"Hu —"
A cold wind blew in from the gap on the rocks that had been cut by Yan Liren's sword aura and into the heart of every Cultivator of the Great Qian Dynasty.
There was nothing but silence on Bronze Censer Peak. Everybody was more or less confused.
It seemed to be an even more unbelievable scene than the competition between Qi Zhongdao and Yan Liren a moment ago.
In the competition between Qi Zhongdao and Yan Liren, both of them had used primeval treasures. It was still understandable that the three primeval swords had been shattered by the Heaven Flipping Seal.
But, but, but with just a single finger, it broke the Divine Weapon that the Golden Armor Sect had spent several years to painstakingly refine using the Star Metal?
How was it possible?
Even if Qi Zhongdao and Yan Liren were working together, they could not have achieved such a terrifying feat!
"The sword was not broken by me."
Li Yao looked at his middle finger, which was slightly red, and glanced at Bu Tiantong, who was dumbfounded on his opposite side. He said unhurriedly, "When the sword was just made, a tiny gap that was left after the Jade Ocean Sand was vaporized was hidden three meters below the tip of the sword. It was congenitally deficient.
"Fellow Daoist Bu, your Cultivation Method takes the path of unparalleled ferocity and indomitable courage."
"You loved the 'Gold Crow Devil Sweeping Sword' very much and were determined to compete with the heroes of the world with the sword in the Dragon Spring Meeting. Therefore, you dedicated yourself to it day and night and poured surging spiritual energy into it to wield it!
"After such high-intensity training, the gap inside the sword grew larger and larger, which made the internal structure of the sword more and more fragile. It was on the verge of collapse!
"Just now, in your fury, you poured spiritual energy into the sword without caring about anything. You were trying to perform your ultimate skill, weren't you?
"But you didn't know that you would hurt your sword before you hurt anyone by doing that. You imposed an unbearable burden on it!
"At such a moment, as long as you grasped the location of the gap precisely, not just a finger, even the softest blade of grass would've been enough to break the sword.
"Getting to the bottom of it, it was not the strength of your finger or the grass that broke the sword, but your own uncanny strength!"
His words caused the surroundings to fall into a deathly silence. No one was able to continue the conversation.
Bu Tiantong was sweating hard. The sword forgers of the Purple Pole Sword Sect clicked their tongues in amazement, but the few sword forgers of the Gold Armor Clan, on the other hand, took a few steps back in a row, as if they had a heart attack at the same time. Had their disciples not helped them up in a hurry, they would have fallen to the ground!
Looking at the half broken sword that was trembling in Bu Tiantong's hand, Li Yao shook his head and sighed. "The nature of the star iron is too special. It is not something that the Gold Armor Clan can produce right now. It is already not easy for you to overcome all the difficulties and come this far. To quote an old saying, it is not the fault of war!"
"Don't doubt your swordsmithing skills just because this sword is broken. In my opinion, your swordsmithing skills are already quite high. Continue to work hard. I look forward to your new products!"
Bu Tiantong, "…"
The blacksmith from the Golden Armor Sect was speechless.
All the cultivators: "…"
Not far away, Yan Liren held his arms, with great interest beaming out of his eyes.
He had thought that, since his sword aura could slay Li Yao easily, he would certainly be able to slay the man in reality once he unsheathed his real sword.
But judging from the situation right now, that might not be the case!
The reason was simple. The 'sword aura' was invisible and intangible. It would not be fatigued, worn, or broken. Even if one part of the sword aura perished, he could always condense another one.
However, for real magical equipment, whether it was during the refining process or during the decades of fighting, there would always be some damage to it.
That was the 'fatal weakness' of the magical equipment!
It was obvious that this' Master Spiritual Vulture 'was a man who was adept at grasping the fatal weakness of the enemy's magical equipment!
Yan Liren could slay him with his sword aura, but if he unsheathed his real sword that was riddled with holes, would it be broken before the edge of the sword reached his throat?
"Interesting."
