Unrivaled Medicine God, page 136
"Although the Firecloud Finger is only a low-grade Tier 3 martial technique, for Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu to be able to blast away Ye Yuan's spirit artifact, it's most likely already trained to the Great Circle Realm, right? He is only 18 years old this year. Not only did he comprehend an extremely powerful sword intent, he even comprehended the concept of fire to such a level! Truly heaven-defying!"
"Ye Yuan's in danger now! The reason he could leap ranks to battle so exaggeratedly before was by relying on his sword intent. Now that his sword has left his hand, it's equivalent to a bird losing its wings. Under such a situation where the gap in cultivation realm is so huge, defeat is something inevitable. However, his movement technique is incredibly swift. He can actually last so many moves under Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu's attacks!"
"I initially thought that Ye Yuan was going to take the place of Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu this time, but I didn't think that the path through the mountain ridges would wind so. Looks like Ye Yuan's legend is going to end here!"
Chapter 275. Reversal! |
Everyone did not think that Tian Yu actually trained fire attribute martial techniques to such a level.
On the platform, Tian Yu and Ye Yuan's movements were swift to the extreme. Only to see two afterimages flittering around over there.
Within the afterimages, a red light drew a very peculiar line. That was Tian Yu's fire-red finger.
The Firecloud Finger was an extremely powerful type of close-combat skill. Its might was extremely great!
Even if Ye Yuan were brushed by Tian Yu's fingertips, he would most likely lose his ability to fight immediately. If he were struck directly by it, then the outcome would be really hard to say.
Although Ye Yuan's strength was great, he was only at the Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm after all. His protective essence energy was much weaker compared to a half-step Crystal Formation Realm.
Tian Yu did not treat Ye Yuan as an opponent who could not withstand a single blow. He was currently going all out and did not hold anything back!
Once any accidents happened, then the outcome would really be up in the air.
Xiao Jian and Luo Qingfeng who were presently spectating the battle from a distance were also filled with apprehension. With their vision, they could naturally see what was happening on the platform clearly.
It was precisely so that these two people's match appeared to be even more heart-startling and soul-stirring!
Tian Yu's Firecloud Finger did not leave Ye Yuan's vital points every move. Furthermore, his movements were very nimble. Each move was as swift as before, forcing Ye Yuan until he had no strength to retaliate!
"Sect Master, if it goes on like this, I fear that an accident will happen! Ye Yuan, he . . ." said Xiao Jian with worry, seeing Ye Yuan in a treacherous situation.
But Luo Qingfeng shook his head and said, "The clash between two great geniuses is something inevitable. This match holds extraordinary meaning. If you or I go out to prevent this match, it will be incredibly detrimental to them!"
"But fists and kicks have no eyes; what if something were to happen to Ye Yuan?"
"The birth of a peerless powerhouse is inevitably born from trampling on the shoulders of countless geniuses! If Ye Yuan doesn't make it past this round, it shows that he lacks the potential to become a peerless powerhouse. Moreover, if we move to stop this, Ye Yuan would lose. Geniuses can lose, but I think that Ye Yuan definitely would not wish to lose in such a manner!"
Seeing that Luo Qingfeng did not have any intention of stopping this, Xiao Jian was extremely worried. However, he also understood that what Luo Qingfeng said was very reasonable.
When Tian Yu abandoned his sword, Ye Yuan probably already guessed that he had some other backup plans.
Facing an expert like Tian Yu, Ye Yuan daring to continue the battle showed that he also wanted to win this match very much.
Thinking up to here, Xiao Jian forcibly suppressed the impulse to stop this and continue watching the match.
Tian Yu's attack became increasingly quicker. Ye Yuan already activated Essence Energy Ignition, barely avoiding Tian Yu's attacks by coupling it with Spirit Void Shattering Space!
But this move, Essence Energy Ignition, had one flaw, which was that the consumption rate of essence energy would surge!
