Lilia's sword attack was as fast as a meteor. With a single thrust, sonic booms rang out consecutively. Wherever it passed by, it was as if a vacuum passageway had been slashed open in the air. The speed of her sword had reached 15 times that of supersonic speed.
From this sword attack, it could be seen that Lilia had improved tremendously during this period of time. In fact, she had never lacked passion for sword arts. It was just that she was not talented enough and did not have a great teacher to guide her, so her abilities were limited.
However, with the guidance of a grandmaster in sword arts like Fang Xingjian, as well as the changes to the mystical prints which had increased her aptitude, coupled with her passion and hard work which she did not lack to begin with, she had improved very quickly.
Especially because of her relationship with Fang Xingjian, she had chosen the Windstorm Sword Hero for her first transition and the Gale Sword Deity for her second transition. Her speed had already surpassed that of second transition experts of the same level.
With this attack, her speed was 15 times that of supersonic speed. It was as if the space within a range of 100 meters had been slashed into two by this sword attack.
However, although Lilia's improvement was fast enough and her abilities were among the top amongst those of the same level, she was still facing a Demigod with three tiers of perfection.
As the third place in the previous National Selection, there was no need to mention how talented Asto was. Moreover, he had even signed the Hell's Map and grasped the power that represented nothingness in the thirty-six Hell's Maps. With this as his foundation, coupled with his sword arts cultivation, he had created his unique Killing technique, the Swordless Sword.
Asto did not move. When the tip of Lilia's sword was just one zhang away from Asto's body, he let out a stifled grunt. It was as if he had collided into a mountain. His longsword shattered and he was sent flying, spewing out a mouthful of blood.
She rolled over ten rounds on the ground before she managed to neutralize the force from Asto's attack. She lifted her head to look at Asto and thought, 'What attacked me earlier?'
Asto's Swordless Sword was a power that could keep on changing between the illusory and the real world.
When he turned his power into an illusory form, his sword force would not affect anything in the real world, nor would it be affected by anything in the real world.
These waves of sword force permeated the area within ten feet around him. They did not affect the physical world, nor were they affected by the physical world.
When he turned this sword force into something real, it would start to affect the physical world.
Because his ethereal body was not affected by the physical world, he could use a rotating sword force on his body. The rotating sword force would not weaken as it was not affected by the physical world. It would forever surround Asto's body until the day it turned into a physical body.
Therefore, although there seemed to be nothing within one zhang around Asto, in reality, there was an unknown amount of sword force that had been converted into intangible forms stored there. The amount was probably countless times greater than Asto's limit.
With the Swordless Sword surrounding him, Fang Xingjian would not be afraid even if he were to take on a Divine level expert's attack head-on. Coupled with the fact that he had reached the realm of brain regeneration, his defensive prowess was so strong that it was rare in the world.
Asto looked at Lilia and said, "Attacking the country's Conferred Knight is a crime punishable by death. Die."
As he spoke, he tapped out with a finger, and a gush of sword force around him took on a physical form, shooting out toward Lilia.
The terrifying sword force compressed the air, leaving behind streams of white energy that shot toward Lilia's head like lasers.
Anderson's countenance changed, and many black shadows flashed, appearing before the sword force. In each shadow, there were shadow blades slashing out, wanting to block the white energy.
However, although Asto seemed to be casually attacking, the materialized sword force was equivalent to a full-powered attack from his physical body. How could Anderson possibly fend it off?
The shadow blades were damaged, and Anderson fell to the ground, bleeding from his seven apertures.
The sword force did not weaken in the slightest and continued to strike out toward Lilia.
Just as the sword force was about to pierce through Lilia's head, Lilia raised her right hand in a miraculous manner, slashing out with her sword fingers and splitting the sword force into two. The sword force passed through Lilia's left and right, passing through several kilometers of forest and leaving behind two long corridors of ruins.
"Hmmm?" Asto frowned, unable to understand how Lilia had managed to fend off this attack.
Lilia was also a little stunned. Just then, Fang Xingjian's voice rang out in her mind, "Don't be afraid. Just follow my instructions."
In the spatial gaps, Fang Xingjian stood next to Lilia. Simultaneously, streams of sword intent were channeled into Lilia's brain, directing her actions.
Lilia said excitedly, "Master, you've come out from your seclusion?"
Fang Xingjian said calmly, "Focus. Let's deal with this guy before us first."
Lilia nodded heavily and wiped off the blood at the corner of her lips. She pointed toward Asto with one sword finger and placed her other hand behind her back, getting into a standard stance to face off against an enemy.
Asto smiled. "Interesting. Let me see how many more moves you can take."
As he spoke, he put out his hand and beckoned. Over a thousand streams of sword force gushed forth, encompassing Lilia like a violent storm.
Lilia felt as if her body was being hugged by someone. It was as if there was a strong hand in void space grabbing onto her wrist. Even though over a thousand streams of sword force encompassed her, she did not feel the slightest hint of fear. There was only tranquility in her heart.
She slashed out with her sword fingers, creating many afterimages and forming many vortexes.
The over a thousand streams of sword force were like wanderers returning home. They merged together, turning into a tornado that spun around Lilia's fingertips.
"What?!" Asto looked at this scene in disbelief. To think that not only had Lilia fended off his sword force, she had even absorbed it and turned it into her own power.
"Excellent, excellent, excellent. To think that you're another genius. However, to think that you're rebelling against the Empire's authority at such a young age … Don't blame me for being ruthless."
As Asto spoke, his entire body trembled. He had transformed over ten thousand streams of sword force into ferocious sword force. Their speed and power far surpassed that of a level 29 Conferred Knight.
The release of this power could be said to be world-shaking, causing the world to change.
Just as the sword force appeared, violent sound waves gushed out toward the entire Sacred Land.
However, the sword force did not spread out. Instead, it condensed into a single point and attacked out toward Lilia like a light needle.
The speed of this explosive attack was so fast that it would be able to smash Lilia into dust within a thousandth of a second. It would then create a ten-centimeter-wide vacuum passageway several tens of kilometers behind her, piercing through all matter wherever it passed by.
This attack was purely relying on one's abilities to bully others. With Lilia's five attributes, there was no way she could react to it. Even if she could react to it, she would not be able to fend it off.
However, Lilia now had Fang Xingjian backing her up.
Therefore, just as the sword force was about to strike Lilia's chest, Fang Xingjian also activated the Infiltrating Void. A gush of power exploded on Lilia's arm, driving her sword fingers to tap toward Asto's sword force.
With this collision, the sword force seemed to have turned from a violent wild beast into a docile sheep. It danced on Lilia's palm, no longer showing any signs of aggression.
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