Chapter 645: 137: Undefeated

Chapter 645: Chapter 137: Undefeated

Yu Mountain, Heavenly Tower.

On the sixth floor of the Heaven Tower, a man and a woman, two disciples of the Heavenly Tower, sat by the window.

Beside the man was a knife, and in front of the woman, there was a sword.

Both exuded an extraordinary aura, and both were Martial Arts Masters in cultivation!

The man was named Zhong Yu, and the woman was named Huo Xuexuan, both were Lin Tianyi’s direct disciples.

Lin Tianyi accepted seven direct disciples, three of whom had achieved the Master Realm in martial arts, and three reached the True Spirit Realm in the Magic Dao.

In other words, among Lin Tianyi’s seven disciples, there were three Martial Arts Masters, and three True Masters of their time!

Such a success rate is truly terrifying.

Therefore, the world says Lin Tianyi is the world’s number one in his own cultivation, and also the world’s number one in teaching disciples!

It’s really hard not to be convinced.

“Senior sister, what do you think will be the outcome when junior brother descends the mountain this time to compete with Li Fei?”

Zhong Yu’s long hair fluttered, his eyebrows sharp as knife blades, his voice carried a mysterious sharpness as he spoke.

Sitting opposite him, Huo Xuexuan appeared gentle as water.

Huo Xuexuan was Lin Tianyi’s first disciple, forty-two years old this year, but looked like she was twenty-two.

Women always seem to spend more thought on this aspect than male Martial Artists.

“Before junior brother descended the mountain, he had already mastered the Three Realms Sky Sword Formation. Combined with martial arts, he could exhibit Tao Power at the Xuanjing Level. Even for us, defeating him would be difficult—I don’t think he will lose.”

Huo Xuexuan had great confidence in her junior brother.

Two years ago, Zhu Fenghua was able to exchange a hundred moves without defeat against a Martial Arts Master with a Single Divine Ability. Now that he has mastered Tao Power at the Xuanjing Level, if he faced this Martial Arts Master again, he might even have a chance to win!

Though Li Fei’s record is also impressive, it hasn’t been enough to convince people that he can really defeat a Martial Arts Master.

“If the outcome were without suspense, Master would not have let junior brother descend the mountain.”

Zhong Yu shook his head.

“Oh?”

Huo Xuexuan raised an eyebrow, showing a slight edge:

“Do you mean that Master thinks Li Fei might be able to defeat junior brother?”

Zhong Yu looked out the window; the sixth floor of the Heaven Tower was already a hundred meters above the ground, allowing a view of the distant sea of clouds.

“Since junior brother started practicing martial arts, he has never truly been defeated. Master probably let him descend the mountain this time to let him experience defeat.”

For martial artists, victory and defeat are common things, because everyone starts from zero, and who can guarantee they will be the strongest at each stage?

But in Zhu Fenghua’s martial arts career, he has never been defeated!

From the first day of martial arts practice, in every subsequent stage, whether in sparring or life-and-death struggles, he has never lost.

Even when he faced that Martial Arts Master, it was pre-agreed: if Zhu Fenghua could withstand a hundred moves, he would be considered victorious.

So whether it’s sparring at the same level or challenging across levels, Zhu Fenghua is always the winner!

“An unmatched Fenghua, unprecedented,” such a comment on him is indeed not an exaggeration.

“Does Master want junior brother to experience defeat?”

Huo Xuexuan pondered.

Zhong Yu nodded: “Junior brother wants to step into the sky. His talent might truly allow it, but perhaps his mindset is somewhat lacking. I guess this might be Master’s intention?”

Among Lin Tianyi’s seven disciples, the one with the highest cultivation is both a Martial Arts Master and a True Master of his time.

Apart from him, Huo Xuexuan and others hadn’t achieved a balance in martial arts and magic dao.

The difficulty of dual cultivation of magic and martial arts increases as one goes higher; achieving a certain realm in one path makes the other more challenging.

