Ten Directions Sword Master

Kong Zhao held a long sword, his body slightly hunched, his eyes sinister, giving the impression of a killing blade about to be drawn.

Its momentum is like rolling waves, piling up higher and higher, and the moment it collapses will be like a tidal wave.

Especially the treasured weapon known as the Raging Waves, from which the faint sound of water echoed, resonating with my body.

The crashing waves made it impossible to discern his physical changes or how he would launch his attack.

"Hey, since we're going to kill them anyway, it's rare to get a valuable weapon on the side... Let's exchange it for a few bottles of Demonic Pills to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection as soon as possible!"

Kong Zhao, who had killed countless opponents in the Qi Refining stage on the battlefield, was unusually willing to say a few more words to his opponent today.

Regardless of whether he was the son of the headmaster of Bailu Academy as speculated, his intuition told him that this person was extremely dangerous and that he needed to go all out.

As the waves crashed to their highest point, their momentum reached its peak, and the blade flashed. Kong Zhao's "Raging Waves" was so fast that it was just a blur, with the sound of slashing through the air chasing after it.

"What do you mean? Yingtian Academy is harboring a grand conspiracy and has betrayed the Four Academies Alliance?"

Lu Li's mind trembled violently. He had no time to ponder the deeper meaning of those words before his eyes were filled with the glint of a blade.

The blades flashed everywhere, like a raging fire, and the dense spray of water couldn't penetrate them.

The sword borrows the momentum of the move, and the move exudes the sword's intent, like a torrent pouring down from upstream, aiming to secure victory with a single move.

Kong Zhaojun came from a military family. Before entering Yingtian Academy, he would sleep with a broken sword and clean the sword and nails for the adults in his family.

After reaching adulthood, I spent far more time fighting alongside nomads on the border and in the desert than attending classes at the academy.

They were used to going all out and quickly turning every advantage into a winning position.

Never drag things out or resort to fancy tricks.

If you're even a step behind at the border, you'll be the one who dies.

"You use a fast knife, I'll counter with a slow sword!"

A fast sword against a fast knife is the simplest approach, but Lu Li could tell that this person was not like Shen Qing. Simply relying on speed would not be enough to expose any weaknesses in the opponent.

Moreover, the "Raging Waves" that accompanied the sound of waves as it was swung was also a treasure, reducing the advantage of the cicada's chirping to almost zero.

I'm afraid that if we fight quickly in one round, my internal energy won't be able to keep up.

Simplicity and authenticity, stripped of all extravagance.

Each of Chanming's sword strikes was executed extremely slowly, as if after careful consideration; in comparison, the slowness was almost nauseating.

Suddenly, Kong Zhao's expression changed drastically. His "Raging Waves" vertical slash turned into a horizontal slash, and then the horizontal slash turned into an upward thrust.

This thin, icy sword, with a hint of blue, attacked him with every strike, forcing him to constantly change his tactics.

He unleashed more than ten strikes, but still couldn't catch up with the sword light even once. He was always chasing after it, as if the two were performing a silent play with perfect coordination.

"What kind of monster is this, with no reputation whatsoever! The spies responsible for gathering intelligence are all incompetent and should be executed!"

Kong Zhao roared inwardly. To fight like this while being a whole realm ahead proved that the two had fallen far apart in terms of martial arts skill.

Such a young disciple could not possibly be hidden.

Even if Bailu Academy wants to keep a low profile, it still needs to find opponents with different styles to hone their skills; it's not a flower cultivated in a greenhouse.

With more real-world experience, word of it will inevitably spread.

He concluded that the spies had been lazy and hadn't put in enough effort for Bailu Academy, which had put him in a dilemma.

He thought that Jiang Linhai was the only major enemy, and that others would deal with him. He only needed to kill the other disciples he encountered and do a good job of supporting them.

Although the journey was perilous, as long as he returned to the Great Zhou alive, a bright future awaited him.

A military merit is promoted to the seventh rank, which is equivalent to twenty years of flawless training or more than three hundred-man kills.

He was also given ten bottles of Fiend Pills, enough to allow him to cultivate rapidly to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

For the ambitious Kong Zhao, it's worth the gamble!

He didn't have the right to refuse.

clang!

After thirty strikes, "Raging Waves" finally caught up with Cicada's Chirp, emitting a muffled impact.

