Chapter 459

Afterward, the old Sword Venerable actually stood still!

He held his sword with his hands behind his back, watching the sword blades fly over quietly, neither avoiding nor dodging.

Just as the four swords were about to hit him!

Hum!

A stern sword hum sounded from his heart.

In an instant, Su Ming only felt all the flying swords he was controlling tremble violently.

Afterward, all four swords broke free from his control!

The four weapons wrapped in golden thunder broke free from Su Ming’s sword control power, turned their heads, and shot back toward Su Ming!

In just an instant, they surrounded Su Ming.

Su Ming was shocked beyond measure!

It was always him taking other people's swords.

How could someone else take his sword!?

[Intent · Sword Control] was an Epic-quality skill; the opponent could actually directly crush and counter-control it!

"What a move of sword control!"

Xiang Wuhui laughed loudly.

He stepped forward, his fingers moving slightly.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

The four flying swords fell to the ground, slanted and inserted beside Su Ming.

He actively released the sword control method and returned them.

"Su Ming!"

"I didn't expect you to actually know the sword control technique."

His voice was excited; he looked up and took a big gulp of wine, his cheeks slightly red, somewhat tipsy.

Su Ming could actually create a sword control method himself.

It was simply... an unparalleled genius!

He stared at Su Ming, his eyes filled with deep appreciation.

"Kid, this is a self-created sword control technique, right? It's somewhat different in foundation from the sword control method of the Profound Heaven Sword Sect."

Su Ming nodded.

His [Intent · Sword Control] skill had been upgraded all the way from Gold quality.

"The demon race is lawless, burying the sword arts of heaven and earth, cutting off the human race’s sword path inheritance."

"There is no sword in the world; it is not an exaggeration to call it the End-Sword Era!"

"And you, in such a situation, were able to create a sword control method yourself..."

Xiang Wuhui’s heart was surging, and his tone was high-spirited.

"Such talent, tsk tsk tsk."

"It's simply powerful enough... to kill the Demon Lord’s mother!"

Even this old senior said dirty words!

"Hahahahaha!"

He drank the wine in one gulp and wiped his mouth without being particular.

Afterward, he looked at Su Ming leisurely.

"Your sword control technique has reached the Intent-Sword level, right?"

Once these words were spoken, Su Ming’s eyes trembled, and he only felt his scalp tingle.

He had only activated it slightly, and Xiang Wuhui saw it was Intent · Sword Control?

He accurately stated the level of his skill.

Too terrifying...

What made Su Ming’s back feel cold the most was that the two were not from the same system at all.

Su Ming was a job-changer, and Xiang Wuhui was a cultivator.

Even so, he could see what level Su Ming’s sword control was at.

It seems sword arts... are truly all connected!

"Exactly," Su Ming responded.

"Hehe, you are only one step away from that supreme realm of the sword path, Heart-Sword," Xiang Wuhui closed his eyes and said with a faint smile.

"By the way, this old man is in the Heart-Sword realm."

As he spoke, the old man opened one eye slightly, wanting to see Su Ming’s expression.

Su Ming’s expression was not surprised, just somewhat astonished.

"Senior, is there no other realm above Heart-Sword?"

Xiang Wuhui opened both eyes and coughed.

"Cough cough, perhaps so."

"At least this old man has never heard of anyone surpassing the Heart-Sword realm."

"Even the strongest sword cultivator on record, the 46th-generation Sect Master Sword Saint, failed to surpass this realm."

Su Ming was somewhat curious.

"Senior, is the founder of the Profound Heaven Sword Sect not the strongest swordsman?"

Xiang Wuhui waved his hand and grinned.

"That was thousands or tens of thousands of years ago; who can still record it?"

"The strongest sword cultivator on record is the 46th-generation ancestor."

"You kid, you haven't even reached Heart-Sword, and you're already thinking about higher realms; you're greedy enough," Xiang Wuhui said, sneering and glancing at Su Ming.

"However..." Immediately after, his tone changed.

"You kid might actually have the qualifications to be ambitious."

