Wandering Sword Seller's Life in the Qin Dynasty

Xu Qing was able to defeat those martial arts practitioners with a wooden sword, so the wooden sword was inherently at a disadvantage against him.

Xu Qing, however, chose to take direct action.

Gai Nie planned to cut Xu Qing's wooden sword and then persuade Xu Qing to change to a different sword.

A cold light flashed, and under everyone's gaze, Gai Nie's sword suddenly met Xu Qing's sword.

He blocked the wooden sword.

Then, his inner strength surged from Gai Nie's hand, and the weapon in his hand, made by the best swordsmith in the palace, immediately burst forth with a bright sword light, about to cut the wooden sword in Xu Qing's hand in half.

However, at that moment, Xu Qing withdrew his wooden sword first.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Qing thrust out several swords.

They were all aimed at his vital points, such as his heart, throat, and face.

This forced Gai Nie to change his sword techniques once again.

Amidst the flashing sword light, the wooden sword always managed to find gaps, dodging Gai Nie's sharp edge while simultaneously launching fierce attacks and creating danger for him.

Gai Nie had no choice but to turn around and dodge.

They didn't go to many places, but moved around nimbly in the open space on the street.

Chapter 268 Hundred-Step Flying Sword and Sweeping Across All Directions

"As expected, he is no ordinary person!"

During the maneuvering, Gai Nie's mind raced, and he gained a better understanding of the strength of the person in front of him.

However, since he has chosen to take action, he must defeat his opponent, just as he said before.

"Now!"

Gai Nie thought he had found a weakness in Xu Qing.

The sword in his hand thrust out like lightning, and in an instant, it landed on the wooden sword, about to destroy it.

In their previous exchange, Xu Qing's techniques were extremely exquisite. The swords in their hands never clashed head-on; rather, the sword energy they released rubbed and clashed.

"I've played with you for so long, it's time to give you some surprises!"

Noticing Gai Nie's movement, Xu Qing's wooden sword also trembled slightly.

The wooden sword and the sword in Gai Nie's hand touched, and the sharp sword energy merged and then scattered in all directions. It looked as if the wooden sword in Xu Qing's hand was about to be destroyed because it could not withstand the sharpness of the sword in Gai Nie's hand.

In the next instant, a series of changes occurred.

To Gai Nie's astonishment, the sword in Xu Qing's hand conjured several different forms out of thin air.

"Spanning all directions?"

What shocked Gai Nie was never Xu Qing's desperate counterattack, but the move Xu Qing used.

This was none other than the horizontal sword technique of their Guigu School.

Guigu School only accepted two disciples per generation: one was the Vertical School, and the other was the Horizontal School, and the two were rivals.

However, even though he was an opponent, he and his junior brother Wei Zhuang had practiced swordsmanship together for many years and had a deep friendship. When he saw the sword technique that should have been mastered by his junior brother being used by someone else, Gai Nie was immediately in a state of turmoil.

Just like in the battle at the Mechanized City in the original novel, when he saw Wei Zhuang's "Sect Leader's Ring" and saw him use the "Hundred-Step Flying Sword", Gai Nie immediately had some guesses.

"How do you know my Ghost Valley's Horizontal Sword Technique?"

As he spoke, he swung his sword repeatedly, blocking and neutralizing each change.

The horizontal sword technique is not the most powerful move in the horizontal sword technique. In the vertical sword technique, there are naturally moves that can rival it.

However, while this move was neutralized, the doubts in Gai Nie's heart could not be dispelled.

Faced with Gai Nie's question, Xu Qing feigned mystery and replied, "Guess!"

"What did you do to my junior brother?" Gai Nie's voice grew colder as he asked Xu Qing.

Guess again!

Xu Qing still didn't intend to tell Gai Nie the reason, and continued to use such words to evade Gai Nie.

Gai Nie's thoughts flashed quickly, and he thought of the word "surprise" that Xu Qing had mentioned earlier.

surprise?

It should be called fright!

After the fall of the state of Han, Wei Zhuang, a junior brother, had gone there. After the fall of Han, no news of him was heard in the world, and it is very likely that he met with misfortune.

Did the person before me learn the Horizontal Sword Technique from my junior brother? What did he do to my junior brother?

In a short period of time, countless questions arose in Gai Nie's mind.

His sword was getting faster and faster.

In response, Xu Qing used his horizontal sword technique to neutralize all of Gai Nie's sword moves.

In a daze, Gai Nie seemed to return to the days in Ghost Valley, when he and his junior brother Wei Zhuang fought each other and were evenly matched.

