Chapter 360: Chapter 360: Transforming Qi into Sword Chapter 360: Chapter 360: Transforming Qi into Sword “Is it still you guys surrounding me?”
As Lin Dong’s words fell, Qiao Renyi’s face sank once again. He had orchestrated this trap, planning to “lead the gentleman into the pot”—to catch turtles in a jar.
But who could have guessed, this wasn’t “lead the gentleman into the pot,” but rather “bring the wolf into the room.”
The reason for this turn of events was that Qiao Renyi had underestimated Lin Dong’s potential, never dreaming that Lin Dong’s strength would surge so much in a matter of days.
However, at this moment, he glanced at the swordsman Bai Ya from Yinghua Country by his side, and the worried expression on his face flashed momentarily.
Then he put on a sneering look, and turned his gaze towards Lin Dong.
“Lin Dong, although it’s been a few days since we last met, your strength has improved a bit. With one move you could defeat Jack, but Jack is the weakest among us three.”
“No need for him next, just Mr. Bai Ya and I can cut you down.”
Having said that, he looked towards Bai Ya.
Bai Ya, at the moment, had a face full of killing intent, and drew the long sword that he always carried from his waist.
This sword was the famous ‘Water Breaking’ sword from Yinghua Country.
The sword was forged by a renowned sword-making clan in Yinghua Country hundreds of years ago and ended up in the hands of the Sword Saint Qingye Sanzang more than a decade ago.
Initially, Qingye Sanzang saw that Bai Ya possessed considerable talent in swordsmanship, so he took him as his third disciple. Also, during the acceptance of his disciple, he gifted him this famous sword as a token of apprenticeship.
It was rumored that this sword was made from a meteorite from outer space, capable of cutting through iron like mud.
The reason it’s called ‘Water Breaking’ is because a previous Sword Saint had once used it to cut through a waterfall hundreds of years before.
Hence the name!
Later, when the current generation Sword Saint Qingye Sanzang obtained it, he reenacted the scene from the past. He also used this sword to slice through a waterfall.
Of course, Bai Ya’s swordsmanship was naturally not as profound as his master Qingye Sanzang’s. However, he had received a few true teachings from him.
Although he had never achieved the grand feat of cutting water flow with a single sword, he had once cleaved a mountain.
With this sword, he had split a two-story tall hill into two halves.
“Hummmmmmm…”
When he held the famous ‘Water Breaking’ sword, the Inner Qi poured into the blade, and the sword itself emitted the sound of a clear spring flowing in an instant.
A terrifying killing intent radiated from his entire body, sweeping up the fallen leaves around him, with dust swirling.
“What fierce Sword Qi!” exclaimed Qiao Renyi, then added, “Lin Dong, you’ve mastered many of the martial arts of Dragon Country, but among them, is there one that can withstand this sword?”
In Qiao Renyi’s opinion, neither Baji, Tai Chi, Long Fist, Tan’s Leg, nor Tong Arm Fist could withstand the might of this sword.
The saying goes that “a longer weapon is stronger,” and swordsmanship by nature overpowers these close-combat martial arts.
Can your Baji fists, no matter how hard, be harder than a sword that can cut through iron like mud?
Your Tong Arm Fist might have the power to split mountains, but faced with this equally mountain-splitting sword, I fear your arm would be chopped off cleanly.
As for pushing hands in Tai Chi, it can move a person, but is unlikely to deflect Sword Qi.
Bai Ya, using his poor command of Chinese, said, “You used Dragon Country’s martial art to kill my fellow disciple Ishii Sanshu, today, I will use our Yinghua Country Swordsmanship to break your martial technique and take your life to commemorate my fellow disciple!”
After speaking, he leapt up, gathering all his Inner Qi and pouring it into the ‘Water Breaking’ sword, intending to strike Lin Dong with a killing blow.
Lin Dong said indifferently, “Dragon Country’s martial art is not merely comprised of fist, leg, or palm techniques; we also have sword techniques.”
“Have you heard of our Dragon Country’s Bagua Sword?”
“Bagua Sword?” Upon hearing this, Bai Ya, the swordsmanship master from Yinghua Country, sneered dismissively, “Of course, I’ve heard of it. But in my eyes, it’s not even worth a strike.”
“I’ve seen a so-called Dragon Country Bagua Sword master perform this technique on TV, and it almost made me laugh my teeth off. That sword technique couldn’t even kill a chicken.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Dong replied solemnly:
“Then today, I’ll let you see whether it can kill a chicken!”
“Hahaha, Lin Dong, you don’t even have a sword in your hand, how can you talk about using that Bagua Sword?” Qiao Renyi laughed hysterically, he naturally had heard of the Bagua Sword.
The true Bagua Sword technique meant for killing was obviously not those used for performance.
This technique was said to blend the transformation of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, possessing endless power, but he had only heard of it and never actually seen it.
Although he was a martial artist from Dragon Country, he didn’t really think highly of Dragon Country’s martial arts. Although he had some understanding of various martial arts, it was not profound; he mostly used the methods of Gu Poison to kill people.
Lin Dong glanced at him indifferently, and with an air of a light cloud and gentle breeze, said:
“Who says I don’t have a sword?”
“Have you ever seen a sword formed from Qi?”
As soon as these words were spoken, the Inner Qi surged wildly from the center of his Dantian, gathering into the palm of his right hand.
Then, a sword with a three-foot blade and an eight-inch hilt, completely white and heavy sword-like, appeared in Lin Dong’s palm.
It emitted dazzling and brilliant white light, with the glow of Inner Qi swirling around him like the blinding sun. The chill it exuded felt as if it came from the Nine Gates of Hell, as though it could slice through gods above and banish ghosts below!
Seeing this scene, Qiao Renyi, Bai Ya, and Jack, standing far off, all reacted as if they had seen a ghost, exclaiming together:
“This is Qi Transformation!”
All three looked at Lin Dong with eyes wide in disbelief, filled with incredulity.
Especially Qiao Renyi, who kept muttering to himself:
“How is this possible, just a few days ago, he was at the level of Internal Qi Exertion, how could he have made a breakthrough to Internal Qi Transformation in just a few days?”
“This talent is too monstrous!”