Chapter 21: Lightning Speed

  Just a little more! Ji Ran looked at her own experience bar. Not bad, just a little short, a tiny bit...

  He then turned his gaze towards the true believer of the dying god.

  However, he is now heavily injured and his true energy has been depleted, making it impossible for him to activate the "Chai Chi Tian Ya". Nevertheless, he has his own method. After glancing at the arrogant Da Shenguan who was looking at everyone with a smug expression, Ji Ran suddenly used all his strength to throw the giant sword in his hand at that True God Cult disciple!

  The giant sword swung around and flew towards the True God's disciple, arriving instantly. In an instant, it sliced onto the True God's disciple's neck.

  Although the True God's Disciple was strengthened by divine techniques, they were not truly invincible. If their injuries were too severe, they would still die. This True God's Disciple had already been on the verge of collapse from the impact of the dark red light sphere and Ji Ran's large sword that rushed out became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

  The true god believer died, and Ji Ran's experience bar also jumped up a bit.

  His level rose to twenty-five levels.

  Twenty-fifth level is actually just a very ordinary level, but it brings two effects.

  One is instant full blood and blue, the other is to meet a sword skill's enlightenment condition.

  Full HP and full MP is easy to understand, all online games have this setting, leveling up at the same time with full HP and full MP, refreshed. This makes Ji Ran's injuries instantly recover, it can be said that all pain instantly disappears. This level-up effect can remove most abnormal states, unless it's some particularly powerful plot state... That thing, he's not qualified to be affected by that kind of state yet.

  His body was restored to its peak condition, and his combat strength had recovered to the highest level. However, the current Ji Ran was still no match for that fifth-grade divine officer.

  That fifth-level divine officer broke through the sky, just costing some blue, and some big skills entered cooldown time. In a real fight, Ji Ran still didn't have any confidence.

  However, once one has satisfied the conditions for enlightenment with a particular sword technique, it is entirely different.

  In "Jian Xia Wushuang", the sword techniques of Cangjian Mountain Villa are quite mysterious. The 24 basic sword moves are well-known to everyone, but the true essence of sword techniques is unpredictable. Except for some sword techniques that have very low requirements and can be grasped by almost anyone, other sword techniques are almost impossible to summarize into a rule... Many people have grasped sword techniques without even knowing how they acquired them.

  At the beginning of the game, the person who had mastered the most sword techniques on the surface had a total of nineteen sword techniques. As for Ji Ran, he couldn't catch up with this person, but it wasn't much different either. He had a total of sixteen sword techniques.

  But among these sword techniques, only eleven are overlapping. In other words, the actual number of sword techniques that can be grasped through the Four Seasons Sword Method is far more than nineteen!

  However, those eleven overlapping sword techniques are the ones that most players in Cangjian Mountain Villa can master. These sword techniques have been roughly grasped by people and although some of the conditions are quite harsh, they have at least given everyone a goal - not everyone is an expert, but everyone can have their own unique skills.

  Ji Ran does not currently possess the conditions to comprehend his own unique skills. What he needs is a widely circulated, well-understood sword technique that can exert great power at lower levels.

  This sword technique is not an ordinary one. In the game, this type of sword technique is called "Absolute Sword Technique", and players call it a sure-kill sword technique.

  The common feature of this sword technique is that it requires the consumption of more than one sword energy slot. However, the power of this sword technique far exceeds that of ordinary sword techniques. They have a more dazzling effect, cooler actions, and once they hit the opponent, they can beautifully slash off a large segment of the opponent's blood line, or even directly kill them!

  But if this killer sword technique falls through, the exposed flaw is also extremely large. A true master will only use a killer sword technique when the opponent cannot block or defend against it, and only a novice would recklessly throw it out randomly.

  Ji Ran now needs to comprehend is a must-kill sword technique. In fact, the conditions for comprehending this sword technique are quite simple, and almost every player in the Cangjian Mountain Villa can complete them. Casting sword moves over 3,000 times, at least comprehending two other sword techniques, fourth-level swordsmanship exceeding second level... Ji Ran has met all these conditions. The last condition left is to reach level 25.

  And now, with his level reaching twenty-five and his status full, this sure-kill sword technique "Electric Light Stone Fire" also appeared.

  This sword technique is the most common and lowest-level finishing move of Cangjian Mountain Villa, but it doesn't mean its power is weak. In fact, from level 25 to over 100, this technique has always held a significant position in the Four Seasons Swordsmanship.

  In a flash of lightning, it disappears in an instant. With extremely fast speed, it advances instantly, sword energy spouts out, one knife cuts two segments!

  This is an instantaneous explosion, extremely powerful sword technique!

  His status is full, and Ji Ran also did not stand up abruptly. Using this sword technique head-on would make it easy for the opponent to block it. If it were a low-level opponent, that would be fine, but a fifth-level Divine Officer might render this technique ineffective. He needs an opportunity, the chance for that fifth-level Divine Officer to reveal an opening!

  His act of killing that True God's follower, although surprising the Fifth Grade Divine Official, did not anger him. Instead, it made him laugh with great interest.

