Time went back a few minutes.
Looking at the entrance of Heartbreak Mountain …
At that time, the sky was still dark.
The courtyard was filled with murderous intent.
Under the dim light, two silhouettes stood facing each other.
Ruo Yu and Xu Huai Shang.
This was the first time the two of them fought each other.
Neither of them … wanted to lose to the other.
"To be honest, I don't want to fight you." After a few seconds, Xu Huai Shang spoke first, "Because you are stronger than Feng Bujue."
This sentence was not a sign of weakness, nor was it misleading. It was Xu Huai Shang's opinion.
"Same to you." Ruo Yu's reply was short and calm.
They both expressed their respect for each other, but they did not retract their murderous intent.
Furthermore … both of their hands were pressed against their weapons from beginning to end.
"But since we have to fight …" As Xu Huai Shang said this, the battle energy around her increased rapidly. "Then I have to win."
"Understood …" Ruo Yu replied. "You plan to use 'that' from the start?"
Hearing this, Xu Huai Shang was slightly surprised, but she quickly regained her composure. "Yes!"
"Good." Ruo Yu said. Then, she raised her left hand and summoned her spiritual weapon — — [Primordial Water Sword]. "Then let's enter 'that' level of battle."
What they said might not be understood by others, but it did not matter … because people would soon be able to 'see' what they were going to do.
There was another short period of silence …
About ten seconds later, suddenly!
Whoosh!
There was an explosion of battle energy, announcing that a certain power within Xu Huai Shang's body had finally broken through the limit.
This … was her soul — — [Soul Advent].
During the S1 "Battle of the Butterfly", Xu Huai Shang had used the special item [Eight Tranquil Cloud Pill] to obtain this ability. But at that time, this was a power that she could not fully control.
However, after that competition, her battle instincts had faintly remembered and inherited part of [Soul Advent]'s shadow.
Finally, when she reached the maximum level, this ability was awakened as her soul …
There were two effects of the soul version of [Soul Advent]. First: At the moment of activation, recover all Life Points, Stamina Points, and Spiritual Energy Points. Secondly, in the next five minutes, he could freely use the moves of the sword masters from the other world, and when he used these moves, his stamina points would not be consumed.
Compared to the item version, the Soul's Eye version got rid of the invincibility effect of "when activated, the Health, Body, and Soul are all Positive and Infinite". Instead, it got rid of the setting of "when activated, the skill does not consume stamina". Correspondingly, it also got rid of the side effect of Soul Advent, which would cause the player's stats to drop to 1%. Of course, there was another change, and that was … it could only be used once in each scenario. Normally, this kind of skill had a cooldown of twenty-four hours in free exploration mode — Soul Advent.
As for the other aspects … there wasn't much to say. Xu Huai Shang had already demonstrated the power of this technique when she fought Brother Jue for the first time.
Seeing this, some people might be wondering why Xu Huai Shang didn't wait until she had fought with Li Ruo Yu for a while before activating it. Since this skill also had the heaven-defying effect of "full recovery", why didn't Xu Huai Shang wait for a while before activating it?
The answer was very simple … Her intuition told her that if she didn't enter the [Soul Advent] state at the beginning, she might not even have the chance to activate it before she lost.
On the other hand …
Ruo Yu had also activated the Soul's Eye, Maximum Efficiency, at the beginning of the battle.
Furthermore, this was the first time she had used the martial arts that she had learned from Wind Mark in battle.
Wind Mark, Magic Sword.
Two sword skills, one was calm and collected while the other was wild and crazy.
Wind Mark himself could create a doppelganger to use these two sword techniques, but Li Ruoyu couldn't.
However, Ruo Yu had other methods …
After receiving guidance from Wind Mark in the Matchless Martial Competition, Ruo Yu had integrated what she had learned. Combined with the special effect of the seventh level of the Bright Jade Skill, she had undergone a lot of training. Finally, she had successfully mastered the skill of using both her left and right hands, two types of swords, and two types of swords at the same time.
It was worth mentioning that Ruo Yu's Bright Jade Skill had reached the eighth tier, and the specific effect was as follows …
Name: Bright Jade Skill (Tier 8)
Skill Card Property: Special Skill, Permanent, Skill will improve with training
Type of Skill:???
