Chapter 84 Reappearance of the Cultivator's Web

  Yan Zhen has now discovered a fact, among the top ten sword sources, he is proficient in three types of piercing sword sources, chopping sword sources and penetrating sword sources, but has not grasped a defensive sword source, which is not very good, so he still needs to learn a defensive sword source.

  In the world of cultivating immortals, there is a saying: No one can always be in an attacking state.

  Defense is something everyone must learn.

  Now, however, Yan Zhen's true weakness is revealed. Therefore, Yan Zhen also wants to practice defensive sword techniques. There are two types of defensive sword techniques: "Dang" (Blocking) and "Jia" (Parrying). The "Dang" technique involves blocking the opponent's attack from left or right. The "Jia" technique involves parrying an attack that comes from above or below, these two are defensive sword techniques.

  Yan Zhen is now thinking of learning the origin of the sword that blocks.

  Yan really wanted to start practicing, but found that he couldn't practice. The aggressive sword source like the piercing sword source and the penetrating sword source could be practiced directly. However, the defensive sword source had no one attacking, so how could he practice? Therefore, he needed to find an opponent. Yan Zhen was currently in Eagle Swallow Fortress, originally wanting to find someone from Eagle Swallow Fortress as his opponent, but practicing the defensive sword source would require many exchanges of blows, which would be a bother to the people of Eagle Swallow Fortress and make him feel embarrassed. So, after thinking for a moment, Yan Zhen decided to go to the Qi Cultivation Network's Foundation Building Platform to find an opponent to practice his defensive sword source.

  Yan Zhen carried the web stone with him, took out the web stone with web line marks, input his magical power into it and condensed his spiritual energy on it. After a moment, he only felt a loud noise, Yan Zhen found that his virtual shadow had entered an extremely vast space. At this time, Yan Zhen was standing on the initial platform, in front of him there was a mark of the door to the Qi Refining stage platform. However, on one side, a new door appeared, and on the door were written seven big characters "Foundation Building Stage Platform Door".

  Swallow Zhen concentrated his spirit and pushed towards the door of the foundation period platform.

  Boom! The door was flung open.

  Yan Zhen also entered another, even larger spiritual world. The Foundation Building Platform is a platform for the cultivators of the Dajin Empire to use, its scope is wider than that of the Qi Refining Platform. In the center of the Foundation Building Platform, there is a city called the Foundation Building City, and outside it appears to be a grassland scene, occasionally with some mountain ranges rising and falling, and some palaces and pavilions, which are much more complex than the monotonous Qi Refining Platform.

  Yan Zhen entered the Qi Refining stage platform and immediately began searching for a worthy opponent to test his sword skills. At this moment, someone beside him exclaimed: "Evil Sword, you are Evil Sword? The one who dominated the Qi Refining stage platform, slaughtered all four directions, won a hundred victories, and obtained the Hundred Victories task?"

  Yan Zhen looked at the person who was speaking, and saw that on top of this person's head was a name "Ben Liu", this kind of name on the cultivator's internet was basically just a pseudonym, couldn't see anything from it.

  Yan Zhen nodded: "That's right, it was me."

  That one called Ben Liu, another one called Kai. Many people nearby took notice and murmurs spread: "That's the evil sword, I heard he completed the hundred victories task on the Qi training platform."

  "What? The quest that was supposed to be impossible has been completed by someone? This person called Evil Sword is not to be underestimated."

  "Indeed, let's see how much this evil sword is worth."

  "Yes, the fact that those little guys in the Qi Refining stage can't get this evil sword doesn't mean that we Foundation Building cultivators can't. It's mainly because Yan Zhen previously completed the Hundred Battles Hundred Victories quest and became famous among the cultivators of Da Ji Country, so many Foundation Building cultivators have also heard about it. Therefore, they all came to take a look, wanting to see what kind of commotion this evil sword from the Qi Refining stage can stir up in the Foundation Building platform."

  ……

  This battle, Ben Liu against Xie Jian, with fifty-three onlookers.