There is no inherent superiority or inferiority between vertical and horizontal sword techniques; it simply depends on the practitioner's level of mastery.

Immediately afterwards, Gai Nie suddenly woke up again.

The person before me is not Wei Zhuang!

Thinking of this, a chill ran through Gai Nie.

His body suddenly retreated, but not to dodge; rather, he was deliberately gathering his sword intent.

The onlookers, already overwhelmed by the clash between Xu Qing and Gai Nie, were now even more excited when they noticed Gai Nie's new move.

They immediately started speculating again.

"Could it be that the Sword Saint is about to be defeated?"

"But weren't they evenly matched before?"

They were puzzled and couldn't understand why Gai Nie was retreating.

Only Xu Qing understood Gai Nie's intention.

If he wanted, he could try to interrupt Gai Nie before he finished accumulating his sword intent, but after thinking about it, he decided to let Gai Nie do this series of actions.

The accumulation of sword intent did not take long.

This is quite normal.

If the attack Gai Nie uses has too long a startup animation, it can hardly be called a killer move. It's enough to interrupt it during the startup animation.

In the next instant, Gai Nie tapped the ground with his toes, and his body, which had been retreating, leaped towards Xu Qing at an even faster speed. At the same time, the hilt of the sword that Xu Qing had been holding suddenly slipped from his grasp.

This was not him giving up the sword voluntarily; on the contrary, he was giving the sword "freedom." As he loosened his grip on the hilt, the sword that he had been holding suddenly unleashed an even more powerful edge.

A sharp sword aura arose, and even from a great distance, one could still feel its terrifying oppressive force.

With the longsword held horizontally in mid-air, Xu Qing opened his palm, aiming at the end of the hilt. He moved forward, and the entire sword, like a bolt of lightning, tore through everything in front of him.

"The sword... flew up!"

The spectators, witnessing this scene, couldn't help but gape.

Not far away, on a pavilion, the Moon Goddess of the Yin-Yang School was still watching. Seeing this scene, she thought of some records from the Yin-Yang School.

"Is this the Hundred-Step Flying Sword technique of the Guigu School?"

Not far behind Xu Qing, Xiao Hei, Xiao Bai, and Jing Ni also had solemn expressions.

Jing Ni, in particular, being a top-notch swordswoman herself, was even more able to sense the terrifying power of this sword strike.

"I've finally witnessed this move!"

Xu Qing remained expressionless as he watched the flying sword sweeping towards him. In his perception, with the release of Gai Nie's sword, the surrounding void was completely sealed off.

Between heaven and earth, there is only this one sword, and this sword is controlled by the essence, energy and spirit of the one who wields it.

Just like "Little Li's Flying Dagger," the enemy is locked onto on a mental level the moment the sword flies out.

No matter how hard you try to dodge, this sword will always reach you.

"As expected of the ultimate sword technique of the Ghost Valley School!"

In an instant, Xu Qing's mind raced, and then he swung the wooden sword in his hand.

In an instant, eight changes emerged.

"Spanning all directions!"

The essence of Guigu Horizontal Sword Technique was also demonstrated by him.

It was as if two dragons, one black and one white, had appeared between heaven and earth.

The art of vertical swordsmanship emphasizes killing with a single blow, accumulating the power of a thousand blades and condensing the might of a single sword.

The Horizontal Sword Technique, on the other hand, uses a single sword to create countless variations, exhausting all the unpredictable changes in the sword.

One is to simplify complexity, and the other is to complicate complexity.

When the two clashed, everyone felt that sword energy was coming from all directions. As they watched, the white dragon roared and collided with the black dragon. The black dragon's movements became even more unpredictable, constantly blocking the white dragon's attacks with its claws outstretched. Finally, the two disappeared at the same time.

The illusion vanished, leaving only two swords in the world.

The next instant, a snapping sound rang out.

The wooden sword in Xu Qing's hand finally succumbed to the pressure after repeated collisions, especially after Xu Qing used it to block Gai Nie's "Hundred Steps Flying Sword" with "Sweeping Across the Eight Directions".

"it's over!"

Upon witnessing this scene, the Qin swordsmen present were filled with excitement.

In recent days, Xu Qing has defeated many swordsmen from the Qin Kingdom, which can be said to have trampled the face of the Qin Kingdom's martial arts world underfoot. It's not that no one wants to defeat Xu Qing, but they all fail.

Taoism and Yin-Yang School certainly have even stronger masters among them.

But apart from that person, Qingxuan, the other Taoists and Yin-Yang people acted as if nothing had happened, showing no intention of making a move.

So all they could do was watch Xu Qing swagger around like this.

Fortunately, Gai Nie made a move today.