Chapter 3: The Overbearing Netherworld Longsword

  A gentle breeze blew by, and in the courtyard of Fan Yiran's residence, which was several times larger than that of Ling Qingyan, the two stood facing each other.

  Yan Yi's body wore a gray long gown that fluttered in the gentle breeze, and a dark green long sword also appeared abruptly in his right hand. Meanwhile, opposite him, Ling Qingyan, wearing a purple long gown, stood solemnly, his right hand holding the eerie long sword covered with bloody aura, staring tightly at Yan Yi.

  Buzz!

  The azure light on the Long Sword of the Netherworld suddenly surged, and Ling Qing's entire body burst out with a fierce kick from his right leg, pointing directly at Fan Yiyan. At this time, Fan Yiyan also took a step back and moved, and a faint purple light appeared on the dark green long sword, which seemed to be intentionally suppressed by Fan Yiyan, its original power flickering on and off.

  Hiss! Hiss!

  Ling Qingyan's figure shifted slightly in mid-air when he was still several feet away from Fan Yiran. The dark and mysterious long sword in his hand, which was mixed with the power of the Azure True Force and the Blood Evil Qi, also brought several sword shadows to slash towards Fan Yiran. The momentum was fierce and violent, and the power contained on the sword seemed endless.

  It's the fourth move of the Heaven Sword Nine Forms, Frenzied Sword Style!

  Yan Yiran saw Ling Qingwan's body lean forward, exerting his strength to unleash a wild sword style. He couldn't help but shake his head secretly, "This little junior brother of mine doesn't even know the difference in power between true force levels! Although the purple true force I'm currently wielding on my sword only has the power of mid-blue level, it's more than enough to withstand his mid-green level sword move. Once I block it, when he's still in motion and can't recover, I can easily strike him down!"

  With this in mind, Fan Yiran seemed to feel that it was completely unnecessary to dodge, and directly held up the dark green long sword with true power in his hand... At this time, Ling Qingyan's dark sword had already cut through the air and struck Fan Yiran's sword.

  "Ding!"

  Two intersect, the sound is piercing. The dark and mysterious long sword in Ling Qing's hand rose again after slashing onto Fan Yiyan's sword, and then it was mixed with a more powerful force than before, slashing onto Fan Yiyan's trembling dark green long sword.

  "Ding!"

  Fan Yiran had just blocked Ling Qingyan's first sword, and he felt the power of the dark long sword in Ling Qingyan's cyan-colored true energy, which was not only at the middle stage of the cyan level but had reached the blue level. Even when Fan Yiran's own true energy on his sword was neutralized for an instant, he felt a slight tremor at the hilt of his sword. As he watched Ling Qingyan swing down his second sword, Fan Yiran, who knew that each sword in the Tianjian Nine Forms was stronger than the last, suddenly increased the intensity of his true energy on his sword to the late stage of the cyan level. However, this time, the hilt still shook violently...

  "How is it possible?!"

  Fan Yiran was shocked in his heart, this is completely unreasonable! His little junior brother, the true power he displayed was only at the middle stage of the green level, but when he actually clashed swords with him, that power had absolutely reached the standard of the blue level, especially the second sword, which had already vaguely approached the power of the late blue level!

  As Ling Qing's dark long sword in his hand rose and fell again, it seemed to bring with it a thunderous momentum. Fan Yi Ran's true power on the long sword in his hand suddenly surged to its peak state!

  Violet Middle Tier! Hard Carry!

  Ding! Ding! Ding!

  Heavy rain and strong winds continue one after another, one sword after another! One sword is stronger than the other! This is the essence of the fourth move of the Heavenly Sword Nine Styles, "Frenzied Sword Style"!!

  As soon as Ling Qingyan finished displaying the Crazy Sword Style, he retracted his body and suddenly a surge of blue true energy burst forth from between his legs, seemingly wanting to build up momentum again. Fan Yiran hastily retreated and shouted, "Stop! Stop!"

