The burly Great Han gripped his War Saber, his face showing shocked disbelief as he looked at Lu Qing.

He couldn’t believe that he had been forced to draw his sword by a single strike from Lu Qing.

What was even more incredible to him was that he found Lu Qing’s Saber Technique to be exceedingly masterful.

So masterful that he, a Sword Dao Master, had nearly failed to block this profound strike.

Most importantly, he discovered that the strength Lu Qing had burst forth with was not weak either.

Although he had drawn his sword hastily and had not used his full strength,

To be able to match him evenly in power, that strength had far exceeded the scope of the Perfect Bone Marrow Realm.

“Hm?”

Atop the city gates, the Innate Realm Expert Wang Cangyi couldn’t help but widen his eyes in disbelief.

“Sword intention? How is this possible?!”

He saw something, that kid’s Saber Technique actually showed faint signs of breaking through the Postnatal Limit, reaching that realm of “Will” that only those in the Innate Realm could comprehend!

But how could this be possible!

How could a mere Martial Artist in the Bone Realm grasp the sword intention?

“What the hell, what did I just see? Is this youth so fierce that he pressured a Postnatal Master at perfection of the Inner Organ Realm to draw his sword with one strike?”

The nearby County Lord nearly leapt up in shock.

Even the Cloth-clothed Youth who had used a secret technique revealed surprise in his eyes.

He had completely not anticipated Lu Qing’s strength to be so formidable.

A Perfect Bone Marrow Realm that could almost make a Master at perfection of the Inner Organ Realm suffer a setback, even he could not achieve this when he was in the Bone Realm.

As for the Martial Artists watching the battle below the city gates, they were outright boiling with excitement.

“What! Big brother has drawn his sword?”

“Am I seeing this right? Big brother was forced back by that kid’s single strike?”

“This youth’s Saber Technique is filled with a heavy killing intent!”

“What a terrifying Saber Technique!”

…

Amidst the exclamations, the burly Great Han finally managed to suppress his shock and regain his composure, his face becoming grave.

“Exquisite Saber Technique, no wonder you have such confidence. Discussing only the Saber Technique, I’m afraid I might even be slightly inferior to you!”

“You flatter me,” replied Lu Qing with a smile.

“Although I do not know how you have practiced, to comprehend such a Saber Technique at the Bone Realm, among all the Swordmen I have encountered, you undoubtedly possess the greatest talent for Saber Technique.”

The burly Great Han spoke with earnest sincerity, no longer underestimating Lu Qing, mentally placing him on the same level as himself.

“However, no matter how high the realm is, it still requires a foundation of cultivation to support it. Next, I will use all my strength. I hope you will not disappoint me. It’s rare to encounter a true master of the Sword Dao, and I hope I won’t have to kill you in just a couple of moves!”

The Qi and Blood Power within the burly Great Han’s body began circulating rapidly, his momentum climbing higher, as he directly utilized an explosive secret technique!

“As you wish.”

Lu Qing saw that the other party was not hesitating to use an explosive secret technique, and his expression also became serious.

Daring not to be careless, with a thought, a tiny God Soul Rune formed by Divine Soul Power within the Brow Chakra began to faintly illuminate, casting light over his entire body.

As the God Soul Rune lit up, Lu Qing immediately felt a close connection between his consciousness and his Physical Body.

All the power within him was under his complete control.

At any moment, he could unleash all the potential of his body and burst out with the most powerful force.

“Every time I use this secret technique, I can’t help but marvel at the wonders of the runes,” Lu Qing thought with admiration.

The God Soul Rune in the Brow Chakra was the greatest achievement of his recent dedicated cultivation.

It was not a part of Martial Arts, but a feature of the art of runes.

The cultivation of runes started with stabilizing the spirit and purifying the heart, observing the patterns of all things in the world.

Once one entered the doorway, they could cultivate Divine Soul Power and advance to the next stage.

This was where the rune cultivators began to practice the unique techniques of the art of runes.

In this stage, what rune cultivators had to do mainly focused on one thing.

That was to use Divine Soul Power within the Brow Chakra to meticulously sketch and condense their own Lifebound Talisman.

Once the Lifebound Talisman was completed, it could evoke Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to refine the talisman, advancing to a mysterious and wonderful realm.

At that point, it was when the rune cultivators truly became powerful.

Of course, Lu Qing’s Divine Soul Power was still very weak and far from being able to condense a Lifebound Talisman.

All these days he had been diligently cultivating, he had only managed to condense a single Core Rune that constituted a talisman.

