Chapter 598: Heavenly Sword, Absolute Sword, The Sword of the Heavenly Dao

"Alright, it is your turn."

Yu Liancheng suddenly swept his gaze toward the two brothers, Mu Yingxiong and Wuming.

Although his gaze was calm, having just battled the Sword Saint, his entire being was at the peak of fighting spirit and Sword Intent.

And under this surging, volcanic Sword Intent and fighting spirit, Tian Jian Wuming and the Absolute Sword Mu Yingxiong felt their bodies and minds tremble.

In an instant, the two men's fighting spirit was ignited, their internal energy surging violently, rising into the sky like two giant swords, standing in opposition to the heavens. Though they stood still and silent, they shook the entire scene.

The crowd of martial arts experts was stunned; what did this mean?

Had City Lord Yu just finished fighting the Sword Saint, only to now engage these two, the Heavenly and Absolute Swords?!

After all, there were personal grievances with the Sword Saint, but it seemed no one had heard of any feud between the City Lord and the two swords.

Of course, regardless, the crowd was unwilling to miss this magnificent battle, their eyes fixed firmly on the three men.

Yu Liancheng, Wuming, and Mu Yingxiong did not move, yet their gazes clashed as if they were tangible, like three divine swords piercing through the air, causing explosive bursts of energy and a series of metallic clashing sounds.

Just as the three were in a standoff, a green shadow appeared in the sky; it was a gentle and beautiful young girl, holding a long saber that seemed ill-suited to her.

Not to mention the girl's saber technique, her speed alone—so fast that the people present could not track her—was enough to shock everyone.

The girl gripped the hilt of her saber, her pretty face icy cold.

With a "swish," the long saber was suddenly unsheathed, slashing out a terrifying blade light reaching twenty or thirty zhang in length.

Under this blade light, the ground shattered with a boom, dust flew, and the saber mark appeared savage and terrifying. This sent a chill through the martial artists present; the girl's movement and saber skills were so high that few, if any, present were fit to be her opponent.

"The coming battle will be extremely dangerous; I hope you will all retreat to the Three-Part Drill Ground early. Even if you wish to watch, please stand behind this saber mark to avoid being caught in the crossfire. Take care of yourselves."

After saying this, the girl's figure flashed and vanished. It was equally peerless in speed, making her difficult to track.

The crowd of martial arts experts looked at each other, their thoughts varied.

There are more people in the world who practice the sword than anything else, and there are more swordsmen in the martial arts world than any other type of fighter. This battle was a once-in-a-century event, and no swordsman was willing to miss it.

But seeing the blood-soaked ground and the utter devastation, they could not help but feel fear and horror.

Previously, the Sword Saint's "Jian Twenty-Three" had caused so many deaths and injuries; the full-force battle of the three experts on the Fear List before them would surely have a power no less than "Jian Twenty-Three."

Most people hesitated for a moment, then chose to retreat from the Three-Part Drill Ground and walk down the stone steps; in the end, their lives were more important.

Some experts, confident in their light-body techniques or relying on their Protective True Qi and external hard-body training, did not leave the mountain, but they sensibly stood behind the saber mark.

The saber mark was a great distance from Yu Liancheng and the other two, so even if they were caught in the aftermath, they should have had time to react.

"Brother, aside from the time I fought that old scoundrel the Sword Saint, this is the first time you and I have joined forces to face an enemy," Mu Yingxiong said coldly, holding his sword.

Wuming held the Hero Sword, radiating the aura of the Heavenly Sword: "It is my honor to fight side-by-side with you, Big Brother."

Mu Yingxiong said: "Brother, this time I will not go easy on you. But I also hope you will give it your all, so as to be worthy of my expectations and worthy of the Hero Sword in your hand."

"Rest assured, he will definitely give it his all."

Yu Liancheng's voice came faintly, and he smiled: "Because your opponent is me. In front of me, no one can hold back; the Heavenly Sword cannot, and the Absolute Sword cannot either."

Mu Yingxiong sneered: "Heh, I thought I, Mu Yingxiong, was arrogant enough when I was young, but compared to you, a junior, I am quite humble and polite."

Yu Liancheng beckoned to the two of them and laughed: "Come, let us see who defeats me first, or who is defeated by me first, to verify which of you brothers has the superior martial arts!?"

Previously, inside Zhonghua Ge, what Yu Liancheng said to them was very simple.

It was to make him the target; whichever brother defeated him first, or was defeated by him first, would decide the outcome. This way, they would not have to kill each other, but could instead work together to resist the great enemy that was Yu Liancheng.

Furthermore, the opening of the Sword Realm required the life-or-death battle of peerless swordsmen.

With the Sword Saint having used his life to unleash Jian Twenty-Three, the chances of opening the Sword Realm this time were very high.

"Good, let me, Mu Yingxiong, be the first to test your 'Fear' of the Fear List."