In a match where the expenditure of essence energy was so titanic, how long could Ye Yuan's essence energy sustain it?
The situation was becoming progressively unfavorable to Ye Yuan! Once his essence energy was depleted, he could be in mortal danger!
"Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu is really too strong! The Firecloud Finger uses fire amplification concept to increase the attack power. He trained it to the Great Circle Realm. The attack power of his finger right now is probably no longer weaker than using his sword, right? Discarding the sword to use the finger. Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu is truly a combat genius!"
"Ye Yuan's might is also unexpected! To think that even without a sword in his hand, he can actually forcibly withstand so many moves from Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu! Furthermore, I see that Ye Yuan's movements seem to be faster than before. But in this short while, his essence energy has already depleted by nearly half. Most likely, he also has some ways of augmenting his movements, right?"
"Yeah! But Ye Yuan is trying to seek temporary relief regardless of the consequences! Once his essence energy is exhausted, he'll be in danger!"
"What you said is right! En? Hang on! Did you notice that Ye Yuan's speed seems to be increasing more and more, but the essence energy expenditure is gradually slowing?"
"That's true! If you didn't say, I wouldn't have noticed. Ye Yuan's essence energy expenditure was very rapid just now, but it became slower now! Moreover, the speed of him evading Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu's attacks is becoming increasingly faster. Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu almost can't keep up with his speed anymore!"
"This . . . What's going on?"
On the platform, the more Tian Yu fought, the more alarmed he became!
Ye Yuan combusted his essence energy to raise his movement speed. The consumption of his essence energy increased several folds. Although it forcefully raised his speed for a period of time, just as that person said, it was a fighting style that sought temporary relief by disregarding consequences.
Because his movement speed augmented by him igniting his essence energy simply could not shake off Tian Yu's attacks.
After several dozen moves, Ye Yuan's essence energy could not quite support it anymore. His speed started to fall once more.
But Tian Yu became fiercer the more he fought by relying on his high cultivation realm and immense essence energy. His attacking speed did not lower but increased instead!
After waxing and waning, Ye Yuan's situation became increasingly more perilous!
Just a moment ago, Tian Yu's Firecloud Finger was virtually about to touch Ye Yuan already!
Just that tiny last stretch!
But who knew why, Ye Yuan's movement speed suddenly increased again!
Just now, Ye Yuan was clearly already at his limits. Why did it look like the last spurt of energy before collapsing?
Tian Yu's finger came closer and closer to Ye Yuan, and Ye Yuan's dodging also became increasingly relaxed, no longer as strenuous as before!
Finally, the tip of Ye Yuan's feet tapped lightly, and he dodged several dozen feet away, pulling apart the distance between him and Tian Yu!
"Sword Driving Technique!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Yuan let out a light cry, and soul force undulated out!
Not far away, Canghua Sword which was stabbed into the ground gave off a series of hums and actually moved by itself!
Tian Yu's expression changed drastically when he saw the situation. He pounced forward once more.
But how could Ye Yuan give him another chance?
Only to hear Canghua Sword pull out from the ground with a ding, then with a cold flash, it attacked Tian Yu directly!
The Canghua Sword flew through the air. Its speed was much faster than Tian Yu.
In only a blink of an eye, the Canghua Sword already arrived in front of Tian Yu!
Tian Yu could only give up on attacking Ye Yuan and turned around to deal with Canghua Sword.
Tian Yu's vision was exceedingly good. His finger once again accurately tapped the sword's body, blasting the Canghua Sword away.
Except that this time, the Canghua Sword did not land on the ground like before. Instead, it drew a single arc through the air and attack Tian Yu once more.
Just like this, one sword and a person actually tangled together!
Canghua Sword could not break through Tian Yu's Firecloud Finger, while Tian Yu similarly could not break past the Canghua Sword to attack Ye Yuan.
The pair entered a stalemate once again.
"This . . . What sword art is this? To actually . . . actually remotely control the sword to attack! Such an attack method is seriously inconceivable!"
