Chapter 956 - 427: Wind!
At this moment, Xu Ran was surrounded by the Wind Blades unleashed by the bald man, with not even a sliver of space appearing, completely blocking all his escape routes.
"This wind..."
Xu Ran looked around, blood dripping from his cheeks, his eyes grave.
He hadn’t expected that the bald man’s strike would be so resolute.
His ’Treading Waves’ had not even fully taken shape when it was interrupted.
Not only that, he was injured, which was unexpected.
"However, at least it could be considered smooth!"
Xu Ran spoke slowly.
After all.
His idea wasn’t wrong.
"Integrating the ’Overlapping Wave Slash’ from the Sword Technique into the Footwork could allow each step’s speed and power to stack together, much like the Sword Technique!"
Initially, Xu Ran merely had this idea but hadn’t implemented it yet.
As a result, the pressure from the bald man in the valley at this stage forced Xu Ran to manifest it prematurely without complete experimentation.
In reality, this ’Treading Waves’ wasn’t fully formed!
Nevertheless, it was a blessing in disguise!
Suddenly, Xu Ran paused abruptly. At this moment, in his eyes, the Wind Blades that had previously blocked all his escape routes were revealing airflow.
These airflows were very peculiar.
Xu Ran frowned tightly, "These Wind Blades appear impenetrable and seem to have blocked all escape routes."
"But in reality, there is airflow between the Wind Blades!"
Suddenly, Xu Ran understood what the airflow appearing between the Wind Blades was.
In the world, even things perfectly adhered together will always have gaps between them.
The airflows appearing in Xu Ran’s vision were actually the gaps between the Wind Blades.
These gaps were invisible to the naked eye, but as a formless existence in the world, airflow could penetrate these seemingly tightly joined gaps.
Though this is something anyone with a certain level of Cultivation could know,
being able to see the gaps between these Wind Blades was considered impossible.
But now, the existences of airflow in the gaps between Wind Blades were right there in front of Xu Ran without a trace of concealment.
This means that as long as he follows the direction of these airflows, he can find the flaws in these Wind Blades, even if it seems they have locked the escape routes perfectly!
As the controller of these Wind Blades, the bald man, seeing Xu Ran’s puzzled eyes, felt a bit proud for a moment.
"How about it, you have no way out now?!"
Clearly, the bald man thought Xu Ran could not break through his Wind Blades.
At the same time, the bald man’s tense shoulders suddenly relaxed. Toward Xu Ran, he obviously breathed a sigh of relief!
Although his words were tough, his body was very honest!
At this moment, even though he was the bald man, he wasn’t solely the bald man present in the trial.
However, he had a certain understanding of what transpired during the Nine-Layered Giant Tower trial.
If he hadn’t known about Xu Ran creating a layer-stacking Sword Technique during the Sword Technique trial in a short time and using it to pass the trial,
It was because of this knowledge that when Xu Ran took several steps, he noticed something from his Footwork.
He immediately recalled the scene of Xu Ran’s trial during the Sword Technique test.
At the first moment, he recognized that this was akin in ingenuity to Xu Ran’s self-created Saber Technique ’Overlapping Wave Slash’!
Hence, he immediately took action to stop it.
Otherwise, by the time Xu Ran’s steps were sufficiently numerous, not even the divine would be able to save him!
So, when Xu Ran was forcibly interrupted by his Wind Blades and Wind Dragon, he felt relieved internally.
Simultaneously, when the Wind Blades had locked all of Xu Ran’s escape routes, a weight in his heart finally settled.
"These Wind Blades all stem from the Prisoner Wind within the valley. I suppose there’s no need for further elaboration on the Prisoner Wind; you are at this very moment bearing the brunt of its fury!"
"Especially when these Wind Blades, composed of Prisoner Wind, slice through your body, will you recognize their real Power?!"
Then, the bald man became somewhat excited.
"However, you needn’t worry about pain. After all, the speed of the Prisoner Wind is incredibly swift.
The Wind Blades formed by the Prisoner Wind move even faster. As they slice through your body, you will feel nothing. In an instant, you will vanish from this world, leaving behind a body cut into countless small shards by the Wind Blades, and a helpless soul!"
The bald man spoke while imagining Xu Ran’s body being sliced apart, laughing enthusiastically.
At this moment, he looked completely different from the kind old man at the beginning, indistinct from the same person.
"Hahaha!"
For a time.
The entire valley echoed with the bald man’s laughter, even if the Prisoner Wind’s sound was loud, he could adapt his voice to the Prisoner Wind and use it to carry his voice further.
Although there was no one here, carrying his voice that far served no purpose.
But this small matter alone demonstrated the bald man’s high level of adaptation to the Prisoner Wind.
The trio known as Little Junior Sister, watching from outside the battlefield, experienced hands, heard the bald man transmitting his voice to the far reaches of the valley through the light screen.
This point alone showed how much stronger he was than Xu Ran.
"Now, Xu Ran is really in trouble!"
The Second Senior Brother, with extremely rich combat experience, seeing this scene, felt somewhat anxious internally and had begun to doubt Xu Ran’s chances.