Chapter82:AirBattleSwordSkill

Mortalshadnoideaaboutwhatan"airbattle"was.Humansweren’tbirds.Theydidn’thavewings.EvenifamortalrankpersonhadstrongmuscleslikeChildeSiNian,aftergatheringalltheirstrength,thatpersonwouldonlybeabletojumpafewmetres.Thehangtimewassoshortthatthepersoncouldonlydoafewthingswithinthatperiodoftime,forinstance,launchingaLeapAttack.Therefore,aslongasapersonwasstillamortal,nomatterwhatthatperson’scareerwas,beitaswordsman,alchemist,taoistpriest,mageorknight,thatpersonwasn’tlikelytoknowalotaboutairbattles.

However,amongstallthemortalrankskills,theFlyingSwallowSwordwasoneofthefewskillsthatcouldletitsuserlaunchanattackfromtheair.Ofcourse,onecoulddothatonlyaftertheycouldusetheirFlyingSwallowSwordperfectlyandQuicksilverMotionskillfully.

YunXihadmetbothrequirements,inwhichcase,hecouldtemporarilygetridoftheweightandrestrictions,turningintoaswallowandflytothesky.Therefore,whenChildeSanQuanwasstillsecretlydroppinghis"littletricks"ontotheexamarea,hesuddenlysawYunXijumpingupintotheairandavoidallhistraps.

Hismindwentblank.Thiswasn’twhathehadexpected!Inordertodefeatthisunknownblack-hairedmaid,hehadtriedhisbest.Aftersteppingontothestage,hehadbeguntoplacetrapsaroundtheexamareabyusingsomesneakymethods.However,eventhoughhehadthreecareers-taoistpriest,alchemist,andswordsmanatthesametime,hehadn’texpectedthatamortalrankpersoncouldhavesuchamazingbodilymovementandanimbleflyingaptitude.

Theworldseemedtohavesloweddownatthatmoment!

"No!"ChildeSanQuancouldthinkthreetimesfasterthanordinarypeople.Hetriedhisbesttoactivateallhistraps.Onetransparentthreadafteranotherbouncedupfromtheground.IfYunXihadrushedintothatarea,hewouldhavefacedinevitabledeath.ThesethreadsextendedfromtheFiveAnimalsFanSword.Theywereprettysharp,suchthattheycouldeasilysliceagreenhippotopieces.However,YunXiwasn’trushingtohimfromtheground,butflyingtohimfromthesky.Theonlyplacethetrapsdidn’tcover...waswhereChildeSanQuanstood!

"Shuffle!"Thatwasthesoundofwind,butalsothesoundofasword.

"Si!"Faintly,ChildeSanQuanheardthesplashingsoundofhisblood,thenhefainted.Allthepeoplearoundtheexamareafellsilent.

"Pa!Pa!Pa!"ThesepeoplesuddenlyheardanapplausecomingfromtheSwordPalace’splatform.

HowlonghaditbeensincetheFlyingSwallowSwordwasinventedbythatpeerlessswordmaster?Sincethattime,onlyafewmortalpeoplecoulduseit.

YunXibecameaswallowandflewthroughtheair.Whenhedid,killinghisenemywasaseasyaspickinghisownpocket.

Actually,thatwasjustanillusion,asheneverwasaswallow.Duetohispowerfulleapingability,bodycontrol,andhisslender,nimblephysique,otherswouldonlyperceivehimassuch.

Atthemortalrank,onlyafewswordskillscouldlettheuserflyintheair.Manypeoplehadpracticedthisswordskill,however,noneofthemhadachievedsuccess.Manypeoplethoughtthatthisswordskillshouldnotbelistedinthemortalrankswordskillslist.Peopleshouldwaittilltheyreachedtheheroranktothenbegintopracticeairbattleswordskills.

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However,YunXi’s"TheSwallowReturns"clearlytoldthemthattheydidn’tneedtowaittilltheyhadachievedtheherorank.Theydidn’tevenneedtoreachthe3rdrank.Reachingthe2ndrankedwasalreadyenough,becausetheFlyingSwallowSwordwasaswordskillformortals.Anypersoncouldlearnitaftertheypracticedtheirswordskillstothelimit.Whentheswordmastercreatedthisswordskill,hehadn’treachedtheherorankyet.