But the waves had long since slid from their peak, their momentum had declined, and they no longer possessed the fierce and powerful decisive force they had at the beginning.

The flashing blades disappeared like mud oxen entering the sea, completely absorbed by the cicadas' chirping, like a whirlpool sucking up a torrent, leaving not a trace.

"Damn it, how could I have run into a martial arts prodigy like those in biographies and novels, capable of defeating opponents across cultivation levels... I only regret that I don't have enough merit points to exchange for two bottles of Demonic Pills, otherwise I would have reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage long ago and crushed him with my cultivation level!"

Kong Zhao was an extremely decisive person. He had not yet shown any obvious signs of defeat, but he felt that there were too many uncertainties if things continued this way, so he secretly made up his mind.

He bit a hole in the corner of his collar, and a bright red pill the size of a soybean rolled down his throat.

As soon as it enters the stomach, waves of heat rush through the limbs and bones, making the blood and qi boil.

His cultivation level rose rapidly, like an arrow released from a bow, and he actually reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, the black and red aura emanating from his body was filled with evil and chaotic killing intent, causing his mouth to split open and saliva to drip unconsciously.

The newly refined Blood Pills of the Great Zhou military can directly elevate those below the Refining Spirit realm by one minor level, and last for the duration of an incense stick burning.

It doesn't have the side effects of those old body-exploding pills; it just drains half of your blood, and you need to take a strong tonic afterwards to recover faster.

However, the Blood Pill is highly addictive; after three pills, the addiction becomes irreversible, causing the person to become insane, their brain filled with murderous intent, and indiscriminately attacking everyone in their line of sight.

Wow!

Kong Zhao raised "Raging Waves" high and used the secret technique he learned in the army. Black energy danced like pythons on the blade, his body, and even the cracks in the ground, forming a giant serpent.

He had never used the Dragon Python Slash after learning it, neither because he had the skill nor because there was a need to use it.

At this moment, after swallowing the Blood Pill, his cultivation level surged, and he possessed inexhaustible internal energy and boundless killing intent, making him in an unprecedentedly good state.

His mind was in a daze, and with a single slash, he actually used this secret technique of refining magic.

The sky and earth changed color, dark clouds gathered, and demonic snakes danced wildly, as if a demon had truly descended.

With a Foundation Establishment level body, one can draw upon a portion of the power of Refining Spirit; this is the secret technique of Refining Spirit!

We must not let the serpent fall!

Although Lu Li didn't know what forbidden pill Kong Zhao had taken, his aura suddenly surged and he unleashed a strike that seemed like that of a god or demon. How could he not guess that his opponent was fighting desperately?

Before it even landed, the pressure was overwhelming, and his mind swayed.

The practice of refining mysterious techniques not only draws upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but also enables mental attacks.

As the cicadas' song faded, frost and snow gathered on one side, and the cold air was biting.

One side was scorching hot, the air distorted.

The Great Heat, Frost's Descent.

The sword trembled violently from the moment it was thrust out, not because his hand was weak, but because the sword move was too terrifying and exceeded his control.

After learning the first move of the Summer Formation, Lu Li had imagined what kind of power would be unleashed by combinations of seasonal elements across different seasons.

Compared to the fusion of seasons within the same season, this will be more challenging, as the intense conflict will exponentially increase the lethality of sword techniques.

But this is too difficult; the sword manual only contains ideas, and no one before has actually done it.

Lu Li had already drafted a plan, intending to wait until Xia Bu had revised it a few more times and was more confident before attempting it.

But given the current situation, his swordsmanship instincts led him to this combination.

The most explosive of the Six Swords of Xiabu, the Hidden Fire Sword Style is like a volcanic eruption.

Among the six swords of Qiubu, the most lethal and ruthless is the Demon-Slaying Sword Style.

The two combine without an explosion of heat or cold, but rather intertwine and flow like the yin and yang of a tai chi symbol, fragile yet interdependent.

boom!

Swords clashed, and the Fiend Dragon Python met the Tai Chi Pisces, unleashing a series of booming sounds, causing vortexes of air currents, and cracks spreading across the ground.

One was at the peak of Qi Refining, and the other was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. They created extraordinary phenomena that were not expected at their respective levels.