329: Clash of sword intent

"Thank you for your understanding, Senior Brother Zhuge!"

Yao Delong did not stand on ceremony and cupped his fists in a salute to Zhuge Chuixue.

He knew deeply that facing a Sword Cultivator expert like Zhuge Chuixue, who possessed a Clear Sword Heart, any slight dip in his condition could become a fatal flaw.

He immediately sat cross-legged and retrieved a Medicinal Pill from his storage ring; it was the size of a dragon's eye, emerald green throughout, and exuded rich spiritual power and vitality!

He swallowed it without hesitation.

The Medicinal Pill melted upon entering his mouth, and a vast, gentle warm current instantly surged into his limbs and bones!

Like long-awaited rain after a drought, the severely depleted scorching sun Qi in his body began to recover at an astonishing speed; his roiling blood Qi was quickly smoothed out, and the faint stinging sensation in his Meridians rapidly faded.

The emerald green Life-Generating Creation Fire swayed slightly within his Dantian, emitting vibrant vitality and accelerating the repair of his body.

A faint crimson and emerald halo circulated around him, and his aura became steady and heavy at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zhuge Chuixue stood quietly opposite him, like an eternal, unmeltable iceberg.

He did not urge him, but his sharp eyes remained locked on Yao Delong, sensing the changes in his aura like the most precise ruler, measuring the depth of his opponent.

On the scabbard of the ancient longsword he carried on his back, the mysterious patterns seemed to flow with a faint cold light as Yao Delong's aura recovered.

Below the stage, countless gazes were focused on the Contention Stage.

"Senior Brother Yao is recovering! That Medicinal Pill... what strong medicinal power!"

"It looks like an endless life creation pill! That's a Tier 6 High Grade Medicinal Pill! He just popped it like that!?"

"Senior Brother Zhuge is truly upright and honorable!"

"A pure Sword Cultivator duel! How many years has it been since we've seen one!"

"Just watch! This is definitely the most spectacular battle of the day!"

The three women, including Lin Qingxue, clenched their hands nervously, their beautiful eyes staring unblinkingly at the stage.

Xiao Huohuo even held his breath, his fists tightly clenched.

Dao Changge stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze deep, not knowing what he was thinking.

Dan Chenzi nodded slightly, quite approving of Zhuge Chuixue's uprightness.

Time passed slowly amidst countless expectant gazes.

About half a stick of incense later.

Yao Delong's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open! Two sharp, tangible glints of light, like a peerless divine sword being unsheathed, instantly pierced the air!

The crimson and emerald halo around him retracted, his aura completely stabilized, and it was even more condensed and harmonious than when he fought Cang Yunyao before!

The tempering of successive battles and the realization of the common origin of water and fire caused his Cultivation to faintly advance a bit more amidst the immense consumption and recovery!

He stood up, his white robes fluttering without wind, and an invisible sharp aura began to condense and rise from him!

That was no longer the power of the Physical Body, nor the violence of flames, but the pure edge that belonged to the sword!

"Senior Brother Zhuge," Yao Delong's voice was calm and firm, like the ringing of a sword, "I am ready."

A faint, yet incredibly serious smile finally appeared on Zhuge Chuixue's cold face.

He slowly raised his right hand and gripped the hilt of the ancient longsword on his back.

"Zheng—!"

The ancient longsword in Zhuge Chuixue's hand was finally unsheathed!

The blade was thick and wide, with a color as deep as the profound yellow earth, yet the edge flowed with a bone-chilling cold light, as if it had condensed the isolation and sharpness of ten thousand years of glaciers!

A terrifying Sword Intent, heavy as a mountain yet incomparably sharp, swept across the entire Contention Stage like a burst dam!

Under the pressure of this pure Sword Intent, the white jade ground actually groaned under the unbearable weight, and fine cracks spread out with him at the center!

Facing this overwhelming pressure of Sword Intent, Yao Delong's eyes were sharp as lightning, showing no trace of fear. With a thought, in his Sea of Consciousness, the "burning silence", a low-grade heavenly artifact that was crimson throughout and seemed to be forged from lava and the core of stars, let out an excited hum and instantly appeared in his hand!

"Hum—!"

The moment the Burning Silence Sword appeared, a completely different Sword Intent erupted!

Scorching! Violent! Carrying the destructive aura of burning the eight wildernesses, yet deeper within, it contained a desolate dao rhyme of all things returning to ruins and ending in Nirvana!

The crimson sword light flickered, like a burning star, instantly tearing a huge hole in Zhuge Chuixue's Sword Intent Domain that suppressed all things!

Two completely different, yet both extremely powerful Sword Intents, like two invisible primordial Vicious Beasts, collided violently in the center of the Contention Stage!

Boom! Crack! Crack!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a hair-raising, ear-piercing sound of space being forcibly torn apart!

Under the gaze of countless horrified eyes, the area between the two of them saw the air shatter inch by inch like fragile glass!

Fine, pitch-black space rifts emitting terrifying suction appeared out of thin air like spiderwebs, only to be quickly repaired by the Laws of Heaven and Earth!

Just the collision of Sword Intent had actually torn space itself!

"Hiss—!"

"My god! Space rifts!"

"Just a clash of Sword Intent?! This... is this really something a Nascent Soul Cultivator can do?!"

"An ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator might not be able to tear space even with their full-force strike! These two... monsters!"

The sound of Disciples below the stage gasping for air rose one after another; those with weaker Cultivation were even forced to retreat repeatedly by the terrifying Sword Intent leaking out, their faces pale.

Xiao Huohuo was trembling with excitement, and the three women, including Lin Qingxue, covered their mouths, their beautiful eyes filled with shock and worry.

On the True Disciple seating area, there was dead silence!

Everyone was stunned by this clash of Sword Intent that defied common sense.

Yan Wugui of Pill Cloud Peak, Jin Feng of Jinxin Peak, and the others had long lost the relaxed look on their faces, replaced by unprecedented solemnity!

They asked themselves, if they were in the center of that Sword Intent storm, they would probably find it difficult even to stand firm!

The one most impacted was none other than Zhuge Chuixue on the stage!

His expression changed slightly, his eyes filled with disbelief!

His Profound Yellow Sword Intent, which he was proud of and which had reached the Realm of "Clear Sword Heart", seemed to have met its nemesis at this moment!

The opponent's scorching Nirvana Sword Intent was not only incomparably violent but also carried an indescribable penetrative and corrosive power, as if it could ignore his Sword Intent defense and strike directly at the core!

He felt as if he were standing on a volcano about to erupt, or as if he had been dragged into a land of Nirvana where all things ended, and his mind was receiving a strong shock!

"How is this possible?!" Zhuge Chuixue's heart was in turmoil, "His Sword Intent... can actually suppress me?!"

On the high platform, Dao Changge, who had always been calm and indifferent, finally had an unprecedented glint erupt from his deep eyes!

He stared fixedly at the rising crimson Nirvana Sword Intent on Yao Delong, whispering in disbelief: "Sword Heart... Flawless?! He actually... has already touched this Realm?!"

He himself had only just glimpsed the threshold of a "Flawless Sword Heart" and knew how difficult it was!

This Yao Delong, heard he only started Cultivating in the last year? What kind of Opportunity did he experience? He has already reached this step?!

Dan Chenzi also stroked his beard and exclaimed: "What a Yao Delong! His Sword Dao is mysterious, having reached the Flawless Realm! This child's talent in Sword Dao is likely unrivaled in his generation!"