martial technique instantly broke through its bottleneck and achieved the Great Circle Realm!
When Essence Energy Ignition reached the Great Circle Rank, the essence energy that Essence Energy Ignition burned became very little, but the power increased dramatically!
This was also why it was like Ye Yuan became another person; his movement speed becoming extremely quick.
Ye Yuan had close contact with fire all his life and was extremely s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e to fire from the start. He just lacked an opportunity.
Now that this gate opened up, Ye Yuan would become completely unstoppable!
Ye Yuan was presently also in a very excited state. Having Tian Yu who trained in fire attribute martial techniques was the most ideal opponent for Ye Yuan!
He needed Tian Yu's help to comprehend this true intent in one stroke!
"Haha, excellent! Just now during this battle, I also had some gains and was just about to find you to test them out!" Tian Yu suddenly said with a laugh.
Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, and he was clearly surprised. He could not help asking, "Then do we continue?"
Tian Yu nodded but said, "Just a moment."
When he finished talking, Tian Yu slowly walked towards the sword tha
t he threw away earlier.
"En? What's Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu doing? Why did he go over to pick up the sword?"
"He's not planning on continuing to compete in the sword with Ye Yuan, right?"
"Are you kidding? Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu even used Luminous Moon High Above just now and it was completely useless against Ye Yuan! Isn't competing using swords with Ye Yuan is looking for a brutal beating?"
Under everyone's stupefied eyes, Tian Yu picked up the sword on the ground and gave a light swing. He turned to Ye Yuan and said, "Let's continue!"
With a sword in his hands, Tian Yu's entire aura transformed.
Ye Yuan could clearly sense that the current Tian Yu was already completely different from the Tian Yu who was wielding the sword at the very beginning!
When Tian Yu unleashed Luminous Moon High Above as his first move, he had no confidence at all back then. But now, Ye Yuan could sense Tian Yu's powerful confidence!
Could it be . . .
The corner of Ye Yuan's mouth curled slightly as he said with a smile, "Congratulations, Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu! You seemed to have really found your own path!"
Tian Yu was also rejoicing currently. He smiled and said, "I still have to thank Junior Apprentice Brother Ye! Without you, perhaps I may never stride out this step! In order to express my gratitude . . . I'll personally defeat you!"
"Haha, come on!" Ye Yuan said.
Tian Yu did not use Luminous Moon High Above again. It was a plain and simple straight stab without any showy manner!
But Ye Yuan felt an extremely strong pressure coming from the front of this simple stab!
This strike, Tian Yu's sword actually suffused with traces of red light.
When Xiao Jian saw this scene, his pupils constricted!
"Elementary form of true intent! Tian Yu, he . . . comprehended the elementary form of a true intent!"
Luo Qingfeng was also quite fl.u.s.tered right now. "How many years has it been?! How many years has it been since a powerhouse who possesses true intent has appeared in our Tranquil Cloud Sect?! Looks like heaven is really protecting my Tranquil Cloud Sect! First, there's Ye Yuan. Now, there Tian Yu! There's hope for the resurgence of my Tranquil Cloud Sect!"
They were still currently unaware that the Long Tang who entered the sect together with Ye Yuan also comprehended the elementary form of a true intent too.
Luo Qingfeng was quite unsettled currently. When he knew that Ye Yuan had grasped true intent, although he was happy, he was not as agitated as right now.
Because he knew that Ye Yuan's monstrousness had already surpassed the boundaries of the Tranquil Cloud Sect. He definitely would not stay in the Tranquil Cloud Sect contently in the future!
There would come a day where Ye Yuan would leave the Tranquil Cloud Sect! And this day might not be too far away!
Ye Yuan's growth was too rapid, so quick that the entire Tranquil Cloud Sect could not keep up with his footsteps!
But the significance of Tian Yu comprehending the elementary form of true intent was different!
Tian Yu was Grand Elder Skymaple's grandson. He was born in the Tranquil Cloud Sect and grew up in the Tranquil Cloud Sect. His root lied with the Tranquil Cloud Sect!
As long as Tian Yu m.a.t.u.r.es, he would absolutely lead the Tranquil Cloud Sect towards power!
Moreover, different from Ye Yuan, Tian Yu's road to maturity was still long.
He had just comprehended the elementary form of true intent. There was still at least one to two hundred years to become a top powerhouse of the Endless World!
Chapter 277 - Let It Seethe!
Due to the loss of cultivation methods, Tranquil Cloud Sect members found it challenging to even break through to the Soul Sea Realm. Their situation even deteriorated these few years steadily.
If Tian Yu could rely on the true intent that he perceived himself to breakthrough to the Soul Sea Realm and even higher realms, the significance would be too great to the Tranquil Cloud Sect.
Luo Qingfeng's gaze suddenly turned towards Ye Yuan, and he said with a marveling sigh, "Xiao Jian, did you notice that ever since Ye Yuan entered the sect, there have been many changes happening silently in the sect?"
Xiao Jian was stunned and could not help recalling the incidents that happened around Ye Yuan during this period of time.
