Chapter 182
Li Jianxian and Ying Bing exchanged a glance, bolstered by the encouragement from Princess Xiao Jiang. With a light cough, he steadied himself against the Chixiao Sword and strode forward with purpose.
At the same time, he reminded himself internally:
"Stay sharp; we’re the good ones. Don’t embarrass ourselves!"
As he approached the peculiar stone, an unusual allure tugged at his spirit. The closer he got, the more extraordinary it seemed.
"What a pity I can’t capture its essence completely yet," he thought fleetingly.
Releasing his consciousness, Li Mo entered the stone's realm.
He felt everything around him fade away, retreating into nothingness.
In a daze, he found himself standing on a vast, desolate land.
Above him, countless stars spun endlessly, each one seemingly holding a glimpse of a hazy world.
This land felt ancient and heavy, as if it were the very center of the universe.
Boom—boom—
In his confusion, Li Mo heard the thunderous echoes of chaos.
The starry sky shifted unpredictably.
He gazed upward, instinctively clutching his most reliable support—Bashi (Eighty).
A sudden clarity washed over him, and various martial techniques began to unfold in his mind.
This was beyond his control.
The booming voice resonated in his head:
"Heaven sends forth killing intent; stars shift and dwell!"
With this newfound understanding, a strange obsession arose within him:
"Oh no, my persona is about to collapse."
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**Chapter 194: The Imprint of the Horizontal Cloud Hammer**
In Hengyun Sword City.
"Did Elder Fang forget someone?"
"That girl named Ying Bing has grasped a martial art that might be too astonishing for the Sword City to reveal..."
"Or perhaps the assassin from the Drizzle Tower struck suddenly, and the elders didn’t have time to inquire?"
"If only Li Jianxian had been at the Sword Tower; with just one sword, he could have dealt with those eight hundred assassins."
"Of course, comprehending the sword mark stone is far more important!"
The crowd below was a bit noisy.
After all, it was well-known that Li Jianxian was a gentleman, warm and helpful, who had delivered many memorable quotes during the past three days of the arena.
For instance, "This sword will look very cool," "You want to learn? I’ll teach you," and "May every swordsman in the world become a sword immortal," have all been compiled into the "Li Jianxian Quotes," widely circulated by storytellers.
These memorable phrases, accompanied by vivid imagery, spread far and wide, becoming a topic of conversation.
Countless swordsmen had already regarded Li Shaoxia as the foremost swordsman of the new generation in Yunzhou.
If he were to derive any martial insights from the stone, his nature would likely lead him to share them with everyone.
"Comprehend? He drew all those sword marks!"
"Exactly! Who knows, he might have a new insight and leave another mark on the stone!"
"Wait... have you all noticed something?"
"Huh?"
"How can we see stars during the day? And the sky seems to be getting... closer?"
Indeed.
At this moment, with the fluctuations from the peculiar stone, everyone felt as if the heavens were pressing down upon them, creating an illusion of proximity.
Every star was visible in broad daylight, their light swirling as if pulling the sky down upon them.
The sky was collapsing.
Three figures stood atop the high platform.
One was a handsome young man, draped in extraordinary robes that flowed like water and clouds. Though he appeared to be just over twenty, his hair was completely white.
The second was an elderly man with a youthful face; they looked like a grandfather and grandson, but both were formidable practitioners.
The last was a woman from the Yantian Sect, her eyes filled with increasingly obscure lines, mirroring the star chart before her.
At this moment, all three gazed at the heavens, their expressions grave.
"What is that kid comprehending?" the youthful-looking elder squinted.
They had come to investigate the disappearance of the sword marks, initially for Ying Bing, only to encounter such a strange phenomenon afterward.
The white-haired young man shook his head:
"I don’t know, but... it’s definitely not swordsmanship."
Before they could say much more, suddenly, a mouthful of pale golden blood spewed forth, and the jade plate clattered to the ground, tumbling several times.
"Ugh... more blood again."
"Sometimes I want to advise the Yantian Sect folks to learn a couple of blood-refining martial arts..."
The two practitioners were not surprised by this scene.
