Chapter 578: Chapter 578: Young Master of Heavenly Sound Tower, Tian Qin, Infinite Sword Drawing Technique
“Second Senior Brother is finally making a move.”
The disciples of Misty Sect gathered around the sixth platform, their eyes shimmering with anticipation.
Qiao Jiaxi, Shi Lei, and others all smiled.
In the Misty Sect, among the Element Gathering Realm disciples, aside from Mo Ying, Huo Yunjie was currently the strongest.
They all wanted to know, after many days not seen, to what level Huo Yunjie had improved.
“Yun Jie, you must win!”
In the crowd, Baixue Ding silently cheered him on.
On the sixth platform.
Huo Yunjie’s opponent was a veiled woman in a white dress, quietly sitting in a bamboo chair, with an antique zither placed horizontally on the bamboo table in front of her.
Seeing Huo Yunjie, the woman smiled sweetly.
“I am the young master of the Heavenly Sound Tower from the Leiwu Dynasty, Tian Qin.”
The woman introduced herself.
“A prodigy in sound rhythm?” Huo Yunjie asked.
“I dare not claim to be a prodigy, just possess some strength. Previously, this little girl has already defended the platform for twenty-one matches, I wonder if Brother Huo can break through my Heavenly Sound Array.”
Tian Qin slightly smiled, softly speaking.
As soon as her voice came out, Huo Yunjie immediately closed his eyes and realized he was already being disturbed by special sound waves.
However, his Ruthless Sword Intent vibrated, clearing away all negative effects.
“Oh!” Tian Qin’s lips slowly curled up. “Worthy of being a True Disciple of Misty Sect, truly remarkable in strength.”
“Let’s begin!”
Huo Yunjie stood on the platform, drawing his Middle-Grade Spiritual Artifact, Frost Sword. As for his Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact, Heavenly Frost Sword, it was kept hidden for the time being.
In the Element Gathering Realm level of combat, using an Upper-Grade Spiritual Artifact would give too much of an advantage, and the victory would be unsporting.
“It has already begun.”
Tian Qin smiled slightly, her fair hands on the zither, as she gently plucked the strings, the melodious tune echoing throughout the area.
“Such a lovely sound of the zither.”
“I actually feel like falling asleep…”
Many in the audience felt drowsy, promptly slapping their cheeks or biting their teeth, pinching the philtrum to ensure they stayed awake.
Huo Yunjie, protected by his Ruthless Sword Intent, was not affected.
“Dong…”
Tian Qin changed the playing frequency, and the rhythm quickened.
As she dramatically waved her hands, several sound waves turned into invisible blades, like a Sword Array slashing towards Huo Yunjie.
Clang!
Huo Yunjie swung his sword to chop, splitting the sounding wave blades apart.
But as Tian Qin’s playing continued, more and more sound wave blades kept coming. Soon, blades were everywhere, forming a Sound Wave Array, trapping Huo Yunjie firmly inside.
“Things are not looking good!”
The crowd slightly furrowed their brows.
Huo Yunjie was very strong, and many people knew it, but today’s opponent was the young master from the Heavenly Sound Tower of the Leiwu Dynasty, wielding sound rhythm attacks which were intangible and hard to deal with.
“If your sound rhythm attacks end here, then that would be quite uninteresting.”
Huo Yunjie wielded the Frost Sword, easily blocking all sound wave blades, his face unflushed, breath steady, with lots to spare.
“This is just an appetizer, but since Brother Huo wishes for the main course, this little girl naturally offers it with both hands!”
Tian Qin’s voice became deeper.
Her hands on the zither, they fluttered like butterflies dancing through flowers, leaving only afterimages.
And with her rapid playing, the area around her quickly became encircled with the sonorous notes, forming a hard defensive shield.
Clang!
Huo Yunjie’s strike was repelled with a shock.
Suddenly, hundreds of sound wave blades overlapped to become a spiral sound wave spear, heading straight for Huo Yunjie’s chest.
“Sword Drawing Technique!”
Huo Yunjie sheathed his sword and then drew it again in an instant.
The gleaming sword light split out, powerful as a rainbow, but the spiral sound wave spear suddenly dispersed, dodging the strike, then quickly combined again and lunged toward Huo Yunjie.
“What exquisite control of sound!”
The expressions of various prodigies changed.
Some who had been defeated by Tian Qin said solemnly, “We were all defeated by this move, anyone who battles with Tian Qin cannot withstand this technique.”
“Huo Yunjie is in danger!”
Someone whispered.
“Sword Drawing Technique, Momentum Reincarnation!”
At that moment, Huo Yunjie formed hand seals, and the gleaming sword light that had been slashed towards the distance suddenly looped back, cleaving through the spiral sound wave spear with the swiftness of lightning.
