Traveling through the game world

During the sword duel with the Black Stone Sword Saint, Lian Yang felt that his sword skills were improving endlessly. Although the speed was slow, Lian Yang did not stagnate at all.

Blackrock Sword Saint's sword is fast, cunning, and ruthless. Lian Yang's swordsmanship is expansive and powerful, and whenever Blackrock Sword Saint's unpredictable sword strikes, Lian Yang's kingly sword always retaliates sharply.

For Lian Yang, the sword was the first weapon he encountered when he came into contact with data, and it was the weapon that he never changed from beginning to end. Lian Yang has always firmly believed that the sword is the weapon of kings, the domineering aura of the knife is only that of a hegemon, at most the level of Xiang Yu, and the might of the spear is just might, at most the role of a general. As for some strange and other weapons, Lian Yang has a feeling of disdain for them from the bottom of his heart.

For Lian Yang, only the sword is the truly perfect weapon. Its double-edged blade has a seam, and it has a spike at the front, making it suitable for both offense and defense. It can be used for killing and is also good at defense. Whether it is unpredictable and cunning or majestic and powerful, this is a realm that only the sword can reach.

In Lian Yang's view, every cold weapon in human history has its flaws, except for the sword, which is perfect. Therefore, Lian Yang has always been meticulous in practicing the swordsmanship that Agamemnon taught him.

Even when it comes to swords, Lian Yang is only fond of greatswords. For him, katanas are too narrow and more like toys for girls, and short swords are too sinister and not weapons for men. As for blunt weapons? Those are symbols of barbarians, okay? Even if Buwanga in the game is known as a blunt weapon master, isn't he essentially a barbarian chieftain from the snow?

As for lightsabers, Lian Yang wasn't opposed to them, but compared to greatswords, lightsabers were somewhat lacking in power. Therefore, for Lian Yang, who possessed unparalleled power, only greatswords were the best choice.

In the past, Lian Yang, who had already completed his first awakening, was revered as a Sword Saint in the Arad Continent. After all, Lian Yang's understanding of the sword as a weapon had reached a limit, a limit that many people could never surpass in their entire lives.

However, Lian Yang knew from the beginning that the sword has no limits. At least for the realms that Lian Yang knew, the realm above Sword Saint was called Sword Body.

Lian Yang has always been a long way from becoming a Sword God. After all, this is a real world, and you can't just awaken naturally by accumulating experience and leveling up.

This is not a game, and there are no NPCs giving Lian Yang a mission to awaken his sword easily. This is the real world. If Lian Yang wants to achieve awakening, he can only do so step by step through battles to understand the essence of the sword.

However, since Lian Yang completed his Sword Saint awakening, although his level has been constantly increasing and his damage has become more and more powerful, Lian Yang knows that his realm has never changed; it has only been a quantitative change all along.

However, quantitative change always has its limits. When the quantitative change reached its limit, Lian Yang knew he had to make a breakthrough. A sword saint of extremely high level had no future; in the end, it was just that—nothing special. Any being at the stable sword god level could easily torture a high-level sword saint to the point of near death.

This is a difference in understanding. It's like everyone is holding a bayonet, but a sword master can fire a gun with a bayonet attached, while a sword saint is just particularly adept at wielding a bayonet.

In the context of the same era, taking modern times as an example, swords and bladed weapons are not even in the same league as firearms. What's even more frightening is that this situation is especially evident among sword gods and sword saints.

At this moment, Lian Yang happened to feel that the bottleneck that had not been loosened for a long time was beginning to loosen little by little. His sword strikes were becoming faster and faster, and the Black Stone Sword Saint was becoming more and more terrified.

At this moment, the battle seemed to be going well for Blackrock Sword Saint, but in reality, Blackrock Sword Saint always knew that Lian Yang was actually controlling the pace of the fight. In fact, as Lian Yang's aura grew increasingly powerful, Blackrock Sword Saint even had a feeling that he might die by Lian Yang's sword at any moment.

