Chapter 990

In truth, he had long since unleashed the full essence of the God-Slaying Single-Saber Slash.

And mid-strike, he had already released the secret art of the Yagyu clan—Snow Drifting Through the Mortal World.

In an instant, the rear mountain that had been clear and sunny just moments ago became a frozen wasteland within a blink.

Countless snowflakes descended from the heavens.

Each flake was not only bone-chillingly cold, but also concealed endless killing intent.

"Good!"

Liao Jie, seeing that Liusheng Dan Ma Shou could stir up such a tremendous display with a single strike, could not help but praise aloud.

The hand pressed against Guihai Yidao's brow remained unmoved.

Only his other hand shot out, employing one of Yunzhou Shaolin's Seventy-Two Absolute Techniques—the Great Compassion Palm!

The core of the Great Compassion Palm is that the palm-user must harbor a heart of saving the suffering, of great mercy and great compassion.

Every palm strike must contain not the slightest killing intent or desire to compete and prevail.

Instead, each palm must leave a thread of life, with the intent of guiding others to salvation.

Yet practicing Wu Gong and employing Wu Gong are both for the sake of competing and prevailing—how could one truly hold such a peculiar notion?

Therefore, since this palm technique was created, very few Gao Seng have managed to master it.

Yet Liao Jie was an oddity within Yunzhou Shaolin—his Buddhist learning actually surpassed his Wu Gong.

In conducting himself, he placed Buddhist principles above all else.

This Great Compassion Palm was, by the Daoist Priest Sect, cultivated by him to the realm of perfection.

The martial arts of You Dongying mostly originated from the Central Plains.

For instance, Duan Tianya traveled thousands of miles to You Dongying to learn the Illusory Sword Absolute Technique.

It was created by a generation's great master of the Central Plains, yet in the end it was transmitted to You Dongying instead.

The swordsmanship and saber arts of the Yagyu clan also originally stemmed from the Central Plains.

Only that You Dongying is a narrow land, and its people are fond of bravery and viciousness.

After learning Central Plains Wu Gong, they carried its bravery and viciousness to the extreme.

Between every move and stance, ruthlessness brooks no mercy.

Moreover, the people of You Dongying are cunning and deceitful by nature.

So that their Wu Gong is filled with trickery.

The Yagyu clan's swordsmanship carried ruthlessness and deceit to the extreme.

The God-Slaying Single-Saber Slash is a heartless saber that gathers ruthlessness and mercilessness into one.

Snow Drifting Through the Mortal World is the ultimate deceitful absolute technique that fuses illusion arts and ninjutsu.

Liusheng Dan Ma Shou further blazed his own trail, fusing the two absolute learnings.

Once unleashed, ruthlessness carried trickery within, and deceitfulness reached the pinnacle of venomous cruelty.

If an ordinary martial artist encountered Liusheng Dan Ma Shou, they would long since have been utterly defeated by his Wu Gong that possessed both deceit and venom.

Even those whose Wu Gong realm matched his would meet the same fate.

Yet by chance, his opponent this time was Liao Jie, whose heart was rooted in compassion and whose Buddhist learning had reached the utmost peak.

What Liao Jie employed was again the Great Compassion Palm from among Yunzhou Shaolin's Seventy-Two Absolute Techniques, a technique rooted in compassion.

Therefore, although Liusheng Dan Ma Shou's offensive came with terrifying momentum, seemingly almost unstoppable,

Liao Jie used only one hand, and through the Great Compassion Palm dissolved Liusheng Dan Ma Shou's offensive into nothingness.

"How could this be? How could this be?"

Liusheng Dan Ma Shou did not know how many strikes he had launched.

Yet not a single one could break through Liao Jie's Great Compassion Palm.

But he could clearly sense that Liao Jie's cultivation was not much higher than his own.

In an instant his emotions surged, and he felt as though his martial heart was on the verge of collapse.

The more he fought, the more his heart trembled; the more he fought, the less he dared to press the attack.

Liao Jie, seeing such a situation, also felt somewhat astonished.

Yet his Buddhist learning was profound, and he did not ponder the martial principles behind it.

Seeing Liusheng Dan Ma Shou attacking desperately, appearing half-mad, his heart of compassion could not help but stir, and he said,

"Benefactor Yagyu, why must you drag Benefactor Guihai down into that abyss of suffering?

Your Wu Gong is also filled with violent energy.

To press on so impatiently for quick results,

I fear that one careless moment, and the violent energy will backlash upon you.

You will instead end up like Benefactor Guihai—invaded by evil qi, brought on by inner demons!"

These words, too, sprang from a kind heart.

Clearly Liusheng Dan Ma Shou was attacking him madly, every strike holding nothing back.

Yet he still wore the look of one earnestly and tirelessly urging others toward goodness.

If it were anyone else, they would long since have thrown down their saber and admitted defeat, or at the very least stopped causing trouble.

But Liusheng Dan Ma Shou was not only the head of the Yagyu clan, but also an utterly ambitious sort.

His sudden appearance and attack this time was truly on orders.

Without achieving his aim, how could he dare to stop.

Therefore he forcibly ignored Liao Jie's nagging, guarded his dantian, ceaselessly urging his true essence, and pressed the attack with his saber.

Yet the nature of his Wu Gong was restrained by Liao Jie.

In his frantic haste, there was no way he could break through.

Liaojie saw again that Ryuso Tamamashou was restless and impetuous, wicked thoughts surging one after another.

Thinking Ryuso Tamamashou was about to lose his mental guard, he kept on admonishing him.

Watching this fierce fight, any bystander would long since have been doubled over laughing.

In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged no fewer than five hundred moves.

Ryuso Tamamashou's moves were growing more and more disordered.

The snowflakes that filled the sky were also gradually fading away.

Clearly his fighting spirit was unsteady; Snow-Drifting Mortal World was about to break.

At this, Ryuso Tamamashou grew even more anxious.

Uneasy at heart, he worried that if he could not even complete this small task,

he would earn the disgust of the man above, and his grand ambitions would come to nothing.

But at that very moment, Liaojie was still endlessly droning on.

The nagging drove Ryuso Tamamashou to a fury that attacked his heart; suddenly his face flushed red, and a mouthful of old blood was about to spurt out.

"What a joke — Ryuso Tamamashou, I didn't expect that after all this time, you still haven't improved at all!"

Just as the fresh blood in Ryuso Tamamashou's mouth was about to gush forth, a voice suddenly rang out.

Ryuso Tamamashou's heart stirred, and he immediately looked toward the sound.

He saw, standing atop a cliff not far away, a familiar figure.

"Eh? Could it be you, old… Senior?"

Startled, wasn't this the very old fellow who had "tricked" him out of his Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom in You Dongying back in the day?

How had this fellow vanished for so many years, only to suddenly appear here?

Ryuso Tamamashou had always hated the old fellow deeply, after all the man had "tricked" him out of one of his great trump cards.

Over all these years, in the depths of his heart, he had never for a moment stopped cursing him.

But now, upon this sudden meeting, Ryuso Tamamashou recalled that battle of years past, and his heart instantly flinched.

Though he did not know how Duan Tianya had suddenly exploded in power and fought the old fellow to such a degree,

Ryuso Tamamashou knew that this old fellow was truly a master far above himself.

Even though he had made some progress over the years, he feared he still fell short in many ways.

Therefore, with the words on the tip of his tongue, he instead addressed General Chilaowen as Senior.

That's right — the newcomer was none other than General Chilaowen!