Huo Xuexuan and Zhong Yu were both Martial Arts Masters, but only at the Possession Stage as Great Mages in magic dao, and had been stuck there for many years.

Both had been very ambitious at first, believing they could certainly succeed in dual cultivation.

But now, they had somewhat accepted their fate, gradually shifting their focus to Martial Arts Cultivation.

Because they practiced both magic dao and martial arts, further breakthrough to the Grandmaster Realm in martial arts was also more difficult than for other Martial Arts Masters.

This is the price of dual cultivation of magic and martial arts.

Seven years ago, Zhu Fenghua had already reached the peak of both martial arts and magic dao for their respective realms.

If he wanted, he could choose either path to achieve breakthrough at any time.

But he preferred to pause and hone his skills for seven years, aiming to break through both realms at once and become both a Martial Arts Master and a True Master of his time!

This is what Zhong Yu referred to as “step into the sky.”

“First let junior brother experience defeat, then the breakthrough?”

Huo Xuexuan was puzzled about why the mindset of a loser would be more conducive to breakthrough?

“I’m merely speculating. Who can fully fathom Master’s thoughts?”

Zhong Yu laughed.

Huo Xuexuan laughed too: “Then let’s see if Li Fei can manage to let junior brother experience a defeat.”

…

Tianshui City.

Far away, a thousand miles from Huo Xuexuan and Zhong Yu, their junior brother was on the brink of experiencing his first failure in life.

Two Sword Qi Heavens clashed continuously; Zhu Fenghua’s Sword Qi Heaven began to contract.

Under the attack of the Heart Sword, he truly couldn’t withstand You Ming’s Sword Qi Heaven any longer.

Zhu Fenghua’s expression remained calm as his Sword Qi Heaven suddenly completely collapsed!

He deliberately dismantled his own Sword Qi Heaven.

Then, three sword lights transformed into three rainbows, flying into You Ming’s Sword Qi Heaven.

These three sword lights shuttled through You Ming’s Sword Qi Heaven at high speed, collapsing sword qi wherever they passed.

Soon, You Ming’s Sword Qi Heaven also began to collapse!

This Sword Qi Heaven was Zhu Fenghua’s most formidable technique; naturally, he knew better than anyone else where its weaknesses lay.

Moreover, the crucial point was that although You Ming’s Heart Mirror divine skill could perfectly replicate other’s powers, it couldn’t replicate actually existent objects.

Like flying swords.

Zhu Fenghua’s Sword Qi Heaven was formed through his dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, with three flying swords as the key elements.

You Ming had perfectly replicated the Sword Qi Heaven, yet the replicated Sword Qi Heaven lacked flying swords, so the flaws became even more pronounced.

Within a few seconds, Zhu Fenghua completely dismantled You Ming’s Sword Qi Heaven!

You Ming snorted coldly, and the black sky curtain once again enveloped the mansion.

The Netherworld Sky reappeared.

You Ming’s thoughts were also very clear; Zhu Fenghua dismantled the Sword Qi Heaven, so he immediately used the Netherworld Sky.

If Zhu Fenghua wanted to break the Netherworld Sky, he would have to use the Sword Qi Heaven again, and You Ming could continue to use the Heart Mirror to replicate…

With such a cycle, the greater consumption would be on Zhu Fenghua, because he was displaying Tao Power at the Xuanjing Level with a Tao Foundation Stage realm.

Zhu Fenghua immediately saw through You Ming’s intention, so he didn’t rush to unleash Sword Qi Heaven and Earth.

Their situation returned to how it was earlier, with Zhu Fenghua fully restrained.

“You don’t seem to intend to kill me.”

Zhu Fenghua, who had been silent from the start, suddenly spoke.

“Oh?”

“You lack the intent to kill.”

“…”

You Ming paused for a moment before speaking:

“Do you think I don’t dare kill you?”

“Yes.”

Zhu Fenghua’s answer was direct.