Yan Liren spoke to the fourth sword on his waist. "With this guy here, we don't seem to be in such a hurry to kill Wang Xi!"
After saying that, Li Yao stepped forward softly with a brilliant smile on his face.
Bu Tiantong was caught in a dilemma and did not know what to do when he suddenly sensed the aggressive killing intent. Slightly dazed, he could not help but exclaim in shock, "You —"
"Fellow Cultivator Bu, you asked me to examine your sword just now. So, I reluctantly examined your sword for you. However …"
Li Yao said with a smile. Suddenly, brutality beamed out of his eyes, as he shouted, "Are you sure you can afford the price of asking me to examine your sword?"
The bloodthirsty shriek made everybody shudder violently. It was not until then that they realized that the guy standing in front of them was not a harmless sword forger but an unparalleled brutal man who had savaged the Southland of Sorcerers a hundred years ago and caused rivers of blood to flow whenever he disagreed with them!
BAM!
Li Yao turned into a cluster of green shadows and crashed into Bu Tiantong, who was more than twice as brawny as himself and wearing heavy armor!
The most unbelievable thing happened!
It was true that Bu Tiantong was blown away brutally, but during his flight, the heavy armor on his body was falling apart one piece after another and splashing in all directions!
When he fell to the ground like a kite whose string had been severed, he had already been stripped naked. The entire armor had been dissected into the most fundamental pieces that filled the entire sword test field!
"This is —"
Everybody was shocked, even more shocked than when they saw the Gold Crow Devil Sweeping Sword being broken!
When all was said and done, forging sword-type magical equipment was not the Gold Armor Clan's specialty. It was understandable that something had gone wrong in such a difficult mission like the 'Star Iron'. It was somewhat … understandable.
However, when it came to the refinement of armor-type magical equipment, nobody in the entire Ancient Sages Sector was better than them!
Bu Tiantong was the leader of the Halberd Hall of the Gold Armor Clan, and his combat ability was among the top three in the entire clan. The 'Burning Sun Great Armor' that he was wearing was naturally the best of the best!
However, it had been … dismantled by the enemy's bare hands?
Li Yao chuckled in his heart.
As a senior specialist of the Crystal Suit of the Xing Yao Federation, if there was any type of magical equipment that he was most familiar with, it would definitely be 'armor'!
After all, the Crystal Suit was a kind of armor, too. It was the most professional, advanced, and special armor that had integrated multiple pieces of magical equipment.
Back when he was in the Xing Yao Federation, for the convenience of maintaining and strengthening the Crystal Suit, he had long grasped the marvelous technique of 'dismantling a Crystal Suit bare-handed'.
Even the most precise Super Crystal Suit could be dismantled bare-handed. How complicated could the armor of the ancient Cultivators be, however? Would it not be more than a matter of seconds for him to dismantle all of them with his bare hands?
"Today is a grand occasion for the Purple Pole Sword Sect. For Yan Liren's sake, I will not go on a killing spree here. You can leave one of your arms as the payment for the inspection of my sword!"
Li Yao chuckled and lunged at Bu Tiantong like a giant eagle!
Of course, he was not really going to kill Bu Tiantong.
However, this was reality, not a story. Now that they had reached the Yuanying level, they were all as smart as monkeys. It was impossible that they would line up to get themselves killed.
Li Yao was certain that if he did not pretend that he was going to heavily wound Bu Tiantong, other Yuanying would certainly not step forward to fight him after witnessing his tough sword forging and combat ability.
How could that be?
He had waited for a hundred years for a chance to show off. He had just beaten one up, and he was not satisfied at all!
If there was a chance, he would show off. If there was none, he would simply create one himself!
As he expected!
Just as he looked down from above and lunged at the unarmed Bu Tiantong as he cackled viciously, two streaks of qi attacked him from the left and right!
"Master Spiritual Vulture, there is no grudge between us. Why do you have to be so aggressive?"
"Since you are adept at appraising magical equipment, Master, Ren Changkong of the Thunderstorm Valley has a pair of Thunderstorm Duality Cymbals. I would like to invite you to examine them, Master!"