"Uh, it's true. If Sect Master didn't say, I wouldn't even think of it! Martial Uncle Skymaple entering closed-seclusion, problems that troubled the various Pill Hall elders all resolved one after another, and now, Tian Yu actually comprehended the elementary form of a true intent! Thinking how it has been only slightly more than a month's time since Ye Yuan entered the sect, so many changes actually happened in the sect!"
Xiao Jian tallied the changes that Ye Yuan brought to the sect in detail and could not help being shocked.
Luo Qingfeng nodded and said, "Someone like Ye Yuan can no longer be described with genius! He's a person with a great destiny. The people around him can obtain enormous benefits! His master is surely an earthshaking figure who will also give off extraordinary splendor when he enters the Divine Realm in the future. And for my Tranquil Cloud Sect to be able to take in Ye Yuan is also a turning point to change the sect's destiny! Xiao Jian, you have the greatest contributions to have brought Ye Yuan into the sect! If Ye Yuan and the Tranquil Cloud Sect fell out because of Yao Qian, it would definitely be a catastrophic disaster in the future!"
Xiao Jian was stricken with terror when he heard that!
Back then, he had no understanding of Ye Yuan at all. It was only due to Lu Yan that he garnered interest.
Even when Ye Yuan cleared the Nine Heavens Road at the Essence Qi Realm, he only felt that Ye Yuan had a lot of potentials and nothing more.
Who would have thought that Ye Yuan could actually have the power to transform the entire sect!
Thinking about it now, he felt unbelievably blessed.
. . . . . .
On the platform, facing this sword from Tian Yu, Ye Yuan did not dare to slight him. Essence Energy Ignition was released fully.
"Nine Swords Stance! Nine Swords as One!"
Nine Swords as One was Ye Yuan's strongest attack apart from Thousand Flowing Petals. Facing this astonishing attack from Tian Yu, Ye Yuan had to give it his all!
Only to see a blinding yellow sword light and a fire-red sword light clash together!
Boom!
A violent explosion sound echoed out. An extremely powerful blast spread out.
"Quickly dodge! The platform is about to give way!" someone suddenly cried out from the crowd.
Actually, other people already spread out on their own accord without needing him to call out. A large stretch of no-man's-land appeared around the platform.
There were array formations protecting the surroundings of the platform which could defend against the full power attack of a middle-stage Crystal Formation Realm martial artist!
The strongest among the core disciples was only half-step Crystal Formation Realm. This defensive formation was already more than enough.
But these two people's powerful attacks had already far surpassed this scope. The platform's defensive formation was currently cracking apart inch by inch and was finally blasted open by the force!
Ye Yuan could already wound Yuan Fei when using the Nine Swords Stance at the Essence Qi Realm. Now that he was already at middle-stage Spirit Condensation Realm, the power of the Nine Swords Stance increased by more than a level.
But the power of Tian Yu's sword who had comprehended the elementary form of a true intent was not worse off. When these two attacks collided together, how could a mere middle-rank Tier 3 defensive formation defend against it?
Two silhouettes flew out backward, crashing heavily onto the ground.
But the pair crawled up at the same time. Wiping the blood traces at the corner of their lips, they spoke unanimously, "Again!"
As they said, the two people attacked each other with
the same move once more without another word!
"These two people have gone mad! Quickly dodge! Move further away!"
"The defensive formation is already broken. We have to move further away to watch the battle, or else we'll be the collateral damage!"
A commotion immediately stirred from the crowd, but Ye Yuan and Tian Yu stood there like there was nobody around.
Everyone had just evacuated a distance away when two attacks clashed together again!
The two people no longer used any flashy martial techniques right now. It was purely the competition of sword intent, the clashing of strength in a barbaric manner!
The sword intent that Tian Yu comprehended was naturally not as profound as Ye Yuan's, but his cultivation realm was much higher than Ye Yuan's.
Supplementing each other, the power of the two people's sword moves were actually equally-matched!
Another rumble, a blast billowed out again!
Even when everyone had retreated far away, they also felt that formidable force gushing face-front.
The two people flew backward again and crawled up together once more.
"Hahaha! Invigorating! Again!" Tian Yu said gallantly.
"I'll accompany to the end!"
Ye Yuan encountered a hard to come by opponent who was well-matched with him. This battle was also fought to his heart's content.
Most importantly, Ye Yuan already pushed Essence Energy Ignition to the limits. He had a feeling that comprehending the transmission true intent was not far away anymore!
Battle was undoubtedly the best way to comprehend true intent.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Each time they clashed, the two people were blasted far apart, but they immediately crawled up stubbornly and faced-off again!
"Are these two crazy? Their tank is already exhausted, and they're still fighting!"
"Yeah! Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu's half-step Crystal Formation Realm strength also pretty much have very little essence energy left currently. I really don't know Ye Yuan lasted until now!"
"What's even more maddening is that they already fought to such an extent and their attacks are still so fierce! The blasts produced from each clash is not a bit lesser than the previous clashes. How do they do it?"