Effect 1: Divine Skill Initial Awakening, Inner Breath Calming (Stamina Points consumption rate reduced, can move for a longer time without oxygen)
[Effect 2: Qi flows away and changes one's body and bones.] (Basic physical skills increase slightly)
Effect 3: Heart as Ice, Unfazed by Heaven Collapsing (Resistance to Mental Attribute Negative Effects Increases)
Effect 4: Riding the Wind and Treading the Waves, Shadow Step (Active Skill, allows player to perform a theoretical extreme dodging action)
Effect 5: Using Softness to Conquer Strength, Lifting Heavy as Light (Physical Damage increased by 1.5 times)
Effect 6: Moving Flowers and Jade, Invincible Gods and Ghosts (Active Skill, reflects half of the attack power of an active skill back to the user, limited to players)
Effect 7: Following One's Heart, Imperceptible Realm (Perfect control of oneself, allows one's body to make any subtle adjustments that are theoretically possible)
[Effect 8: Endless power, ice like Xuan Energy] (Able to add ice attribute to any attack skill)
Learning Requirement: Female player, Level 35 or above, Fighting Mastery A, Spiritual Skill Mastery Unlocked.
Remark: Shifting Flower Palace's Ultimate Martial Art, the Ultimate Heart Sutra of the Inner Sect. Those who have mastered this Divine Art will have endless skill, Mysterious Force Like Ice, eternal youth, and invincible.
The contents in the brackets were not the description of the skill itself, but what Ruo Yu had learned through repeated trial and error.
Actually, [Bright Jade Skill]'s description only had the front part. In this aspect … it was similar to Xiao Tan's [Divine Art of Heaven and Earth Inversion]. Just by looking at the description … one would not know what it did.
Then, let's focus on the special effect of the seventh level of [Following One's Heart, Imperceptible Realm].
The so-called "Perfect control of one's body" did not seem particularly difficult at first glance because the body was originally one's own, so it was natural to be able to control it.
However, that was not the case …
Indeed, each of us is the master of our own body, but the human body is not that easy to control.
For example …
Alright, I know that many people will think of some perverted things after reading up to this point, so let me make it clear that I am a person with integrity and will not write such things.
Then, let's continue … for example …
A more classic example would be — One cannot open one's eyes the moment one sneezes.
Another example would be … the right wrist and the right ankle turning clockwise and counterclockwise respectively; the tongue turning clockwise in the mouth while the head turning counterclockwise; the left hand drawing a circle while the right hand drawing a square …
There were many similar examples. Some of the obstacles were due to the physiological limitations of the nervous system, and some were due to the difficulty of performing two tasks at the same time in the same area of the cerebral cortex.
These were only problems that ordinary people could directly experience. In addition … there were also examples of body control that were beyond common sense, such as "controlling the ears", "controlling the hair", and even "controlling the bones", "controlling the organs", "controlling the blood", and so on.
After saying so much, there was only one meaning … It was actually very difficult to control one's own body.
Then, if "drawing a circle with the left hand and a square with the right hand" was so difficult, then the difficulty of "using one set of sword techniques with the left hand and another set of sword techniques with the right hand" could be imagined.
Even Ruo Yu, who had reached the seventh level of [Bright Jade Skill], took a long time to master the "Left and Right Inter-fighting" skill.
In summary, these two … both had reached the pinnacle of martial arts. Moreover … they had already reached a consensus to abandon all probing and directly engage in a contest at the pinnacle!
…
Dawn was approaching, and the light fog was getting thicker.
Under the light, the fighting spirit was strong, and the dual swords were dual sabers.
There were no more words. Everything had already been clarified in the confrontation of Dou Qi.
Before the two weapons clashed, the aura of the saber and the sword expanded again, almost enveloping an area with a radius of 50 meters.
The surrounding players and NPCs could all feel this substantial power, and they were all forced to retreat more than 30 meters away from this austere environment.
Finally, when the battle energy of both sides rose to a critical point, at the same moment, the two of them … moved.
Fast, unbelievably fast, too fast for the eyes to take in.
The moment the saber and the sword attacked, the two figures disappeared from everyone's sight almost at the same time.
The three members of Red Cherry Blossom couldn't see their movements.
Yuan Qi and the other Wulin heroes couldn't see their movements either.
Hua Jian couldn't see their movements either …
Of all the people present, only Wang Tanzhi … with [Eagle Eye Vision] activated, he could keep up with the rhythm of their battle.
Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum …
Amidst the blurry and chaotic flashes of the sabers and swords, there was only a dense and strange buzzing sound, but there was no sound of metal clashing.