  Rushing, on the foundation boundary platform, there is an old man, with a winning rate of 220 wins in 500 battles, which is considered to be very mediocre.

  Xia Jian, a newcomer on the Jibeng platform, has zero wins and zero losses.

  Let's start the simulation scenario, this simulation scenario simulates a lakeside scene, which is somewhat advantageous for Ben Liu. Although it is not clear what Ben Liu's specific identity is in reality, everyone understands that he is a person from Pu Liu Xian Men. The internal skills, heart methods, and sword methods of Pu Liu Xian Men are basically all water-based, so fighting on the lakeside is naturally beneficial to people from this sect.

  Ben Liu and Yan Zhen stood about ten feet apart, Ben Liu said: "I heard that you are very remarkable in the Qi Refining stage platform, and can even complete the task of winning a hundred battles. However, those opponents were just junior disciples in the Qi Refining stage, but I am a cultivator in the Foundation Building realm, and the Foundation Building realm is not so easy to mix."

  Yan Zhen didn't think much of it: "So I came, wanting to see how well I can mix in the Foundation Building stage." As he spoke, Yan Zhen was also gazing at Ben Liu. He saw that Ben Liu suddenly retreated into the lake water, his feet treading on the surface of the water. Then, with a sudden movement, he drew his sword from within the lake water. A dazzling sword light shot straight towards him, and there were many water flowers disturbing his line of sight beside it. Yan Zhen had experience from his past life, so he immediately recognized that this was the Water Encircling Sword Technique of the Pu Liu Xian Men sect. This sword technique would stir up water flowers, even condensing them into a sword, increasing one's attack while confusing the opponent at the same time.

  Swallow's sword really blocked a few probing counterattacks, and it was almost clear that this codename Surging Wave person's swordsmanship had a big gap with his own. Their swordsmanship should still be at the sword move level, not even reaching the sword source level. However, such an opponent wasn't bad either, could serve as a good sparring partner to hone his Sword Source skills.

  Facing the surging attack, Yan Zhen continuously resisted.

  Left parry, right parry, Yan Zhen ceaselessly used his sword to block the surging attacks.

  But defense will eventually lead to loss, and Yan Zhen's swordsmanship was indeed superior, but if he continued to resist like this, he would fall into a disadvantageous position. Just then, Yan Zhen suddenly thrust out with his sword, this sword carrying the essence of the sword source, its wonder beyond compare, forcing Ben Liu to immediately retreat and disperse his attacking momentum, and the situation on the battlefield was once again at a stalemate.

  After a while, the flowing attack came again, and Yan Zhen continued to defend, using his sword to continuously parry the long swords that came from either side. In the midst of the attack, Yan Zhen also gained insight into the subtleties of the Flowing Sword Source, but for the time being, he couldn't quite grasp it.

  On the foundation platform, every duel of swordsmanship is won by the side whose blood volume is not cleared. However, if neither side's blood volume is cleared within the time it takes to burn an incense stick, then both sides are considered a draw. This battle had unknowingly passed the time it took to burn an incense stick, and with a "ka" sound, the two of them managed to salvage a draw.

  Bēnliú smiled: "You're indeed formidable, but I'm not weak either." Bēnliú apparently still hadn't noticed that Yàn was intentionally trying to end the fight in a draw, and thought that Yàn's swordsmanship was actually on par with his.

  Yan Zhen also couldn't be bothered to explain, he thought a draw was just a draw anyway.

  While the 53 spectators next to them were also discussing, basically, the swordsmanship of Evil Sword was nothing special, and yet he claimed to have completed a hundred battles with a hundred victories. In reality, when compared to Benkei's swordsmanship, it was almost the same, which was quite disappointing. Among these 53 spectators, there were also a few who disdainfully said that Evil Sword was only awesome during the Qi Training stage, and in the Foundation Building stage, he was nothing special. There was also someone who observed that this battle seemed to be Evil Sword hiding his true strength, intentionally ending with a draw.

  No matter what, Yan Zhen's debut on the Zhuji Platform was extremely ugly.