"You want to go to the Yellow stone city?", Yang Yukong raised his eyebrows. Zhan Chen nodded his head and waited for the emperor to speak.
"Fine, I can allow you but I I have to talk with senior Deming first. Ancestoral peak doesn't want to risk our core disciples in this battle", Yang Yukong spoke.
"You can spar with my Sword peak disciples untill I return. I have to check if senior Deming is in the sect or has gone out to check the situation in the Yellow stone city", Yang Yukong spoke. He encouraged the sword peak disciples to challenge Zhan Chen before vanishing from his spot.
"I will follow the wish of senior", Zhan Chen spoke in a low voice after Yang Yukong left. He looked towards the gathered disciples to see if someone was interested in sparring with him.
"Senior brother, please guide me", a lean young man in his twenties was the first to jump up. He had an eager expression on his face as he wanted to figure out the battle prowess of Zhan Chen.
"Can you lend me your sword?", Zhan Chen looked towards a disciple standing nearby. The disciple felt strange for a moment because no sword cultivator would move around without his sword by his style. He still tamed the confusion in his mind and handed over his sword to Zhan Chen.
"There is only one rule both of you have to follow. Does not attack your opponent if he admits defeat", the stern looking elder of the Sword peak spoke. Both Zhan Chen and his opponent nodded their heads and walked forward towards the middle.
The inner court disciples and the elders of the sword peak cleared a huge ground for both of them as they waited for the battle to begin. Even the elders were curious because they had heard a lot about Zhan Chen's sword skills.
"You can attack now", Zhan Chen looked towards his opponent. He tightened his grip around his sword and waited for his opponent to attack.
"Piercing wind slash", his opponent muttered under his breath and launched a horizontal slash towards Zhan Chen. The energy slash was almost the size of two arms and cam crashing towards Zhan Chen with a breathtaking speed.
Zhan Chen didn't do anything untill the slash was very close to him. He brought forward his sword and did a simple stabbing motion with his sword.
A very thin spear tip like energy came out but it created a hole in the middle of the energy slash. The disciples watched with wonder as Zhan Chen dispersed the attack of his opponent without much effort.
"There are more to come", the lean looking young man spoke after Zhan Chen dispersed his attack. He was least bothered by the skills of Zhan Chen.
He suddenly kicked up the ground and became airborne. He swung his sword towards Zhan Chen and launched another slash towards him after reaching the ground. The disciples and elders watched as Zhan Chen faced two energy slashes at once.
Zhan Chen swung his sword vertically in reply. He brought his sword towards the ground and then swung it upwards. A vertical energy slash came out from his sword and collided with the two attacks of his opponent.
Everyone was expecting a small collision but no such incident happened. Zhan Chen 's attack was like a knife which cut through the attacks of his opponent like a knife cutting butter.
His opponent felt surprised after seeing Zhan Chen's attack not dispersing even after cutting his twin attack. He hurriedly swung his sword and tried to stop the thin vertical slash of Zhan Chen.
The slash stopped only after making a dent on the sword of the lean looking young man. An ugly look appeared on his face as he looked towards Zhan Chen with frustration.
"I admit my defeat", he spoke after controlling his emotion. Zhan Chen looked towards other inner court disciples after the lean young man retired.
"Senior brother, can I try?", another young man stepped out. He had a firm expression on his face as he looked towards Zhan Chen.
"Sure, anyone can fight me untill senior returns", Zhan Chen spoke. The young man walked towards the middle after hearing the affirmative words of Zhan Chen.
He bowed slightly towards Zhan Chen and Zhan Chen also did the same. It was basic courtesy and he would reply in kind if anyone showed him respect.
"Senior brother, please remember my name. I, Feng Wei challenging you for a sword duel", the young man spoke.
"You can start the duel", Zhan Chen spoke to the young man. He had a slightly more favourable impression towards this Feng Wei than his previous opponent.
Feng Wei clenched his sword and stabbed five times in the air. Zhan Chen felt slightly surprised because the attacks reached him more quickly than he had expected.
'Fusion of wind element with sword! How interesting', he thought to himself while launching five similar stabbing attacks. Both of their attacks collide and Zhan Chen step back a little to not caught up in the collision.
Feng Wei clenched his sword and launched another attack when Zhan Chen stepped back. "Soaring wings of wind", he muttered and launched a horizontal attack towards Zhan Chen. A bird like energy attack appeared in the air and came crashing towards Zhan Chen.
Zhan Chen was completely prepared this time. He launched a casual attack towards the air and the energy bird dispersed.
"Senior brother, I admit, my abilities are lacking compared to you. But I still want to try my last attack", Feng Wei spoke.
"You have a good mastery over wind element. But you should focus more on your sword skills if you want to be a sword cultivator", Zhan Chen spoke. He allowed Feng Wei to try his last attack and waited for Feng Wei to attack him.
A determined expression appeared on Feng Wei 's face after he received Zhan Chen's permission. He cleared his mind from all the distractions and channeled his essence energy towards his sword.
"Fury of wind, dance of five swords", he called out in a slightly high tone and stabbed his sword forward.
"Should we stop them?", an elder asked with concern. There was a worried look on his face as he witness Feng Wei performing his last attack.
"No need. Let him figure out the attack by himself. We can act if the situation demands it", the stern looking elder spoke.
A huge circle appeared in the air after Feng Wei stabbed his sword forward. The circle took some time to materialize and five thin looking blades came out from the circle.
The disciples and the elders watched in amazement as the blades started to revolve around themselves. Their speed and power increased manifold by the time they went close to Zhan Chen.
Zhan Chen was calm and composed even after seeing such an unusual attack. He held his sword with his right hand as a layer of energy appeared around his sword.
The disciples of the sword peak gulped as they recognised the energy around Zhan Chen's sword. It was pure sword energy which was different from the essence energy attacks that Zhan Chen was using since the beginning.
"As expected!", an elder muttered. All of them watched with amazement and curiousity as Zhan Chen launched a horizontal attack towards the sword.
The sword energy attack helped in dispersing the swords and it stopped only after colliding with the circle being controlled by Feng Wei.
"Blarghh!", Feng Wei threw up blood as soon as Zhan Chen's attack collided with the circle. A pale expression appeared on his face as he felt an essence energy disturbance within his body.
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