A flash of green light, and the long sword was already in Liu Bingxin’s grasp, with the green Sword Qi directly channeled onto the blade.
The long sword reflected a sparkling green light, resembling a pool of autumn water.
Qian Wangsun, looking at the long sword in Liu Bingxin’s hand, even felt as if a sharp blade was piercing his face.
His strong intuition told him that this sword was extremely sharp, extremely dangerous.
With the sword in hand, Liu Bingxin’s aura suddenly surged.
Snake Lao, standing aside, eyes gleaming, said, "Good! A sword in hand, those who block must die; this is indeed the demeanor a Sword Cultivator should have."
Liu Bingxin took steps toward Zhou Bai, her aura growing stronger with each step, the Sword Qi on her sword also getting brighter. She spoke slowly as she walked, "Zhou Bai, this sword, Chun Jun, was just refined by me the day before yesterday. Originally, its first opponent out of the sheath would have been Wang Ran."
Mature-looking, with a square face and a full beard, Wang Ran was the top-ranked among the first realm’s list.
Now, hearing Liu Bingxin’s words, he also looked at her seriously. Clearly, he felt that with the Chun Jun sword refined, Liu Bingxin was fully capable of threatening his ranking.
Liu Bingxin spoke seriously, "Zhou Bai, Chun Jun has just been refined by me, the power of the upcoming sword even I cannot fully control, and it may very well kill you with one strike. Do you want to consider surrendering now?"
Ying Hui frowned deeply, knowing that what Liu Bingxin said was true.
Chun Jun was a Sword Diagram route, among the many Divine Diagrams of the first realm, it emphasized aura the most, amplifying the power of Sword Qi and Swordsmanship.
At this moment, Liu Bingxin drew her sword for the first time to face an enemy, still from the first realm fighting the zeroth realm, her aura was far stronger than before, and the amplification of her Sword Qi and Swordsmanship was terrifying. Probably most first realm cultivators would find it difficult to directly counter this strike and must choose to evade.
Yet, at this time, Zhou Bai was using the "Toad Force" to gather strength; other than passively taking a hit, he could only forcibly confront this move, making him practically a live target.
Ying Hui’s Primordial Spirit power swept over the two people present, ready to forcibly end the fight at any moment to prevent casualties.
Fortunately, he was from the sixth realm of the Gong Tu route, his insight was first on the scene, and with a Primordial Spirit power of over 6000, he was fully confident in stopping the fight at the last moment.
Faced with Liu Bingxin’s words, Christina was fearless, only emitting a loud ’quack’ again, with each joint transmitting power, her muscles tensed and twisted like steel cables, horrible strength accumulating inside her.
Looking into Zhou Bai’s eyes, feeling his fighting intent, Liu Bingxin softly said, "Since you are resolute, I will not hold back."
The next moment, her body lunged with a surge of green light on the Chun Jun sword, like a bolt of thunder in the night, bringing a majestic wave of Sword Qi sweeping toward Zhou Bai’s body.
With this strike, Liu Bingxin felt a complete, refreshing clarity throughout her body, delivering the highest level of swordsmanship she had achieved since entering the school. Her understanding of Swordsmanship and Sword Qi seemed to deepen once again, with the movement and swiftness of Sword Qi and Primordial Spirit power becoming more agile and fierce.
Everyone present held their breath watching Liu Bingxin’s sword.
The intense Sword Qi seemed to accumulate to its peak at this moment, making everyone watching feel as if they were looking directly into the sun, unable to resist squinting their eyes but still desperately wanting to see how Zhou Bai would handle this sword.
Quack!
Christina did not respond to Zhou Bai, but the strength accumulated in her body suddenly exploded.
The muscle fibers, like springs loaded to their limits, suddenly released, and torrents of tremendous force gushed out like the mighty Yangtze River, then converging into Zhou Bai’s palms, mixed with the force of Primordial Spirit, fiercely bombarded Liu Bingxin’s Chun Jun sword.
Bang!
The air exploded, and the fierce winds burst forth.
Zhou Bai’s body shot out like the main cannon shell of a tank.
Amid the deafening noise, a pair of fleshly palms tore through the air and harshly struck Liu Bingxin’s Chun Jun Sword.
At that moment, Liu Bingxin felt her long sword being swept into tumultuous waves. With a whooshing sound, Chun Jun slipped from her grip, streaking like lightning across the hall to deeply embed itself into the wall on the edge.
Zhou Bai’s palms broke through the sword momentum and continued toward Liu Bingxin’s abdomen, blasting her over ten meters away before finally stopping.
However, breaking the long sword had dissipated most of the force from Christina’s strike, and although Liu Bingxin was blown away for over ten meters, she sustained only light injuries.
But when she staggered to her feet, her eyes were filled with surprise and a hint of despair as she looked at Zhou Bai.
"I have lost."
Liu Bingxin’s body wobbled, as if she was about to fall.
Snake Elder rushed forward first, supporting her body with a worried look, equally astonished in his heart, ’How could she lose? Liu Bingxin’s peak-momentum Chun Jun Sword couldn’t even slice through Zhou Bai’s fleshly palms?’
Snake Elder, looking at Liu Bingxin’s dejected demeanour, sighed inwardly, ’This Zhou Bai guy’s choice of cultivating swordsmanship is really backfiring, even harming himself.’
’With that kind of physique, why would you practice swordsman cultivation techniques at all!’
If it were purely a comparison of strength, even if the strike fueled by Christina had accumulated power over a long period with her over-six-hundred Primordial Spirit value, it wouldn’t match Liu Bingxin’s sword.
But including the defensive power that came into play when brought down, it caused a rebound effect from Liu Bingxin’s sword strike.
This attack’s force far surpassed Liu Bingxin’s single sword strike.
It could be said that if Liu Bingxin hadn’t struck Zhou Bai with her sword, her injuries might even have been lighter.
The surrounding students immediately began buzzing with discussion.
Zuo Dao, "He’s gotten tougher, this guy’s body is harder than it was two months ago." Clenching his fist, he thought reluctantly, "Though I hate to admit it, right now, you are stronger."
Qian Wangsun, "To train himself to be so tough... Zhou Bai’s future wife will definitely have it rough."
Meng Hao’s expression darkened, his face turning subtly complex. However, seeing Zhou Bai stand up gasping for air, his body radiating immense heat and sweat drenching his back, he let out a slight sigh of relief, thinking to himself, ’It seems this move drained him a lot, maybe... I could try challenging him?’
On the other side, Instructor Ying Hui quietly breathed a sigh of relief. At the moment when the sword and palms collided, he almost stepped in to intervene.
However, the instincts trained on the Gong Tu path hadn’t sensed any danger, so he managed to hold back.
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Now, with the victor clear, Ying Hui looked at Zhou Bai as if he were a fine piece of jade, thinking, ’This Zhou Bai, he must have awakened some form of divine lineage, pushing the effects of the Great Dream Arhat Heart Scripture and Body Refinement to such a level, surpassing the first realm while in the zero realm.’
Thinking of this, he felt a bit regretful, ’Ah, such a talented Body Refinement individual should practice the toughest martial arts, taking the lead and attracting the strongest firepower. Why choose the path of the sword cultivator? Ah… ah… ah…’
’No, I must get him to practice more powerful body refinement techniques, no need to bother with sword techniques anymore.’
’Right, I remember the Sword Cultivators’ path also involves body refinement techniques.’
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