After the first test, Forbidden Lamella, who thought he had a chance of winning, went all out immediately. He pushed his Divine Power to its limit, wanting to take down Xie Lin before Unrivaled God and the rest arrived.
On the other side, Lin Huang finally stood up. A silver battle sword appeared in his hand.
The sword was soon covered in dark red Divine Power. At the same time, it carried a colorless Sword Dao. He looked like a peerless killing sword. However, unlike Forbidden Lamella, he did not cover his body with Divine Power.
A black cloak covered his entire body. His head was hidden deep in the hood as well. Coupled with a black mask that covered his face in the dark, nobody could tell which tribe he belonged to at all.
Many spectators thought to themselves that Xie Lin was too careless when they saw that Lin Huang only covered his battle sword with Divine Power.
God rule relics could not be used in this Trial, so everyone's defensive equipment was ordinary god relic level. Meanwhile, the god-level defensive equipment was basically useless against Xie Lin and Forbidden Lamella's terrifying attacks.
That was why Forbidden Lamella would rather waste Divine Power to cover his body with massive amounts of Divine Power to strengthen his defense.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang did not use Divine Power. It was equivalent to giving his defense to the god relic cloak he was wearing. Without Divine Power as a buffer, the damage he would suffer would be a few times more than what Forbidden Lamella would suffer if he was injured.
Many people speculated that Lin Huang might have battle armor under his cloak. It should be a double-layered god relic defense, so he was unwilling to waste more Divine Power.
In reality, Lin Huang would put on his battle armor in advance when he encountered extremely dangerous situations. He basically did not wear it at other times.
At the beginning of this Competitive Trial, before he challenged the first Sword Servant, he had indeed put on battle armor. However, after a few battles and figuring out the Sword Servant's ability, he took off his battle armor and never put it on again.
Of course, a minority agreed with Lin Huang's decision. They thought it was right not to waste Divine Power in a battle like this.
This was because the battle between two people might last longer when they were evenly matched. The more Divine Power was drained, the shorter the battle would last.
Naturally, Forbidden Lamella did not care about draining his Divine Power. He was a Protoss, so the Divine Power in his body was naturally a few times more powerful than most other tribes. Apart from that, he had reinforcements. His teammates, Unrivaled God and the rest, should be arriving soon.
However, Xie Lin's situation was completely different. He was alone. Not only did he have to face Forbidden Lamella's challenge, but he might also have to face Forbidden Lamella, Unrivaled Combat God, and the rest at the same time. There must be other experts spying on them in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
There was a limit to virtual god-level Divine Power in any tribe. Naturally, Xie Lin was no exception. Forbidden Lamella was not the only opponent he had to deal with. He had to consider the upcoming battles as well. Naturally, he could not waste the Divine Power in his body.
The surrounding competitors had their own imaginations running wild, but Lin Huang's thoughts weren't that complicated at all.
All he thought was that Forbidden Lamella's ability was not enough to hurt him, so there was no need for him to waste his Divine Power to cover his body.
On the roof, the two of them held their sabers and faced each other for a moment, their auras rising rapidly.
Lin Huang continued to suppress his Sword Dao to half-step true meaning. He did not use his God-slaying Power either, but he activated the Divine Power in his body without holding back at all. After all, his opponent was not weak.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Forbidden Lamella, who was enveloped in a golden glow, gave off an even more powerful aura. Not only was the Divine Power in his body fully activated, but he also did not hold back his half-step true meaning Sword Dao, driven by his powerful will.
Within the span of a few breaths, the auras of the two silhouettes on the roof of the five-story building reached their peak.
The next second, the two silhouettes moved almost at the same time.
The crowd watched as the two golden and red gleams in the air seemed to have crossed the limits of space and collided. They separated, then collided again, and the cycle repeated itself …
As the two battle swords collided, dazzling golden-red suns exploded in the air, illuminating the area within hundreds of kilometers as if it was daytime.
All the buildings shook from the collision of the two battle swords, as if the mountains were moving and the earth was shaking.
The strings of red lanterns hanging from the eaves seemed to be pulled horizontally by gravity.
Although there were buildings that could not be destroyed as a barrier, the spectators retreated thousands of meters away, watching the battle from afar.
If they used Divine Telekinesis now, they would only be injured by the Sword Dao. Therefore, they could not sense anything with Divine Telekinesis even if they were within a thousand meters. They could only watch the battle with their naked eyes. As long as they retreated further away, as long as their vision was not blocked, virtual god-level powerhouses would not be able to see much of a difference. Moreover, it was much safer than being in the middle of the battlefield.
In reality, most of the spectators were just watching the show. Only Fallen Star, Destiny, and a few others could see the duo's movements with their eyes. There were even fewer who could see the duo's attacks clearly. Fallen Star was the only one among the hundred or so spectators who could do so.
Fallen Star had her head up the entire time, watching the duo's battle without blinking.
She was learning something almost every second.
"How can they attack so quickly?" Twin's icy blue head could not help but ask all of a sudden. As a non-sword cultivator, her knowledge of sword cultivators was limited. However, to her surprise, the fiery-red head next to her shook her head in confusion. "I don't know how they did it either."
Twin looked at Destiny and Fallen Star.
Fallen Star was almost completely immersed in watching the battle. She had her head up without blinking, so she did not hear the sisters' conversation at all.
Destiny, who was next to her, could not see the duo's attacks clearly, so he did not pay full attention to them. He answered the sisters' question immediately.
"I heard that once Sword Dao reaches true meaning, the Sword Dao can change at will. Wherever the thought is, the Sword Dao can reach. There's a similar effect when one reaches half-step true meaning. Although it's not as good as true meaning, as long as one's will controls it, the Sword Dao can go anywhere. Naturally, it's much faster than us! "
In reality, Destiny had only heard about it. Naturally, his explanation was not entirely correct.
The Sword Dao could reach where the thought was, which referred to pure Sword Dao. If Divine Power was added and the nature of the Sword Dao changed, the speed would be greatly affected. However, as Lin Huang and Forbidden Lamella were doing now, not only did they add in Divine Power, but they were also using battle swords as a medium. Not only that, but they were also fighting directly with their swords. Naturally, their attack speed was greatly affected. It was far from the standard of "wherever the thought is, the Sword Dao can reach".
However, compared to other sword cultivators, the duo's attack speed was terrifyingly fast.
Within a few short seconds, the duo had collided up to a million times.
Forbidden Lamella had used all the sword skills and derivative techniques he had learned over the centuries, but he could not do anything to Lin Huang.
Although Lin Huang was not as powerful as Forbidden Lamella in every aspect, he had only used a few basic sword techniques. He did not even use any sword skills to break through all of Forbidden Lamella's techniques. It looked like he did it effortlessly.
Forbidden Lamella was not the only one who was confused. Even Fallen Star, who was watching the battle, was confused.
"How exactly did he do that? He could break through Forbidden Lamella's exquisite sword techniques with just a casual attack. It might be a coincidence if it happened once or twice, but he's using the same method to break through his techniques over a million times … Could this guy's Sword Dao have entered the next level?! "
Forbidden Lamella was getting more and more anxious. Initially, he had planned to take down Lin Huang as soon as possible. However, after fighting for a while, he realized that Lin Huang's understanding of the sword seemed to have surpassed his. Although they were both half-step true meaning masters, Lin Huang's Sword Dao crushed his. As a sword cultivator, this was the most unacceptable reality for him.
However, Forbidden Lamella would not give up so easily. Seeing that there was no trace of Divine Power around Lin Huang, a thought flashed through his head all of a sudden. He could not help but smirk.
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