My Informative Cultivation Life

"Brother Man Kuai is actually at a disadvantage? Is this person's Sword Dao so strong?"

The crowd was astonished, looking at the indifferent Yang Ji, and then at Man Kuai, whose breathing was slightly disordered. They were secretly shocked at that moment.

In a battle between equals, Man Kuai's strength had never faltered against anyone, yet now, wielding the heavy axe of the Heaven Collapse Style, he was actually suppressed by someone.

What's more, the opponent was reversing the situation from the mid-phase of Foundation Establishment to the peak.

This... was inconceivable.

"This person's Sword Qi is so sharp, and the Sword Intent so intense!"

Man Kuai gazed at Yang Ji, outwardly composed but inwardly shaken; falling behind with a single move, he felt a burning pain on his face.

Though he seemed brutish, his thoughts were extremely delicate. Suppressing the anger in his heart, he suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, during the past few days, when I went to the Demon Stench Sea to slay a peak Demon General, I forgot that my arm had a hidden injury. You, lad, are quite strong, managing to receive one of my moves. Now, I must get serious."

Man Kuai's smile abruptly vanished, his ten fingers gripping the heavy axe tightly, and with a resentful intention, he leaped into the air, hanging above Yang Ji's head, and roared, "Overhead Smash Style!"

Tremendous cyan Spiritual Power madly surged into the heavy axe, hissing forth an unrivaled axe glow, bringing with it boundless might, swinging down fiercely in a chop.

The sound of the wind screaming, the aura locking down an area of fifty meters, made it impossible to escape or avoid.

From the ground, the sound of "crackling" resonated continuously, and the area where Yang Ji stood suddenly collapsed, kicking up endless dust.

Facing this powerful axe, yet Yang Ji remained unmoved, as if he was unaffected in the slightest.

He looked up!

His robe fluttered in the wind, and without any movement, he simply watched the cyan heavy axe chop down.

Just as the heavy axe neared three meters above his head, a piercingly sharp Sword Intent rapidly spread out from within him.

Crack, crack, crack!

All the dust that had been thrown up into the air froze in an instant, trembling sporadically.

Soon it gathered into numerous tiny Flying Swords, whistling back and forth around him.

Suddenly, he pointed with his sword's edge, and all the dust-formed Flying Swords whistled out to meet the heavy axe chopped down by Man Kuai.

Appearing like a light and breezy move, as if a strong wind was blowing, it stirred up endless ripples in the air, as though the space itself was folding, pressing down from above.

A single sword thrust carried within it endless sharpness and prodigious power.

For this was the Dao of Xun Sword, gentle yet filled with endless ferocity, the fierce wind howling, effortlessly shattering all in its path.

Man Kuai clearly had a response, as the axe he chopped down was actually on par with Yang Ji's move imbued with Five Sword Intent.

Both of them took a step back.

This sword move used by Yang Ji contained only Five Sword Intent.

This was not a life-or-death battle; he only needed to use the Golden Finger to discern the strength of the other's moves in order to counter them appropriately.

Some limelight shouldn't be drawn too fiercely, for it wouldn't benefit him; on the contrary, it would be harmful.

This was because above Granny Tianshang's head appeared the words [Surprise], [Five Sword Intent], [Gloomy], [This youngster has some remarkable aptitude, at such a young age he's successively used moves containing Three Sword Intent of the Shocking Sword Dao, Five Sword Intent of the Dao of Xun Sword], [Canglan Sect has produced another talented youngster with good aptitude], [Displeased], [Hostility!]

Merely revealing five parts of his Sword Intent had already caused Granny Tianshang to feel displeasure and hostility.

If he were to reveal more than a full part of Sword Intent, perhaps she would devour him alive, Yang Ji thought to himself as he silently shook his head.

After these two moves, he also had a rough idea of Man Kuai's strength. Although the latter was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, the gap between their techniques was too large.

One wielded a Great Divine Power, while the other only a top-level technique.

He had only unleashed the Five Sword Intent and was already able to contend with it,

Had this been a life-or-death battle with no witnesses, he would have certainly combined all four Sword Intents and cut down this Man Kuai with one strike.

This exchange had greatly bolstered his confidence; Great Divine Power techniques indeed were extraordinary, enabling him to stand up against the outstanding talents from the three major sects even with a lower ranking.

This was simply an asymmetrical battle.

From this, he also couldn't help but think of the fierce competition within the Dao Sect.

There, geniuses were aplenty, others' understanding and Spiritual Roots were both exceptional, with Cultivation to overpower, and their techniques also unbeaten; to deal with it as effortlessly as he had just done would be highly unlikely.

As he contemplated this, Man Kuai once again leaped up, his hands parting, and the huge axe automatically flew above his head, spinning rapidly.

All around, countless airflow began converging towards him, enveloping him within.

As the airflows converged, the entire space formed a specific spatial energy field, separate from the external environment.

Man Kuai's body burst with green light, and the giant axe, carrying a strong green light, kept spinning above his head.

With every rotation, the surrounding airflow grew stronger by the minute, and that green glow shone even more dazzlingly.

Strong airflow, numerous axe lights, carrying a fierce force that could tear everything apart, converged from all sides towards the center, directly targeting Yang Ji.

A massive axe shadow resembling a mountain suddenly formed.

"Embrace Mountain Style!" bellowed Man Kuai as he violently chopped down.

Yang Ji realized at a glance that this move was quite powerful, and could only be withstood by using either Six Sword Intent or a combination of two different Three Sword Intents.

He immediately unleashed a sword strike that combined the Three Sword Intent of Shock with the Three Gentle Wind Sword Intent.

Boom!

Another massive boom roared as Yang Ji and Man Kuai once again retreated from each other.

Just as he regained his balance, Man Kuai, still spinning his axe, reappeared before his eyes.

Swinging the giant axe, countless axe shadows overlay and shifted in the air. The rapidly vibrating giant axe drove the surrounding airflow, creating an abnormal, piercing screech that shook the soul.

"You won't escape this axe!"

As Yang Ji was flung backward, Man Kuai closed in rapidly; his axe cut across directly, as though the heavens and the earth were being split apart.

Green light burst forth, filling the sky with crisscrossing axe lights tearing through space and earth, accompanied by a deafening screech and formidable force that engulfed Yang Ji in an instant.

"Heaven Shaker Style!"

The three awe-inspiring words exploded from Man Kuai's mouth as he unexpectedly skipped the Cover Ground Style and the Heaven Shaker Style, unleashing an attack that fused all five styles into one.

All of a sudden, his body split into five, and five Man Kuais appeared all around.

One above, the other four standing in four corners, engulfing Yang Ji within a beautiful yet immensely dangerous halo of light.

Man Kuai's giant axe screeched into the heavens, countless axe shadows chopping and slashing, showing five substantial trails of axe light from every direction.

From the outside, one could see five Man Kuais launching their attacks simultaneously; the five clusters of sharp axe shadows connected, forming a closed space.

Watching the five Man Kuais attacking at the same time, Yang Ji felt the surrounding airflow forming a closed space, locking him firmly in the middle.

To counter the attack that merged all Five Styles of the Heaven Shaker, one needed either a single variety of Eight Sword Intent or a sword strike combining two varieties of Four Sword Intent.

Yang Ji looked at the ferocious assault, his Flying Sword gleaming brightly as he brought together Four Sword Intent of Shock with Four Gentle Wind Sword Intent into a powerful union.

Both Sword Daos known for their speed, he released dozens of Sword Qi in an instant, striking at Man Kuai.

(The next two chapters continue.)