Chapter 794: Battle for the Strongest Sword Dao User!
Li Yun’s decisiveness and ruthlessness shocked everyone.
Facing the descendants of the Three Great Eye Lineage Clans, he had crippled them without hesitation. If it had been anyone else, even after being plotted against by Murong Lan, they might have endured the insult because of the other party’s background. Li Yun, however, did not hesitate at all.
He simply did not care.
Even the other contestants began looking at Li Yun with deeper wariness.
Leaving aside everything else, the fact that he had defeated the successors of the Three Great Eye Lineage Clans in succession, including Murong Lan after he used the power of Abyssal Evil Flame, proved that Li Yun’s attainments in the Way of the Soul had truly reached a frightening level.
Even if the contestants all possessed some methods to resist soul attacks, none of them could say with certainty that they could withstand Li Yun’s soul techniques.
Under the wary gazes of the crowd, Li Yun had already returned to the participants’ seats.
The benefits this battle brought him were not limited to reigniting his soul force. His Sword Intent had also improved significantly.
Sword Intent itself was mysterious and closely connected to the soul. Once his Soul was relit and his soul power greatly increased, his Sword Intent naturally experienced substantial growth as well.
This time, his Slaughter Sword Intent had reached seventy percent mastery at the Xiantian Stage. His Immortal Sword Intent had risen to sixty percent mastery at the Xiantian Stage, and his newly comprehended Destruction Sword Intent had also reached ten percent mastery at the Xiantian Stage.
If Li Yun had enough time to continue comprehending Destruction Sword Intent, its mastery could rise even higher. Unfortunately, he did not have much time on his hands right now.
One had to know that even Ye Wuhen had only reached fifty percent Sword Intent mastery. Compared to the current Li Yun, even his Immortal Sword Intent was ten percent higher than Ye Wuhen’s Sword Intent.
Only after reaching one hundred percent source mastery at the Xiantian Stage could one comprehend a Sword Domain.
Only by condensing a Sword Domain could a swordsman be considered to have truly entered the inner chamber of the Sword Dao. Even among Spirit Manifestation Realm experts, very few people could achieve this.
Among ten Spirit Manifestation Realm sword experts, perhaps only one would be able to reach such a high level of Sword Intent and condense a Sword Domain. This alone showed how staggering the difficulty was.
For Li Yun, reaching one hundred percent mastery in Slaughter Sword Intent was still somewhat distant. Most likely, he would only be able to do so after stepping into the Spirit Manifestation Realm.
In the following fourth round of matches, Li Yun once again encountered the Fourth Knight.
However, unlike last time, Li Yun defeated him easily with only a single sword strike.
"His strength has actually improved so quickly."
A bitter smile appeared on the Fourth Knight’s face.
Only three days ago, he had still been able to fight evenly with Li Yun. Now, he no longer even had the qualifications to make Li Yun fight seriously.
This speed of improvement was truly terrifying. Even as a follower of Huang Tianlin, someone used to seeing all kinds of geniuses, the Fourth Knight could not help feeling shocked.
In the fifth round of matches, Li Yun welcomed another heavyweight opponent.
It was Absolute Sword Path, Shen Mu, from the Supreme Heaven Sword Sect.
"It is finally here."
"This battle will decide who is the strongest swordsman below the Spirit Manifestation Realm. Between Li Yun and Absolute Sword Path, whoever wins will become the leader of the younger generation’s Sword Dao for the next twenty years."
"Absolute Sword Path has already shown his strength by defeating Ye Wuhen of the Profound Origin Immortal Sect. Li Yun is not weak either, and the speed of his rise has been astonishing. This battle is truly worth anticipating."
At this moment, the entire venue erupted into excitement.
Almost everyone’s gaze turned toward the two of them with immense expectation.
Other martial paths might allow several top experts to coexist, but sword cultivators were different. No matter the era, there could only be one strongest swordsman.
In the struggle for the title of strongest swordsman of this generation, Ye Wuhen had already lost.
This upcoming battle would determine who would follow Ye Wuhen in a gloomy exit and who would step over the other to reach the summit as the number one figure of this generation’s Sword Dao.
"Li Yun..."
Ye Wuhen looked toward Li Yun with a complicated expression.
Although they were both disciples of Sword Peak under the Profound Origin Immortal Sect, Ye Wuhen had never paid much attention to Li Yun before this. He had not truly taken Li Yun to heart.
But what he had never expected was that, in the contest for the strongest swordsman of this generation, he would be the first one eliminated.
The one replacing him in the final showdown was actually Li Yun, someone he had barely spared a glance for before.
"Kid Li, whether our Sword Peak can keep its dignity depends on you."
Elder Bai Jing’s gaze was also fixed on Li Yun.
In the past, the strongest swordsman of every Heaven’s Chosen Assembly had always come from Sword Peak of the Profound Origin Immortal Sect. If an accident happened during this session while he was leading the team, he would truly lose all face.
Finally, under the expectant gazes of the masses, Li Yun and Absolute Sword Path appeared on the arena at the same time.
"Li Yun, even Ye Wuhen, the seeded contestant of your Sword Peak, was no match for me. Are you sure you still want to fight me?"
Absolute Sword Path’s eyes were filled with arrogance, and his aura surged into the sky with fierce confidence.
"In this battle, you are destined to lose," he declared coldly. "I advise you to save yourself the humiliation and admit defeat now."
"Is that so?"
Li Yun stood calmly on the arena, his expression indifferent.
"Then I will give you a piece of advice as well. Do not speak too confidently before the battle is over. Otherwise, when you lose, there will not be enough face left for you to save."