With a casual gesture, they summoned a chair to catch the woman’s body.
Frequent blood loss had become a traditional skill of the Yantian Sect.
Boom—boom—
Just then, the scene of the heavens being pulled down by the stars dissipated.
The ground trembled violently once more.
The two practitioners exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
More?
We let you comprehend the peculiar stone, not to tear down the house!
With a sigh, one of them appeared high above Hengyun Sword City, while the other descended deep into the earth.
Both released their spiritual forms, creating their own realms to support the space of Hengyun Sword City.
Instantly, the crowd, like startled birds, finally settled down.
...
Meanwhile.
In the spiritual realm where his consciousness met the peculiar stone, the commotion in this vast world was a hundred times more intense than outside!
"The Heaven-Turning Style..."
In a daze, Li Mo realized he had grasped this incomplete technique.
The momentum of this move was clearly not finished.
Yet at this moment, his consciousness began to show signs of instability.
So, Li Mo quickly envisioned the Ice Block Ascending to Immortality diagram to protect his spirit.
The effect was remarkable.
But it only prevented his consciousness from collapsing; he still felt a splitting headache, as if his mind were being pricked by needles.
Continuing to comprehend further would be incredibly difficult.
"Thank goodness I saved my martial insights..."
Li Mo had a good habit of keeping his dreams and reality separate.
He had three hundred years' worth of martial insights stored away for emergencies.
This situation was just the right time to use them!
【One hundred years of martial insights successfully infused!】
Boom—boom—
The vast land beneath the starry sea trembled at that moment.
Deep within the earth, it felt as if a heart was beating, with countless veins of the earth contracting and swelling.
The desolate land cracked open, volcanoes erupted, and everything perished.
Heaven and earth were both plunged into destruction, as if the apocalypse had arrived, and a world was collapsing.
It was becoming increasingly unbearable.
Even for the one pushing it forward.
【One hundred years of martial insights consumed; you have comprehended the second style.】
【Earth sends forth killing intent; dragons and snakes rise from the land!】
"The Earth-Overturning Style..."
After grasping this thread of true meaning, Li Mo felt himself losing clarity.
His spiritual world was already caught in a storm.
It was the excitement from the Pankejue Meteor Hammer that gave him a slight boost.
【Two hundred years of martial insights successfully infused!】
Uncertain of how many more insights he would need, he poured in everything he had.
At the moment of infusion, Li Mo felt the world lose its color, and silence enveloped him.
A tiny figure suddenly appeared in this world on the brink of annihilation.
His black hair danced like a wild dragon; though his body was no different from an ordinary person, he exuded an aura that made him seem like a giant, holding up the heavens and the earth.
His face was indistinct.
"I can’t see clearly... I really can’t see clearly..."
As Li Mo's thoughts began to blur, the figure raised a hammer.
With a thunderous crash, it fell!
The pure and turbid energies of heaven and earth surged and intertwined, returning to chaos, all shattered by this one blow.
This hammer opened the heavens and split the earth.
This hammer shattered the cosmos.
【Humanity sends forth killing intent; heaven and earth turn over!】
【Martial insights consumed; you have fully comprehended the true meaning of this hammer technique, completing it.】
【Congratulations, host, you have comprehended the "Heaven-Turning Earth-Overturning Human Path Hammer"!】
"The 'Heaven-Turning Earth-Overturning Human Path Hammer'!"
As the flickering spirit in the wind shattered with this thought, Li Mo opened his eyes again.
And then he saw the elders of Hengyun Sword City surrounding him, looking as if they had seen a ghost.
"What happened?"
Li Mo slowly regained his senses and instinctively glanced at the peculiar stone.
Then he froze.
He saw that the stone, which had just moments ago been cleared of sword marks by Ying Bing and restored to a flawless state, now bore a new imprint.
A hammer mark appeared prominently in the center.
It perfectly matched the shape of a certain hammer treasure.
This contained the aura of opening the heavens and splitting the earth, and gazing upon it felt like being struck by lightning!
It was even more shocking than the sword marks that had been left before!
Li Mo: "?!"
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