“Eh!”
“What kind of move is this?”
The crowd’s eyes widened.
Tian Qin was also startled, as she had never encountered an opponent who could withstand her spiral sound wave spear until now.
“Interesting, truly interesting!”
Tian Qin chuckled softly and continued to play, and immediately spiral-shaped sound wave long spears condensed and once again launched an attack towards Huo Yunjie.
“Was that just now a Sword Combat Technique?”
“I remember that’s Senior Sister Mo Ying’s specialty!”
Disciples from the Misty Sect whispered amongst themselves.
On platform number eight.
Mo Ying was watching the battle with her arms crossed.
Her red lips under the black veil curled up slightly.
“What a Huo Yunjie, he has even learned the Sword Combat Technique, but his Sword Drawing Technique isn’t bad either, he’s quite adept with it.”
Huo Yunjie had learned the Sword Combat Technique.
But, Mo Ying had also picked up the Sword Drawing Technique!
On platform number six, the battle was fierce.
Tian Qin kept on attacking with her spiral-shaped sound wave long spears, while Huo Yunjie controlled the sharp sword light emitted from his Sword Drawing Technique with his Sword Combat Technique, slicing open the spiral sound wave long spears several times.
Both parties were now at a stalemate.
“Infinite Sword Drawing Technique!”
At this moment, Huo Yunjie decided not to hold back any longer.
He kept returning his sword to the scabbard and performed the Sword Drawing Technique.
Instantly, dozens of bright sword lights flashed out, some easily shattered the spiral-shaped sound wave long spears, others struck Tian Qin’s sound wave barrier, causing it to dent, violently distort, and ultimately crack.
“Not good!”
Tian Qin’s face changed.
If it went on like this, her sound wave barrier would not hold.
“Tidal Sound Surge!”
With no other choice, Tian Qin decided to use her most recently mastered secret technique, ten fingers rapidly dancing on the zither, the sound gradually accelerating from slow to fast, forming waves of sound tides that rapidly swept out.
This was an attack in all directions.
Huo Yunjie couldn’t dodge, he could only withstand it with sheer force!
Confronted with this terrifying strike, Huo Yunjie focused and calmed himself, returned his sword to the scabbard, and in an instant gathered more than half of his energy throughout his body.
Rip!
This sword light was devoid of any flourish.
It tore through the tidal sound waves with overwhelming force, cleaving open Tian Qin’s gathered sound wave barrier, gliding past her cheek, slicing a few strands of hair, and causing the thin, soft veil to flutter down.
The very next moment.
A face of devastating beauty appeared.
“Ah!”
Tian Qin quickly covered her lower face with her wide sleeve, while her clear eyes fixed on Huo Yunjie.
“Such fierce sword qi, you win!”
After speaking, she collected the zither and her table and chairs, while covering her face, she rapidly left the area.
“It’s just a face, why cover it up?”
Huo Yunjie sheathed his sword, muttering under his breath.
For someone like him, a straightforward and unemotional man, the beauty or plainness of a woman was irrelevant to him.
In his heart, there was only the sword!
“Second Senior Brother won!”
“Yun Jie won!”
The disciples of the Misty Sect, including Baixue Ding and Lin Yuyan, heard of Tian Qin conceding and all cheered in celebration.
At platform number six, Tian Qin had already consecutively defeated dozens of challengers, standing as a proud genius at the peak of her cultivation level.
But, Huo Yunjie defeated her, meaning he probably would have no more opponents left.
The remaining time did not require him to fight anymore.
Everyone began to shift their attention to the other platforms.
At the peak of Misty Peak.
[Sect Prestige Value (Disciple): 45976]
Ye Feng looked at the task prestige value nearing fifty thousand, stroking his chin, he whispered, “Not bad, at this rate, it will soon break one hundred thousand, and it’s not very far from the goal of one million.”
…
Within Jiaoyang Holy City.
The Demon God Temple Master paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.
“What a Misty Sect, what a Mystique Kingdom, not to mention the Leiwu Dynasty, none are good things. Since you organize the duel of geniuses between two countries, I shall send you a grand present!”
“I wonder if the fall of countless geniuses will indeed cause these people heartache?”
He sneered, stepping into the deepest part of the Demon God Temple.
A sinister and terrifying aura spread out, turning the surroundings into an ice domain where the perpetual frost never thawed, horrifying to behold.
Yet, the Demon God Temple Master calmly strode into it.
Gazing at the imprisoned figure, he grinned.
“Ice Demon, stop playing dead with me!”
As soon as his voice fell, the entire ice domain shook.
An ancient and ferocious consciousness slowly began to awaken.