Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 398: Sword Master Challenge 1

Zhen Yuan knew he couldn’t compete on sword qi and sword intent.

After all, Lu Jing was a bona fide sword cultivator while he was just a dabbler. Considering that, he planned to rely on perception to exploit the weaknesses in Lu Jing’s swordsmanship.

’Let’s hope it works.’ He thought, but suddenly frowned.

Less than a breath later, he slashed downwards and retreated three metres.

At the same time, a loud clang echoed in the square, and the spectators immediately shifted their focus to the fight that had just begun.

"I am surprised you blocked that." Lu Jing said, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes.

He was originally not excited about the fight.

However, Zhen Yuan’s reaction told him that the fight wouldn’t be as one-sided as he thought it would be.

Let’s have a good fight." He said and unleashed another attack.

Seeing the silver crescent flying towards him, Zhen Yuan narrowed his eyes and tightened his hand around his sword handle.

A moment later, he jabbed the silver crescent, and the sword light immediately dissipated.

Lu Jing was shocked when he saw this.

However, he soon got excited and unleashed another attack, but Zhen Yuan was prepared and countered with his own.

Soon after, the two attacks collided and dissipated.

’It’s working.’ Zhen Yuan thought and subconsciously smiled.

However, he knew that dismantling the attacks was at best a defensive move and wouldn’t help him win the challenge.

Most importantly, Lu Jing’s attacks would only get more complex as time passed.

When that happened, Zhen Yuan would not have enough time to locate and attack the weak points. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

’As expected, offence is the best defence.’ He thought and slashed diagonally upwards.

A moment later, an extremely fast sword light flew towards Lu Jing, and the man countered with his own. However, Zhen Yuan’s sword light was faster than expected, and Lu Jing was forced one metre back.

"I can’t figure out your sword style." He said, looking at Zhen Yuan with narrowed eyes.

"That’s because I have none." Zhen Yuan said and shrugged, but Lu Jing didn’t believe him.

"Everyone has a sword style." He said.

At the same time, his aura changed, and when he unleashed his attack, Zhen Yuan felt an overbearing sword intent flying towards him.

’He is finally serious.’ He thought, but wasn’t intimidated.

Instead, he raised his sword and drew a circle in front of him.

At first, the circle looked like a mirror of silver sword light. However, it soon changed and became a yin-yang symbol.

When the domineering sword intent hit the water mirror, it was forcibly span and absorbed into the taijitu before being spat out as an even more domineering attack.

Sensing the attack, Lu Jing frowned and hastily dodged.

He didn’t expect Zhen Yuan to use his attack against him.

However, this outcome made him even more excited.

After spitting out the attack, the taijitu dissipated, but Zhen Yuan was not done.

Before his opponent could react, Zhen Yuan raised his sword and swung it towards Lu Jing.

Soon after, a silver sword light rushed towards Lu Jinig, but the light was extremely confusing.

At first, it looked like an ordinary sword light.

However, as it travelled through the air, it changed forms.

Sometimes green, other times red, and so forth. When it arrived near Lu Jing, it changed again and turned to a dazzling gold.

At the same time, Lu Jing constructed a sword barrier, but the barrier was paper in front of the mysterious sword attack.

As soon as the two collided, Zhen Yuan’s attack absorbed the barrier, grew more powerful, and continued to attack Lu Jing.

Lu Jing did not expect this, and by the time he noticed what had happened, it was already too late to block or avoid the sword.

In the blink of an eye, the sword pierced his chest, and the man was pushed more than ten metres away.

Seeing this, the spectators stared with horrified expressions.

"What..., what was that?" Someone asked.

"Why did the sword light keep changing colour?"

"What about the barrier? Why was it absorbed? Why did it become part of junior brother Zhen’s attack?"

"I have never seen an attack like that."

"I have been watching since the attack was unleashed, and I noticed something... strange." Somone said and quickly continued without waiting for the surrounding cultivators to ask.

"The attack grew more powerful as it flew towards fellow Daoist Lu."

"How is that possible? It’s not like the sword attack is alive."

"I also think it’s impossible."

"We have been watching this fight for one hour, and I agree with fellow Daoist Lu, I can’t tell junior brother Zhen’s sword style."

"Now that you mention it...." Someone muttered, frowned, and continued.

"He only defended when the fight had just begun. Although his perception is commendable and he can accurately block fellow Daoist Lu’s attacks, I don’t think that counts as a sword style."

"There is also the lightning-fast attack he previously used. Do you think the foundation of his sword style is speed?"

"What about the last attack? Although it was fast, it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary."

"I am confused."

"It’s only been half a shichen with more than eleven to go. I don’t believe we won’t figure it out before the challenge ends."

"I think so too."

"I didn’t expect junior brother Zhen to be so powerful, but..."

"He is powerful, but he is still a little worse compared to fellow Daoist Lu. The Sword Monarch is not an empty title."

"I agree. The previous attack was a surprise, but fellow Daoist Lu won’t fall for it a second time."

Lu Jing was indeed surprised by Zhen Yuan’s mysterious attack.

However, he still managed to protect himself, and his injuries were only skin deep and nothing to worry about.

"Junior brother Zhen, I underestimated you." He said, wiped the blood at the corner of his lips, and raised his sword with both hands.

"Junior brother, now is the time to admit defeat." He said as a large shadow appeared behind him.