Chapter 1263
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Sanhuang Dao Palace.
“Old Palace Master, it seems we really misjudged.”
Yun Shiliu, who stood motionless in place, tilted her head and looked at the phantasm projected by the spirit mirror, suddenly smiled helplessly and said.
“Using that style of saber technique as a guide, combined with the blood qi quenching body technique of the Wugou Realm, the dragon whale physique at the extreme state, the power of the second layer of the saber domain, the saber qi transforming into thunder, and the Guiyuan True Fire Thunder Flame… making these originally unrelated martial arts and magic techniques finally merge into one strike.”
“This son already has the true self weather at least in terms of saber technique attainments.”
The old palace master beside him who also stood motionless nodded first, and then commented very seriously.
When hearing the words “already has the true self weather”, a hint of Astonishment appeared in Yun Shiliu’s beautiful eyes.
The so-called’real self demeanor’ means that when a cultivator practices the cultivation method of predecessors he does not blindly copy the predecessors, but continues to break through and make progress on the basis of the predecessors, reaching a demeanor that the predecessors have never reached.
“This real self demeanor is extremely rare for other cultivators, but for sword cultivators, this is actually nothing. After all, these lunatics have always looked down on anyone but themselves.”
The old palace master added another sentence at this time.
“That’s… also true.”
Yun Shiliu giggled.
When she thought of Xu Taiping’s identity as a sword cultivator, she suddenly felt relieved.
Sword cultivators have always been unable to be measured by common sense since ancient times. When their killing power is great, they can kill the Huajing realm by refining the spirit.
Just like Xu Taiping today, as long as he can find a sword technique to restrain the Return to Sheath Style, even the famous Sword Slave can be defeated.
But this does not mean that Xu Taiping’s cultivation base and combat power must be higher than that of the Sword Slave.
“Actually, this battle today is also the same.”
The old palace master then turned his head and looked at the virtual shadow in front of him, and his gaze fell on the Sword Slave who was coughing up blood in the virtual shadow, and then continued to explain：
“In this battle today, both the Sword Slave and Xu Taiping have displayed a killing power equivalent to that of the Wangtian realm.”
“This may seem astonishing, but if you really understand sword cultivators, you will never be surprised.”
“Since ancient times, the deeds of sword cultivators killing enemies across levels can be seen everywhere in the classics of various sects.
Hearing this, Yun Shiliu nodded, and then said with a hint of melancholy in her expression：
“It is said that on the Demon Battlefield, the number of casualties among warriors is the largest, but in fact, that’s because the number of warriors is originally large.”
“Only those who have truly been on the battlefield know that in every battle, the ones who die the most and the most miserably are the saber cultivators. Because as long as there is still a single demon seed on the battlefield, they will spare no effort to kill it. Even if their blood qi and true essence are exhausted, they will still risk their primordial spirits and bodies to perish with it.”
“That’s right.” The old palace master nodded upon hearing this. “The killing power of saber cultivators, without exception, is all exchanged with their own blood qi, vitality, and fortune. The Heavenly Dao has flaws, and what is flawless will surely be destroyed. The saber cultivators have an excess of killing qi, which is originally contrary to the Great Dao of Longevity.”
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The eighth floor of the Octagonal Tower.
“The Heavenly Dao has flaws, and what is flawless will surely be destroyed.”
After Xu Taiping broke the Saber Slave’s Return to Sheath Style with a single saber strike, this sentence suddenly and inexplicably emerged in his mind.
At the same time, his divine soul began to clearly sense the changes in this physical body –
His flesh, blood, bones, and muscles were shrinking, his blood qi and vitality were flowing away, and even his divine soul power was gradually dissipating.
And this kind of dissipation didn’t seem to be temporary, but more like permanent.
Because Xu Taiping discovered that no matter how he circulated the qi-refining mental method, his true essence and blood qi couldn’t return to the peak state as before.
In simple terms, it means that his cultivation has regressed.
”Regressed by three years？ Ten years？ Could it be that the price I paid for using that Dragon-Slaying Strike just now is a ten-year regression in my cultivation？”
The more Xu Taiping thought about it, the more alarmed he became.
”So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is. So, Senior Saber Slave, you forced me to use this strike just to tell me all this.”
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the Saber Slave in front of him in surprise.
If the place where Xu Taiping had drawn his saber today was not inside the Mysterious Wilderness Tower but outside it, then the vitality he had lost and the regression in his cultivation would most likely have been even greater, and there would have been no way to recover at all.
”Thank you for the guidance, Senior Saber Slave！”
After understanding this point, Xu Taiping solemnly bowed to the Saber Slave.
”Little brat！”
The Saber Slave wiped the blood from his mouth, raised his hand to signal Xu Taiping to get up, and then stared at Xu Taiping with a gloomy gaze and shout:
”Now that you know all this, do you still dare to draw your saber in the future？”
”Of course！”
Xu Taiping answered without any hesitation.
”Dammit！ Knowing that this strike will wound the enemy a thousand and damage yourself eight hundred, why do you still want to draw your saber？”
“The Saber Slave continued to” shouted.
”Precisely because I know that this strike will wound the enemy a thousand and damage myself eight hundred, my saber will be heavier, faster, and sharper！”
Xu Taiping looked straight at the gaze thrown by the Saber Slave without being humble or overbearing.
”Why？”
The Knife Slave asked loudly again.
“Why？”
Xu Taiping’s complexion sank, and his gaze was as sharp as a knife as he looked at the Knife Slave. At the same time, he said sonorously word by word：
“The knife that I risk my life for, the knife that I bet my cultivation and fortune on, why can’t it hurt？ Why can’t it kill you？”
As he said these words, the knife qi thunder around his body that had not yet dissipated, as if sensing his current state of mind, suddenly let out a burst of “rumbling” thunder.
At first, when Xu Taiping said these words, the people in front of the spirit mirror thought he was too arrogant. But after hearing the roar of the knife qi thunder and seeing the murderous long knife in Xu Taiping’s hand, everyone immediately took back their previous evaluations and simultaneously teased in their hearts： “Aren’t all these knife cultivators crazy like this？”
“Hehehe…”
At this time, after looking at Xu Taiping for a long time, the Knife Slave first grinned and let out a strange laugh, and then suddenly straightened his body and held up the long knife in his hand proudly, saying：
“Xu Taiping, would you like to inherit my mantle？”
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping was stunned on the spot.
The cultivators in front of the spirit mirror were also stunned on the spot.
The current situation was unexpected by both Xu Taiping and the cultivators in front of the spirit mirror.
