Chapter Ten: The Great War Against Ling Tian Xuan

  Ling Tianyu and Ling Tianxuan stared at each other, the battle was about to erupt. Ling Tiansnow felt that the air around her seemed to solidify. The dust around them slowly floated up, both of them secretly accumulating energy, after ten breaths, the floating dust slowly fell back down. Ling Tiansnow watched from the side with a tense expression, making her heart hang tightly, unable to fall. Finally, when all the dust had fallen to the ground, "Bang" Ling Tianxuan's feet stomped the ground and he charged at Ling Tianyu, his entire body shooting out like an arrow off a bowstring. Ling Tianxuan suddenly punched towards Ling Tianyu's face. Ling Tianyu didn't dare to slacken, his body spinning left, narrowly avoiding Ling Tianxuan's punch, but he didn't retreat, instead grabbing Ling Tianxuan's fist with one hand and transforming the other into a sword palm, striking at Ling Tianxuan. Ling Tianxuan didn't dare be careless, his body shifting sideways to dodge Ling Tianyu's palm, but his other hand was still firmly grasped by Ling Tianyu. Ling Tianxuan turned defense into offense, throwing a punch at Ling Tianyu's cheek. Ling Tianyu refused to yield, using his palm to block Ling Tianxuan's punch. Ling Tianxuan followed the rotation of Ling Tianyu's arm and grabbed onto it as well. The two were now mutually grasping each other.

  Ling Tianyu and Ling Tianxuan continued to stalemate, attacking and defending each other. Sometimes Ling Tianxuan's fist would strike, while sometimes Ling Tianyu's palm would slap out. The two of them went back and forth like this for several rounds of ten moves. Finally, Ling Tianyu gathered his strength and struck with a single blow, transforming his palm technique into a fist technique as he shouted: "Tian Yan Break!" Lin Tianxuan felt the power of this fist technique and raised his spirit to its highest level, also unleashing his own ultimate move "Xuanling Strike". The two fists collided in mid-air. A loud rumbling sound shook the air, sending dust flying everywhere. The other arm that they were holding onto was also shaken loose. Ling Tianyu stumbled backward six steps, while Lin Tianxuan retreated two steps.

  At this time, Ling Tianyu thought: "I have already used my own mysterious crimson true energy, unexpectedly I am still at a disadvantage. This fight is a rare opportunity, Ling Tianxuan's strength is higher than mine by one level, it seems that I need to find an opportunity to break through in the battle with Ling Tianxuan again!"

  Ling Tian Xuan was also secretly shocked at this time. "Is this kid really a top-notch master? I feel like I'm facing a martial artist who is about to break through to the late stage of the acquired realm, and he's very experienced. Fortunately, my strength is one level higher than his. As time goes on, Ling Tian Yu will become more and more at a disadvantage, and when I finally break through his defense, it will be my moment of victory."

  Ling Tian Xuan's surprise didn't show on his face, he calmly said: "Kid, looks like I still underestimated you, but next time, it won't be that easy to deal with."

  Ling Tianyu snorted and said, "Hmph, cut the nonsense. Let's see what you're really capable of, bring it on!"

  The two finished speaking, and Ling Tianxuan immediately took out a treasured sword from his own spatial bag. Ling Tianyu also brought out his own long spear "Broken Flame" from his spatial bag. The two once again charged towards each other, one spear and one sword, and began to exchange blows. Ling Tianxuan's swordsmanship was mainly focused on offense, with fast speed and strong attacking power. Ling Tianyu felt that if he wasn't careful even for a moment, he would be struck by Ling Tianxuan and suffer heavy injuries or even death. Ling Tianyu's spear technique could both attack and defend, and its penetrating power was extremely strong. Every time Ling Tianxuan used his sword to block the attack, Ling Tianyu would leave a small mark on the surface of Ling Tianxuan's treasured sword.

  Ling Tian Xuan's sword slashed through, and Ling Tian Yu used his long spear to counterattack. Then, Ling Tian Yu launched a swift counterattack with his spear, and Ling Tian Xuan hastily raised his sword to block it. However, the piercing force of Ling Tian Yu was extremely strong, causing Ling Tian Xuan's entire body to go numb. Ling Tian Yu suddenly gained the upper hand, but he didn't feel happy about this slight advantage because he knew that Ling Tian Xuan wouldn't be so easily defeated and would definitely counterattack soon.

  Ling Tian Xuan said while defending, "It seems that I will no longer hide my methods. In these five years, not only has my cultivation improved, but I have also grasped my own techniques. You should be careful." After finishing speaking, Ling Tian Xuan used his sword technique "Flowing Clouds". At this moment, Ling Tian Yu discovered that Ling Tian Xuan's sword was more than half a beat faster. The situation between the two immediately reversed, and Ling Tian Yu found that Ling Tian Xuan's "Flowing Clouds" technique had an extremely fast sword speed. Moreover, it could quickly transform into defense, and every time he defended against Ling Tian Yu's attack, he would immediately change to a very sharp counterattack. Ling Tian Yu could only barely block it.

