The exquisite saber technique was like a stream of light in the sky, but also like the floating clouds on a snowy mountain. When it surged, it was majestic. When it was vigorous, it was like a surging tide. When it was heavy, it was like a mountain rising from the ground. When it was sharp, it was like a sharp blade splitting the air.
But no matter what, every saber technique emitted a chill that swept through the surroundings.
With a saber in hand, Fu Yunxiao performed the exquisite saber technique to the extreme.
Fu Yunxiao's martial arts realm had reached the third level of Small Success, which was two levels lower than Chen Zong. But Fu Yunxiao had cultivated for many years and had a more comprehensive grasp of the third level of martial arts. This was not something that Chen Zong could compare with.
Chen Zong's improvement in the third level of Sword Principle was extremely fast. He broke through to Small Success, then Large Success, and finally Perfection.
If this level was divided into horizontal and vertical levels, the vertical level referred to the level of the level, such as Small Success, Large Success, and Perfection, while the horizontal level referred to the development of each level.
Therefore, in the vertical level of martial arts realm, Chen Zong obviously surpassed Fu Yunxiao, but in the horizontal level, he was not as good as Fu Yunxiao.
This was not something that could be solved with talent and comprehension alone. It also required a certain amount of time to hone and settle down.
Chen Zong's cultivation time, environment, and inheritance were far inferior to Fu Yunxiao's. The gap had existed for a long time. But now, Chen Zong was gradually catching up and even surpassed him in some aspects.
Chen Zong was never afraid of strong opponents. He was still young and had time, energy, talent, and determination to catch up and surpass.
Chen Zong was afraid that no one could beat him. That was to reach the peak one day and be invincible. It was lonely at the top.
Of course, there were countless cultivators in the world who could guarantee that they were truly invincible.
Even the Heart Sword Saint, who created the Heart Sword Sutra, did not dare to say that he was invincible.
Under the superb realm of Sword Principle, the Heavy Dragon Sword was sometimes extremely heavy, like a mountain pressing down from the sky. Its power was unparalleled. Sometimes, it was as light as a tree branch and extremely flexible, creating countless sword shadows. Sometimes, it was like a cloud floating in the sky, containing all kinds of changes. Sometimes, it was like a mighty wind sweeping through thousands of miles.
White Cloud Mountain's martial arts had always been about changes.
The Five White Cloud Paths were an overview. Regardless of whether it was the Flying Cloud Path that focused on speed or the Refining Cloud Path that focused on strength, they both contained the essence of transformations. However, they were not as complicated as the Illusory Cloud Path.
Fu Yunxiao was a disciple of White Cloud Mountain. Chen Zong was also a disciple of White Cloud Mountain. Both of them cultivated White Cloud Mountain's martial arts, and each of them had their own understanding of the Dao of Transformations.
The ever-changing saber and ever-changing sword continued to clash, colliding time and time again, dodging time and time again, attacking the opponent's flaws. Regardless of whether there were changes or not, every strike was extremely terrifying.
Especially this kind of close combat, it was even more shocking, causing everyone's hearts to beat wildly. Their breathing became hurried, and the blood in their bodies seemed to be boiling.
It was too brilliant, too dangerous, too exciting, and it caused one to feel as if they were in the real world. It was as if there were saber lights and sword images revolving endlessly around their bodies, and one could faintly sense the terrifying sharpness of the saber lights.
Gao Hongjing's expression was solemn. His battle with Chen Zong and Fu Yunxiao had not been this intense.
This kind of battle did not test one's own strength, but the level of one's martial arts attainments and martial arts realm, the degree of one's control over one's own strength, and the collision of one's combat talent and skills.
Very clever!
Both of them were very clever. Immediately, Gao Hongjing's lips curled into a sneer.
Having fought with Chen Zong, he was very clear about Chen Zong's learning ability. In the beginning, Chen Zong did not understand Martial Arts Fusion, but after fighting with him, he gradually mastered it. Now, he had reached a certain level of proficiency in Martial Arts Fusion, making each of his sword moves more powerful.
Gao Hongjing believed that in the process of fighting with Fu Yunxiao, Chen Zong's swordsmanship would definitely improve again, and Fu Yunxiao would soon have a taste of what he felt at that time.
Indeed, Fu Yunxiao had already felt it.
He could feel that his opponent was rapidly improving, and each of his sword moves was becoming more unpredictable.
Even Fu Yunxiao could feel that the rapid improvement of his opponent's swordsmanship was closely related to him, as if he was feeding his opponent moves.
But in fact, that was not the case. He was not feeding Chen Zong, but was truly displaying his own saber skills. His purpose was to defeat Chen Zong, but because of Chen Zong's excellent control over his strength and swordsmanship, he felt that he had met his match, and the battle was unrestrained.
Fu Yunxiao was different from Gao Hongjing.
When Gao Hongjing realized that Chen Zong's swordsmanship was rapidly improving, he felt great pressure. Therefore, he activated all his strength, intending to defeat Chen Zong with tyrannical strength and win.
However, Fu Yunxiao did not do so directly, because he believed in himself, and also felt lucky to have met a good opponent. Even if Chen Zong was improving under his own pressure, it was still his ability.
Moreover, Fu Yunxiao also planned to use Chen Zong to sharpen his saber skills, so that his saber skills could be more refined.
