In the world of swordsmen, cultivation was a theme that would never go out of style.
Cultivation was like sailing against the current. If you did not advance, you would fall behind. Once you slacked off, you would fall behind others and be surpassed. In the end, you would be annihilated.
Every swordsman who truly wanted to go further on the path of swordsmanship would do their best to cultivate and develop their own potential. They would constantly strengthen themselves, cultivate themselves, train themselves, and combine their inner and outer bodies.
Since the end of the Outer Palace's Centennial Competition, the powerful Genius Swordsmen had been cultivating all the time, using all kinds of feasible methods to increase their strength.
One of the dangerous places in the Small World was shrouded in endless darkness, forming a desolate area. This was one of the intermediate dangerous places, Dark Canyon.
Dark Canyon was extremely dangerous. If you were not careful, you could die inside. Even the Inner Palace disciples could not escape. The Outer Palace disciples did not dare to enter at all.
However, at this moment, a human figure rushed out from the darkness and soared into the sky. At an altitude of a few hundred meters, he unfolded his body and exploded with speed. Like a ghost, he flew in the direction of the Desolate God Mountain.
This person was Nan Wu.
"Chu Mu, this time, I will defeat you." Nan Wu thought as he flew.
He had stayed in the Dark Gorge for half a year. His ability to survive had completely surpassed the majority of Divine Condensation realm swordsmen. In that half a year, he had encountered many dangers that could have been fatal. However, he had managed to overcome them all with his own abilities. He had obtained many benefits, causing his strength to rise steadily, becoming more and more powerful.
Nan Wu believed that he was stronger than Chu Mu now. He believed that he could defeat Chu Mu and become the number one disciple of the Outer Palace.
Nan Wu did not care about the title. The most important thing was to defeat Chu Mu and prove himself.
Not long after Nan Wu returned to the Outer Palace of the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace, he received challenges from others before he could challenge Chu Mu.
Chi Xiao, Ben Hu, Luo Qiushui, and the others.
Their battles were public and most of the Outer Palace disciples saw it.
First, it was Nan Wu versus Chi Xiao.
Chi Xiao's strength grew, but he was still defeated by Nan Wu's sword. Ben Hu was also defeated. Luo Qiushui was defeated by Nan Wu after a few more moves.
Then, Chi Xiao, Ben Hu, and Luo Qiushui teamed up to fight Nan Wu. After a while, they were defeated by Nan Wu one by one.
"Powerful."
"How strange."
"Namo is really too strong. I'm afraid that even Chu Mu might not be his match."
"Nonsense. If Namo is getting stronger, how could Chu Mu stay where he is?"
"It's hard to say. Namo's improvement is too great. We don't know about Chu Mu's improvement."
"Namo will definitely challenge Chu Mu. We'll know when the time comes."
After consecutively defeating Chi Xiao, Benhu, and Luo Qiushui, these three increasingly powerful opponents, Nan Wu's aura was unparalleled as he directly challenged Chu Mu. However, the current Chu Mu was still in seclusion in the secret room.
…
The power of the ten low-grade Sands of Time within the Time Compass was finally exhausted. One month had passed in the outside world, but eleven months had passed in Chu Mu's time.
During these eleven months, Chu Mu divided his attention into two. He cultivated the third level of the Heavenly Desolate Sword Body while mobilizing the power of his Divine Sense. He combined it with the ninth hand gesture and mental cultivation method of the Nine Revolution Heavenly Heart-shocking Seal to refine his sword intent.
The efficiency of refining the power of Divine Sense was indeed many times greater than that of mental strength. In just eleven months, Chu Mu had refined his sword intent from the early stage of the Ninth Revolution to the late stage of the Ninth Revolution. However, he still hadn't reached the limit.
It seemed that the limit of Chu Mu's soul should be the limit of the Ninth Revolution.
Although it was a pity that he didn't reach the limit of the Ninth Revolution, if he had used his mental strength to refine his sword intent, he probably wouldn't have reached the middle stage of the Ninth Revolution.
In other aspects, such as other Ultimacies, Chu Mu made no progress because the power of the Gloomy Crystal was completely used to refine his sword intent.
Sword Intent Late Ninth Revolution, Metal Profound Early Ninth Revolution, Water Profound Early Sixth Revolution, Wood Fire Profound Early Fifth Revolution, Air Profound Early Third Revolution.
The Heavenly Desolate Sword Origin was still at the limit of the Origin Realm and had not changed at all. The Heavenly Desolate Sword Body had reached the middle stage of the third level. The Heavenly Desolate Body Refining Fluid had been used up. That bottle could be considered a treasure, so Ye Chen decided to keep it for now.
Without the Sands of Time, the Time Compass was temporarily useless.
If he wanted to continue to increase his strength, it would not be an easy matter. The time required would be even longer. Chu Mu put away the large wooden bucket and left the seclusion room.
As soon as he returned to his room, he received a letter of challenge signed by Namo.
Chu Mu had also heard about how Nan Wu had easily defeated Chi Xiao, Benhu, and Luo Qiushui after returning from his training. He couldn't help being surprised. He hadn't expected Nan Wu's strength to increase so much, far surpassing Chi Xiao, Luo Qiushui, and Benhu.
"But to challenge me …" Chu Mu's face revealed a trace of a smile.
During the Centennial Competition of the Outer Palace, he had not used his full strength at all. Now, he was many times stronger than before. It was unimaginable that Nan Wu had become even more powerful as if he had obtained a fortuitous encounter. Chu Mu was confident that he could defeat him.
