18: Chapter 18 Rewards, Nine Slashes of the Blade Emperor

"Ding! Your Basic Fist Technique has undergone a qualitative change through your continuous battles. You have comprehended Basic Fist Intent!"

The System's voice rang out again.

"To think I have comprehended Fist Intent again?"

Jiang Ling's eyes lit up. This trial tower is truly amazing.

It is simply a Divine Artifact for assisting with Cultivate!

No wonder everyone wants to come to the trial tower to conduct trials!

"Eh?"

"Your talent is indeed very strong!"

"You have progressed so quickly!"

"You have already understood the Profound Truth behind the basics of fist techniques!"

The Martial Artist nodded at Jiang Ling at this moment, stepped back a few paces to withdraw, and then said, "Then now, let me test your weapon!"

"You use a saber, right?"

"Very well... I will use a saber too!"

A saber suddenly appeared in the Martial Artist's hand; it was a horizontal saber, just like Jiang Ling's.

Seeing this, Jiang Ling also took out his own horizontal saber.

"Come!"

The Martial Artist said with a smile.

Jiang Ling's talent seemed to have made him develop a strong affinity for Jiang Ling.

"Alright!"

"Excuse me!"

Jiang Ling shouted loudly, took a step forward, and slashed at the Martial Artist with his horizontal saber.

However, he did not use Wind Thunder Slash, nor did he activate his Supernatural Ability, World-Ending Divine Thunder; he just used the most primitive Blade Technique to slash over.

"Eh?"

Seeing this strike from Jiang Ling, the Martial Artist immediately revealed a look of surprise.

"To think it is Saber Intent!"

"You have actually already mastered Saber Intent!"

"You are truly a Genius!"

"Then let me see just how strong your mastery of Saber Intent is!"

"If you can remain undefeated in my hands for thirty minutes, I can give you a gift!"

...

"Give a gift?"

Jiang Ling was stunned.

The trial tower has this kind of function?

Jiang Ling wanted to see what this Martial Artist could give him.

Therefore, he took a deep breath, focused his mind, and launched a fierce assault against the Martial Artist, slashing with his horizontal saber from every angle.

Basic Blade Intent allowed his control over the saber to reach a level where it was like an extension of his own arm; every slash he made was natural and effortless.

"Good, good, good..."

"But it is still not enough; there are still flaws..."

"It should be like this..."

"The saber must arise from the heart, and force must originate from the feet. Do not treat yourself as a person; you yourself are also a part of the saber!"

"You are a saber, a saber that can slash and destroy everything!"

...

The Martial Artist continued to fight while instructing Jiang Ling, allowing Jiang Ling's comprehension of Saber Intent to become even deeper.

"Ding! Through your continuous battles, your comprehension of Basic Saber Technique has deepened. Your Basic Blade Intent has reached LV2!"

The System's voice rang out.

"Saber Intent has increased to LV2!"

Jiang Ling's eyes lit up.

The harvest was simply too great!

Therefore, Jiang Ling attacked even more freely, unleashing all of his Blade Technique.

In the blink of an eye, thirty minutes had passed.

"Good!"

"You have withstood my attacks for thirty minutes!"

"You have passed this level!"

The Martial Artist stepped back a few paces, looking at Jiang Ling with a satisfied expression.

"It is over already!"

Jiang Ling felt a bit of regret.

If he could have continued to battle this Martial Artist, he felt he could definitely have raised his Saber Intent by another Rank.

"According to my promise from before, I will give you a gift!"

The Martial Artist flipped his hand, and an ancient-looking Secret Manual appeared in his hand.

"This is a Blade Technique I created, called Nine Slashes of the Blade Emperor!"

"This is not a very profound Martial Skill, but it contains nine true meanings of Blade Techniques!"

"Cultivate it well; it will be of huge help to your future on the path of the blade!"

...

"Thank you, Senior!"

Jiang Ling stepped forward and received it with both hands.

"Alright, you may go!"

The Martial Artist smiled and waved his hand.

The next moment, the scene of the martial arts hall around him began to change.

Outside the trial tower.

Some students saw Jiang Ling's level progress and score changes on the screen and immediately started making a loud commotion.

"Jiang Ling has passed the twentieth level!"

"My god!"

"He has broken the history of Xiangnan Province!"

"A Genius is worthy of the name; even with an F-Rank Supernatural Ability, he can be this monstrous!"

"I guess maybe the Awakening ceremony was wrong at the time; his talent cannot be F-Rank, otherwise, he could not have passed twenty levels!"

"Now, the Jiang Family has really been slapped in the face!"

"The descendant they expelled from the Family has actually ended up creating history in the trial tower!"

"They personally drove a future super powerhouse out of their home!"

...

The scene of the twenty-first level was a forest again.

The forest was completely silent; there was not even the sound of birds chirping or insects buzzing.

Jiang Ling felt a suffocating sense of danger approaching continuously.

Click... click...

Suddenly, a sound of metal rubbing together rang out rhythmically, approaching from afar.

Jiang Ling took out his horizontal saber, his pupils constricted sharply as he looked ahead.

Click... click...

This sound echoed in the empty forest, exceptionally strange and terrifying.

"Hehehe..."

The next moment, a strange, eerie laughter rang out again, making one's hair stand on end.

Following this laughter, the click-clack sound suddenly stopped.

The surroundings returned to silence, but this silence was even more hair-raising.

Suddenly, Jiang Ling felt a wave of danger coming from behind, so he quickly turned around and slashed back with his horizontal saber.

Clang!

Jiang Ling's horizontal saber and the opponent's wolf fang mace collided.

The opponent's tyrannical force shook Jiang Ling so much that his web between thumb and index finger actually went a bit numb!

"Hmm?"

"Such strong force?"

"This is... a Rank 22 Martial Artist... no... not a Martial Artist... it is a monster!"

Jiang Ling looked closely and discovered that the opponent was a humanoid creature wrapped in iron armor.

Although he did not know what the opponent was, Jiang Ling could be certain that the opponent was not human.

"Roar!"

The monster let out an angry roar, its eyes burning with eerie green flames, and the huge wolf fang mace was raised high again, smashing down toward Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling dodged quickly, no longer clashing head-on with the opponent.

The opponent's weapon was a wolf fang mace, which excelled in weight and power, while his was a horizontal saber, which excelled in agility and sharpness.

If he clashed head-on like this, he would be at a great disadvantage.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, green flames also ignited on the opponent's wolf fang mace, swinging it like a wind-fire wheel, smashing and striking fiercely at Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling relied on his outstanding agility and movement techniques to dodge quickly, but he was still in a very sorry state.

The monster's attacks were powerful and heavy, impossible to block, and its speed was extremely fast, with continuous Moves that had no flaws at all.

"Wind Thunder Slash!"

Seeing that he was at a disadvantage, Jiang Ling shouted loudly and unleashed the Martial Skill, Wind Thunder Slash!

Instantly, thunder appeared, and a bolt of lightning flew out from Jiang Ling's horizontal saber, slashing toward the monster's armor.

Boom!

The powerful thunder descended, and the giant monster's body was immediately brought to a halt.

Jiang Ling took the opportunity to slash over with another powerful strike.

However, the monster's arm suddenly raised the wolf fang mace in an anti-joint position and smashed it over, the angle extremely tricky.

Jiang Ling was greatly shocked, completely unprepared, and it was already too late to dodge.

Bang!

Jiang Ling's chest took the hit squarely!

A sound of bones shattering rang out, and Jiang Ling's heart also burst apart.