  At this moment, Fan Yiran already knew that Ling Qingyan's previous words were not just empty talk, but actually had real power.

  Ling Qing heard the words, first stunned, then immediately retracted his true strength, sheathing his sword and standing up. Just now he had fully unleashed his power to perform the fourth move of Tianjianjiu Style, "Kuang Jian Shi", it was exhilarating! It was satisfying!

  In the past, when sparring with others, they would always be considerate of each other, afraid of hurting one another and not being able to fully enjoy themselves. But today, in this almost one-sided sparring session with Fan Yiran, Ling Qingyan was completely letting loose, after all, Fan Yiran was a mid-stage Purple-tier martial artist! There was no need to hold back too much!

  What a relief! What a relief!

  Ling Qingyan suddenly felt that the depression he had been feeling earlier at Lian Jun's place had completely dissipated, and his entire body was extremely relaxed!

  "No wonder Qingfeng actually broke..."

  Fan Yiran looked at the shallow dent on his dark green long sword, although it was not obvious, but it could be clearly seen. Fan Yiran was heartbroken again at this time, his "Chi Mo" had accompanied him for decades, and its material was extremely rare in the Chongwu continent - "Mo Yu".

  Mo Yu, is the most tenacious stone known on the Chongwu continent to date! The black market price, one or two Mo Yu, is even worth tens of thousands of gold! The one-foot-square Mo Yu that was originally made into this long sword "Chi Mo" was also obtained by Fan Yi Ran through a combination of luck and cleverness, and then refined into a sword by his master Guan Zhong.

  The tenacity of this "Red Ink" is even comparable to the few divine weapons passed down by the Tianjian Sect for many years! And yet, this sturdy long sword also suffered at the hands of Ling Qingyan's Netherworld Long Sword.

  "Senior brother, how are you?" Ling Qingyan asked with a smile on his face as he looked at Fan Yiran's slightly dull complexion.

  "You little brat, you're such an oddball!"

  Fan Yiran withdrew his gaze from the long sword in his hand, looked up at Ling Qingyan and said irritably. The small dent on the originally perfect sword was heart-wrenching for him, and now seeing Ling Qingyan smile, he naturally wasn't in a good mood.

  Looking at Ling Qingyan, who still had a smile on his face, Fan Yiran furrowed his brow. "Little brother, you're clearly just a mid-level cultivator of the Cyan stage, but I felt that when you used 'Frenzied Sword Style', your attacks... The first sword was comparable to an early-stage Cyan cultivator, the second sword was even comparable to a mid-to-late stage Cyan cultivator. The last few swords, although they didn't burst forth with Violet-level power, were still at the peak of Blue level! What's going on? I clearly saw that the true energy on your sword was cyan-colored, and not even close to deep cyan!"

  "Big brother, look..."

  Ling Qingyan didn't make any further explanations and directly handed the Youming Long Sword, which had already been sheathed with its true power, to Fan Yiran.

  Fan Yiran took it over with ease, then put his own "Chi Mo" into the hundred-seal ring. He observed Ling Qingyan's Yu Ming long sword and didn't find anything unusual at first glance. However, after a few more glances, Fan Yiran discovered an extremely faint blood-red mist on the surface of the Yu Ming long sword under the sunlight. For a moment, he couldn't help but look at Ling Qingyan, "Younger brother, what is this?"

  "Haha! Senior brother, this is the 'Blood Evil Energy' in my innate Totem, and I don't know what reason it has completely merged with my Netherworld Long Sword... Earlier, I wasn't sure about the impact of this 'Blood Evil Energy' on the Netherworld Long Sword, but based on what you just said, the power of this Blood Evil Energy can actually make my strongest True Force attack reach the peak of Blue Rank!"

  Ling Qingyan also didn't expect that the Netherworld Longsword, which was in harmony with the Blood Evil energy, would be so overbearing!