"Just now, Ye Yuan clearly could not hold on anymore, why did his movements become increasingly faster all of a sudden like he was on stimulants?! Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu nearly succeeded earlier, but he actually escaped just like that!"
"Ye Yuan is truly too scary! Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu holds all the advantages, but he still managed to pull it back. Furthermore, he even used such a profound sword driving skill!"
"En? This sword driving technique is definitely a divine soul mystic art! Can you guys feel it? Ye Yuan's soul force is actually even stronger than high-rank Alchemy Masters!"
"Hiss . . . Just how on earth did this fellow cultivate? A 15-year-old Fourth Level Spirit Condensation Realm who grasped true intent and his soul force is even ridiculously powerful! Is this fellow really human?"
Chapter 276. Opportunity! |
Ye Yuan's current soul force could no longer be compared to the past. It could already sustain the Sword Driving Technique for some time.
It was just that the requirement the Sword Driving Technique had towards soul force was too high. He could not keep it up for too long either.
Furthermore, while the Sword Driving Technique was strong, when facing a half-step Crystal Formation Realm expert like Tian Yu, it was still unable to gain any advantages.
After over a dozen rounds, Ye Yuan withdrew his soul force and brought the Canghua Sword back.
This time, Tian Yu did not seize the opportunity to pursue. He understood that the same method was already useless towards Ye Yuan!
Tian Yu looked at Ye Yuan with eyes like burning torches, appearing very excited.
It was apparent that the battle earlier was to his heart's content.
"Looks like you had some kind of breakthrough during the exchange just now. Otherwise, it's impossible to escape from my attack range!" Tian Yu said.
Ye Yuan reached out to receive the Canghua Sword and nodded as he said, "Actually, I primarily cultivate a fire-attribute cultivation method. But, I keep being unable to learn the rudiments of the concept of fire. Just now, under your enormous pressure, I actually had some gains."
Ye Yuan could not help sighing when he talked about.
In fact, compared to sword intent, Ye Yuan's first breakthrough should be the concept of fire. After all, he basically had contact with fire the whole of his previous life and was all too familiar with it.
But the previous life's Ji Qingyun was simply uninterested in cultivation and never comprehended the concept of fire.
In this life, he stepped onto the Nine Heavens Road by chance. Ye Yuan relied on his own perception to directly fuse together the sword intents, forming the elementary form of a supreme true intent.
During this period of time, Ye Yuan naturally placed his emphasis on comprehending sword intent and also created two extremely powerful sword moves: the Nine Swords Stance and Thousand Flowing Petals.
But he cultivated in the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art for such a long time and did not even comprehend a single type of fire attribute true intent.
One must know that the Spirit Bristle Divine King relied on this one cultivation method to comprehend several types of supreme true intent!
The might of this cultivation method was clear at a glance!
But comprehending true intent required opportunities and needed fortuitous encounters. Ye Yuan was unable to find this opportunity and lucky chance this whole time.
But today, Tian Yu used the Tier 3 fire attribute martial technique, Firecloud Finger, to push him into a desperate situation, and finally unlocked this opportunity!
In reality, the Firecloud Finger and Ye Yuan's Essence Energy Ignition had the same profundities of achieving the same results with different means. They both augmented the power of the martial technique through igniting the essence energy within the body.
They encompassed a type of auxiliary concept of fire attribute concepts: Transmission True Intent!
This was actually a kind of very obscure concept. Exceedingly few people would go and comprehend it.
Fire had no constant form but was an existence that could transform its own energy into other forms.
Such as boiling water where fire could transfer energy into the pot and water. This was actually a kind of energy transfer to the pot and water.
In life, such examples were prevalent. The ignition of essence energy had the same principle.
However, compared to a purely auxiliary martial technique like Essence Energy Ignition, there was still an offensive concept contained within the Firecloud Finger. That was why its power was so great.
Although Tian Yu's Firecloud Finger was not on par with the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art, his comprehension of fire attribute concepts was above Ye Yuan!