But just this one Core Rune already possessed quite miraculous abilities.

Not only did it greatly enhance his control over his physical body, but it could also perfectly conceal the fluctuations of Divine Soul Power at the center of his brow.

The reason the cloth-clothed youth had failed to detect that he had cultivated Divine Soul Power was because of the existence of this God Soul Rune.

Lu Qing had not wanted to resort to this trump card so early.

But facing the muscular Great Han who had even used an explosive secret technique, if he did not give his all, he feared he would not be able to withstand a few moves before being defeated.

With Lu Qing’s physical quality now far surpassing that of an ordinary perfected Muscle Bone Realm, the low-level Bursting Energy Technique was virtually useless to him.

The simplistic method of circulating Qi-Blood was utterly incapable of deeply stimulating his body to unleash its potential.

Even if he did use it, it would not add much strength.

In comparison, illuminating his entire body with the God Soul Rune allowed him to willingly stimulate his potential and burst forth all the strength in his body without injuring himself.

Unlike other explosive secret techniques that would always leave a period of weakness after use, incapable of employing the secret technique further.

Lu Qing’s secret technique, as long as his Divine Soul Power could support it, could be continuously used without draining his body.

For Lu Qing, this was the strongest explosive secret technique.

Therefore, he called it Perfect Burst!

All of this, though lengthy to describe, actually happened in the blink of an eye.

After the Great Han wielded his explosive secret technique, Lu Qing also activated his God Soul Rune.

Almost simultaneously, a powerful aura rose from both men, startling all the Postnatal Realm Martial Artists watching.

A disciple from the Heaven Cang Sect revealed a shocked expression, “Did our senior brother use an explosive secret technique?”

What made it more unbelievable was that, even after employing the secret technique, the senior brother did not seem to have overwhelmed that youngster in terms of aura.

“Good, very good!”

The muscular Great Han felt the aura emanating from Lu Qing, and although he did not understand how the opponent could burst forth with such strength, his boiling intent to fight made him stop pondering this question.

With a swing of his saber, the ground beneath his feet instantly cracked. In the next instant, his body went from absolute stillness to explosive movement, appearing in front of Lu Qing like flashing lightning.

His saber, carrying the sound of rolling thunder, sliced through the air with shadows trailing behind, aiming to slash at Lu Qing.

“Take my Thunder Blade!”

Facing the formidable and swiftly executed saber strike of the Great Han, Lu Qing was not the least bit panicked. With a calm expression, he too slashed with his saber.

Surprisingly, he met attack with attack, opting for a strategy where both parties would suffer!

However, in a split second, the muscular Great Han felt something was amiss. Explore stories at My Virtual Library Empire

Lu Qing’s strike, which seemed intent on mutual destruction, was in fact intricately executed to slip through the opening of his saber technique.

If he refused to change his move, there was only one outcome; before his saber even struck Lu Qing, his wrist would crash against Lu Qing’s blade edge and be utterly disabled, ending in severed hands or death.

Such impressive insight!

The muscular Great Han inwardly marveled, all the more convinced that Lu Qing’s Saber Technique Realm truly surpassed his.

To discern the flaws in his move in that split second, this was something he had never encountered after reaching the perfection of his Thunder Blade.

Nonetheless, the muscular Great Han was a perfected Internal Organ Realm cultivator at the end.

His Saber Technique Realm had also reached the Grandmaster level where strength and gentleness harmonized and great precision was achieved.

With such command over the saber technique, free and uncontrolled, he naturally would not be defeated so easily.

His arm twisted, redirecting his saber towards Lu Qing’s War Saber.

Since I cannot match your Saber Technique Realm, I will overpower you with strength!

The Great Han’s eyes widened with rage, his Qi-Blood bursting forth layer by layer, and in an instant, his saber reached extreme speed as he aimed it at Lu Qing’s saber!

Clang!!

Another harsh clash of weapons rang out.

Qi Force burst out, and this time neither of them retreated. Instead, they stood their ground firmly, rooted to the spot. After a brief pause, they clashed again.

Sword lights flickered constantly, and intent to kill enveloped them.

Numerous saber shadows sparked to life around Lu Qing and the muscular Great Han, only to vanish again.

Occasional saber collisions were piercingly loud, startling anyone who heard them.

One had superior strength, while the other possessed superior Saber Technique.

For a time, neither could gain the upper hand over the other.

But to the onlooking Martial Artists, this scene was astonishingly frightening.

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