  "Struggling in death? But it's good, the more people you kill, the thicker the bloody aura on your body will be. The true god will like a soul like yours, and your soul will make the true god even stronger, hahahaha..."

  The fifth-grade divine official walked towards Ji Ran with a loud laugh, and a faint dark red glow was rising from his body.

  He threw out his large sword, and Ji Ran's hands were now empty of weapons. The long sword was still hanging at his waist, but Ji Ran did not intend to use this ordinary iron sword that couldn't be any more ordinary. So, he rolled over on the ground, instantly rolling to Lais' side, and grabbed the Bone Slasher Sword that had fallen to the ground after slipping out of Lais' hands.

  "Struggle, despair... This is the true god's favorite seasoning!" The fifth-level divine officer's face twisted into a large smile as he raised one hand, aiming at Ji Ran. A dark red glow was gathering in that hand...

  Ji Ran suddenly bowed his head and exerted force with both feet, traversing a thousand miles in an instant!

  In an instant, Ji Ran disappeared from his original position and suddenly advanced more than a dozen meters, directly arriving at the side of the 5th-level Divine Officer! The bone sword in his hand was raised, ready to slash down towards the top of that 5th-level Divine Officer's head!

  The fifth-grade official was amazed at Ji Ran's sudden burst of speed, but he wasn't afraid. He simply raised his hand, and a beam of light appeared in front of him, blocking Ji Ran's sword.

  "I didn't think you still had the strength to move, just now you were clearly injured..."

  Ji Ran didn't speak to him, but instead took advantage of the momentum to stab the Bone Slasher into the ground, and his true energy wildly poured in!

  The mountain collapses and the earth splits!

  Bone Blade's innate active skill, large-scale indiscriminate attack!

  In an instant, the ground went crazy and shook violently, instantly cracking open countless fissures. The fifth-grade divine official's feet were unstable, and he stumbled, but he immediately reacted.

  "God said, I can fly!" A burst of light lifted him off the ground, letting him float in mid-air. The shaking of the earth's surface could no longer affect him, but instead set off his even more magnificent and majestic appearance.

  "This little trick is completely useless against a true servant of God..." The 5th level bishop's words had not yet finished, when suddenly, a surging sword aura burst forth from the ground!

  The sword energy made the fifth-level divine officer slightly busy, dodging and weaving in mid-air to avoid those sword energies that gushed out of the cracks. However, he soon flew to a place where the sword energy couldn't reach, looking down at everyone from above while also chanting a spell that seemed quite powerful. At the same time, maintaining the flight spell seemed to be somewhat of a burden for him as well, only adding a thin layer of protection on his body without using the solidified light to protect himself like before.

  "Damn sinners, the time has come. The true god has grown impatient, quickly offer your blood-filled souls to the true god..."

  Suspended in mid-air where the sword energy couldn't reach, the fifth-grade divine officer looked at Ji Ran and others below as if they were dead. Les and others also showed a desperate expression...

  Jump! Ji Ran suddenly stepped on a sword energy, using the power of the sword energy to rush upwards, and suddenly jumped into the air, reaching the same height as those five-level gods!

  "Damn it!" The fifth-grade official's face finally changed color, but soon he pulled off a god-like thing from his neck.

  "The true god's sinner will be destroyed!" The fifth-level divine officer threw the divine image in his hand directly at Ji Ran. In mid-air, the divine image had already transformed into a dark red glow, which rushed straight towards Ji Ran!

  Ji Ran had no place to hide. In mid-air, he couldn't dodge and the sword energy from just below his feet still managed to hurt him a bit. The dark red glow in front of him was probably because it was hastily activated by a magical tool, so it wasn't very dense. In that case...

  Sword energy explosion! Defensive type!

  Consume a full grid of sword energy to give yourself a sword energy shield! Although the defensive power is definitely not as strong as the fifth-level divine official's spell, breaking through this dark red glow should be no problem!

  In mid-air, a sudden movement from afar. Ji Ran turned sideways, dragging the Bone Slasher sword along his body. Charging towards that fifth-grade divine officer, Ji Ran went forward without hesitation!

  Certain kill sword technique, swift as lightning!

  His entire body transformed into a streak of light. The speed at that instant was such that even a fifth-level divine officer could only barely see it, but couldn't dodge it. The streak of light pierced through the dark red glow and suddenly appeared in front of him, then disappeared again before his eyes.

  After a flash, Ji Ran's body rushed to the back of that fifth-grade god official. The momentum of the forward charge stopped, and there was no place to rely on in mid-air, so his body fell from mid-air.

  Before landing, Ji Ran gritted his teeth and withstood the weakness brought by his injuries. He forcefully inserted the Bone Slasher into the ground. Then, using the counterforce, his entire body curled up and rolled on the ground several times.

  Even so, the impact of falling from that height still worsened his injuries. Lying on the ground, for a while, he didn't even have the strength to get up.

  Behind him, the fifth-grade official who was suspended in mid-air widened his eyes and stared straight ahead, opening his mouth as if he had seen something unbelievable.

  The body of the fifth-grade official suddenly split into two segments. Accompanied by a bloody rain that filled the sky, the two severed corpses fell to the ground from mid-air.