Chapter 1653: Sword Vs. Sword
The entire Sword Sect was united against Lu Yin, as he was an outsider. If someone from the Sword Sect had the goal of uniting the Innerverse, then these people would not resist. The Sword Sect had recently developed a united will to oppose Lu Yin, and Liu Qianjue was the key to that att.i.tude. However, Liu Qianjue would definitely be swayed after seeing Liu Huang’s sword, and along with it, the Sword Sect’s att.i.tude would also crumble.
This was only the first step of Lu Yin’s plan. He had chosen to have his match with Liu Tianmu within the Sword Sect itself to completely destroy the Sword Sect’s will because he knew that, even with a sky-high level of power, he would not be able to destroy the Sword Sect. Rather, that would only further unite the Sword Sect against him. The only way to destroy their united will was through swordsmanship.
The Sword Sect was most proud of their swordsmanship, and it was also the key to their unity. They felt that they were the best with swords, which naturally meant that the only thing that could destroy their will was pure swordsmanship.
Lu Yin looked at Liu Tianmu and grew serious. “The Sword Sect’s Thirteen Swords is famous throughout the universe. I hope to have a chance to experience it.”
Liu Tianmu’s eyes went wide, as everybody could hear the open challenge in Lu Yin’s words, and the Sword Sect disciples all became furious.
Liu Tianmu no longer hesitated, and she immediately attacked with the Thirteen Swords’ First Sword. Lu Yin retaliated, but he used the exact same stance and motion; he was also using the First Sword.
The two swords met in the sky, and the sky was split apart as a clang rang out. The collision of sword qi left an impressive image as it swept over the plaza.
All of the spectators retreated and stared at the two combatants in awe. Many people rubbed their eyes; were they seeing things? Did Lu Yin just use a part of the Thirteen Swords?
The Sword Sect disciples were all rendered speechless: the Thirteen Swords?
Liu Qianjue took a step forward and glared at Lu Yin. The youth had truly used the Thirteen Swords, but how had he learned that technique? It was simply impossible! Historically, only one person per generation was able to inherit the Thirteen Swords, and the current generation was already considered exceptional as two people had learned the Thirteen Swords. However, how had Lu Yin learned it? Had he somehow found an inheritance of the Thirteen Swords? Still, that was also impossible, as the Thirteen Swords did not exist outside of the Sword Sect.
Liu Qianjue’s gaze focused: the Thirteen Swords.
“It- it’s fake, right? That can’t be the Thirteen Swords!” The Sword Sect disciples were all stunned.
A slightly older man commented, “It has to be fake. How could an outsider learn the Thirteen Swords? Lu Yin is despicable! He’s using his overwhelming power to imitate the Thirteen Swords! He’s stronger than our martial sister, so he’s using his higher level of strength to compensate for his lack of skill with a sword! How despicable!”
“Lu Yin is so despicable for imitating the Thirteen Swords!”
“Despicable!”
“Despicable!”
“Despicable!”
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Lu Yin glanced around. Despicable? He smiled in response. The more these disciples ranted, the more they showed how much they cared about the Thirteen Swords. They were completely unwilling to admit that he had just used the true Thirteen Swords; while that technique was the Sword Sect’s invincible technique, it could also be their greatest weakness.
Liu Tianmu gaped at Lu Yin as a wound appeared on her arm. It was just a superficial cut, but she had lost to Lu Yin’s First Sword.
She attacked again, this time using the Second Sword, the sword of domain. Many people were able to comprehend a domain, and Unseen Light’s domain was far more powerful than Liu Tianmu’s. However, a strong domain did not necessarily mean that it could be fused with sword techniques.
The Second Sword, the sword of domain, was unique to the Sword Sect’s Thirteen Swords.
Lu Yin again attacked at the same time, and he also used the sword of domain.
Another wound appeared on Liu Tianmu’s arm. She had once again been defeated.
Lu Yin had used the Thirteen Swords once more, but the Sword Sect disciples still screamed, “Despicable!”
“Despicable!”
