Chapter 124: Unity Between Heart and Sword, Man and Sword Unification!
Ye Guan stared blankly at the storage ring in front of him.
She casually gave him a space ship. If that wasn’t the epitome of generosity, then what would it be? However, she was so generous that Ye Guan couldn’t help but feel doubtful of her intentions.
Ji Xuan suddenly laughed and said, “What if she has taken a liking to you and is trying to take you as her husband?”
Ye Guan shook his head and replied, “That’s impossible!”
“Why not?” Ji Xuan asked.
“Stop making fun of me, Lady Ji Xuan…” Ye Guan chuckled bitterly. She has taken a liking to me? She didn’t look like the type who’d like someone so easily.
However, Ye Guan couldn’t figure out why she was so generous.
They didn’t even know each other, so why did she help him?
A space ship was extremely expensive!
Ji Xuan pondered briefly before saying, “I think you don’t have to think too much about her intentions. Perhaps she decided to give you a hand because she couldn’t withstand the An Clan and the Academy’s shamelessness.”
“That makes sense.” Ye Guan chuckled hollowly. He looked at the storage ring in his hand and carved the young woman’s act of kindness in his heart. He would definitely repay her good deed in the future.
Moments later, they used the space ship?and were now traveling much faster than before. However, Ye Guan’s heart started aching because it meant that his gold spiritual crystals were being spent faster than ever.
He felt like he was burning money! However, it wasn’t too bad, as he had killed quite a number of people and obtained a ton of gold spiritual crystals from them. If it hadn’t been for those people, Ye Guan’s wallet would have dried up long ago.
Ji Xuan suddenly said, “It seems that we’ll reach Qingzhou in less than ten days, which means that we should encounter fewer attackers.”
Ji Xuan paused to stare deeply at Ye Guan before adding, “It means that they’re going to make their move soon!”
Ye Guan nodded and stared into the distance. The starry sky was beautiful and quiet, but he could feel countless eyes staring at him.
Those eyes belonged to those who wanted to kill him, but it seemed that they were keeping each other in check by letting someone else initiate the attack. With that thought in mind, Ye Guan hopped onto his sword and flew away.
Ji Xuan was stunned. What is he trying to do?
Ye Guan looked around and boisterously laughed. “I’m sure you people have come here to kill me, so why are you guys still hiding in the shadows?”
Ye Guan lifted his right hand and caressed his neck with a smile. “My head is worth three strands of the Great Dao Destiny, are you not going to come out and get it?”
Ye Guan stood all alone amidst the starry skies with a sword in hand. His white robe fluttered under the undulations of his sword intent.
Ji Xuan smiled while staring at him. She had already known long ago that Ye Guan was the type to dominate rather than submit. Ji Xuan abruptly blushed. Seriously, what am I thinking right now?
The lurkers in the shadows didn’t expect that Ye Guan would challenge them openly.
What is this bastard trying to do? Has he gone crazy? Does he not know how many people are trying to kill him?
The lurkers in the shadows were bewildered, and they didn’t respond to Ye Guan.
Ye Guan definitely had trump cards up his sleeves, but in the end, everyone was aware of his breadth as a cultivator. Indeed, he was a Sword Sovereign, but his cultivation base was a bit lacking.
Otherwise, none of these lurkers would have come here.
The space in front of Ye Guan trembled slightly and was torn open.
A young man slowly emerged from the rift in space. He stared at Ye Guan and jeered, “Since when did Zhongzhou’s talents become arrogant? Let me teach you how—”
Shwik!
A dazzling sword light erupted, and before anyone could react, Ye Guan’s sword was already a few inches away from the young man’s forehead.
The lurkers in the shadows were shocked.
The young man's eyes widened, but before he could say anything, Ye Guan slashed out.
Slice!
The young man’s head flew into the air.
Ye Guan retracted his sword and said calmly, “Next challenger, please!”
Next challenger!
Ye Guan sounded calm, but what he had done just now was like a powerful thunderbolt from out of the blue for everyone.
It was an instant kill. The young man had died in just one sword move!
Ye Guan looked around and suggested, “Since no one is daring enough to attack me, why don’t all of you attack together?”
Attack together?
The lurkers in the shadows were furious. How arrogant!
“Hahaha!” A peal of boisterous laughter echoed nearby. “Sword Sovereigns are indeed terrifying! I guess there’s a reason why Sword Sovereigns are rare.”
Ye Guan turned and saw a white-haired young man.
“Zhang Longhu!” a lurker in the shadows exclaimed, “He’s ranked sixth on the Lingxu Blessed Land’s gifted list! He’s a super talent of the Lingxu Blessed Land!”
Ranked sixth on the Lingxu Blessed Land’s gifted list! Ye Guan stared intently at the white-haired young man. The white-haired young man was exuding a terrifying aura that made the space in a thirty-meter radius around him tremble ever so slightly.
He was a foe to be reckoned with, but the scariest part was that a strand of the Great Dao could be felt from the young man’s aura. In other words, he was a Dao Tribulation Realm cultivator!
Zhang Longhu smiled at Ye Guan and asked, “Shall we exchange a few moves, Young Lord Ye?”
Ye Guan agreed. “Sure!”
Zhang Longhu grinned and stomped with his right leg.
Boom!
The space beneath his right leg’s heel?collapsed, and Zhang Longhu used the force behind the destruction to jump toward Ye Guan.