This was the difference between Fu Yunxiao and Gao Hongjing, the difference in their mentality.
Gao Hongjing did not want to become Chen Zong's whetstone, and did not want to let Chen Zong's swordsmanship improve because of him. He did not want to use this to sharpen his spear skills.
However, Fu Yunxiao was different.
Fu Yunxiao's mentality was better, and he was more open-minded. People like him could often cultivate to a higher level.
Of course, it was not certain that Gao Hongjing could not cultivate to a higher level.
There were no absolutes in the world.
Chen Zong's swordsmanship had improved through practice and learning, and so did Fu Yunxiao. However, Fu Yunxiao's speed of improvement was much slower than Chen Zong's. Even if Fu Yunxiao had a good mentality, he could not help but feel jealous.
At this moment, Chen Zong was like a dry sponge, constantly absorbing water to enrich himself.
There was nothing more intuitive than improving and breaking through in a battle.
This battle lasted for an hour. Chen Zong's swordsmanship had improved significantly compared to before. Fu Yunxiao's saber skills had improved, but it was not so obvious. After all, he had almost reached a limit in his cultivation. If he wanted to improve, he could only break through to a higher level.
However, it was not so easy to break through to a higher level.
On the other hand, Chen Zong's level was very high.
It was like filling a bucket with water.
Fu Yunxiao's bucket was one meter high, while Chen Zong's bucket was two meters high.
Now, Fu Yunxiao's bucket had been filled with nearly one meter of water. If he continued to fill it, it would overflow. Unless he modified the bucket and made it taller, it could hold more water.
However, Chen Zong's two-meter bucket was less than one meter of water. Now it was gradually increased to one meter, but there was still space for more water. Naturally, Fu Yunxiao's bucket could not be compared with his.
After an hour of fierce fighting, neither of them could defeat the other because they each had their own strengths.
Chen Zong felt very satisfied and satisfied.
It could be said that Fu Yunxiao was the first opponent who could fight with Chen Zong to this extent in martial arts. Gao Hongjing and Bai Xiyue could not do it.
Sure enough, he deserved to be the first on the last Cloud List.
They stopped fighting tacitly and instantly distanced themselves from each other.
In the last breath, the saber light and the sword shadow tore through all directions. In the next breath, the saber light and the sword shadow disappeared.
"How wonderful!"
"These two are too strong."
"Who can get the first place?"
Below the arena, everyone was dumbfounded.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, it had been like a violent storm, causing everyone to forget how to breathe. Now that the situation had suddenly come to a standstill, the sudden change had caused some of them to feel dizzy and on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, everyone here was a Transcendent Realm cultivator, their strength not to be underestimated, and their life force far surpassed that of ordinary people, allowing them to recover in a breath's time.
If it was a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had not improved their life rating, they would have fainted. If it was an ordinary person, their consciousness would have probably collapsed and they would have died.
"I'm very happy to have met you." Fu Yunxiao stared at Chen Zong. His face was no longer calm and indifferent. Instead, a smile appeared on his face. It was a resounding and impassioned smile. His eyes even shot out an extremely sharp light as his battle intent surged.
Fu Yunxiao's current state stunned everyone, and they thought they were seeing things.
Even in the last Cloud List Tournament, when Fu Yunxiao and Gao Hongjing fought, it was not like this.
"Same to you." Chen Zong smiled slightly.
Fu Yunxiao was really a good opponent, a very good opponent.
"Your strength and swordsmanship are both very strong. Even if I go all out to defeat you, it won't be that easy." Fu Yunxiao spoke again. It was very rare, because from the beginning of the Outer Sect Great Competition until now, Fu Yunxiao had not spoken until now, "Fifty-fifty."
Fifty-fifty!
This referred to Fu Yunxiao's chances of winning if he went all out against Chen Zong. There was a 50% chance of winning, 50% chance of losing.
This probability was just as Chen Zong had imagined.
Fifty-fifty!
It seemed that Fu Yunxiao's strength was stronger, but Chen Zong also had his strengths. If they really went all out, it would be hard to tell who would win and who would lose until the last moment.
Everyone could not help but wonder.
Since it was a 50% chance of winning and losing was hard to predict, was he not going to fight?
If he wanted to fight, how would he fight?
Chen Zong was also very curious.
"That's not my original intention. However, there has to be a winner in this battle. I want to be number one." Fu Yunxiao sighed slightly. Immediately, his expression turned cold and his eyes became even sharper, "If that's the case, I can only rely on some external help."
"External help?" Chen Zong frowned slightly.
Fu Yunxiao's voice was not loud, but everyone could hear him clearly.
Then what was the so-called external help?
There were always rules in the Outer Sect Great Competition. Some external help could not be relied on, such as asking others to help, borrowing other people's strength, and also could not use elixirs that could increase one's strength in a short period of time. After all, those elixirs had obvious side effects. In serious cases, it could even affect one's foundation.
If one's foundation was affected, it would mean that one's future path of cultivation would be even more difficult. This was not beneficial to the Sect.
Then, what other external help could they rely on?
The range was very small, and the amount of external help they could rely on was also very small. Chen Zong's gaze fell on the long saber in Fu Yunxiao's hand. At the same time, Fu Yunxiao's gaze also fell on the long saber in his hand.
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