I Can Replicate Martial Arts

"Damn it!"

The man saw this and hastily dodged aside, but he forgot his junior sister was still standing behind him.

The opponent’s Finger Force struck the woman without pause, instantly immobilizing her.

"Let my junior sister go!"

The man executed a swift flip, snatching the longsword plunged into the ground by the deep pool. He then pointed his sword at the newcomer and roared furiously.

"Defeat me!"

The newcomer was masked, his face obscured. He spoke in a deep voice, and with a beckoning gesture, the longsword the female Kunlun disciple had plunged into the ground by the pool flew into his hand.

"You’ve got some nerve! Face my sword!"

Hearing this, the man flew into a rage and charged the newcomer, sword in hand.

His Ice Soul Cold Light Sword Technique had already reached Great Success. His every move carried the air of a Grandmaster, and his True Qi was incredibly dense.

’This man is looking down on me!’ The man’s sword created a flurry of afterimages and glinting lights. His Sword Techniques flowed like moving clouds and flowing water as he attacked his opponent.

The newcomer countered each move, wielding his own longsword to meet the man in battle.

The two exchanged blows, their Sword Techniques growing faster and faster. Soon, only two blurry figures could be seen by the cold pool.

At first, when the junior sister, whose acupoints had been sealed, heard the opponent say he would release her if her senior brother defeated him, her heart leaped with joy.

She was very confident in her senior brother’s Martial Arts.

After all, throughout the entire Kunlun Mountain region and even in the nearby Sects, everyone knew the name of her senior brother, the great disciple of Kunlun.

But as the two fought longer, the woman’s mood went on a rollercoaster ride, plummeting from absolute confidence to burning anxiety in an instant.

’How is this person so powerful? My senior brother has used all kinds of techniques, but he still can’t take him down.’

’Come on, Senior Brother!’

The woman prayed for him in her heart.

Sword-shadows danced by the cold pool. In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged several hundred moves.

"Who in the world are you?"

The Kunlun senior brother was utterly horrified. He had pushed his Ice Soul Cold Light Sword to its absolute limit, yet his opponent showed no signs of weakening.

"I have long heard of the power of the Kunlun Sect’s Yin Yang Swordsmanship. Don’t tell me you don’t know it?"

"You dare look down on me? I’ll show you the power of the Yin Yang Swordsmanship!"

Enraged, the Kunlun senior brother switched his Sword Techniques to the Yin Yang Swordsmanship. Its wide, sweeping motions concealed the Two Forms Microdust Skillful Method, making his techniques unpredictable and extremely difficult to read.

"Excellent Sword Techniques! Again."

The newcomer smiled faintly and continued his fierce assault with his sword.

After they fought for another moment, the newcomer suddenly flicked his finger to unseal the junior sister’s acupoints, then casually tossed her the longsword.

He said, "Do you know the Yin Yang Sword Array? If not, I’m afraid I’ll have to take your lives."

"Junior Sister! Gui Mei shifts to Wu Wang, Wu Wang turns to Ming Yi! Quickly..."

The man thrust his longsword diagonally and shouted urgently to his junior sister.

After a moment’s hesitation, the woman charged forward with her sword. Although the Yin Yang Sword Array was derived from the Yin Yang Swordsmanship, its patterns and techniques were completely different; it was a type of combined sword technique.

The two stepped in the pattern of the eight trigrams, their movements showcasing the essence of Kunlun Swordsmanship. Each move, whether agile or rigid, was unpredictable.

After fighting for a long while, the newcomer suddenly flicked his finger, sending both their longswords flying. He laughed heartily and said, "Kunlun Martial Arts certainly has its unique strengths. We will meet again."

After speaking, the newcomer waved a single hand, unleashing a wave of Powerful Qi that instantly sent the two flying.

Then he leaped up, crossed the deep pool as if walking on air, and vanished before their eyes.

"Senior Brother!"

"Junior Sister, are you all right?"

The two climbed up from the ground, helping each other up. They looked each other over, and seeing that the other was unharmed, they both sighed in relief.

"Senior Brother, did you recognize his techniques?"

Feeling the relief of having survived a disaster, the woman couldn’t help but gaze in the direction the masked man had disappeared.

At her words, the senior brother’s expression turned grim. He pondered for a moment before shaking his head. "Junior Sister, I have been arrogantly overestimating myself. Starting today, I will return to the sect for secluded cultivation. I’m sorry, I can no longer accompany you down the mountain to uphold justice."

"Senior Brother..."

The woman quickly grasped her senior brother’s hand, the tenderness in her eyes unfading.

"Let’s go!"

The senior brother sighed, turned, and led his junior sister up Kunlun Mountain. He had to report this matter to their master.

...

「Huashan Sect, Jade Maiden Peak!」

Six graceful women were practicing Huashan Swordsmanship in a flat, open area.

The crisp shouts of young women and the sharp whistle of swords could be faintly heard from the mountaintop.

