Chapter 42: Slashing the Waves (for further reading)
Soon, Sun Qian had finished accumulating his strength, and then controlled the rapidly rotating jade ruler to hit the wooden dummy.
"boom!"
Accompanied by a thunderous sound, this long-charged blow was so powerful that it directly hit the wooden dummy with a crack several feet long.
A smile immediately appeared on his lips.
A blow like this would only take a few more and the wooden dummy would be useless.
When everyone watching on the sidelines saw this, they immediately applauded.
This charged attack seems simple, but those who understand know that it requires special control skills, and it is absolutely impossible to do without more than several years of hard training.
Not to mention anything else, most of the people present were in the late stage of Qi refining, but those who could carry out such an offensive were definitely less than 20%.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue was secretly anxious. Although her reason told her that Junior Brother Lin would definitely lose, she did not want Junior Brother Lin to embarrass this person in front of so many people.
And what she saw in Junior Brother Lin's eyes was determination and confidence. Therefore, she was also a little shaken in her heart, thinking that Junior Brother Lin might be able to create miracles!
"Clang clang clang!"
At this moment, Lin Fan had arrived in front of the wooden dummy, took the flying sword with his hand, and continued to slash at the wooden dummy with one sword after another.
Sun Qian, who was gathering strength and preparing to launch his next attack, was about to laugh when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He took a closer look and saw that the flying sword struck the wooden dummy, leaving no small dents but tiny cracks!
"How is that possible?" He lost his voice.
Everyone watching on the sidelines also noticed this situation, especially those who were closer, and they could see it more clearly.
During their careful observation, every time the flying sword struck, the cracks on the wooden dummy would be slightly larger than before!
In other words, the cutting power of this flying sword has been increasing!
It's just that when the power was insufficient before, no one noticed.
"boom!"
Sun Qian's second charged blow hit the wooden dummy. Not only did the wooden dummy have a crack several feet long, one of its arms was broken directly!
"As long as I try again, victory will be mine!" Realizing that the situation was not good, he encouraged himself.
Lin Fan on the side continued to slash with his flying sword plainly.
But now every time I swing my sword, the crowd watching can faintly hear the sound of rolling waves!
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"
It's like the giant waves hitting the rocks again and again, and each wave is higher than the last.
This is exactly one of the three major sword skills of the Kuanglang Sword Technique, "The Overlapping Wave Slash", which he has practiced so hard.
As the name suggests, the power of this Stacking Wave Slash will increase by one point each time.
Now he has mastered this sword to the level of mastery, and can stack it up to thirty-three times!
That is to say, the power of the last blow is more than three times that of the first sword!
However, the shortcoming of this sword move is also obvious, that is, it requires continuous slashing with enough energy. If the slash is missed or the interval between two slashes is too long, the accumulated power will be dissipated, and the accumulation needs to be started again.
However, this wooden dummy is just a standing target, which is the perfect application for this sword fight.
This was what he had thought about from the beginning. After all, he didn't know Sun Qian's trump card. He only thought of such a competition when he was lagging behind his opponent in terms of cultivation and magic weapon.
Finally, the wooden dummy could no longer hold up, and after another slash, it burst into several pieces and scattered on the ground.
Everyone watching on the sidelines had their eyes widened, and after seeing the result, they even took a breath!
What kind of swordsmanship is this! Why is it so powerful?
When Sun Qian saw this, his chest felt tight and he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
How is it possible? I actually lost!
"Hahaha!" After letting out a cathartic laugh, he left the martial arts room in despair.
Seeing Jiang Yue coming to congratulate him, Lin Fan said a few words and hurriedly followed Sun Qian's footsteps and left.
Are you kidding? The two of them had agreed that whoever loses would have to pay the two hundred spirit stones. How could he let the other side take the blame?
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The next day, Xu Wei announced the location of the trial for the incipient disciples of Qingzhu Temple, which is located in the Blackwater Swamp in the west of Yunzhou. However, the specific tasks of each team will be announced after arriving at the designated location.
As soon as the location was announced, many disciples who listened were in an uproar.
The reason is simply that this place is too far away from Qingzhu Temple, at least more than 400,000 miles away!
Even if you take this giant boat, it will take five days of flight to get there!
But this is not the point. The point is that some people have contacted the helpers in advance, and the helpers will rush there after the mission location is announced.
However, the location of this trial is so far away. Even if the news is released a few days in advance, it will be very difficult for the helpers to arrive at the destination on time.
However, this has no impact on those casual cultivators who want to hunt.
Because the twenty-eight lower houses of the Xueyang Sect will conduct this trial at the same time, that means there are twenty-eight trial locations, covering almost most of Yunzhou.
They just need to choose a trial location nearby.
The disciples also understood the intentions of the Upper House. They probably deliberately staggered the trial locations to avoid them seeking help as much as possible.
Since many disciples' cheating plans failed, they had to pay more attention to this trial.
As a result, nearly ten thousand disciples gathered in the hall on the first floor, chatting in small groups. They shared information about the Blackwater Swamp with each other in order to understand the trial location as much as possible.
"Senior Sister Jiang and Senior Brother Sun, please go and inquire about the information about the Blackwater Swamp. Please meet in my room in two hours."
"Okay." Jiang Yue replied cheerfully.
"Okay." Sun Qian said perfunctorily.
The reason why he was like this was not that he didn't pay attention to intelligence, but that he was somewhat unconvinced by Lin Fan, the captain.
Lin Fan saw all the expressions on the two men's faces and was very clear about Sun Qian's thoughts.
He didn't expect to get the other party to obey his orders in such a short period of time, as long as the other party didn't cause trouble for him for the time being.
The three of them then dispersed and started chatting with acquaintances.
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Two hours later, after inquiring about the information, the three people came to Lin Fan's room to meet as scheduled and shared the information they had collected.
This blackwater swamp is extremely vast, covering an area of tens of thousands of miles. There are monsters and beasts everywhere in it, and there is miasma and rain, so it is extremely dangerous.
Fortunately, the mission location this time was only in the outer area of the Blackwater Swamp, so there were no big monsters, at most some low-level monsters.
For those who want to enter the Blackwater Swamp, there are two problems that must be solved.
One is the miasma that breeds in the swamp. This miasma is highly toxic. Without protection, it only takes half an hour after inhaling the miasma to turn a Qi Refining monk into a puddle of poisonous water.
The second is the black water python that is found all over the periphery of the swamp. This python is not very strong individually and only has an initial level of first-level cultivation, but it often appears in groups and moves extremely fast.
Once discovered by this python in a swamp, it will often be surrounded by hundreds of black anacondas until it dies. This chapter has been completed!