Master, don't tease me, you can't handle three of them.

"Brother, I'll go!"

Before he finished speaking, Jing You had already vanished from the spot. Jing Shu remained completely calm, took out a sword from his storage ring, and raised it to block above himself.

"Zheng——"

The weapons clashed, producing a loud noise.

Jing Shu used the momentum of Jing You's attack to send him flying. Jing You had long known that surprise attacks wouldn't work on Jing Shu, so he wasn't surprised. He steadied himself in mid-air, planted a foot on a tree behind him, and shot forward again like an arrow.

Jing Shu also stopped standing still. The two figures converged rapidly, their sword shadows intertwined, and the surrounding trees were cut down by the sword energy they unleashed.

Jingyou was trained by a Nascent Soul cultivator and knew he couldn't defeat Jingshu in swordsmanship, but he still had spiritual roots!

A resolute glint flashed in Jing You's eyes. He twisted the hilt of his sword, and a burst of fire accompanied the sword's slash as it hurtled towards Jing Shu.

"Is this... an attribute boost?" Jing Shu wondered as he dodged to the side. It wasn't that he couldn't take the attack, but he was worried about his clothes getting on fire; he didn't have many clothes left to wear...

Unexpectedly, the flames on the sword energy that had just managed to dodge suddenly grew larger and just barely burned the hem of Jing Shu's clothes.

Jing Shu immediately tore off the corner of his robe, not out of anger, but out of surprise. Just now, not only was there fire elemental power, but also wind elemental power hidden within. The fire was amplified by the wind.

If he hadn't dodged it and instead chosen to face it head-on, he would have been blasted in the face by that fire elemental energy.

Jingyou pulled away from Jingshu, and seeing the surprise in Jingshu's eyes, he chuckled, "How about it, bro?"

"Excellent! Not only have you learned how to enhance attributes, but you've also cleverly used attribute stacking to achieve unexpected results," Jing Shu praised without reservation.

"That's right, but I knew that the gap in strength between me and the older brother over there was too great, so I saved it for now and only used it now."

If the difference in strength is too great, it can at most be considered a surprise attack. But if the strength is similar, even if the opponent is a few minor realms higher than oneself, the effect will be very different.

"Brother, even though your cultivation is higher than mine, I might not necessarily lose." After saying that, Jingyou charged forward again.

Jing Shu chuckled softly upon hearing this, "Who told you I would lose?"

This time, Jingyou imbued his sword energy with water elemental power. If it touches Jingshu, the lightning elemental power within it will erupt.

Jing Shu did not dodge this time. After the sword energy was neutralized, he let the water elemental power on it dissipate onto his body.

It's done! Jingyou was overjoyed.

However, things did not develop as Jingyou had expected; the lightning spiritual power did not erupt.

why is that?

Jing Shu used his spiritual power to evaporate the water formed from the water elemental power on his body.

“Jingyou, remember this: once your opponent knows your little schemes, as long as his sword energy is sharp enough, he can cut off the spiritual power hidden within them as well. Especially the sword technique I taught you, its essence is just one word: break.”

Jing Shu carefully explained the shortcomings of Jing You's little tricks. Although they were novel, his training was insufficient. Apart from the first time they could bring unexpected results, anyone who could achieve perfect harmony between man and sword could be killed by him. He could kill them—his senior brother, his master, everyone.

Jingyou nodded. "I will continue to study this aspect." This was his first time using it for testing, and it would be easier to make further modifications after discovering its shortcomings, so Jingyou was not discouraged.

"Brother, I also have a new understanding of the final move in swordsmanship. How about we use this final move to determine the winner?"

“Okay.” Jing Shu nodded in agreement. Xiao You’s ideas were all novel, and he was looking forward to what surprises he could bring him.

Jingyou released the sword from his hand, but instead of falling, the sword floated in front of him.

Jingyou closed his eyes and slowly gathered all his spiritual power into the sword. The color of the sword gradually changed, eventually turning black.

Jingyou slowly opened his eyes, and the sword floated as he raised his right hand.

"Break." Jing You said softly, and the spiritual energy on his sword slashed towards Jing Shu.

"boom--"

After a loud bang, the woods where the two were located were razed to the ground.

Jingyou knelt on one knee, panting heavily, and the sword in front of him gradually disappeared.

As the smoke cleared, Jing Shu stood unharmed in the same spot. Only the sword in his hand had changed.

Jingyou knew he had lost and collapsed to the ground.

"Brother, let's stop fighting, we've run out of spiritual energy."

"Hmm." Jing Shu's spiritual power was almost exhausted. The sword in his hand turned into a beam of light and entered Jing Shu's body. Then he sat down cross-legged and began to recover his spiritual power.

Jingyou looked at Jingshu and laughed twice. At least he forced his brother to bring out his natal sword.

"Brother is still the best!"

Jingyou knew that Jingshu hadn't used his full strength at all.

Jing Shu used ordinary swords throughout the entire fight, only using his natal sword for the final blow. He didn't use any magic arrays or talismans, and Jing You noticed during the battle that Jing Shu seemed to be deliberately holding back, fighting cautiously and defensively.

“Xiao You has made good progress in your cultivation these past few years.” Jing Shu recovered his spiritual power in a few breaths. “It’s very good that you’ve added these new elements to your swordsmanship.”

His sword technique is called Sunbreaker, and every move in it is designed to kill, making it extremely domineering. However, only the last move is a large-scale attack and is also the strongest move.

In this move, Jingyou made full use of the opposing attributes between his spiritual energies.

Water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood... and so on, causing a surge of energy between spiritual forces, which was then unleashed in the final strike, doubling its power! If the opponent hadn't been him, this move would have killed anyone below the Nascent Soul stage!

"It's a pity that the pre-cast time is too long. Just the process of making the spiritual energies counteract each other takes me a long time to prepare." Jingyou sighed slightly.

This move can only be used when you have a partner. If you're alone, the enemy won't give you that much time.

"It's alright. If you really want to use this move later, I'll help you." Jing Shu stood up and handed Jing You a spirit-replenishing pill to help him restore his spiritual power.

"Yes!" Jingyou said happily.

"Well, Xiaoyou. You actually dared to practice so many interesting things behind my back."

Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind Jingyou and pressed on his shoulder.

Jingyou was startled and turned around to see that it was a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Brother, when did you get here?"

“While you were burning his clothes,” Yuan Ying said with a smile, continuing to pat Jing You on the shoulder.

With each slap, Jingyou's body trembled.

Jing Shu laughed, "Don't scare him."

"Who scared him?" Yuan Ying rolled his eyes. "Did I scare you?"

Jingyou shook his head frantically.

"Hurry up and recover your spiritual power, then come and fight me." The Nascent Soul cultivator was bored out of his mind all day, and since Xiao Jingshu was in seclusion, he had discovered that Jingyou had mastered something new, so naturally he was determined to keep him occupied.

"Ah? No!"