Chapter 166: Chapter 101: Even if Heaven and Earth Shatter Before My Eyes_3
This is also the mettle required of a sword cultivator.
To draw the sword without regret, even if the heavens and earth shatter before my eyes, I alone shall cleave it with one stroke.
Lu Yi felt as if he had grasped some understanding, and a Tao Sound emerged within his mind, the Mysterious Tao Patterns on the Immortal Sword Seed faintly flickered, as if calling out to one another in response.
Streams of sword intent flowed around his body, flickering indistinctly; though seemingly weak, they carried an unimaginable, unyielding immortal will.
By his side, both the Ling Luo Peak Master and Liu Ningshuang froze, turning their heads to look at Lu Yi with the same numb expression on their faces.
Ling Luo Peak Master rubbed her hair, looking at Lu Yi with a speechless expression and muttered to herself, “No way?! For real?! I just casually mentioned it, could this kid actually have had an enlightenment?! What’s with this sword intent?!”
Next to her, the cool beauty Liu Ningshuang, her face carrying a look of shock, looked at Lu Yi in disbelief and said, “Junior Brother… truly an unimaginable genius.”
Donggong Ming Yue, who was holding onto Lu Yi due to her weakness, felt somewhat uncomfortable from the sword intent emanating through his body, yet she herself became weak, nearly on the verge of tears, “Senior Sister… help me, I’m soft!”
Liu Ningshuang came back to her senses, circulated her spiritual energy, supported Donggong Ming Yue, and pulled her away from Lu Yi’s side, then the three of them watched with complex expressions as Lu Yi’s aura became increasingly formidable.
The cultivators nearby naturally noticed as well and turned their heads to look over.
Upon seeing Lu Yi, the expressions of many cultivators changed from confusion to a sort of blankness, followed by a stiff expression, full of disbelief, and very complex.
“No way… don’t tell me it’s what I’m thinking?” Xie Tianming, surrounded by disciples from the Ling Luo Peak, said with a numb expression on his face.
“If it’s Junior Brother Lu… it’s probably really what you’re thinking,” Nangong Moyu said, equally numb, with a lifeless look on his face.
“Is Junior Brother Lu Yi for real?! Just from watching someone else crossing the tribulation, he had some kind of enlightenment again?! You can’t just play like this, let me have an enlightenment too! I think my talent is not bad either.”
“We’re all ordinary people, can we not dream that dream, okay?”
“…”
In the midst of obscurity, Lu Yi contemplated that sword light, continuously deducing and perfecting, until it seemed he had reached some sort of bottleneck.
He naturally used the last chance for Sudden Enlightenment that he had left.
Since experiencing Heavenly Thunder Enlightenment and True Dragon Blood Enlightenment, Lu Yi always withdrew one chance of Sudden Enlightenment for emergency use.
Now, the time to employ it had arrived.
In an instant of enlightenment, Lu Yi’s thoughts became crystal clear, his understanding of the Sword Dao, the Dao, and the heavens and earth all seemed to undergo a profound transformation.
He deduced and perfected once more, the sword intent around his body growing increasingly intense.
Suddenly, a golden sword light soared into the sky, like a pillar standing tall between heaven and earth, stirring under its sword intent, alarming all the White Cloud Sect cultivators.
Even Wu Qingfeng and the other protectors who were far away couldn’t help but look over.
Seeing the ever-strengthening sword intent around Lu Yi, Wu Qingfeng and the Divinity Transformation cultivators were stunned.
“What’s happening over there? Is that the kiddo Lu Yi? What’s up with him now?”
“… Looking at it, it seems like, he’s had another Sudden Enlightenment?” Elder Xuan said, somewhat uncertain.
The other Divinity Transformation Supreme Elders: “???”
Everyone was a bit dumbfounded.
“… Last time, this kid had a Sudden Enlightenment, wasn’t it just a few years ago? He had an enlightenment during his Qi Cultivation Thunder Tribulation, and realized a very powerful Body Refining Technique?”
“It’s only been a few years? This kid isn’t even a Golden Core yet, and he’s already had two enlightenments?! Is there no justice in this world??”
“What’s even more outrageous is that this kid’s enlightenment this time was just from seeing Elder Ming cleave the Heavenly Thunder with one sword. So what’s there to have an enlightenment about?”
The many Divinity Transformation cultivators communicated with their Primordial Spirits, with Wu Qingfeng questioning, “Did you all comprehend something?”
“I comprehended jack ske81!&,” Elder Qi Ling grumbled.
“Qi Ling, old fellow… your state of mind seems to have cracked,” another spoke teasingly.
“I… I didn’t comprehend anything… how about you?”
“Hehe.”
“Hehe…”
Just then, a loud laugh erupted, “Hahaha! Thrilling! How thrilling! With a junior like kiddo Lu, the Sword Dao will surely shine eternally and never dim! Today this old man will also release a youthful fervor, challenging the Heavenly Tribulation with my sword, will you stand against my stroke?!”
Silver-white sword light, as pure as the moon, similarly soared into the sky around him, as if answering Lu Yi’s sword light, rising and falling in alternate succession, growing ever stronger.
“This…”
Wu Qingfeng and the other Divinity Transformation cultivators hesitated, their faces shifting.
“This old man’s sword intent has gotten stronger!”
“Elder Ming has an impeccable Sword Heart, his innate talent for cultivation was mediocre at best; anyone else with his gift might have struggled to even break through to Foundation Establishment. Yet, relying on his Sword Tao cultivation, he pushed himself to the Divinity Transformation Realm, and from then on, made no further progress—his Sword Heart obscured with dust. Now, after breaking and reforming, with his sword heart cleansed of its dust and spurred by the provocation of that youngster Lu Yi… it’s likely he will elevate his Sword Dao to an unimaginable Realm!”
“This old kid… he’s finally tasted sweetness after the bitterness! It’s really vexing!” Elder Qi Ling cursed under his breath.
“Hahaha, too bad we don’t have that kind of luck,” Elder Xuan shook his head with a chuckle.
As Elder Ming’s sword intent surged, he let out a clear shout and, with profound mystery, slashed his sword, cleaving the thunderclouds.
The sword light, like the moon, seemed to bathe the world in silver-white, exceedingly cold and distant.
Boom!!
The thunderclouds seemed enraged, bulky thunderbolts surged violently, condensing into a colossal thunderbolt resembling a mountain, confronting the streak of sword light.
The sword light and heavenly thunder collided, the sword light relentlessly slicing through the thunder, carrying an indomitable will, its supreme sharpness carved its way through the thunder pillar, tearing the clouds asunder.
For a moment, the thundercloud was split in two, revealing a clear sky beyond.
The onlookers, facing the slowly dissipating thundercloud, were at a loss for words.
After millennia of obscurity, Elder Ming grasped his sword and broke through to the Cave Void Realm. His stroke that split the thundercloud shook everyone to the core, an impact beyond imagination.
The silver sword light gradually faded, and just then, with a clanging sound, a sword intent imbued with strange Tao Patterns spread out, and as the crowd turned, they saw that increasingly potent golden sword intent.
The expressions on their faces became even more complicated.
Here was someone even more preposterous, more awe-inspiring.