Chapter 359 - 236: Call for Help, Slaying the Enemy

Chapter 359: Chapter 236: Call for Help, Slaying the Enemy

On the training grounds, Zhang Yuan was in a perilous situation, hard-pressed by a stream of azure Sword Qi. The Sword Qi’s movements clearly followed a specific set of techniques, rather than being a simple, straight thrust.

This was also what Ye Shuping had advised him to do. The current Immeasurable Sword Qi had completely diverged from the path of the Calamity Sword, no longer pursuing Evil Qi and tyrannical power.

In exchange, the Secret Technique’s maneuverability and versatility had become extremely high, and its attributes were all-encompassing. Ye Shuping told him he might as well link the next step of his cultivation method to the Swordsmanship catalog he had given Yu Fei.

If every stream of Sword Qi could execute a different Swordsmanship technique and be imbued with a different Sword Intent, then the strength of one person would be equivalent to that of a hundred.

The later the stage of cultivation one reached, the more terrifying the power this ability would display.

The future Ye Shuping described clearly captivated him. In the past, when Yu Fei wielded his Sword Qi, he had relied on the "brute force creates miracles" approach, winning through sheer quantity. In reality, half of his Sword Qi was wasted in the process, never unleashing its full potential.

Furthermore, Yu Fei had been using the fifteen-fold neural reaction speed from [A Fleeting Moment in a Floating Life] to forcibly control the Sword Qi’s trajectory. While this method could grant a temporary advantage, it was ultimately a cruder, less sophisticated approach.

Ye Shuping had said that all things in the world have their own principles. If Yu Fei could make his Sword Qi follow the principles of the sword, with the five elements generating and transforming one another and Sword Intent as the backbone, he could leverage the power of heaven and earth. He would be able to inflict extraordinary damage with a small amount of Inner Qi. That was the true path of cultivation.

Right now, Yu Fei was solely focused on accumulating Inner Qi, always thinking he could create miracles with brute force. It wasn’t that this couldn’t work, but it was just such a waste.

How could the Sword Dao be something so inconvenient, so vulgar?

At present, Yu Fei was using a stream of water-attribute Sword Qi, struggling to execute the corresponding Swordsmanship, and fighting Zhang Yuan to a standstill.

He had yet to master this Swordsmanship, and Yu Fei had also restrained the Sword Qi’s power. Only then could they be so evenly matched.

Otherwise, the Sword Qi’s speed and Sharpness alone would have been enough to defeat Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan was clearly finding it difficult to deal with this unusual attack. The Sword Qi was controlled remotely by Yu Fei and had practically no vital points. The techniques Zhang Yuan had learned were useless against it, making the fight incredibly frustrating for her.

However, this practical combat was a huge boost for Zhang Yuan’s improvement. A week had passed, and she had already developed a fundamental level of combat prowess, rather than being some delicate, pampered girl who only had a high cultivation realm on paper.

So-called prodigies were all geniuses with high comprehension. This was the cultivation speed she was supposed to have. One could only say that Zhang Wenji had been raising her the wrong way. He had been measuring a prodigy’s learning speed by the standards of an ordinary Martial Artist, always feeling that Zhang Yuan was working hard enough and making great progress, when in fact, he had failed to bring out his own daughter’s true potential.

A week went by, but Zhang Wenji still hadn’t returned. There was no definite news, so he was probably still in the boundary region.

Yu Fei was growing impatient from the wait when, just then, he received a message from Taolang.

"Junior Brother, are you free?"

"Yes!"

"Get over here and kill some people, quick. Location: Xiling City, Tiger Roar Ridge..."

"Roger!"

Yu Fei immediately gave Zhang Yuan a brief explanation of the situation, telling her to contact him anytime if Zhang Wenji returned, and then prepared to leave.

"Big Brother Yu Fei, let me go with you! I have some combat ability too!"

Yu Fei bluntly refused. "You? You can’t even handle a single stream of my Sword Qi. You’re too green. If something happened to you, wouldn’t your old man come after me with a vengeance?

"Besides, the members of an illegal organization won’t show any mercy. You should just focus on your training. Once you get into a university, you’ll have plenty of tough fights ahead of you!"

With that, his figure leaped up and shot off into the distance, leaving Zhang Yuan pouting with a displeased look on her face.

Unlike her father’s apprentices, who always held back during their daily sparring, Yu Fei’s stream of aqua-blue Sword Qi had been aimed at her vital points for the past few days. If her defense failed, it would strike her directly, and it hurt a lot.

’Shenhan University?’

Originally, Zhang Wenji had hoped his daughter would apply to Tianchen University. A former student of her grandfather was a mentor there, so if Zhang Yuan went, that connection would ensure she’d be looked after.

But now, watching the powerful and decisive Yu Fei, Zhang Yuan suddenly felt a strong interest in Shenhan University. Her resolve began to waver.

Meanwhile, Xiling City was to the north of Songfeng City. Including the distance to Tiger Roar Ridge, it was about four hundred kilometers away. Yu Fei traveled in stealth the entire way, fully activating his [Shrinking Earth Stepping Technique] to rush there, so it was unlikely anyone would discover him.

Traveling at full speed, Yu Fei reached the outskirts of Tiger Roar Ridge in about two hours.

A long time ago, Xiling City developed as a mining city, responsible for smelting the ore transported from the [Golden Stone Gang Realm].

In recent years, with the growing number of Martial Artists and increased environmental awareness, the industrial focus has shifted. Humanity has moved all heavy metal smelting operations to the boundary region.

The main principle was to mine in another world and smelt in another world, ensuring no pollution was brought back home.

Tiger Roar Ridge was originally a hilly, remote area. Later, numerous factory districts were built, turning it into a heavy industrial park. But now, a hundred years later, it has fallen into ruin once more.

At this moment, the remaining structures were continuously collapsing, sending earth and stone flying.

Taolang was protecting three teammates. They were leaning against a narrow pass.

"Taolang, take Lu Qian and Xie Qing and break out of here! Don’t worry about me!"

Yang Meng was leaning against a collapsed pillar. His legs were twisted at unnatural angles, and a dagger was embedded in his abdomen, bleeding profusely.

Lu Qian and Xie Qing guarded the left and right flanks while Taolang, at the front, swung his twin blades in a flurry to block the attacks of four people. Not far off, about ten more enemies were waiting.