"Who are you? With such swordsmanship, you shouldn't be so unknown!" As the battle continued, Black Stone Sword Saint's heart grew increasingly panicked, because the initiative in the battle had been completely seized by Lian Yang. Although Black Stone Sword Saint had the upper hand, Lian Yang's rhythm made him feel fearful, especially the increasingly strong sword aura emanating from Lian Yang, which even made the long katana in Black Stone Sword Saint's hand increasingly difficult to control, as if it might fly into Lian Yang's hand at any moment.

"Who am I?" Lian Yang chuckled and said coldly, "I am who I am, a different kind of swordsman!" As he spoke, Lian Yang swung his greatsword in another horizontal strike. The Demon Sword Apophis seemed to possess a spirit, even bursting out a sword cry, causing a gash to instantly appear on the Black Stone Sword Saint's longsword.

"Damn it!" Blackrock Sword Saint was furious that Lian Yang not only didn't answer his question directly but also launched a sneak attack. He felt an urge to kill him to vent his anger. "But why is this bastard so strong?" However, his anger was barely ignited when Lian Yang's fierce heavy sword brought him back to reality.

Blackrock Sword Saint knew very well that although he seemed to have the upper hand with his superior speed and Lianyang's slow greatsword seemed to be in danger, Blackrock Sword Saint, as the two combatants, knew all too well that the current situation was that this inexplicable bastard in front of him had killing intent but no killing aura, and his attacks were not particularly sharp.

However, as the battle continued, the Blackrock Sword Saint could clearly feel that Lian Yang's sword energy was fading while his sword intent was growing stronger. At first, the Blackrock Sword Saint could clearly see Lian Yang's sword intent and parried it with ease.

However, as the battle continued, the Black Stone Sword Saint was surprised to find that Lian Yang's sword intent was becoming increasingly complex. He went from seeing through it at a glance, to thinking about it several times, to feeling a deep resonance, to finding it obscure and difficult to understand... until now the Black Stone Sword Saint was completely bewildered. He knew very well that he had lost, and lost utterly.

However, Lian Yang had no intention of ending the duel anytime soon, because his understanding of the sword was far from over; in fact, as the battle continued, his knowledge of the sword grew stronger. From basic swordsmanship to more advanced beginner-level techniques, Lian Yang was now beginning to use some intermediate-level swordsmanship in his duel with the Black Stone Sword Saint.

"Draw Sword Slash!" Lian Yang seized an opening in Black Stone Sword Saint's defenses and unleashed a sudden Draw Sword Slash, catching Black Stone Sword Saint off guard with its sharp sword technique.

First, Lian Yang uses a super greatsword that is not much smaller than a door panel—the Demon Sword Apophis. Second, the Black Stone Sword Saint's weapon is a thin and long katana.

In terms of ultimate lethality, if the same person uses both weapons, the damage will not be much different, since one emphasizes force and heaviness, while the other emphasizes speed and lightning.

However, when these two weapons collide, the difference becomes apparent. In a head-on clash where both sides are evenly matched, the person wielding the heavier weapon naturally possesses greater inertia and therefore greater destructive power. This is beyond question.

"Pfft..." Caught off guard, the Black Stone Sword Saint instinctively held his long katana horizontally in front of his chest, but how could such a hasty defense possibly be a match for Lian Yang's long-planned surprise attack?

In just a single exchange, in the blink of an eye, Lian Yang had already swept his sword across the Black Stone Sword Saint, causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood and fly far away.

"Damn bastard!" The moment he fell to the ground, the Black Stone Sword Saint gulped down a mouthful of life-restoring potion, cautiously watching Lian Yang, on guard against any possible attack from Lian Yang.

Looking at the cautious Blackstone Sword Saint, Lian Yang sneered, "It's rare to have someone to practice on. Don't worry, I won't kill you so quickly!" For Lian Yang, the Blackstone Sword Saint was truly a rare whetstone. If he wanted to kill him quickly, he would have done so long ago; why waste time like this?

"Damn it!" Upon hearing Lian Yang's words, a feeling of humiliation instantly filled the Black Stone Sword Saint's chest. Although Lian Yang's words temporarily put his life at ease, the feeling that his life and death were in the hands of his enemy was incredibly humiliating for a powerful figure like the Black Stone Sword Saint.