Afterward, Xiang Wuhui, with curiosity, like an old child, circled Su Ming and looked him up and down.

"How did you cultivate to reach the Nascent Soul realm at 20? Could it be that you grew up eating elixirs?"

He touched his chin and asked, frowning.

"And... you are twenty years old and can reach this level of sword art; it doesn't look like you learned fast."

"It looks like you didn't forget it cleanly in your last life..."

He said thoughtfully, his words shocking.

Su Ming quickly changed the subject.

"This... Senior, let's not talk about this."

"How can my Intent Sword Control break into the Heart-Sword level?"

Xiang Wuhui nodded.

"Hmm... that is indeed the priority."

"Come, continue to fight with me; you must remember the mantras I say."

"To understand Heart-Sword, one must sublimate to the extreme in life-and-death battles!" He said, his eyes becoming extremely stern.

Afterward, the two started a great battle again!

After fifteen days of sparring and training, Su Ming had also memorized all the mantras taught by Senior Xiang Wuhui.

And gradually integrated them into his sword arts.

On this day, Su Ming attacked Xiang Wuhui with sword control again.

Xiang Wuhui drank wine leisurely and still used that Heart Sword Control move, wanting to suppress and counter-control Su Ming’s flying swords.

But this time, he didn't get his wish.

Because a voice echoed in Su Ming’s heart at this moment.

[Higher-level Heart Mantra understood, skill evolved]

The next instant.

Su Ming’s [Intent · Sword Control] skill disappeared directly from his personal slot.

Instead, it turned into an Ancient-quality skill!

[Heart · Sword Control (Ancient Mid-grade)]

[Proficiency: Return to Simplicity]

[No Qi, no mantra, no external objects; empty hands, empty person, empty thoughts]

[Recognizing the intersection of Qi and intent, ten thousand swords rise and hang in the sky]

[Controlling the sword with the heart, abandoning all external methods, relying entirely on the original heart; this is the top-tier sword control skill of Shushan, cannot be advanced further; the maximum sword control distance is as far as your eyes can see, no limit on quantity]

[Affix · Heart Source: You no longer need to consume spiritual energy to activate this skill]

[Thought Movement: The power of your sword control skill increases with your emotional fluctuations]

[No Boundary: The distance of the sword-type weapons you equip and bind will have no limit; you can even control swords across boundaries, provided your strength is enough to completely break the space of that world]

[Sword Seizure: Everything you see that is a "sword"-type weapon can be controlled by you, regardless of whether it has an owner (if the opponent’s strength is higher than yours, you cannot seize the sword)]

Seeing this information, Su Ming was shocked, and he felt even more definitely how rapid his strength improvement was.

Now his sword control did not rely on "intent," nor "Qi," nor "mantra."

But purely relied on his own heart!

Now moving a flying sword was as simple as moving a finger for him; it had merged with his heart, obeying his every command!

After advancing to the Heart · Sword Control level, it finally reached the proficiency of returning to simplicity and could not continue to improve.

This time, Xiang Wuhui clearly felt that Su Ming’s sword control method was thousands of times sharper.

Even with his Half-Saint cultivation, he could not easily seize Su Ming’s flying swords!

"Haha!!"

He laughed twice, heroic and peerless.

He stepped with drunken steps, held the wooden sword, leaned back, and swung, dismantling Su Ming’s sword control strikes.

This time, Su Ming’s flying swords actually sparked when rubbing against the wooden sword in his hand.

This meant that Su Ming finally had the strength to almost be his opponent!

"Kid, are you human?!"

"In just over ten days, you understood the essence of Heart-Sword." Xiang Wuhui couldn't hide his joy and kept drinking wine.

The stronger this kid was, the more hope he could see for defeating the demon race.

The old Sword Venerable seemed to have met an opponent, excitement emerging in his eyes, and he began to fight wildly with Su Ming.

He had been guarding the Demon-Suppressing Tower here alone for a hundred years without anyone to talk to, let alone spar.

