Chapter80:Victory!Victory!

Onthestage,thesecondroundoftheSwordPalace鈥檚entrancetesthadbegun.

Victory,victory,andvictory!

"Cheerup!"

"Iwillwin!"

"Ohgosh,Ireallywon!"

AfterobtainingYunXi’sseeds,thefemaleswordsmaidensdefeatedtheiropponentslikesplittingbamboo.Atfirst,thenoblefamilies’childrenandcivilianswordsmenweredismissiveofthepowersofthesefemaleswordsmen.Butnow,theyknewthattheywereverywrong.Almostallthefemaleswordsmenhadenteredthethirdround.

OnlytwofemaleswordsmenweredefeatedbyChildeSanQuanandChildeYunHe,thetwostrongestmenamongstallthemaleswordsmen.Apartfromthis,threefemaleswordsmaidenshadalsobeendefeatedbecausetheiropponentswerealsofemaleswordsmaidenswhohadobtainedYunXi’sseeds.

Eventhefemaleswordsmaidensthemselvescouldn’tbelievetheirsuccessivevictories.Beforethetestbegan,theyhadestimatedintheirhearts.Onlyafewfemaleswordsmaidenshadhadtheconfidencetoenterthethirdround.Asforotherpeople,theycouldonlyprayfortheirluck.However,therecordtheyhadachievednowwassoincredible.Eventheythemselvesfeltthatitwasunbelievable.

Theirheartswerefilledwithexcitementandjoy.Eventhefivefemaleswordsmaidenswhohadfailedwerealsopleasedabouttheirownimprovements.Withoutanypreviousarrangement,theyallpaidtheirattentiontothemysteriousblack-hairedgirl-Mei.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃槝)

EventhoughYunXithoughtthatwhathedidwasundetectable,buttheinstinctsofthefemaleswordsmentoldthemthat"Mei"wastheinitiator.

Thetalewastrue!

Thestrongestfemaleswordsman.

Thegirlwhohadthemostbeautifulblackhair.

Thepeoplewhoobtainedthatgirl’sblackhairwouldobtainluck!

Isthisanillusion?WhydoIfeelthateveryone’seyesaresoweird?YunXithoughtinhisheart.Hehadastrongfeelingthatthethreadsbetweenhimandthegirlswerebecomingsolid.Theinvisiblethreadsweresendingthegirls鈥檈xperienceandunderstandingaboutswordskillstohim.

ItwasevenfasterthanYunXi’sexpectation.Hehadbeguntoreceivetheirseeds’feedback.

ChildeSiNian’sfailurewasn’tanaccidentbecausewhatdefeatedhimwasYunXi’sFlyingSwallowSword.Hehadn’tcompletelymasteredhisFlyingSwallowSwordinthetrial,butnow,hewasabletouseitperfectly.

Thenimble,flying-swallow-likeattackwascalled"TheSwallowReturns".ItwasmoreterrifyingthanFlyingSwallowTripleAttackandcouldletYunXiturnaroundandbrandishhisswordintheair.AttheverymomentYunXijumpedup,hehadperformeda"QuicksilverMotion".Byusinghisbody’scompatibilityandflexibilitytothelimit,heturnedaroundintheair.Thiswastheprincipleof"TheSwallowReturns".Atthatinstant,YunXiovercametherulesofgravity,turninghimselfintoaflyingswallow,thenbeatChildeSiNiandownwithonebrandish.

"TheSwallowReturns"wasthestrongestskillYunXihadlearntafterhepracticedtheFlyingSwallowSwordtoitslimit.Visually,italmostbrokethelimitsofthehumanbodystructure.Inthemortalrank,ifyoucoulduseit,italsomeantthatyouhadalmostbeeninanunassailableposition.ThiswasthepowerofFlyingSwallowSword(perfectversion).

YunXihadlearnt"TheSwallowReturns",whichalsomeantthathehadcombinedQuicksilverMotionandFlyingSwallowSwordtogetherperfectly.Hewasonlyastepawayfrombeingabletolearnthe"SkyFlyingSword".Thereasonwhyhehadreachedthislevelsofastwasduetothefemaleswordsmaidens.Theirexperienceandunderstandingaboutswordskillshelpedhimalot.Althoughthesmalltownwassounknownthatitwasn’tevenmarkedonanymaps,however,thegirlshadstillcomefromalongdistancetotakepartinthetest.Inthis,noneofthemwereweak.

