Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Dark Sword Intent
"Oh my god! Zhang Lei unleashed his Five Fist Intents, and they were still shattered!"
"Just who is he!? How can he be this strong!?"
"Is someone this powerful really a nobody in the Martial Kingdom?"
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A few moments later, a deafening wave of discussion erupted throughout the area.
Everyone was utterly stunned. The power Shen Daoxing had just displayed was simply astonishing.
"How is this possible!?"
Zhang Ling’Er rubbed her eyes, as if she still couldn’t believe the scene before her.
"So strong!"
Even Nalan Rongruo’s expression changed slightly.
"Again!"
Zhang Lei roared, directly using his Five Fist Intents to control the Celestial Battle Bright Star Fist.
BOOM!
He threw a punch that descended like a falling meteor. The surrounding Primordial Energy transformed into a surge of starlight, creating a magnificent and vast aura. A massive BOOM followed as the tyrannical Fist Force shot forward.
Zhang Lei now stood amidst the starlight, so dazzling it was hard to look at him.
Shen Daoxing’s gaze turned cold, and he extended a hand.
A longsword appeared in his palm.
This longsword was just an ordinary Ninth-Grade weapon, but in Shen Daoxing’s hand, it seemed like a peerless Divine Soldier.
He gripped the hilt and slashed upward.
A beam of golden sword light burst forth, growing longer and wider.
SHIING!
The incoming force shattered instantly before the sword light, dissipating back into Primordial Energy.
The surrounding crowd was dumbfounded.
How could this nameless nobody also be a Swordsman!?
Among the many Great Daos, the Sword Dao was known to be the most difficult to cultivate, yet also the most powerful. For this reason, very few Martial Artists chose to practice it.
But once the Sword Dao was mastered, a practitioner would have few, if any, equals within the same cultivation realm.
The sharp sword light pressed on, tearing right through Zhang Lei’s Fist Force and even his Five Fist Intents.
He felt an icy chill run through his body, and his heart even seemed to stop beating.
Just in the nick of time, Zhang Lei dodged the sharp blade, but his clothes were still torn, and crimson blood seeped through.
He was injured!
The top genius of Yunling Academy was injured!
Zhang Lei was furious.
’Who am I?’
’I’m the most outstanding prodigy in all of Yunling Academy, a renowned genius of the Tang Kingdom. I’ve been showered with favor and praise my whole life. To everyone else, I’m one of the absolute top masters just below those on the Martial Arts Ranking.’
’If I lose to this nameless nobody today, won’t I become a laughingstock when I go back?’
At this thought, Zhang Lei cast aside all other concerns. The Primordial Energy in his body surged forth like a wide, rushing river.
In an instant, a fierce wind kicked up, and countless streams of Primordial Energy gathered around him, forming points of starlight.
"That’s the killing move of the Celestial Battle Bright Star Fist!"
"What a terrifying Martial Technique! It’s said that you have to condense at least Five Fist Intents to even practice the killing move!"
"I heard that even the headmaster of Yunling Academy only mastered this killing move at the age of twenty-seven. To think that Zhang Lei has already mastered it at only twenty-four."
"He’s just too strong!"
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Countless points of starlight swept forward like a churning galaxy, and the air crackled and exploded in their wake.
Any Martial Artist below the Seventh Layer of the Profound Platform Realm would be severely injured just by being caught in the shockwave.
"Fall back! Quick!"
The surrounding geniuses retreated in a hurry. They didn’t dare vie for the spotlight, afraid of becoming collateral damage.
Zhang Ling’Er’s confidence returned. She raised her head proudly, looked at Shen Daoxing with disdain, and said smugly, "Once this killing move of the Celestial Battle Bright Star Fist is unleashed, no one below the Ninth Layer of the Profound Platform Realm can block it. Just you wait to get on your knees and beg for mercy."
But no one was listening to Zhang Ling’er’s chatter. Everyone’s expression was grave.
Zhang Lei’s all-out attack was simply too powerful.
The starlight gradually merged until only seven beams of light remained.
The Big Dipper!
The Celestial Battle Bright Star Fist is an Earth-rank Martial Technique. In addition to its nine conventional forms, it has three killing moves.
And the Big Dipper was one of those killing moves.
Zhang Lei stood beneath the seven points of starlight and said indifferently, "Kid, you can consider yourself famous for forcing me to use my killing move today."
At this moment, under the shining starlight, his eyes held a sense of pride and confidence.
This was an aura of invincibility cultivated over a long time.
As the top genius of Yunling Academy, he was practically an invincible existence there.
And this aura of invincibility was built upon defeating every other student in Yunling Academy.
The seven points of starlight converged, descending with an incomparably tyrannical force.
Countless strands of Sword Qi emerged from within Shen Daoxing’s body. These fine strands of Sword Qi continuously gathered, forming a barrier in front of him.
The seven points of starlight struck heavily, crashing down upon the Sword Qi barrier.
The advance of the seven points of starlight immediately halted, and they even began to dissolve.
"That’s a Sword Body! That’s the Sword Body from the Martial Kingdom’s Sword Institute!"
Nalan Rongruo cried out involuntarily as a thought struck her.
"What!? He’s a disciple of the Sword Institute!?"
"Hasn’t the Sword Institute been destroyed yet?"
"Back in the day, the Sword Institute was a power that shook the entire East Continent."
Everyone came to a sudden realization. No wonder they had never heard of Shen Daoxing; he was from the Martial Kingdom’s Sword Institute.
Someone whispered, "I heard the Sword Institute is a subsidiary branch of the Celestial City Academy..."
A nearby genius from a well-learned family sneered, "Bullshit! That’s just a story people made up. Celestial City Mountain was originally the true heritage of the Sword Institute. The Celestial City Academy just stole their home."
Zhang Ling’Er clenched her fists and said disdainfully, "So what if he’s from the Sword Institute? They’re nothing but stray dogs now."
The surrounding people nodded one after another in agreement.
"That was in the past. Now they’re a setting sun, probably about to be finished."
"That’s right. I haven’t heard of any Sword Institute disciples active in the East Continent for many years."
"The Celestial City Academy has killed off almost all the Sword Institute’s disciples. I bet only a few old geezers are left."
"As long as the Celestial City Academy exists, the Sword Institute is doomed sooner or later!"
...
The Sword Institute was doomed. It was only a matter of time.
That was what everyone believed.
’Then I’ll use my sword to carve out a new path!’
Shen Daoxing’s gaze was glacial. The sword in his hand no longer concealed its sharp edge.
In an instant, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning appeared all at once. Turbulent Sword Qi crisscrossed through the air, seemingly transforming the world into a Purgatory.
Shen Daoxing stood tall and unmoving, longsword in hand. The fierce wind whipped at his robes, making him look like a peerless Sword God.
He slashed his longsword forward.
The clear sky before him instantly grew dark.
The crowd felt their vision vanish, their minds trapped in darkness.
Dark Sword Intent!
’Dark Sword Intent!’ The realization hit Shen Daoxing like a flash of lightning.
Countless Sword Intents were recorded in the present day, but among them were some extremely rare and powerful Upper Grade Sword Intents.
These Upper Grade Sword Intents were incredibly powerful and very difficult to comprehend.
The Dark Sword Intent was one such Upper Grade Sword Intent.
And in that moment, Shen Daoxing had comprehended the Dark Sword Intent.
BOOM!
Like a caged beast, Zhang Lei once again unleashed the Celestial Battle Bright Star Fist.
BUZZ! BUZZ!
The sword light shot across the world, sweeping toward Zhang Lei. It passed through his attacks as if they were rotten wood, easily slicing through his entire offense.
