"Haha! This is a move that will take your life. Come again if you dare, old bastard! "
Eastern suburbs of Chang 'an City.
Li Zexuan stood with his sword in hand. Although he was in a sorry state, his temperament was very different from before. He had the demeanor of a hermit expert.
Li Zexuan had easily neutralized the masked assassin's full-powered strike with a single move, 'Pushing the Boat with the Current'. This gave him a deeper understanding of the defensive power of the Taiji Sword Technique. At the same time, he was somewhat eager to try it out, which was why he spoke such arrogant words.
"Hmph! You were just lucky! Let's see how long you can be so arrogant! "
After thinking for a long time, the black-clothed man still couldn't figure out how his attack had been neutralized. Moreover, he had never heard of such a strange sword technique in the pugilistic world, so he could only conclude that Li Zexuan had just been lucky.
After saying that, the man in black changed his attack. He spun and flew up like a flying arrow. His six spikes were aimed at Li Zexuan's face.
Li Zexuan was not afraid. His brain was working at high speed. He was analyzing which of the 55 moves of Taiji Swordsmanship would be the most effective and effortless. He had limited True Qi in his body, so he couldn't defeat the master in front of him. Therefore, he had to calculate every move carefully. Only in this way could he hold on until reinforcements arrived.
It was a long story, but all these calculations were done in a flash.
When the man in black's spikes were less than half a foot away from Li Zexuan's face, Li Zexuan made his move.
The 35th move of Taiji Swordsmanship — Rhinoceros Gazing at the Moon!
Li Zexuan bent his right leg and took a left step. He drew his sword with his right hand and drew an arc with his left hand, using his finger as a guide and his arm as a support. The two swords collided. Without a doubt, the man in black's spikes were once again "sucked" by the Wind Chasing Sword. The man in black could only follow the trajectory of the Wind Chasing Sword and slowly fall down.
How strange! The assassin in black really wanted to curse. What kind of swordsmanship was this? It looked light and powerless, but it was always able to nullify his attacks.
Horrifying! While he was puzzled, the man in black was even more shocked! Previously, Li Zexuan's performance could still be attributed to luck. However, the strange sword technique that followed was definitely not a fluke!
The black-clothed man's face turned serious for the first time. Although Li Zexuan couldn't see the black-clothed man's face, he could feel it.
"I've underestimated you! But that doesn't change anything. You must die today! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the black-robed man disappeared from where he stood. There was no trace of him within a radius of ten miles. It was as if he had fled.
Of course, Li Zexuan didn't think that the man in black had run away. He closed his eyes and used his breath, his hair, and his skin to sense all the movements around him.
From the beginning of the assassination half an hour ago until now, the black-clothed man's ghostly movements had left a very deep impression on Li Zexuan. He was also very wary of him. At this moment, the black-clothed man was obviously going to give up on a frontal attack and use his advantage in movement to assassinate him.
At this critical moment, Li Zexuan gave up on using his vision to detect his surroundings and switched to using his mind to sense. He wasn't deliberately showing off. It was because he had strong spiritual power. Using spiritual power to sense external objects was much more reliable than using his eyes.
Silence!
The noisy valley that was previously filled with the sounds of weapons clashing had now become as quiet as the netherworld. Even the chirping of birds and insects could no longer be heard.
Tsk ~!
Before the sound arrived, the stab was already there!
The sound of a spike piercing through the air came from the upper right. At the same time, the black-clothed man's spike was about to pierce Li Zexuan's glabella.
Li Zexuan also moved!
The moment the black-clothed man moved, he had already sensed the fluctuation of spiritual power. At this moment, he had already calculated the appropriate moves.
Taiji Sword Technique 38 — Phoenix Spreads Its Wings!
Li Zexuan stepped back and circled his sword. He fell to the ground on his back to avoid the sharp edge of the spike. His body and the ground were at a very extreme angle. His left hand formed a sword finger to support his body. Then, his right hand held the sword up and "sucked" the spike.
Following that, Li Zexuan's entire body rotated 180 degrees around the center of his feet. Borrowing the lift from this rotation, his entire body actually soared into the air like a phoenix spreading its wings. Carrying the Wolf Fang Spikes, he launched a probing counterattack at the black-clothed man.
The black-clothed man was even more shocked. Li Zexuan had been passively taking hits at the beginning. Now, he could actually counterattack. Was he using himself to practice his swordsmanship?
Thinking of this, the black-clothed man suddenly became very angry. The spikes on his arm stabbed out rapidly from all kinds of tricky angles. His attacks were continuous, and ordinary people could only see a series of afterimages.
In the face of the black-clothed man's fierce attacks, Li Zexuan was not afraid. He quickly began to calculate all kinds of moves in his mind. He had learned the 55 moves of Taiji Sword Technique and used it flexibly. He was playing with new moves!
Taiji Sword Technique 28 — Meteor Chasing Moon!
35% of True Qi remaining. 66% of spiritual power remaining!
Taiji Sword Technique 18 — Black Dragon Swings Its Tail!
30% of True Qi remaining. 60% of spiritual power remaining!
"Tai Chi Sword Technique, twentieth style — Wind Lotus Leaves!"
26% of True Qi remaining. 56% of spiritual power remaining!
Taiji Sword Technique 34 — Moon in the Sea!
23% of True Qi remaining. 52% of spiritual power remaining!
Taiji Sword Technique 50 — Immortal Guides the Way!
21% of True Qi remaining. 48% of spiritual power remaining!
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As the black-clothed man continued to attack, Li Zexuan kept using the Taiji Sword moves that he had calculated in his mind. At the same time, he was secretly estimating the remaining True Qi and spiritual power in his body.
The moves that he used were not the most powerful, but they were definitely the most efficient. He could ensure that he could block the opponent's attacks and ensure that he consumed the least amount of True Qi and spiritual power.
At this moment, Li Zexuan was a bit like Wang Yuyan in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", who had a martial arts library in her head. The only difference was that the "database" in his head wasn't as large as Wang Yuyan's. But then again, Wang Yuyan's personal strength was almost zero. She could only be a "military adviser" and command others to do as she said. However, no matter how well others cooperated with her, it was impossible for them to follow her orders. Li Zexuan, on the other hand, was a general on horseback. He made his own decisions and made his own moves, which was a lot more efficient.
What made Li Zexuan the happiest was that this kind of fighting style of "countering moves as they come" made him more familiar with the Taiji sword. In terms of the proficiency of the sword moves, he was almost at the level of mastery.
Moreover, the Taiji Sword had given him a deeper understanding of the Daoist ideology of "Dao follows nature and goes with the flow". At this moment, the way he wielded the sword and the temperament of his every movement had a hint of otherworldly charm.
Using the heart to move the Qi, using the Qi to move the body, using the body to move the sword, the sword and the spirit as one!
At this moment, Li Zexuan did it!
Li Zexuan's aura was also constantly rising, carrying with it the insights he had gained in the morning at Qin Manor. At this moment, Li Zexuan faintly showed signs of making a breakthrough. The most direct manifestation of this was that every time he used a sword move, the amount of true energy he lost in his body decreased. At the beginning, it was 5%, then it became 2%, and finally it didn't decrease, but instead increased!
This was not because the amount of True Qi consumed by the sword moves had changed. It was because he was about to break through. The speed of True Qi recovery was catching up with the speed of consumption!
The situation of the battlefield was about to be reversed!
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