He is the direct disciple of The World’s Number One; killing him would mean offending that ‘supreme being.’

Without sufficient benefits, who would kill him?

And Zhu Fenghua really couldn’t figure out what good it would do to kill him.

He rarely descended the mountain and had never been involved in any grudges.

“Is it because of Tianshui Tomb?”

Zhu Fenghua continued, “You, or the organization behind you, don’t want me to go in?”

“…”

“It seems I’ve guessed right.”

Zhu Fenghua said.

“So what if you’ve guessed it?”

You Ming finally spoke, “Can you resist?”

He intensified his attack, already vaguely sensing Zhu Fenghua being increasingly affected by the Heart Sword.

With his Force and Void Thought rapidly depleting, and himself under severe restraint, Zhu Fenghua was finding it increasingly difficult to fend off Heart Sword’s attacks.

You Ming indeed dared not kill Zhu Fenghua, and New Heaven Association didn’t want to completely offend that ‘supreme being.’

But without killing, there are many ways to keep Zhu Fenghua from entering Tianshui Tomb.

For instance, severely injuring him!

Although Zhu San’s Illusion Barrier had already been broken at this point, people outside didn’t know what was happening here.

Everyone in Tianshui City who could threaten You Ming was with Li Fei; by the time they reacted and rushed over here, You Ming would have had ample time to severely injure Zhu Fenghua.

Inside Netherworld Sky, Zhu Fenghua’s Force, Spiritual Power, and Void Thought were continuously being exhausted.

The three Flying Swords were flying slower and the Sword Qi they unleashed was getting weaker.

Wounds were already starting to appear on Zhu Fenghua’s body, the most severe one being a near arm piercing by a sword from You Ming!

You Ming was waiting for a moment, when Zhu Fenghua weakened below a certain critical value, it would be the time to severely injure him.

When he once again struck a Flying Sword with Heart Sword, the sword suddenly lost control and fell to the ground.

You Ming was pleased, knowing that this Magic Artifact couldn’t hold on any longer, the Implants within the Flying Sword were severely damaged, unable to be driven in the short term.

With one less Flying Sword, Zhu Fenghua’s situation immediately became precarious.

“I’ve heard you’ve never lost; today I’ll make you lose once!

You Ming laughed, continuing to apply mental pressure.

However, despite clearly being about to lose, Zhu Fenghua suddenly laughed.

When coming down the mountain, he actually had thoughts about his master’s intentions, and guessed about the same as Zhong Yu.

He felt that the master wanted him to lose once too.

But he also didn’t understand why the mindset of a loser would be better for a breakthrough.

Until this moment, he finally understood a bit.

Facing the Sword Light thrust by You Ming, Zhu Fenghua reached out:

“I will indeed lose today, but not to you.”

You Ming felt something was amiss.

In the next instant, Zhu Fenghua’s aura began to rise.

He was undergoing a breakthrough!

“Wishful thinking!”

You Ming immediately launched a Heart Sword attack.

Daring to break through right in front of him, it was indeed wishful thinking!

But this Heart Sword seemingly collided with a surging torrent, instantly getting submerged.

“How could….”

Bang——

The torrent forced You Ming to retreat!

Zhu Fenghua broke through to become a Martial Arts Master in the blink of an eye!

“I will indeed lose, but only to myself…”

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“I will indeed lose today, but not to you.”

You Ming felt something was amiss.

In the next instant, Zhu Fenghua’s aura began to rise.

He was undergoing a breakthrough!

“Wishful thinking!”

You Ming immediately launched a Heart Sword attack.

Daring to break through right in front of him, it was indeed wishful thinking!

But this Heart Sword seemingly collided with a surging torrent, instantly getting submerged.

“How could….”

Bang——

The torrent forced You Ming to retreat!

Zhu Fenghua broke through to become a Martial Arts Master in the blink of an eye!

“I will indeed lose, but only to myself…”