Martial Arts: After ten years of sword-drawing, the Sword God must bow his head when he sees me

Chapter 161 Sword Four, Piercing Through the Void and Annihilating (Third Update!)

Inside the arena, after Xie Wangsun's gaze swept over Bai Xiaosheng and Gongzi Yu, whose internal energy fluctuations were sometimes visible and sometimes hidden, he looked up at Shen Ping'an, his internal energy flowing slowly.

Sensing the fluctuations of true energy within Xie Wangsun's body, and looking at the two Celestial Realm martial artists from the Xie family beside him, Shen Ping'an knew perfectly well that the three of them were currently transmitting their true energy through telepathy.

After a moment's thought, he slowly raised his right hand.

As the Heaven-Slaying Sword Intent surged within her body, the One Night Sword in Qu Feiyan's arms suddenly began to vibrate violently.

"Yan!"

The next instant, as a melodious sword cry echoed, the Yi Xi sword in Qu Feiyan's hand seemed to have its own intelligence, and flew from its sheath into Shen Ping'an's hand on its own.

Previously, when facing Xie Xiaofeng, Shen Ping'an had not used his sword.

At this moment, the sudden appearance of the sword in his hand drew everyone's attention to Shen Ping'an.

Even Xie Wangsun and the other two Celestial Realm warriors couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts as they looked at Shen Ping'an, who held a long sword in his hand, with a hint of wariness on their faces.

As Xie Wangsun and the others' gazes fell upon Shen Ping'an, Shen Ping'an spoke softly.

"After returning to the Shen family from Wudang, I went into seclusion and created a sword technique called 'Piaomiao,' which currently has ten forms."

"However, this martial art has never had the opportunity to be used since its inception."

"As a family specializing in swordsmanship, Master Xie and the other two also focus on swordsmanship. I am not very talented, but I would like to ask the three of you to test my 'Ethereal Sword Technique'."

Hearing Shen Ping'an's words, Xie Wangsun and the other two Celestial Realm experts from the Xie family also burst out laughing.

But he laughed in his extreme anger.

Although they were annoyed by Shen Ping'an's underestimation of them, they couldn't help but secretly circulate their inner energy when they thought of the strength Shen Ping'an had shown when facing Xie Xiaofeng.

After glancing at Gongzi Yu and his group in the distance, and then at Shen Ping'an, who stood with one hand behind his back and sword in hand, Xie Wangsun said, "Let's attack together."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Wangsun took the lead and transformed into a streak of light, instantly rushing to Shen Ping'an's side. He then slashed down with his long sword with lightning speed.

The other two followed closely behind Xie Wangsun the moment he made his move, each raising their swords at Shen Ping'an according to different sword techniques.

As the sword blades pierced the air, wisps of the power of heaven and earth gathered from the surroundings and entered the bodies of the three, before flowing into their sword blades.

This greatly increased the speed and power of the three sword techniques.

Seeing this, Shen Ping'an remained calm, and with a three-inch sliver of green light, three cold lights carrying sword energy arrived like silver shuttles in an instant. In a daze, all three of them had the feeling that Shen Ping'an's sword was aimed at them.

Sensing this, the three quickly changed their sword techniques to block the sword light in front of them.

However, just as the three of them blocked the sword light in front of them, they all felt a powerful force coming from the blades of their swords, forcing them to take several steps back to steady themselves.

At the same time, Xie Wangsun sensed a familiar aura from the sword light during their previous exchange.

Xie Wangsun looked at Shen Ping'an in astonishment and said, "The power of heaven and earth?"

Not only Xie Wangsun, but also the other two Xie family elders at the Celestial Realm level sensed the power of heaven and earth contained in Shen Ping'an's sword light.

The two even carefully sensed the fluctuations of Shen Ping'an's internal energy. After confirming that the fluctuations of Shen Ping'an's internal energy were still at the first level of the Heavenly Gang Realm, the two felt even more confused.

But as Shen Ping'an raised his sword, the three of them forgot their astonishment and hastily reacted.

On the sidelines, Gongzi Yu looked at Bai Xiaosheng and asked, "Has Elder Bai ever heard of such a situation, where someone at the first level of the Heavenly Gang Realm is able to mobilize the power of heaven and earth for their own use?"

Faced with Gongzi Yu's question, Bai Xiaosheng pondered for a moment before nodding and saying, "I once read in an ancient book that a thousand years ago there was a master swordsman who, even before his cultivation reached the Celestial Realm, was able to use the power of heaven and earth to his own advantage through swordsmanship."

"If what the ancient book says is true, then perhaps young friend Shen also forcibly drew upon the power of heaven and earth with his own swordsmanship."

Gongzi Yu asked in surprise, "The sword path can actually mobilize the power of heaven and earth?"

