The northern part of Tianliang County was still rather cold. Gao Liang was not very high, but it could hide a person. Presumably, that person was extremely skilled in concealing his tracks and was a true assassin.
Su Li did not pay any attention to the assassin hiding in the plains. No matter how dangerous that person was, in his eyes, it was not as important as the bright Xue He.
Xue He continued to walk towards the two. His armor clanked and his blade intent whistled through the air. His footsteps were steady and firm. As he got closer and closer, he looked at Chen Changsheng and asked warily, "And who are you?"
Chen Changsheng did not intentionally restrain his Qi, so Xue He could see that he had already entered the upper level of Ethereal Opening.
To be able to enter the upper level of Ethereal Opening at such a young age, he was definitely not a normal person. Xue He had never even met such a person before. He expressionlessly said, "If I didn't know that Qiushan Jun was heavily injured in the Garden of Zhou and was far away in Mount Li, if you didn't have such an ordinary appearance, I really would have suspected that you were Qiushan Jun."
Chen Changsheng finally confirmed that the demons, or perhaps that mysterious Black Robe, for some reason, had not sent the news that he was following Su Li to the south. He could not help but begin to think, if Xue He knew his identity, would he stop? Just then, Su Li's voice rang out, "If your elder brother Xue Xingchuan were here, he would definitely not mistake him for Qiushan Jun. This kid is only at the upper level of Ethereal Opening, while my Qiushan has already succeeded in Star Condensation. Can't he even see this difference?"
Only a person like Su Li would use the word 'talented' when commenting on this matter, and in the current younger generation of cultivators, probably only Qiushan Jun could firmly suppress Chen Changsheng.
This was the truth, but for some reason, Chen Changsheng felt somewhat depressed. Perhaps it was because Su Li had mentioned Qiushan Jun in a very intimate tone that made him momentarily forget to tell Xue He his identity.
And at this moment, Xue He had already arrived less than ten zhang away from the two. His hand had already completely fused with the hilt of the blade, and the six blade intents had already fused into one, forming a world of their own.
Xue He had already made his preparations to attack. His Qi had already been raised to its peak. The Star Domain that only Star Condensation experts could summon was extremely perfect.
He used the blade, so his Star Domain was the Blade Domain.
No matter how much of a genius Chen Changsheng was, he was still too young and had a limited amount of time to cultivate. Furthermore, there were problems with his meridians in the first place, so the amount of Quintessence he could bring out was limited. There was no way he could break this perfect Saber Domain.
Most of the time, the gap between realms couldn't be bridged with courage, willpower, determination, or techniques.
He stared at Xue He's visor, which was extremely bright under the morning light, and slowly pulled out the shortsword from its sheath.
In a very short period of time, he had performed many calculations in his sea of consciousness. The countless examples of battles that he had seen in the Daoist Canon and the books of the Orthodox Academy floated before his eyes, but he still could not do anything.
Without question, the twenty-eighth Divine General of the continent, Xue He, was the strongest opponent he had ever encountered since he began cultivating. Purely in terms of cultivation, he was equal to the Demon General couple in the Garden of Zhou. However, in order to enter the Garden of Zhou, the Demon General couple had forcefully used a secret technique to suppress their cultivation. Because of the restrictions of the Garden of Zhou, when they fought, they had almost never revealed the true strength of the Star Condensation realm.
The Golden-winged Great Peng that Nanke had ignited her soul to awaken had been chopped down from the vault of heaven by his ten thousand swords. However, the majority of the power of that strike had come from the desire of the ten thousand broken swords in the Sword Pool that had accumulated for several hundred years. That kind of willpower and imposing manner had nothing to do with him, and the opportunity had not come. Right now, the ten thousand broken swords in his sheath could no longer display such a great power.
How could he defeat this powerful opponent?
Chen Changsheng gripped the shortsword and stared at the approaching Xue He, his heart growing more and more nervous.