"Go to hell!" Blackstone Sword Saint suddenly sprang up, rushing to Lian Yang's side in an instant. Without saying a word, he activated his Shadow Clone and roared, "I can't beat you by myself, but I don't believe you can beat four of me by yourself!"

Shadow Clone, one of the signature skills of the Blademaster in Warcraft, is actually a clone created by combining a certain amount of magic power with the Blademaster's super speed.

However, the initial effect is merely to make it difficult for people to discern, thus achieving the ability to confuse the enemy and then deliver a fatal blow.

More advanced shadow clones are different. These clones possess their own offensive capabilities. Ultimately, it reflects a Sword Saint's profound understanding of the sword, imbuing the magically enhanced afterimage with sword energy. Naturally, because the clones also possess offensive power, these shadow clones become far more deceptive, difficult to distinguish, and incredibly difficult to defend against – this is the greatest impression they give to enemies.

As luck would have it, although Blackrock Blademaster's character is rather mediocre, his talent is undeniable. He's far more than just a level 2 nobody in the game. He knows all the signature skills of the Orc Blademaster, and many of Blackrock Blademaster's skills are even exceptionally powerful.

As the saying goes, a master's skill is evident from the first move. The Black Stone Sword Saint, driven nearly mad by Lian Yang's provocation, along with his three shadow clones, managed to disrupt Lian Yang's sword in an instant.

That's right, it's a mess. First of all, although Lian Yang has broken through the bottleneck of Sword Saint and his swordsmanship has begun to improve, he has not yet reached the level of Sword God.

As for the Black Stone Sword Saint, since he is called a Sword Saint, his swordsmanship is naturally no less than that of a Sword Saint. But that's not the most crucial point. The most crucial point is that although Lian Yang has an overwhelming advantage over the Black Stone Sword Saint in a one-on-one fight, this is just an illusion. This is because Lian Yang is improving, while the Black Stone Sword Saint is not. One is standing still while the other is constantly improving. In such a battle, Lian Yang naturally has the advantage.

However, when Blackrock Swordsman used Shadow Clone, it was almost as if he had become four people instead of one. Although the attack power of the other three was only one-tenth of that of the original Blackrock Swordsman, in terms of the elegance of his swordsmanship and the difficulty of his skills, they were almost no different from the original.

However, for Lian Yang now, victory is not his goal. His goal is to improve his swordsmanship, and he will not use any powerful skills to hinder his progress.

The problem this caused was that Lian Yang's duel with the Black Stone Sword Saint turned into a group fight, and he was being ganged up on by four guys of similar strength.

"Shameless bastards, they actually ganged up on us!" Besieged on all sides, Lian Yang was furious. What was originally just one enemy had turned into three enemies at the same time, which was naturally no easy task.

The most troublesome thing is that Lian Yang is wielding a greatsword. Although with Lian Yang's terrifying strength, he can wield even a greatsword as fast as a lightsaber or katana, under the siege of four even faster demonic sword saints wielding long katanas, Lian Yang's originally proud greatsword speed seems like a joke.

Although Blackrock Blademaster only summoned a shadow clone, it undoubtedly greatly increased the difficulty for Lian Yang, who was studying swordsmanship. It made it impossible for him to make any mistakes in his attacks, because Lian Yang simply could not afford to make any mistakes.

Upon hearing Lian Yang's words, all four Black Stone Sword Saints chuckled and sneered, "This is shameless! This is a duel! Lian Yang, you brat, I'll show you the power of the Black Stone Sword Saints!"

Blackrock Sword Saint was very pleased with himself. Although the Shadow Clone Technique was very difficult to use and consumed a lot of energy, he didn't dare to use it against Lian Yang at first.

However, after being forced to use this skill, Blackrock Sword Saint was surprised to find that Lian Yang, who seemed to be in some special state, had extremely low resistance to his shadow clone state.

"Strike while the iron is hot"—this phrase doesn't exist in World of Warcraft, but everyone knows the theory, and Blackrock Blademaster is no exception. Lian Yang, who was previously almost unbeatable, was now struggling against Blackrock Blademaster's shadow clones. For Blackrock Blademaster, no matter how difficult, he had to continue using this tactic; he was determined to kill Lian Yang to vent his anger.