"Li Zhuilang of the Flying Spirit Island has a 'Spiritual Dragon Sea Piercing Spear', too. Please examine them, Master!"
Two middle-level Yuanying Cultivators lunged out and forced Li Yao to retreat, protecting Bu Tiantong.
The two of them were both Bu Tiantong's best friends who had gone through life-and-death situations together. Now that they had suppressed the Purple Pole Sword Sect, they were planning to share some of the benefits together. Therefore, they had come out to ask for help without bothering anything.
They were both big shots of their respective sects, and they had never thought that they would have to fight two against one. It would be rather embarrassing if word got out that they were taking turns to fight the enemy.
However, Li Yao, on the other hand, was determined to make a name for himself after the battle. He laughed and took a weird turn in midair. The green flames of spiritual energy swept toward the two middle-level Yuanying Cultivators at the same time like the two wings of a vulture!
"Alright! Then, let's not waste any more time. Bring out your magical equipment so that I can examine them properly! "
"Shua!"
Ren Changkong shook his sleeves and released two flying cymbals, one red and one purple, that were spinning crazily in midair. The edges of the cymbals were extremely sharp, with electric arcs flashing vaguely. Now and then, they split and joined each other in thunderous explosions, giving all the bystanders the illusion that the mountains were shaking and the earth was shaking!
"Excellent cymbals!"
Li Yao shouted. "The cymbals can be divided into two parts, Wind and Thunder. The female cymbals are made of the 'Ghost Wind Copper' that has been corroded by the wind for ten thousand years in the depths of the valley where the wind is blowing all day long. The male cymbals seem to be made of common Mystic Cloud Iron, but they have been struck by lightning thirty to fifty times. With the Daos of Lightning in their hearts, they can turn the rotten into the marvelous!
"When the wind and the thunder collide, the male and the female will produce techniques that will awe the universe. The enemy's soul will be caught in the desperation of the surging wind and thunder!
"What a shame!"
Li Yao blinked to the half of the Gold Crow Devil Sweeping Sword like a ghost. He stomped on the ground heavily with his left foot and poured his spiritual energy into the ground, pushing the tip of the sword into the air. Then, he swept his right foot brutally, and the tip of the sword turned into a streak of golden brilliance and pierced toward the cymbals!
"You once fought a strong enemy with the cymbals. A tiny hole was left on the female cymbals. Although you repaired them carefully, how can they be restored to the perfect state in the past?"
BAM!
The Wind and Thunder Dual Cymbals collided with the Gold Crow Devil Sweeping Sword. Although the half of the Gold Crow Devil Sweeping Sword was blown away, a tiny hole indeed appeared on the bright purple female cymbals, which seemed to have been pierced through by the teeth of a certain animal.
The moment the hole appeared, the Wind and Thunder Dual Cymbals were ten times dimmer than before, just like Ren Changkong's face!
"What about my spear?"
Before Li Yao chased after Ren Changkong, Li Zhuilang, an expert of Yuanying from Flying Spirit Island, waved the Spiritual Dragon Sea Piercing Spear and stabbed it at Li Yao's face like a vivid dragon.
"Hiss!"
Li Yao gasped and exclaimed, "Perfect!"
"The Spiritual Dragon Sea Piercing Spear is meticulous from the materials to the refinement. The creator of the treasure must've devoted all his efforts to it. Also, the user has been maintaining and refining it carefully. It has never suffered any major damage. Except for one problem, it is almost perfect!"
"Problem?"
Li Zhuilang was very proud of the Spiritual Dragon Sea Piercing Spear. He could not think of any flaws in it at all. He asked in a hurry, "What's the problem?"
"The biggest problem is that —"
Li Yao chuckled. "It's in your hands!"
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Seeing the enthusiasm of the readers in the comments section over the past few days, the old cow was quite comforted!
There's nothing I can say. I can only try to write a few more chapters as a reward!
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