"Senior and Junior Sisters, let’s take a break! I have two pieces of big news today."

Just then, a young, round-faced girl hurried to the top of the cliff, a look of urgency on her face.

Hearing her, the girls practicing their swords stopped and asked curiously, "What big news? Don’t tell me everyone found out you have a crush on Senior Brother Ge? Hehe!"

"Senior Sister, it’s really big news," the girl said anxiously.

"Well, hurry up and tell us then."

The others couldn’t help but laugh, not taking the girl’s "big news" seriously.

’What could be so important? The sect elders will handle it. Who would dare come to Huashan to poke the tiger?’

"The first piece of big news is that a strange person has appeared in the Jianghu..."

"A strange person? What kind of strange person? A lecherous fiend? Hee hee."

"No! This person has already attacked several sects, like the Kunlun Sect, Moon Ridge Manor, Divine Sword Manor, and the Five Elders Sect."

"Ah, he’s that strong? What for?"

"I don’t know. I heard he just challenged a few disciples and then ran off."

"How does that make him a strange person?"

"Isn’t that strange? Besides, no matter what kind of disciple he faced in those sects, none were his match. Among them were experts of the Divine Void Realm, and even one great expert of the Dharma Realm."

"Huh? He’s that powerful? Did he kill anyone?"

"No."

"Assault any women?"

"No to that either."

"Tch!"

"Hurry up and tell us the second thing!"

"The second thing is... the Great Zhou and the Great Shang have finally gone to war."

"Oh, so what if they’re fighting? It’s so far away from us, and it’s not like they’re fighting us."

"But they’re fighting in the Song Realm. Our territory."

As soon as she said this, the young women all fell silent, as most of them were from the Song Realm.

Even though they were in the Central Plains now, many of them had family still in the Gui Xu Song Realm.

They had originally heard from the sect’s upper echelons that once they had gathered enough strength, the Central Plains Court would allow the various sects to bring back the families of their disciples.

But now...

"The Sect Leader hasn’t given the order yet, but I heard a rumor that we might have to go to the Great Song frontier to bring back the people of the Huashan Sect, including our families, of course."

Hearing this, the female disciples all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alas, it has finally begun!"

Just then, a sigh echoed out of thin air in everyone’s ears.

The female disciples were shocked. They all drew their swords, looked around, and shouted sternly, "Who’s there? What kind of hero hides and skulks about?"

"A hero..."

As the deep voice trailed off, a masked man slowly emerged from the dense woods nearby.

"Who are you?"

The women all demanded.

The masked man didn’t answer. Instead, he casually broke a branch from a nearby pine tree and ran his hand down it to strip off the excess twigs, smoothing it out.

Then, with a flicker of his body, he charged into the group of Huashan disciples.

"Sisters, be careful."

The female disciples all wielded their longswords, executing the exquisite Huashan Swordsmanship as they began to fight the black-clothed masked man.

The black-clothed masked man’s Martial Arts were extremely high. In his hand, the pine branch was like a sharp sword—not only was it incomparably sturdy, but his swordsmanship was sharp and his techniques profound.

"Is that the Kunlun Sect’s Yin Yang Swordsmanship?"

"Sisters, change techniques! Use the Anti-Two Forms Sword Skill!"

At the shout of a leading female disciple, they all executed the Huashan Sect’s exquisite Sword Technique, the Anti-Two Forms Sword Skill.

This Martial Art, based on the concept of reversing the two forms, was in no way inferior in its intricacy to the Kunlun Sect’s Yin Yang Swordsmanship.

Sword edges and the pine branch clashed, creating the clang of metal striking metal.

The female disciples’ Sword Techniques were a flurry of motion, their postures elegant. If judged on aesthetics alone, they were definitely more graceful than the Sword Array of the Mount Emei disciples.

After fighting for a quarter of an hour, all seven female disciples had their acupoints struck by the masked man and were left standing frozen on the spot.

At this, the faces of the female disciples changed drastically.

’Immobilized, unable to move... what if he has malicious intentions...?’

Their eyes were filled with terror and despair.

"Immobilizing them isn’t great. If something like what happened to Little Dragon Girl occurs, wouldn’t the blame fall on me?"

The masked man muttered to himself, chuckled, and with a flick of his fingers, sent out seven streams of Powerful Qi to unseal all seven of their acupoints.

"To think that not a single one knows the Mixed Yuan Purple Mist Two Skills. The female disciples of Huashan are nothing special after all."

The masked man shook his head, leaped onto a branch, and vanished deep into the forest.

"Sisters!"

The seven female disciples looked each other over, and seeing that everyone was all right, they relaxed.

"That person is so strange..." one of the female disciples said with a frown.

Hearing this, the round-faced girl who had run up the mountain earlier had a sudden realization. "Could... could he be that strange person?"

The girls’ eyes widened in astonishment, and they all turned to look in the direction the strange man had disappeared.