Only Xiao Tan knew that … it was because the two weapons were too strong, so strong that the energy on the surface of the weapons was repelling each other, so they couldn't touch each other.
Ruo Yu's [Xuanyuan Sword] was a sacred sword with form, and her [Primordial Water Divine Sword] was a strange sword without form. These two weapons didn't have any special effects or attributes that specifically targeted players, but their attack power was already overpowered enough. Even though the immature [Primordial Water Divine Sword] was weaker than the [Xuanyuan Sword] in terms of strength, with its "indestructible" property, it was still no weaker than any other divine weapon.
And Xu Huai Shang's dual sabers were also spiritual weapons, and they were fully matured spiritual weapons …
Left Blade:
Name: Falling Flower
Item Type: Spiritual Weapon
Rarity: Legendary
[Attack: Extreme]
Attribute: None
Special Effect 1: Blooming Flower (Deals 300% damage when hit)
Special Effect 2: Withering Flower (Reduces 60% damage when blocked)
Special Effect 3: Flying Flower (Ultimate skill, can only be used when dual sabers are used, cooldown of 4 hours)
Remark: Far away from the world, far away.
Right Blade:
Name: Flying Flower
Item Type: Spiritual Weapon
Rarity: Legendary
[Attack: Extreme]
Attribute: None
Special Effect 1: Flying Wind (Increases attack speed by 100% after every hit, lasts for 10 seconds and can be stacked up to 3 times)
Special Effect 2: Falling Flower (Increases movement speed by 50% after every successful block, lasts for 6 seconds and can be stacked up to 4 times)
Special Effect 3: Flying Flower (Ultimate skill, can only be used when dual sabers are used, cooldown of 4 hours)
Remark: A laugh at the sorrows of the human world.
The special effects of these two weapons were quite shocking. Be it against players or monsters … as long as it was a melee battle, they would be able to unleash terrifying power.
If Ruo Yu did not activate Extreme Efficiency, it would be hard for her to deal with this.
However, Ruo Yu had Extreme Efficiency and Xu Huai Shang had Soul's Descent …
After a round of rapid attack and defense that lasted thirty seconds, the two of them realized that … so far, they were evenly matched in the battle.
Perhaps in the first 10 seconds, Ruo Yu had the upper hand but when the two effects of Flying Flower stacked up, Xu Huai Shang was able to turn the tables around.
But, even so … it was still not enough to determine the winner.
Ruo Yu knew about the existence of Soul's Descent, so when she saw Xu Huai Shang unleash her skill, she asked, "You plan to use 'that' right from the start?"
However, Xu Huai Shang did not know the specifics of Extreme Efficiency. After all, there was no one in her team who could see through the enemy's stats. So … she had no idea how long Ruo Yu could maintain this' extreme 'state and what other changes would occur.
Under these circumstances, Xu Huai Shang, who could only activate Soul's Eye for 5 minutes, would undoubtedly fight more aggressively …
Therefore, when the battle reached the 31st second … Xu Huai Shang was the first to change her skill.
"Revolving Dance. Sky!"
Xu Huai Shang was actually someone who liked to announce the names of her skills. In fact, the gaming studio had a rule for them in this regard … Since this kind of behavior could increase the popularity of the game, the gaming studio encouraged the players to announce the names of their skills during battle.
Of course, this was a matter of opinion. Some people would announce the names of their skills and appear arrogant, cool, and evil … But there were others who would announce the names of their skills and appear shameful or even obscene.
As for the criteria … 70% depends on the face and 30% on the aura …
In any case, since the normal exchange of skills did not work, Goddess Xu was the first to request for a change.
Seeing this, Ruo Yu had no choice but to say something …
"Flowing Magic Sword …" Ruo Yu used her actions to explain. I know how to announce the names of my skills as well, "… Sword. Weeping Rain."
Even when she was doing such a childish thing, she was still able to show off her cool demeanor. It was not easy.
"Mark of the Wind …" Furthermore, she was using two different sword skills in her left and right hands, "… Mark of the Flowing Wind."
When the two finished speaking, their skills intertwined with each other.
In that second, the Dou Qi that collided actually emitted a crackling sound like that of lightning and thunder.
The intertwining of their energy also emitted a beautiful light.
After one breath, one could see …
The two figures intertwined and separated … At this point in the battle, the two figures stopped moving for the first time.
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