FlySwallowSwordwasundoubtedlyamortalrankedswordskill.Itwasakeyleadingtoahigherrealm.

"I...Iwasdefeated?What’swrongwiththatmaid?Sinceshehasmasteredsuchawonderfulswordskill,shecandirectlyapplyforadmission!Whydidshecometoparticipateintheentrancetest?"ChildeSanQuancouldn’tacceptthetruththathehadbeendefeated.BecausehisthroathadbeenslicedbyYunXi’ssword,hecoveredhisthroatwithhishandsandfranticallyshouted.

ManypeopleagreedwithChildeSanQuan’swords.EvenseveralSwordPalaceswordskillteachersalsonodded.Theywereswordskillteachers.Theyknewthatinordertoperform"TheSwallowReturns"asa2ndrankedperson,theusermusthaveanamazingbodyflexibilityandgreatswordtalent.

"Heisright."

"Themaidcanuse‘TheSwallowReturns’.Hertalentisworthyofadmission."

"Perhapshertalentisonlyslightlyinferiortothatspeciallyenrolledgirl,HuaHuo."

OntheSwordPalace’splatform,RedLotussmiled,thenwrotedowntheblack-hairedmaid’snameontheadmissionlist.ThismeantthatYunXihadpassedthroughtheentrancetest.RedLotusthoughtthatYunXihadshowedenoughtalent,soshedidn’tneedtoproveherselfbyparticipatinginthenextknockoutround.

Afterhesitatingforawhile,RedLotusaddedanewnameontotheadmissionlist-XiaoCao’sname.HerresultswerethebestamongstallthegirlswhohadobtainedYunXi’sseed.

"Strange...That’stoofast,"HuaHuoofcourseknewYunXi’sexactdetails,butnow,YunXi’sachievementsmadeherfeelconfused.Aweekago,YunXihadn’tevenmasteredtheQuicksilverMotionstepsandhadjustlearnthowtobreatheintherightway.Whywasheevenabletousetheperfectversionof"TheSwallowReturns"?WhatwasthetalentYunXihadawakened?

Besides,whenHuaHuolookedatthegirlsaroundYunXi,herheartkeptwarningherthatsomethingwaswrong.HerspecialabilityasYunXi’schildhoodsweetheartlaunched:JealousyRadar!

Shuffle!Shuffle!Shuffle!Shuffle!Shuffle!NumerousredpointsappearedinHuaHuo’smind,whichreallyscaredher.Wassomethingwrongwithher"JealousyRadar"?WhydidshethinkthateverygirlaroundYunXiwasherloverival?Intheireyes,YunXishouldbeablacked-hairedmaidnamed"Mei"!WhywasitthatwhentheylookedatYunXi,theirsightsweresofervent?Theirfacesblushed,theirmouthsweremoist,andtheirexpressionsmadethemlooklikesomeshylittlerabbits.Everythingjustshowedthattheywereagroupofgirlsinlove.

YunXi,whatdidyoudotothem?Oronthecontrary,didtheydosomethingtoyou?WhocouldtellherthatwhathadhappenedbetweenthegirlsandYunXiwhenshehadgonetomeetthetwinwitches?

"No!Ican’tlose!I’mthestrongest!"AfterseeingChildeSanQuan’sdefeat,ChildeYunHefinallymadeadecision.

Youcanfly?No,thatcan’tbereal.Themaidshouldbeonlyabletotemporarilystopintheair.Whatsheusedarestillmortalrankedskills.However,IhavetheCraneWingTwinSwords!Theyareherorankedweaponsthatarebeyondeveryone’simagination.

HowcouldordinarypeopleknowthetruepowerofCraneWingsTwinSwords!I,ChildeYunHe,willbethelastwinner!WhenmyCraneWingsTwinSwordsflytothesky,itwillbethetimeofyourdeath!