Xue He knew that he was his opponent, yet he did not pay much attention to him. His gaze fell behind him, always looking at Su Li.
Let alone being heavily injured, even if he was on the verge of death and only had one last breath left, as long as Su Li was still alive, he would be the most terrifying expert of the continent.
Su Li was also looking at him.
But in reality, Su Li was not looking at him, but at his Blade Domain.
Suddenly, Su Li's gaze fell on a certain place in the air in front of him. At the same time, he extended his hand and gripped the handle of the Yellow Paper Umbrella.
Within the Yellow Paper Umbrella was the Heaven Shrouding Sword, and the handle of the umbrella was the hilt of the sword.
Back then on the snowy plains, Su Li had gripped the hilt of the sword, and his sword intent had invaded like fire, directly killing a Demon General several dozen li away.
Now that Xue He was right in front of him, he could even more sense that intense danger.
Without any warning, purely out of an instinctive vigilance, Xue He exploded with an incomparably powerful Qi.
The morning light was like before, and the armor on his body instantly became incomparably bright. With a clang, the metal blade was unsheathed, and through Chen Changsheng's shoulder, it chopped down at Su Li's hand that gripped the handle of the umbrella.
A violent hurricane arose from the verdant sorghum.
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On the entire journey south, Chen Changsheng was most clear on Su Li's current condition. Let alone using his sword to kill, he could not even walk.
He did not understand why Su Li would grip the handle of the umbrella, why he would use his sword intent to force Xue He to suddenly strike.
This was a question that Su Li had given him.
Chen Changsheng thought for a very short amount of time before obtaining the answer. This was because Su Li had taught him a lot, and he had studied very seriously, not forgetting a single word or phrase.
A few days ago, Su Li had once said to him that the most important thing in battle was the instant when one switched from defense to offense. If one could truly catch the opponent off guard, then even the strongest opponent could still lose. Xue He striking seemed to be because of Su Li's actions, because of his vigilance and unease, and because he was forced to do so, but in reality, he was also going with the flow, because only like this could he truly catch the opponent off guard. In order to kill an expert on Su Li's level, before Xue He struck, he had assuredly calculated all the details.
As expected, the most important moment in battle was the moment when one switched from defense to offense. But was it only because doing this well would bring benefits? No, Chen Changsheng remembered very clearly that after Su Li said these words, he had given another explanation: even the strongest opponent, in the instant when one switched from defense to offense, would have to expend even more effort, so it was also at this moment that it was the easiest to reveal a flaw.
In other words, an enemy so powerful that it was almost perfect would only become imperfect in the instant when one switched from defense to offense.
Chen Changsheng's eyes lit up.
Because of the descending snow-like glow of Xue He's blade, and also because of the gradually flourishing morning light.
His dagger had already pierced out.
Three Forms of Wenshui, Hanging Sunset.
The dagger buzzed, carrying with it all the morning light on the sorghum. Vibrating at high speeds, it pierced towards Xue He's chest.
As a Star Condensation expert, Xue He's domain formed from his seven blades was impregnable. Even in the instant when he switched from defense to offense, he might leave behind a weak point in his defense, but how could he let Chen Changsheng see it?
Chen Changsheng truly could not see it, but there were people who could.
Su Li only needed a glance to see where the weak point of Xue He's blade domain was.
He extended his hand and gripped the handle of the Yellow Paper Umbrella, provoking Xue He to strike. His gaze had always been fixed on a certain place in the air in front of Xue He.
Chen Changsheng's dagger followed Su Li's gaze and pierced over.
With a soft squelch, it was like a skin bag filled with wine had been pierced, or like a sugar figurine that had been blown up had been secretly pierced by a naughty child with a bamboo skewer.
In the bright morning light that enveloped Xue He, a path suddenly appeared.
The sharp sword glow had already arrived in front of his chest.
On the bright armor, one could even see the shadow of the sword.
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(Due to some emotional problems, writing was rather strenuous. The next chapter will be updated very late. There is no need for everyone to wait.)
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