The first to strike was indeed Mu Yingxiong. He did not draw his Loyal Heart Sword. Instead, his body moved like an arrow released from a bow, his robes fluttering as he struck a palm toward Yu Liancheng.

This palm carried a sense of ruthless arrogance, and what surged out was not palm force, but Sword Qi like a mountain river, a vast and mighty Sword Qi. It was as if a Sword Qi Long River followed Mu Yingxiong's palm strike, rolling and surging toward Yu Liancheng; it was exactly the No Heaven Absolute Sword's "Qi Surging Mountains and Rivers."

Yu Liancheng did not move, also striking out with a palm. As he attacked, the energy exploded like thunder, sharp and swift, with the power of a Collapsing Mountain.

Just like Mu Yingxiong, he was also using his palm as a sword.

It appeared to be a palm technique, yet it was one of the most profound sword techniques in the world.

Clang!

As the palms touched, a sound like clashing iron rang out, Sword Qi ran wild, and the energy exploded with a boom.

Mu Yingxiong was worthy of being one of the few top-tier swordsmen of the day; failing to land a hit, he pinched his fingers into a sword-finger, his fingers like a wild dragon, sweeping in. The transition between his moves was as natural as flowing water.

Yu Liancheng responded with a move from his Heavenly Mandate Sword Dao.

Bang, bang, bang!

In an instant, the two used their palms as swords, clashing dozens of times with a boom. Both their speed and power reached a level unimaginable to ordinary martial arts experts.

Atop the Tianxia Diyi Lou, Di Er Meng was watching the battle with Mo Baisuzhen.

The reason Di Er Meng had drawn that saber mark earlier to make the martial artists retreat was also in response to Mo Baisuzhen's request.

Although the young girl Di Er Meng was gentle and kind, after spending five years with Yu Liancheng, she could not help but be influenced by his temperament.

Therefore, in her view, since the senior Wuming had already warned the crowd, and the martial artists were stubborn and insisted on staying, it was a matter of life and death, and they should be responsible for their own actions.

And although Mo Baisuzhen called herself a Demon, she was often very kind—kind to a fault.

The sounds of Yu Liancheng and Mu Yingxiong's collision came continuously, like clashing weapons or ten thousand horses galloping. Di Er Meng suddenly clutched her chest, her brows slightly furrowed: "Sister Bai, I don't know why, but my heart is beating so fast!"

Mo Baisuzhen said calmly: "It is only because you have been affected by Mu Yingxiong's wild and peerless fighting spirit, and your own fighting spirit has been involuntarily stirred. The brilliance of this coming battle will be no less than that sword strike from the Sword Saint earlier."

On the other side, Yu Liancheng and Mu Yingxiong had already exchanged over a hundred moves.

And in these hundred moves, Mu Yingxiong had unleashed the techniques of the No Heaven Absolute Sword one by one. Each move was strong, lonely, and arrogant, with extraordinary power. Even an expert like Jue Wushen could not have survived this round of powerful sword moves. His so-called Indestructible Golden Body might even have been forcibly broken, followed by a single sword strike to kill him, without even needing to find a weak point.

But unfortunately, his opponent was Yu Liancheng.

Yu Liancheng had already melted thousands of sword techniques into one furnace; no matter what powerful move Mu Yingxiong used, he could easily resolve it with a flick of his long sleeves.

This was the first time Mu Yingxiong had encountered such a powerful opponent.

In this not-so-long battle, he already understood that he was no match for Yu Liancheng.

Mu Yingxiong felt not the slightest bit dejected; on the contrary, he felt excitement and agitation, his battle intent surging. But what angered him was that he sensed Yu Liancheng was still holding back.

Was this looking down on him, Mu Yingxiong?!

He raised his eyebrows, and with a 'Clang!', the sword in his hand suddenly unsheathed.

The sword in Mu Yingxiong's hand was called the "Loyal Heart Sword."

Years ago, when he fought Wuming, he intentionally lost to the other party to help him achieve the Heavenly Sword. It was also in that battle that Mu Yingxiong's own Hero Sword was Broken. Afterward, he forged this Loyal Heart Sword; not only was its weight the same as the Hero Sword, both weighing one jin, seven qian, and three liang, but the shape of the sword was also exactly the same, solid and unadorned.

Yet, unlike the awe-inspiring Hero Sword, this sword held a sincere heart within, while its quality was icy and chilling, revealing an arrogant, keep-others-at-a-distance sense of absolute intent; it was a sword cold on the outside but hot on the inside.

In reality, this sword had been forged for a long time. But it had never tasted blood, only because Mu Yingxiong believed that only Wuming's blood was worthy of this Loyal Heart Sword.

And now, there was one more, Yu Liancheng.

A sharp gleam flashed violently through the void, like the first bolt of lightning at the beginning of heaven and earth; although the light lasted only for an instant, it was enough to shake the heavens and earth and tear through the Darkness.

——No Heaven Absolute Sword: Heaven and Earth First Opened.

Yu Liancheng, however, did not clash head-on with Mu Yingxiong.

