Chapter 1786: Chapter 1780: You’re My Boss Now

"What kind of monster is he? Can he really take a single sword strike like that?"

"The power of this sword is at least ten times stronger than the first one just now. Although no energy was used, and strength wasn’t increased, the sword Qi itself is genuinely much stronger!"

"According to my teacher, there are nine stages in sword cultivation. He spent his entire life only staying at the fifth stage, Qi Sword Control, and didn’t even reach the sixth stage, All Things as Sword."

"Gu Xiao might possibly have already reached the seventh stage of Divine Sword Control, and that sword adept seems to be at the eighth stage, Human and Sword Unity."

"Perhaps Gu Xiao really can win against him. I feel he hasn’t even exerted his full power yet; don’t you think he’s acting like he’s just coaxing a child?"

"My heavens, even just being at the seventh stage, there aren’t many in the world who can reach it!"

...

Although it was merely two moves, the duel between Zhang Menglong and the Sword Spirit was already awe-inspiring. Sometimes the most exciting battles aren’t those that destroy heaven and earth or move mountains and seas. The smallest movements and profound elegance are what are truly worth watching.

Even those two swords just now have given many new insights, offering significant understanding in swordsmanship!

This sword was parried, and though the Sword Spirit was somewhat surprised, he wasn’t at the point of being helpless. Just as Zhang Menglong said, he was merely probing, and this wasn’t his true strength.

"You little punk, you really are much stronger than them. Even during the most prosperous period of Sword God Manor, there was no one with a stronger Gift than you," the Sword Spirit’s opinion of Zhang Menglong was not as strong as before.

In his view, arrogance isn’t necessarily wrong; the key lies in having the matching strength and Gift, which Zhang Menglong has, making his pride reasonable.

"To reach the seventh stage of sword intent cultivation at your age, I’ve never heard of it before. Even many Sword Cultivators reaching the Dao Realm merely touch this stage or only meet its bottleneck. Give you some time, and even reaching the eighth stage isn’t a difficult feat."

"Thank you for the compliment," Zhang Menglong smiled, "But my Evaluation is still the same as before, your swordsmanship feels quite ordinary to me!"

"Well then," the sword adept said, "Since you want to see the highest swordsmanship of Sword God Manor, I will satisfy you, but you must be prepared to fall. My sword strike never holds back, and if you can take it, then you will be the new master of Sword God Manor."

The Sword Spirit slowly closed his eyes, his body floated lightly as if becoming incomparably light. The sword he was holding dissipated into points of light, and suddenly a shadow of a long sword appeared around his body, stretching from the ground up to the sky, reaching a length of tens of thousands of meters!

"That’s not energy; it’s the purest sword Qi!" all the Sword Cultivators exclaimed. It’s not difficult to gather such an exaggerated sword shadow with energy; many present can do it, and even in the low-level worlds Zhang Menglong has experienced, there have been people capable of it.

But this gigantic virtual shadow formed from the purest sword Qi is almost a miracle!

Every strand of sword Qi contains tens of millions of variations, entangled and interwoven, forming a visible entity.

Each strand, when augmented with the Energy of a Divine Cultivator of the First-grade, can easily slice through the body of a Divine Cultivator of Fourth-grade or even Fifth-grade. The convergence of these countless sword Qi ultimately forms the scene before us!

This is the eighth realm of Sword Cultivators, the Heavenly Human Realm of Human and Sword Unity!

"He can’t block it!" When everyone saw such a scene, they had already envisioned Zhang Menglong’s outcome.

"This is the realm Sword Cultivators dream of! If I can touch this realm in my lifetime, I would die without regret!"

"Witnessing such a scene today is already a great fortune for all of us, truly worthy of Sword God Manor! Even the Sword Spirit has reached such a level, what kind of cultivation would the former master of Sword God Manor possess?"

"Look, Gu Xiao discarded the tree branch in his hand!"

"What does this mean? Is he preparing to give up resisting?"

"Why has he closed his eyes too? Has he given up, or is he going to unleash a powerful move?"

"Carefully feel it; his aura has vanished. Why does it feel like he’s asleep?"

At this moment, Zhang Menglong and the sword adept presented two complete extremes: one was like fierce Thunder and Lightning, and the other became as calm as a tranquil lake.

"It’s over!" The sword adept extended a finger, and the giant sword shadow of tens of thousands of meters instantly slashed down at Zhang Menglong.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

All the swords of the Sword Cultivators left their owners at this moment, as if forming a metallic river, aligned with the trajectory and direction of the giant sword shadow and directly stabbing into the ground, seemingly called by that Sword Intent to pave its path.

The sword shadow was about to fall on Zhang Menglong, yet Zhang Menglong still had his eyes closed with no motion until the shadow fell directly on the center of his forehead.

It was at this moment that Zhang Menglong opened his eyes; he still had no Power on his body, but the sword shadow disintegrated rapidly as if tofu striking against steel!

"Did he withstand it with his body?"

"No, it’s not his body holding it, the sword shadow didn’t even touch his body!"

"There’s nothing blocking them; it looks as if... the sword Qi disintegrated on its own, how is this possible?"

"Could this be the legendary ninth realm?"

"I heard my teacher say, the lowest level is using external force to drive the sword, whether it’s driving a heavy sword or anything else, it’s all the lowest level! It looks like you’re the master of the sword, but you’re actually just a slave to the sword."

"And the sword adept has reached the highest realm where he becomes a sword himself, truly grasping the essence of the sword’s truth!"

"But there’s another realm, becoming the true master of the sword, not just your own sword, but all the swords in the world. At that level, you are the highest noble existence in anything related to the sword, and nothing related to swords can harm you!"

"Just now it seemed exactly like that, as if it wasn’t Gu Xiao blocking the sword Qi, but the sword Qi dared not harm Gu Xiao!"

...

"The ninth realm... he really achieved the ninth realm!" The sword adept’s worldview seemed to have crumbled.

The master of Sword God Manor had never verified whether this realm truly existed, yet a young man displayed such ability right in front of him, isn’t it enough to be shocking?

No wonder he wasn’t concerned about the swordsmanship of Sword God Manor earlier. To him, even calling their swordsmanship "ordinary" seemed to flatter them!

"Still want to fight?" Zhang Menglong smiled at the Sword Spirit.

"Not fighting, not fighting!" The Sword Spirit quickly flew to Zhang Menglong’s side, incredibly fawning, began to massage his shoulders, "Heh heh heh, from today onwards, you’re my big brother, and this Sword God Manor is yours!"