"It's not a bad idea to have some fun," Chu Mu said to himself and accepted Nan Wu's challenge.
The battle was still under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
Chi Xiao, Luo Qiushui, and the others who had been defeated by Nan Wu were all present.
Because it was a battle between Chu Mu and Nan Wu, it had attracted most of the Outer Palace disciples. Except for those who had gone out to train, almost all of them were present.
It was as if there was a sea of people surrounding them.
"After defeating you this time, I will go to the Inner Palace," Nan Wu said to Chu Mu in the Sword Battle Arena.
"I'd like to fulfill your wish, but unfortunately, that would be disrespectful to you. You can only go to the Inner Palace with regret," Chu Mu said with a smile.
After defeating Chu Mu, Nan Wu intended to break through to the Divine Condensation Realm with the momentum of the number one disciple of the Outer Palace. Then, he would become an Inner Palace disciple and begin a new journey.
However, Chu Mu said that if he fulfilled Nan Wu's wish, he would lose the battle and lose, but that would be disrespectful to Nan Wu.
Both of them were full of confidence in themselves.
Before the battle began, the confrontation of words had already made the blood of the spectators boil.
With the sword in his hand, it became transparent in the blink of an eye. Nan Wu's figure also became transparent like the sword and disappeared like a ghost.
"He disappeared …"
"Where did he go?"
Many Outer Palace disciples were shocked.
In an instant, Nan Wu came behind Chu Mu and drew his sword.
As soon as he drew his sword, he immediately launched a series of attacks.
What he did not know was that all his movements were under Chu Mu's control.
Chu Mu easily avoided Nan Wu's attack.
Chu Mu's footsteps were neither fast nor slow, as if he was taking a leisurely stroll in the courtyard. The onlooking Outer Palace disciples were all dumbfounded.
"Is this a battle?" It looked like a performance.
Unable to defeat Chu Mu, Nan Wu's figure strangely appeared in front of Chu Mu. His eyes suddenly burst out a dark light, as if shooting out of the abyss, and shot into Chu Mu's eyes.
His Pupil Technique had improved a lot after half a year's experience in the Dark Canyon.
If it was in the Outer Palace Competition, Chu Mu would definitely be affected and defeated. But now, the power of the Pupil Technique could not affect Chu Mu at all. As soon as it entered the Spiritual World, it disappeared without a trace like a small stone falling into a lake.
Nan Wu did not know that. He thought that his Pupil Technique could at least cause some trouble for Chu Mu. In an instant, he drew his sword and attacked three times in a row. It was the combination of the first 33 moves of the Heavenly Desolation Sword Art and the last 33 moves of the Heavenly Desolation Sword Art.
The late-stage Seventh Revolution Sword Essence and the late-stage Seventh Revolution Profound Meaning were integrated into it.
Each strike was more powerful than the previous one, which surprised everyone, including Chi Xiao and the others. It turned out that when Nan Wu defeated the three of them together, he had not unleashed his full strength.
The late-stage Seventh Revolution Sword Essence and the Profound Meaning also surprised Chu Mu. It seemed that Nan Wu did have a fortuitous encounter during this period, otherwise, he could not have improved so quickly.
However, even if Nan Wu's Sword Essence and Profound Meaning were upgraded to the Eighth Revolution, he was still no match for Chu Mu.
Chu Mu waved his sword and didn't dodge at all, blocking Nan Wu's three consecutive strikes.
He completely blocked and did not retreat half a step. His body only swayed a little. The power of the three consecutive strikes of the Preliminary Realm, Profound Realm, and Extreme Realm was still very strong.
Nan Wu knew that he was in trouble when his consecutive strikes did not work. Before he could retreat, Chu Mu's sword stabbed out.
In Nan Wu's eyes, the ordinary stab became a perfect sword that could not be dodged.
Since he could not dodge, he could only take it head-on.
However, it was only after blocking the attack that Nanwu realized how powerful the sword was.
Under the extreme Mountain Quake Force, Nan Wu felt that his sword was about to fly out of his hand. He hurriedly clenched it, but the tyrannical vibration made him feel uncomfortable all over. He almost vomited blood and was directly sent flying.
Chu Mu only made one stab. It looked so simple and ordinary, but it repelled Nan Wu.
Chu Mu took a step forward and appeared in front of Nan Wu like a flash of lightning. He slashed out with his sword, which was still very ordinary.
Nan Wu blocked it again and was sent flying again.
The third time, he slashed out with his sword.
Nan Wu's sword was sent flying, and the tip of Chu Mu's sword stopped at Nan Wu's throat.
He defeated Nan Wu with three strikes!
Without saying anything, Chu Mu put his sword back into the sheath. He did not care about the exclamations, astonishment, and burning eyes of the surrounding Outer Palace disciples. He turned around and left, leaving only a shocking and admirable back view.
Nan Wu picked up his sword, and his expression changed. His eyes were full of disbelief and shock. He still could not react. He was defeated so thoroughly that it was beyond his imagination.
Originally, he thought that he had improved enough, but he didn't expect the gap to grow bigger and bigger. Looking at Chu Mu's departing figure, he suddenly had a feeling that he could only look up to this figure for the rest of his life. He would never be able to catch up, let alone surpass him.
Everyone looked at Chu Mu's back view and had the same thought as Nan Wu.
This was a back view that people could only look up to!
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