So for him, this was also an extremely interesting pastime!

"Senior, it's still your good teaching."

Su Ming also said with a faint smile.

At the same time, he was also secretly sizing up Xiang Wuhui’s weapon.

The old Sword Venerable’s wooden sword was a real wooden sword, without any impurities, yet it could spark when rubbing against metal.

This meant that when he fought, he was wrapping this wooden sword with sword Qi; otherwise, this thin wooden sword would have collapsed long ago.

This exquisite control of sword Qi, even for the current Su Ming, still felt incomparable.

The two fought for three days and three nights, which could be called hearty.

Finally, Xiang Wuhui blocked Su Ming’s neck with a sword and defeated him.

Su Ming didn't activate his Origin Sword Body, so naturally, he couldn't be Xiang Wuhui’s opponent; being able to barely support for three days made him feel he had improved a lot.

However, Xiang Wuhui didn't use his full strength, which was why the two could have such a great battle.

"Kid, I have nothing left to teach you."

Xiang Wuhui’s posture was graceful; with a perfect turn and sword sheathing, he turned and walked out slowly.

He was thin and smelled of alcohol, but he gave people a sense of a mysterious expert.

"The sword path is all connected."

"After reaching the Heart-Sword realm, from now on, you can browse and self-study all kinds of sword art manuals in the world."

He said neatly and cleanly.

Hearing this, Su Ming frowned.

What Senior Xiang said was true; after mastering Heart · Sword Control, he really felt that his control and understanding of the sword had suddenly opened up.

But wanting to easily understand all sword art manuals in the world with this?

I'm afraid he couldn't do it.

Only the sword art manuals in this Shushan dungeon could be understood at will, because this was a B-grade dungeon, and the highest-quality techniques were only around Epic.

However, Su Ming was not from this world.

For example, in his hand, there was still an Ancient High-grade sword art, the Nine Swords of Dugu.

He felt that the certainty of breaking that last seal was much higher.

But he still didn't have 100% certainty of breaking it.

"Senior, wait."

"Junior has one last sword strike to ask you about."

Su Ming stepped forward and said seriously.

He didn't want to waste time trying it over and over again by himself.

So he decided to ask Xiang Wuhui for advice again.

Su Ming had made up his mind; this time, he must break the seal!

He had to have 100% certainty before making a move!

Afterward, Su Ming described the final killing blow of the sword shadow in the Nine Swords of Dugu seal in detail.

"Senior, that sword move has no bells and whistles; it is completely a plain and simple strike."

"Every posture is different, sometimes light and fluttering, sometimes clumsy and foolish, sometimes elegant and graceful."

"Yet they all have the same terrifying power."

"Facing this kind of unpredictable sword move, how can it be broken?"

Su Ming said seriously.

Once these words were spoken, Xiang Wuhui’s expression was solemn, and he lowered his head to ponder for a while.

"Hmm... I have heard of this kind of profound sword art."

Hearing this, Su Ming seemed to see hope.

"This kind of sword art is 'No Move'," Xiang Wuhui said, his eyes calm and indifferent.

When he heard the two words "No Move," Su Ming recalled one of the affixes of the Nine Swords of Dugu.

The name of its affix was "No Move Wins Over Having Moves."

In an instant, Su Ming’s heart shook, as if he had been completely enlightened!

The Nine Swords of Dugu, this Ancient High-grade skill, really had its unique features.

It had nine styles and three hundred and sixty changes.

But now it seemed that those paper moves were not important.

The true essence of this sword art was that it could be integrated into every swing of your sword without specific move constraints.

This was the truth of attacking only and not defending.

The reason he couldn't break the last sword strike of the illusory sword shadow in the seal was...

Because it was just a "casual sword strike," gathering all the Dugu sword intent without move constraints; it was an absolutely free sword strike, almost impossible to defend against.

That was the strongest move in the Nine Swords of Dugu, which was why he couldn't resist it.

Facing this kind of sword art, he couldn't defend; he could only use a more violent attack to perish together with it to break the seal!