From this aspect, Tian Yu's talent was indeed startling!
And under the pressure from Tian Yu, Ye Yuan actually produced some sort of resonance with Tian Yu's Firecloud Finger!
It was precisely this sort of resonance that let Ye Yuan's comprehension towards transmission true intent become even deeper. Essence Energy Ignition, this auxiliary martial technique instantly broke through its bottleneck and achieved the Great Circle Realm!
When Essence Energy Ignition reached the Great Circle Rank, the essence energy that Essence Energy Ignition burned became very little, but the power increased dramatically!
This was also why it was like Ye Yuan became another person; his movement speed becoming extremely quick.
Ye Yuan had close contact with fire all his life and was extremely sensitive to fire from the start. He just lacked an opportunity.
Now that this gate opened up, Ye Yuan would become completely unstoppable!
Ye Yuan was presently also in a very excited state. Having Tian Yu who trained in fire attribute martial techniques was the most ideal opponent for Ye Yuan!
He needed Tian Yu's help to comprehend this true intent in one stroke!
"Haha, excellent! Just now during this battle, I also had some gains and was just about to find you to test them out!" Tian Yu suddenly said with a laugh.
Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, and he was clearly surprised. He could not help asking, "Then do we continue?"
Tian Yu nodded but said, "Just a moment."
When he finished talking, Tian Yu slowly walked towards the sword that he threw away earlier.
"En? What's Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu doing? Why did he go over to pick up the sword?"
"He's not planning on continuing to compete in the sword with Ye Yuan, right?"
"Are you kidding? Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu even used Luminous Moon High Above just now and it was completely useless against Ye Yuan! Isn't competing using swords with Ye Yuan is looking for a brutal beating?"
Under everyone's stupefied eyes, Tian Yu picked up the sword on the ground and gave a light swing. He turned to Ye Yuan and said, "Let's continue!"
With a sword in his hands, Tian Yu's entire aura transformed.
Ye Yuan could clearly sense that the current Tian Yu was already completely different from the Tian Yu who was wielding the sword at the very beginning!
When Tian Yu unleashed Luminous Moon High Above as his first move, he had no confidence at all back then. But now, Ye Yuan could sense Tian Yu's powerful confidence!
Could it be . . .
The corner of Ye Yuan's mouth curled slightly as he said with a smile, "Congratulations, Senior Apprentice Brother Tian Yu! You seemed to have really found your own path!"
Tian Yu was also rejoicing currently. He smiled and said, "I still have to thank Junior Apprentice Brother Ye! Without you, perhaps I may never stride out this step! In order to express my gratitude . . . I'll personally defeat you!"
"Haha, come on!" Ye Yuan said.
Tian Yu did not use Luminous Moon High Above again. It was a plain and simple straight stab without any showy manner!
But Ye Yuan felt an extremely strong pressure coming from the front of this simple stab!
This strike, Tian Yu's sword actually suffused with traces of red light.
When Xiao Jian saw this scene, his pupils constricted!
"Elementary form of true intent! Tian Yu, he . . . comprehended the elementary form of a true intent!"
Luo Qingfeng was also quite flustered right now. "How many years has it been?! How many years has it been since a powerhouse who possesses true intent has appeared in our Tranquil Cloud Sect?! Looks like heaven is really protecting my Tranquil Cloud Sect! First, there's Ye Yuan. Now, there Tian Yu! There's hope for the resurgence of my Tranquil Cloud Sect!"
They were still currently unaware that the Long Tang who entered the sect together with Ye Yuan also comprehended the elementary form of a true intent too.
Luo Qingfeng was quite unsettled currently. When he knew that Ye Yuan had grasped true intent, although he was happy, he was not as agitated as right now.
Because he knew that Ye Yuan's monstrousness had already surpassed the boundaries of the Tranquil Cloud Sect. He definitely would not stay in the Tranquil Cloud Sect contently in the future!
