Lu Jing and Lu Bi descended from the Sword Altar. Still facing Lu Sizhan, Lu Feichen said, “I truly want to know. How can someone in the Origin realm exploit the flaw in my Beheading Star?”
Lu Sizhan shook his head. “You can just go straight to your second technique.”
Lu Feichen’s eyebrow shot up. “That man never saw my second move.”
Lu Sizhan exhaled. “He deduced it.”
“Impossible!” For the first time so far, Lu Feichen’s expression changed.
On the observation platform, the sect’s elders and even Ming Zhuo reacted with similar shock. Deduction, if it was true deduction, could only be done by someone with vastly superior cultivation than their target.
Ming Zhuo believed that his own cultivation was quite impressive, but even he was unable to deduce Lu Feichen’s second technique. In fact, Ming Zhuo was unable to analyze the sword intent of even an Ortuser like Lu Sizhan.
For someone to truly deduce Lu Feichen’s second technique without even seeing it... If that was beyond even a peak Dukkhan, then did the person have to be an Immortal?
Lu Feichen did not believe it, and neither could anyone else who heard Lu Sizhan’s claim. In fact, the man himself did not believe it. Personally, he had no idea what Lu Feichen’s second technique was, and he sincerely hoped that it was not what Lu Yin had deduced. If it was, then Lu Yin was far too terrifying.
Lu Feichen took a deep breath, his expression growing solemn. “Do you really believe that he was able to deduce my second technique?”
Lu Sizhan calmly replied, “I don’t know.”
Lu Feichen nodded. “Very well, then let’s see if he succeeded or not. If he did, then his sword skills surpass all others’ in existence.”
With that, the man’s sword slashed out. He attacked with Beheading Star. It was a dazzling sword technique that glittered like stars falling from the sky. Right after that, his sword turned. “Last Court.”
Ming Zhuo slightly leaned forward. What exquisite swordsmanship!
All eyes were drawn to this attack. It could overwhelm both one’s body and mind. It felt as though the attack was not aimed solely at Lu Sizhan, but rather at everyone present, the entire universe. It seemed certain that it would cleave all things.
Lu Sizhan stared blankly at the sword. He had once experienced Beheading Star, and he had been utterly powerless before it. His own sword technique was called Flowing Retreat, and it used the concept of yielding in order to advance. However, no matter how he retreated, he had never been able to escape from Lu Feichen’s slash. This time, Lu Sizhan was not facing Beheading Star, but rather Last Court.
Last Court was exactly what Lu Yin had deduced.
At that moment, Lu Sizhan’s heart plummeted.
Anyone who could truly deduce Lu Feichen's second sword technique had to be terrifyingly powerful. Why had such a person come to the Four Commands Sword Sect? Why had he gotten entangled with Lu Siyu? At this moment, Lu Sizhan understood how this person had caught the eye of Greater Sancte Green Lotus.
Even so, the man acted with absolutely no regard for propriety and showed no restraint.
As the sword fell, so too did the stars. Last Court was a technique that had been comprehended in the Seventh Odyssey. No one had ever managed to force Lu Feichen to unleash his second technique before. He had not even planned to use it during the competition for the Four Commands Grand Swordmaster. It was a technique reserved for after he succeeded in claiming the title, when he would challenge the greatest swordmasters of Nine Odysseys Megaverse. It was the technique that would elevate the Four Commands Sword Sect back to the peak.
Still, if he had to reveal his hidden technique at this moment, then so be it. He would let everyone witness what gave some unknown man the audacity to claim that he was capable of deducing Lu Feicheng’s second technique.
Lu Sizhan stood without moving, not even when the cold, sharp edge of the sword fell upon him.
Three breaths. One... two... three.
At the end of the third breath, Lu Sizhan’s sword rose and then fell back down.
There was a soft ringing as the man performed the simplest vertical slash. It was like seeing a child lift a sword for the first time and then allow it to fall back down with only gravity. It was like seeing a blacksmith hammer metal, throwing sparks.
Yet that single, most basic slash succeeded in cutting through Lu Feichen’s descending attack.
Lu Sizhan should never have been able to even see the attack. The true brilliance of Lu Feichen’s technique had not even been revealed, but it had already been cut apart.
Lu Feichen stared in stunned silence at the broken sword in his hand. How... how is this possible?
He was not the only one asking that question; everyone else was as well. Even Ming Zhuo’s eyes were bulging, as not even he had been able to instantly find a flaw in Last Court, let alone perfectly time a counter attack enough to sever the attack.
If Lu Feichen’s sword technique was actually that easy to break, then the Four Commands Sword Sect would have ceased to exist long ago.
All techniques and powers in existence contained flaws. Ming Zhuo had heard his master once mention that even karma had weak points. The challenge was finding those vulnerabilities.
If the flaw could be found, then it would be possible to shatter countless techniques.
At this moment, Ming Zhuo saw that ability. He did not see it in Lu Sizhan, but rather in the one behind the swordsman. The one hiding in the shadows. That person had not only deduced Lu Feichen’s second technique, but he had also seen completely through it and given Lu Sizhan an opening that he could exploit.
Just how terrifying must that person be?
A chill ran down everyone’s spine. No one had anticipated such an unbelievable outcome to the competition.
With a single strike, Lu Sizhan had not only cut through Lu Feichen’s sword technique, but he had also shattered the obsession of every swordsmen in the Four Commands Sword Sect, possibly all of them throughout the entire Nine Odysseys Megaverse.
At this moment, Xian Ding was questioning his very existence. This sort of existential crisis was not something that even his own master, the Azuresword Sovereign, could do.
Elder Le was shaken. He secretly made a decision to ask his martial uncle to move out and find the mysterious assailant behind the entire ordeal. That person’s strength had to be incomprehensible.
Lu Siyu’s face turned pale. Just how powerful does Lu Yin have to be to accomplish something like this? Did Master already know something? We truly know nothing about that man.
At that moment, the Sword Altar was filled with a deathly silence.
Lu Sizhan slowly raised his sword and pointed it at Lu Feichen. “You have lost.”
Lu Feichen stared at Lu Sizhan. Finally, the man let go of his sword and let it fall to the Sword Altar with a soft clang.
Lu Feichen laughed, genuinely laughed. There was not the slightest trace of bitterness from his defeat. “Hahaha! There really is such a person! Someone capable of deducing my technique and seeing through my sword intent! My life has not been in vain. It wasn’t in vain!”
He looked around and offered a low bow. “Lu Feichen thanks you for your instruction! To have my technique deduced by you is the honor of a lifetime!”
In the distance, Lu Yin nodded in approval. This Four Commands Sword Sect... Really isn’t bad.
“Feichen, what nonsense are you spouting? Pick up your sword! Lu Sizhan may have broken your Last Court, but he can’t counter your other techniques! Even the most common ones that you have are still enough to defeat him!” the northern elder screamed from the observation platform.
Everyone was staring at Lu Feichen. The elder was correct; Lu Sizhan had merely been taught how to take advantage of the flaws in Beheading Star and Last Court, but that did not mean that he had the strength to win with his own strength. In a normal exchange of sword techniques, Lu Sizhan would not stand any chance at all.
Lu Feichen shook his head and let out a deep breath. “The Four Commands Grand Swordmaster represents the entire Four Commands Sword Sect, not just the North Command.
“My technique has already been completely seen through. That man is beyond anything I can compete with. However, he is not beyond him.” The man turned to pointedly look at Lu Sizhan, who met Lu Feichen’s gaze. “Lu Sizhan, has that man ever fought against you?”