Bai Xiaosheng shook his head and said, "I have no talent in swordsmanship, so how can I prove this? But apart from this explanation, I can't think of any other way for my friend Shen to be able to mobilize the power of heaven and earth like a Celestial Realm martial artist while suppressing his cultivation at the first level of the Heavenly Gang Realm."

Inside the arena, the battle between Shen Ping'an and Xie Wangsun continued.

However, anyone with discerning eyes could see that even if Xie Wangsun joined forces with two other members of the Xie family who were at the Celestial Realm, they would still find it difficult to gain the upper hand.

Not only that.

At this moment, Shen Ping'an still had one hand behind his back, clearly not using his full strength. Xie Wangsun and two elders of the Xie family joined forces, their three swords flashing and creating a series of whooshing sounds.

To onlookers, it appeared as if hundreds or thousands of sword lights were flashing continuously, weaving together to form a sword net that pressed down on Shen Ping'an.

Despite being surrounded by the three, Shen Ping'an remained calm and composed.

Each time he raised or pointed his sword, he perfectly countered the sword moves of Xie Wangsun and the other two.

His sword techniques were formless and unpredictable, constantly changing, making them completely unfathomable to Xie Wangsun and his companions.

Furthermore, during their exchange, all three could clearly sense that Shen Ping'an's swordplay was somewhat strange.

Some of the most basic sword moves that seem ordinary can be made extremely powerful in Shen Ping'an's hands.

It seems like a casual sword move, yet it contains a powerful sword aura.

Moreover, what puzzled the three even more was the issue of the power of heaven and earth.

As is well known, the higher a martial artist's cultivation level is, the stronger their perception of the power of heaven and earth becomes, and the more power of heaven and earth they can gather each time.

This is also an important criterion for judging the strength of a Celestial Realm expert.

On the Xie family's side, Xie Wangsun was already at the sixth level of the Celestial Realm, but Xie Wangsun was astonished to find that Shen Ping'an was able to gather even more power of heaven and earth than he was.

On several occasions, the power of heaven and earth that he had gathered would betray him and run to Shen Ping'an's side in the blink of an eye.

Now, not to mention the other two Xie family elders, even Xie Wangsun, who is already at the sixth level of the Celestial Realm, is experiencing some turbulence in his blood and qi due to these sword auras and the power of heaven and earth.

Seeing that they couldn't break through after a long siege, Xie Wangsun and his two companions became somewhat anxious.

At Xie Wangsun's prompting, all three let out a low shout, and their inner energy poured into their swords like a flood.

As the three raised their swords, three sword shadows, each three zhang in size, appeared in the air and swept towards Shen Ping'an with different sword auras.

Facing the three sword shadows imbued with awe-inspiring sword intent and sword energy, Shen Ping'an slightly raised his eyes, raised his right hand and longsword, leaving behind trails of water-like sword intent and sword energy in the air.

"Sword Four, piercing through the air and vanishing."

The moment the words left his mouth, Shen Ping'an thrust his sword forward.

In the next instant, three dazzling sword lights, as brilliant as shooting stars, burst forth from the sword, creating a terrifying shockwave that spread outwards.

Under this sword light, the sword shadows unleashed by Xie Wangsun and his two companions shattered instantly like bubbles.

The shockwave spread out, causing the Xie family members around to feel a strong wind blowing in their faces.

Even the Xie family elders hurriedly mobilized their own true energy to form a protective shield behind them, shielding the other members of the Xie family.

However, those Xie family members whose cultivation was only at the Meridian Opening Realm or the Innate Realm still coughed up blood the moment they touched these waves of energy, and their internal organs were damaged by the intense shock at that moment.

A series of wails and screams came from the Xie family members.

The remaining Xie family elders hurriedly directed the other Xie family members to lead the injured clansmen to retreat nearly five zhang (approximately 10 meters), stopping only when they were almost within the encirclement of the Azure Dragon Society disciples.

Looking towards the Xie family members, Xie Wangsun and the other two Xie family elders at the Celestial Realm all had extremely unpleasant expressions.

But when their gazes fell back on Shen Ping'an, Xie Wangsun and the other two felt a sudden sinking feeling in their hearts.

The strength that Shen Ping'an is currently displaying is far too terrifying.

Even when Xie Wangsun looked at Shen Ping'an, a look of fear couldn't help but appear deep in his eyes.

Xie Wangsun never imagined that anyone in the world could be as monstrous as Shen Ping'an.

Although he only revealed the cultivation level of the first level of the Heavenly Gang Realm, his strength was enough to fight three opponents at once, and he was able to handle the three martial artists of the Heavenly Human Realm with ease.

Even Zhang Sanfeng, currently the number one martial artist in the Ming Dynasty, could not possibly have a cultivation level as terrifying as Shen Ping'an's, even at the first level of the Heavenly Gang Realm.

"Is it just to this extent?"

However, at that moment, Shen Ping'an in the arena suddenly frowned and murmured something softly.

(End of this chapter)