Flames and lightning burst out of him, and the space in front of him collapsed as he went past them, creating a horrifying sight. Most importantly, he was too fast. He still hadn’t reached Ye Guan, but his aura had already enveloped Ye Guan.
Ye Guan’s eyes shone fiercely. I’ve finally met someone worth fighting!
Ye Guan chose not to face the terrifying attack head-on. His figure blurred, and he reappeared several meters away.
Zhong Longhu was fast, but Ye Guan was faster.
Boom!
Zhang Longhu’s attack struck nothing but space, causing it to collapse. Zhang Longhu’s pupils constricted, and he whipped around to see a sword noiselessly flying toward him. The sword was flying toward his neck.
The oncoming sword made Zhang Longhu feel a sense of crisis. He was shocked. He knew Ye Guan was fast, but there was indeed a vast difference between knowing and first-hand experience.
He couldn’t dodge the oncoming sword, so he didn’t bother trying. He clenched his fists and crossed them in front of his chest.
“Armor!” he cried out.
Boom!
A golden armor instantly enveloped Zhang Longhu.
Clang!
A shrill noise echoed as Ye Guan’s sword stopped dead in its tracks upon colliding with the golden armor.
Zhang Longhu yelled, “Reflect!”
Rumble!
A golden wave?shattered Ye Guan’s sword and sent him flying thirty meters away.
Zhang Longhu put one foot forward and clenched his right fist. A golden light surged and enveloped his right arm. He jumped toward Ye Guan and shouted, “Open Mountain!”
Boom!
A golden wave appeared behind Zhang Longhu’s fist, creating a terrifying sight.
Ye Guan’s pupils constricted, and he retreated frantically.
Boom!
A deafening explosion echoed throughout the starry sky.
A massive black hole spanning hundreds of meters wide appeared where Ye Guan was standing earlier. Multiple rifts surrounded the black hole, and those rifts were spreading at an alarming rate.
Zhang Longhu had only sent one punch, but one punch was enough for him to create a black hole.
The lurkers in the shadows were horrified.
However, Ye Guan wasn’t idle. While the lurkers in the shadows were reeling from the shock, the space in front of Zhang Longhu was torn open and out came a sword!
Ye Guan’s sword seemed capable of killing anyone in one hit, so the lurkers in the shadows felt a shiver down their spines upon seeing the flying sword.
Zhang Longhu was incredibly strong, and his punches possessed cataclysmic might, seemingly capable of collapsing the heavens and splitting the earth, but Ye Guan was too fast.
Zhang Longhu fought boldly with his fists, whereas Ye Guan fought like an old cunning fox, lashing out with his sword at unexpected moments, making the lurkers in the shadows feel nervous about every single one of Ye Guan’s movements.
Zhang Longhu’s expression changed. He had to admit that he had underestimated Ye Guan’s speed and experience. Without sufficient experience, Ye Guan wouldn’t have been capable of finding tiny gaps to take advantage of and retaliate.
Ye Guan was doing a great job at defending and counter-attacking at the same time!
In the face of Ye Guan’s sword attack, Zhang Longhu didn’t dare to be careless at all. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and summoned that golden armor once again.
Clang!
Ye Guan’s sword collided with the golden armor, and the impact caused Zhang Longhu to fly away. Moments later, a golden wave struck Ye Guan’s sword, shattering it into pieces.
However, Ye Guan remained undeterred as he sent yet another sword toward Zhang Longhu.
Clang!
The sword collided with Zhang Longhu’s golden armor and forced him to retreat.
A few moments later, a golden wave burst and shattered Ye Guan’s sword.
Every single one of Ye Guan’s sword moves was lethal, and he was relentless in his attacks, clearly unwilling to give Zhang Longhu even the time to breathe, not to mention retaliate.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The lurkers in the shadows watched as Zhang Longhu retreated. Ye Guan had completely suppressed him. He couldn’t make any move at all!
Meanwhile, Ye Guan was slowly approaching Zhang Longhu while sending out ray after ray of sword light toward the latter from a safe distance using the Royal Sword Art.
The lurkers in the shadows were dumbfounded, but they were stupefied upon seeing Ye Guan close his eyes.
Ye Guan’s eyes were closed, but his attacks didn’t stop. In fact, the lurkers in the shadows were horrified to realize that Ye Guan’s attacks were getting heavier and heavier as time went on.
Ji Xuan’s expression changed. “His mind and sword intent have become one. It doesn’t matter if he’s swinging his sword personally or if he has sent it flying toward his enemies. There is not much difference between the two anymore.
”This is the legendary unity between heart and sword, man and sword unification!”
Man and Sword Unification!
The Sword Master’s Sword Manual had described such a state, and a swordsman becoming one with their sword meant their attacks would become several times stronger than without Man and Sword Unification.
While under the Man and Sword Unification state, a swordsman would lose track of everything else aside from their sword.
A Sword Sovereign achieving Man and Sword Unification meant that they were on the cusp of becoming a Great Sword Sovereign!
The fastest swordsman to make a breakthrough from Sword Sovereign to Great Sword Sovereign was Ye Yu, and she had done it in just twelve years.
She was the fastest swordsman to have become a Great Sword Sovereign over the past thirty million years.
Ye Guan had just achieved the legendary state of Man and Sword Unification, which meant that he would inevitably become a Great Sword Sovereign. It was just a matter of time!
Could Ye Guan beat Great Sword Sovereign Ye Yu’s record and become the fastest swordsman to become a Great Sword Sovereign?
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