Ilya was knocked back, somersaulted in the air and landed on the ground.
"Your swordsmanship isn't bad, seems like you've put in a lot of effort" Ilya commented.
The two daggers danced and danced between her fingers like butterflies.
"You flatter me" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"I'm going to be a bit more serious from now on, I might not be able to hold back, you have to be careful"
While saying so, Ilya slowly walked towards Gu Qing Shan.
The two daggers leapt up and were lightly held in her hands.
Dozens of afterimages appeared in the void of space around the daggers, making it impossible to tell where they were coming from.
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but feel a bit tempted.
It was a rare opportunity for such an assassin-type expert to suppress his realm and spar with him in terms of moves.
Gu Qing Shan took a step forward.
"Please" he said.
Understanding what he meant, Ilya smiled.
Her figure twisted like a ghost as she moved forward. Her twin daggers emitted layers of sharp light.
Gu Qing Shan thrust her sword forward.
Oong — —
The two daggers blocked the sword, giving off a screeching noise.
Ilya had used her daggers to block the sword!
In that split second, she spat out a small dagger and aimed it at Gu Qing Shan's throat.
[Ting]!
The Earth sword appeared out of nowhere and knocked the dagger away.
Seeing the sword knocking the dagger away and coming for her again, Ilya immediately retreated.
Gu Qing Shan held the Earth sword in her hand.
Both swords in hand.
"Again?" he invited.
"Two swords? It's not easy to use two swords at the same time "
Ilya evaluated the Earth sword.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Although this sword has the ability to carry heavy force, it's connected to my mind, so it's easy to use"
"Very well"
Ilya shook her head as her presence increased again.
As she became stronger, both her speed and strength as well as the power of her daggers were greatly increased.
Without saying a word, she brandished her dagger and rushed forward again.
This time, the two of them exchanged more than a hundred dazzling blows.
Gu Qing Shan saw an opening and suddenly thrust her sword.
This strike was aimed at a place where Ilya couldn't avoid, so she could only block it with her dagger.
With a shake of the sword, Ilya was sent flying.
"Not bad."
Ilya nodded.
With this level of swordsmanship, it made sense that he could protect Lola all the way.
One had to know that swordsmanship was not something that could be achieved just by practicing it.
A master swordsman must have a sharp mind and quick thinking.
This was because a sword was a weapon like this. If one wanted to unleash the power of a sword, only such a person could do it.
Gu Qing Shan sheathed her sword and said, "You can stop now."
"Not fighting anymore?"
Gu Qing Shan smiled bitterly: "If you increase your strength again, I really won't be able to fight with only my swordsmanship. Our battle will cause a lot of commotion, the ghosts will definitely notice"
Ilya nodded and sheathed her dagger.
"Within the cultivation civilization, there is a type of cultivator who specializes in swordsmanship, called a sword cultivator — — you are a sword cultivator, correct?" she asked.
Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.
"I heard from Lola that you came from a Scattered world, but from what I can see, your swordsmanship is grand and imposing, each of your attacks contains deep meaning, it doesn't seem like something someone who hasn't seen the world would be able to do"
While thinking, she commented.
"I can feel that your swordsmanship is restricted by your realm, unable to fully exert its power"
"From how you fought against the ghosts, I can see that you can control flying swords, so you must have reached the realm of a sword cultivator, the realm of Sword Saint"
"Just now, I was roughly twice as strong as you, but you were still able to win against me. Although you only used your swordsmanship to do so, it was still very shocking"
"With your talents and temperament, if you can continue to advance like this, you might be able to surpass Sword Saint in a few hundred years and take another step forward"
"If that's the case, Lola being acquainted with someone like you isn't a bad thing after all"
She showed a friendly expression on her face and finally said that.
So this was the reason why she wanted to test Gu Qing Shan's strength.
What she didn't know was that Gu Qing Shan herself was an excellent sword cultivator, not to mention that she had gone through reincarnation and received guidance from the Hundred Flowers Fairy in the way of the sword.
In the entire cultivation world, the Hundred Flowers Fairy was a top-notch figure, if it weren't for the Laws of the cultivation world restraining her from breaking through, who knows what realm she would've reached already.
In the past, the Hundred Flowers Fairy herself had declared that Gu Qing Shan would definitely become a Sword Saint.
After leaving the cultivation world, Gu Qing Shan had to overcome all obstacles, going through the baptism of battle, then fully accepting the Asura King's battle techniques during the battle of Huang Quan.
Because of that, Gu Qing Shan's vision, skills, and experience had all been raised to an unprecedented level.
If it weren't for the restriction of his cultivation realm, his swordsmanship would've already surpassed the majority of his peers.
Hearing Ilya's judgment, Gu Qing Shan didn't have time to be humble.
From her words, he caught a certain crucial possibility.
Gu Qing Shan's expression became serious, clasped his fist and asked: "Just now, you said that I've surpassed Sword Saint, and taken another step forward?"
Ilya nodded.
"May I ask, what is the realm above Sword Saint?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"It's still too early for you to ask that" Ilya shook his head.
"What I can tell you is that you're currently limited by your own realm, unable to fully unleash the power of your flying swords"
"Wait until one day, when you can use your flying swords at 200% power, able to wield them freely, only then will your swordsmanship be able to reach a higher realm"
"A higher realm …"
"Indeed, the so-called retracting and releasing them freely, only when you can fully unleash the power of your flying swords will you be able to consider how to retract their power"
"Retract? Why would I need to retract it? "Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
Ilya slowly spoke: "Let me ask you, was the wind sword array that you used to kill the ghost army strong?"
"Indeed, that was my strongest sword array" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Think about it, if you were to retract this sword array and condense it into a single strike, what kind of effect would it have?"
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
He had never heard of such a statement or viewpoint before.
After becoming a Sword Saint, no one had been able to teach him anything.
He had always been the one to figure it out himself.
But now, someone was standing on the sidelines and proposed a certain idea for his swordsmanship.
A Taiyi sword array with 36 times the power, condensed into a single strike?
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought for a bit, then his expression slowly changed.
"If that's the case … my single strike would be unstoppable, unstoppable …"
Gu Qing Shan muttered.
"Indeed, retracting is harder than releasing, once you can retract and release them freely, that's when your swordsmanship will reach Grand Perfection and leave the realm of Sword Saint!" Ilya said.
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan felt like he had been enlightened.
He sincerely clasped his fist: "Thank you for your guidance, I will remember your grace"
"No need to thank me, after all, you saved Lola, which is the same as saving our Bramble Bird Kingdom, just consider my words of thanks"
"Not to mention, this wasn't something I said, but a sword user friend of mine from 1000 years ago"
"If I may ask, that friend of yours — –"
"He is in the Strife Zones, a place where countless races compete for supremacy, there are as many Combatants of various Professions as there are carps in a river. In the past, Bali and Meow also came from there, eventually becoming Lord-class Combatants"
"If you have time, you can go there to fight and cultivate, it will be very beneficial for you"
Ilya said in the end.
Now that she had acknowledged him, she might as well think for his sake and explain things clearly.
"I understand"
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