Althoughnoneofthemhadreachedthe2ndranked,butthatwasduetotheirphysicalquality.Whenitcametotalent,manyofthefemaleswordsmaidensweren’tinferiortothenoblefamilies’children.Maybeagirl’sexperienceandunderstandingaboutswordskillscouldonlyhelpYunXiabit.However,therewerethirty-sevenfemaleswordsmaidens.Achangeinquantityleadtoachangeinquality.Finally,theirexperienceshelpedYunXiopenthedoortotheperfectversionoftheFlyingSwallowSword.

Especiallythefirstgirlwhohadobtainedhishair,XiaoCao.HerspecialwillpowerandresiliencewerecrucialtoYunXi’ssuccess.HerexperiencehelpedYunXiremedyhislastweakness:Willpower.Afterwanderingbetweendeathandlifesomanytimes,YuXihadunderstoodtheFlyingSwallowSwordverywell,andHuaHuo’sseedlethimlearniteasily.However,YunXistilllackedthemostbasicswordskillexperience.

Inhislimitpractice,hehadbrandishedhisswordoveronehundredthousandtimesinashorttimeinordertoincreasehisexperienceofbasicswordtraining.However,XiaoCaodidn’thavethesameexperienceasYunXi.Shehadlearntherswordskillfromthemostbasicpart,bitbybit.Shehadn’thadthehelpoftheGreenHippo’sBloodSeedlikeYunXi.Withherownwillpower,shehadpracticedthemostbasicswordskillcountlesstimes,whichwasfarbeyondordinarypeople’simagination.

Herpersevering,staidswordskillstylewasmasteredafterbrandishingherswordoveronemilliontimes.Similarly,otherfemaleswordsmenhadalsopracticedtheirbasicswordskillsverydiligently.Thereasonwhytheywerestillatthefirstrankwasonlybecausetheirphysicalqualitieshadn’tmettherequirementtobecomea2ndrankedswordsmaidens.However,YunXihadlearnthisswordskillsfromactualbattles.Hewaslackingtheoreticalknowledge.Theirexperienceofbasicswordskillscoveredthisshortage.

"Mei,it’syourturn!"

"YouropponentisChildeSnakeBones.Cheerup,youcandefeathim!"

"Humph,heisjusta2ndrankedswordsman,howcanhedefeatMei?Don’tworrytoomuch!"

ChildeSnakeBones?Hewasreallyanoldacquaintance.YunXitookalightbreath,thenheldtheswordinhishand.HestillrememberedthatChildeSnakeBoneswasthestrongestpersoninthestonesoldierarmyandthepersonwhohadkilledhimcountlesstimesinthefirstdistrictoftheformaltrial.

"Wemeetagain,"YunXisteppedonthestage,thensmiledtoChildeSnakeBones.

"Again?Havewemetbefore?"ChildeSnakeBonesheldhisswordandlookedatYunXiwithaseriouslook,asifhewasconfrontingaformidableenemy.

"Well,yes.Youwerereally’enthusiastic’atthattime,"YunXiraisedhissword.

Tobeexact,ChildeSnakeBoneshadkilledhimmanytimes.HisSnakeBonesSpiritSwordwasthefirstspiritweaponYunXihadobtained.LargedropsofsweatweredroppingdownfromChildeSnakeBones’forehead.

Why?Theybothwereatthe2ndranked.Besides,hisweaponandphysicalstrengthwereobviouslybetterthanthemysteriousblack-hairedmaid.However,whenhelookedatthemaid,hefeltthathewaslookingatanightmare.

No!Ican’tgoonlikethis!Ishouldstrikefirsttogaintheinitiative!

ChildeSnakeBonesmoved.HisSnakeBonesSoftSwordturnedintoafreakyshadowsnake,twistingitsbodyandbitingatYunXi.However,YunXionlyfeltalittlenostalgic.HowmanytimeshadIbeenkilledbythat?YunXithoughtinhisheart.

YunXi’sstepswereasweirdastheSnakeBonesSoftSword.Hewhippedhisswordlikeawhip,swayingtheSnakeBonesSoftSwordaway.Everythingwassonatural.TheSnakeBonesSoftSwordhadaspecialabilitytoconfuseitsenemy’svisualsenseandpositionalsense.However,ithadnoeffectonYunXi.

"Chi!"TillYunXi’sswordstabbedintohisheart,ChildeSnakeBonesstillrefusedtobelievethathisuniqueskillhadbeenbroken.

Whydidyouknowthatplace?Thatwastheonlyweaknessinmyattack!

BecauseIhadbeenkilledby"thatattack"overahundredtimes!YunXiansweredinhisheart.