  Ling Tianyu is now having a hard time blocking Ling Tianxuan's sword moves, and Ling Tianxuan's one sword stroke has cut off a strand of his hair. As the two men are locked in a stalemate, Ling Tianyu is also getting very tired, with several wounds on his face inflicted by Ling Tianxuan. However, Ling Tianyu remains calm and continues to counterattack against Ling Tianxuan. At this moment, Ling Tianyu is slowly breaking through his own spear technique, which had already reached perfection a long time ago, but in order to make another breakthrough, he must accumulate experience in battle and break through gradually.

  Every weapon has its own will. When a warrior uses a weapon to perfection, they must constantly accumulate experience and transform it into their own will, making their use of the weapon even more sharp. After breaking through, sword-wielding warriors can use "Sword Intent", which allows them to increase their sword speed even further. Gun-wielding warriors who have grasped "Gun Intent" can make their penetration power even stronger and their defense even deeper. Ling Tianxuan has already stepped into the realm of "Sword Intent" with one foot, and has also grasped his own sword moves, so he firmly suppressed Ling Tianyu.

  There are only two ways for Ling Tianyu to defeat Ling Tianxuan now. One is to comprehend the "gun intent" and defeat Ling Tianxuan with even more sharp gun skills. The other is to break through his own heart state cultivation, reach Xiantian, and then quickly transform all the true yuan in his body into pale red color, defeating Ling Tianxuan with absolute power. However, Ling Tianyu can feel that he is still a short distance away from breaking through his heart state cultivation, so he puts his hope on comprehending the "gun intent".

  The battle between the two grew more intense and shocking, with Ling Tianxuan steadily suppressing Ling Tianyu, making it look effortless. Meanwhile, Ling Tianyu was extremely focused, as he knew that even a slight mistake would allow Ling Tianxuan to land a hit, and if he were hit by Ling Tianxuan, he would be severely injured, if not killed.

  Ling Tianxue watched from the side, growing more and more worried. Ling Tianxue shouted loudly: "Come on, Tianyu, I don't want you to lose! Make your attacks sharper and faster!"

  At this time, Ling Tianyu heard Ling Tianxue's shout and suddenly realized: "Right, I want to make my gun speed faster, how could I not have thought of it?" At this moment, Ling Tianyu was like a completely different person. Every time he swung his sword, he would feel the trajectory of the sword and the sound of the wind around him. Ling Tianyu's swordsmanship became more agile at this moment. Originally, Ling Tianxuan would always cut a small slit on Ling Tianyu's clothes or face. But slowly, the frequency of cutting slits on his own body gradually decreased. Ling Tianyu's defense also became higher than before.

  Ling Tianxuan's mind was filled with surprise at this moment, thinking: "Could it be that this kid is really a monster? In such a short period of time, his own marksmanship has actually made some small progress! No way, I can't lose to him, I have to put in more effort and must defeat him before he breaks through!" At this moment, Ling Tianxuan was filled with determination, launching a fierce attack on Ling Tianyu. However, Ling Tianyu's face still maintained a calm expression.

  Finally, Ling Tianyu's shooting skills became more agile, and the two of them went back and forth, engaging in an intense battle. After just ten minutes, Ling Tianyu was no longer at a disadvantage, and the two were evenly matched, constantly attacking each other. At this moment, Ling Tianxuan was furious: "I'm so angry, I've lost my advantage, how hateful! I must break through, I must break through!" Ling Tianxuan also quickly turned his previous battle experience into insight.

  At that moment, Ling Tian Xuan's aura shook greatly. He shouted "Liu Yun!" and slashed out with his sword. Ling Tian Yu was shocked and retreated four or five steps back. The power of this sword was more than double the previous one. The situation which had just been turned around immediately returned to its original state, and now it was even more critical than before.

  Ling Tianxue shouted from the side, "Not good, Tianyu, he has grasped the sword intent, you must be careful in your response. If it's really not working out, we can temporarily hide from him!" Ling Tianyu furrowed his brow and said, "You want me to flee? Impossible!" Ling Tianxuan burst into loud laughter and said, "Wanting to run is impossible! I'm indeed a genius, unexpectedly breaking through at this moment. Prepare to meet your death, Ling Tianyu!"

  Ling Tian Xuan knew in his heart that Ling Tian Yu was making progress bit by bit, and he must be solved as soon as possible. If time dragged on, he would definitely lose. At this moment, Ling Tian Yu was getting more and more exhausted.

  "Clang" the sound of weapons colliding. "That's right, it feels just like this!" Ling Tianyu exclaimed excitedly in his heart. Ling Tianyu continued to feel the collision from earlier, counterattacking again and again, and surprisingly, Ling Tianxuan found that Ling Tianyu was no longer struggling as much. Finally, Ling Tianyu made a breakthrough with one shot. "Bang" Ling Tianxuan was shocked and retreated several steps backward. At this moment, Ling Tianyu felt an unstoppable momentum within himself, and at the same time, he had an epiphany about the "gun intent".

  Ling Tianyu once again turned the tables, his swift and fierce gun techniques shooting towards Ling Tianxuan. Ling Tianxuan continuously parried, only occasionally able to counterattack. In his heart, Ling Tianxuan was unwilling to admit defeat: "How detestable! This little brat actually broke through. No way! I won't lose, how could I possibly lose to an eight-year-old kid!"

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