He pressed a finger lightly onto the sword body, and using the momentum of Mu Yingxiong's strike, his figure rose gracefully, and in a flash, he had flown to the top of the Tianxia Diyi Lou.

At this moment, the martial artists who had come down from the Three-Part Drill Ground were discussing it heatedly.

Some wore expressions of excitement, feeling that being able to catch a glimpse of the legendary, shocking "Jian Twenty-Three" and witnessing City Lord Yu's peerless cultivation made this trip worth it. Others were plunged into grief; their relatives and friends had been caught in the wake of "Jian Twenty-Three," suffering heavy casualties. Still others kept looking back, hoping to see the scene of the two swordsmen of heaven and absolute battling City Lord Yu.

"Look, it's City Lord Yu."

Just then, someone narrowed their eyes and looked toward the Tianxia Diyi Lou, immediately causing a chorus of exclamations.

They saw Yu Liancheng standing with his sword, his gaze distant.

A breeze blew by, fluttering his robes and making him seem as if he had merged into the clear wind and flowing clouds, ready to ride the wind away at any moment and ascend straight to the nine heavens.

His demeanor and spirit were flawless at this moment, like a being among the immortals.

Or rather, to the eyes of the mundane, such a supreme expert was a mortal-world immortal.

Seeming to notice everyone's gaze, Yu Liancheng looked down.

The exclamations came to an abrupt halt.

Countless martial arts practitioners, whether sect leaders or heroic swordsmen, all had their breathing stop at this moment, their minds blank, with only that pair of deep eyes, sparkling like the starry sky, imprinted in their minds.

For a time, the originally noisy heaven-tier became quiet.

Yu Liancheng shifted his gaze, sweeping it toward Wuming and Mu Yingxiong again, and smiled slightly: "You two should still attack together; when brothers are of one mind, their sharpness can cut through metal."

Wuming and Mu Yingxiong heard this and exchanged a look.

Mu Yingxiong nodded.

In an instant, the Qi of the Heavenly Sword and the Absolute Sword merged, forming a vast, boundless Sword Intent that pierced through the clouds.

Mu Yingxiong's No Heaven Absolute Sword was based on the concept of being heartless and having an arrogant backbone.

Although he had previously said he would join forces with Wuming to face the enemy, his Qi remained aloof and solitary, and he had even attacked first, with no intention of truly joining forces to resist the enemy.

It was precisely because Wuming understood his elder brother's "arrogance" that he chose to stand by and watch. Otherwise, if he had intervened casually, the first thing the Absolute Sword would have pierced would have been his brother.

Only after truly witnessing Yu Liancheng's unfathomable cultivation did Mu Yingxiong set aside his "arrogance" and decide to join forces with Wuming to face the enemy.

"Swish, swish"—the sound of robes breaking through the wind rang out, and the two simultaneously employed high-level lightness skills, sweeping toward Yu Liancheng.

From their lightness skills, one could also see the differences in their martial arts styles and even their ways of conducting themselves. Mu Yingxiong was like a mad dragon crossing the border, his momentum fierce, looking down on the masses, stirring up wind and clouds, and wherever he passed, he whipped up gusts of wild, turbulent air. Wuming, however, was ethereal and formless, calm and composed, like a breeze brushing against a willow.

Yet, the two's lightness skills were nearly identical, and they appeared on Yu Liancheng's left and right within a few feet almost simultaneously, then stabbed out with a sword at almost the same time. And what was even more peculiar was that the two were actually using the same sword technique.

This sword technique had neither the cold arrogance of the Absolute Sword nor the sorrowful etherealness of the Heavenly Sword. Instead, it was filled with a righteous spirit, awe-inspiring and unique.

And when this sword technique was unleashed by these two brothers, it was unexpectedly harmonious, one could even say seamless and flawless.

In an instant, the air was turned into a swampy lake by the Sword Qi.

Layers of sword shadows filled the void.

The streaks of sword light even wove into a spiderweb, enveloping Yu Liancheng, leaving him nowhere to avoid and nowhere to hide.

The moment they unleashed this sword, the two brothers smiled at each other.

It turned out that what the two were using was precisely the Mu Family Sword Technique, which was Mu Yingxiong's family-inherited sword technique.

Wuming was the adopted son taken in by Mu Yingxiong's father; although he had never practiced this sword technique, he had watched Mu Yingxiong use it countless times. With his cultivation as the Heavenly Sword, his execution was naturally flawless and reached the pinnacle of perfection.

And for Mu Yingxiong, this sword technique was completely inconsistent with his Absolute Sword, but it was the first set of sword techniques in his life; in terms of importance, it was second only to the No Heaven Absolute Sword.

For the two brothers, this sword held great significance.

Therefore, the moment they attacked, they had a tacit understanding and unleashed the Mu Family Sword Technique.

"Well come, now you can finally let me get serious." Yu Liancheng gave a sinister laugh and drew the Heavenly Dao Limitless.