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The Third Sword, the Fourth Sword, and the Fifth Sword. Liu Tianmu became one with her sword, which had also become one with her domain. All of the various components merged together. When Liu Tianmu used the Fifth Sword, Lu Yin still attacked at the same time as her with the same technique: the Fifth Sword. He never badly injured Liu Tianmu, and instead, each attack only inflicted a small scratch on her arm, as his goal was to force her to use each of the Thirteen Swords.
He had Possessed Liu Huang and experienced the man’s mastery of the Thirteen Swords. However, Lu Yin would likely not be able to utilize the full power of each sword if he simply trained in the technique on his own. But by using Liu Tianmu as a model, Lu Yin was sure that he could utilize the Thirteen Swords’ full power and also completely destroy the Sword Sect’s will.
Liu Qianjue grew pale, as he finally understood what Lu Yin was doing. However, the sect master could do nothing about it. He had truly never expected Lu Yin to have learned the Thirteen Swords. Liu Qianjue also finally understood why Lu Yin had chosen to have the battle in the Sword Sect; he was trying to completely destroy the Sword Sect.
“Tianmu, don’t use the Thirteen Swords against him!” Liu Qianjue sent a message to Liu Tianmu.
Despite what she had been told, Liu Tianmu would never give up at this point. She was a disciple of the Sword Sect, and she refused to believe that Lu Yin had fully mastered the Thirteen Swords. Such a thing was a challenge to her core beliefs! She could never back down now. She continued on with the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Swords.
Star Slayer. Lu Yin used his sword in the exact same manner as Liu Tianmu, and even the power of their attacks were identical.
The sky around the plaza was cut open.
Liu Tianmu immediately used the Eleventh Sword: Particle Diffusion.
Lu Yin raised his hand as well: Particle Diffusion.
By this time, the Sword Sect disciples had stopped their ranting. Even an idiot could see that Lu Yin was using the true Thirteen Swords.
Liu Shaoqiu’s face had gone pale, as he felt like the very sky was collapsing upon him.
He could accept being defeated by Lu Yin, and he could even accept the ever-widening gap between them. However, he could not accept the fact that Lu Yin had actually comprehended the full Thirteen Swords. Liu Shaoqiu refused to believe that Lu Yin had actually surpa.s.sed him in mastery of the Thirteen Swords.
The Sword Sect disciples all stared at Lu Yin with confusion and fear. Their desperation only grew as Lu Yin used more of the Thirteen Swords.
Li Zimo’s expression also showed complex emotions. Despite being Lu Yin’s spy within the Sword Sect, Li Zimo also had some affection for the sect, and he also felt that n.o.body outside of the Sword Sect’s own disciples could learn the Thirteen Swords. However, Lu Yin had managed to achieve that, and it truly shocked Li Zimo. There was no need to even mention the other disciples.
When Lu Yin used the Twelfth Sword, one of the Sword Sect disciples dropped his sword to the ground with a clang. Despite the sound being rather soft, it rang out like thunder in Liu Qianjue’s ears. He knew that Lu Yin had already succeeded in dissolving the will of the Sword Sect’s disciples and that the Sword Sect would no longer be able to oppose Lu Yin.
At that moment, the sect master suddenly aged a great deal.
Liu Tianmu closed her eyes. There were twelve wounds on her arm, which meant that she had been defeated by all twelve swords.
Lu Yin had truly used the Thirteen Swords; was he a monster?
Lu Yin sighed in relief. He had managed to successfully use each of the swords, which meant that only the last sword remained.
Liu Tianmu’s eyes suddenly snapped open as she lifted her sword: the Thirteenth Sword.
Just when Lu Yin was about to use the Thirteenth Sword, he suddenly experienced an odd sensation; the scenery he saw instantly changed, and the people surrounding him were the masters of the Perennial World. “Descendant of the Lu family, I never expected you to be alive.”
“Descendant of the Lu family, your family should be exiled,”
“Descendant of the Lu family, kill yourself if you don’t wish to incite a war.”
“Descendant of the Lu family…”
“Descendant of the Lu family…”
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Lu Yin stood rooted in place. He finally understood why Liu Tianmu had dared to challenge him and also why Liu Guai had gone insane: Liu Guai’s Thirteenth Sword was different from that of others.
The Thirteenth Sword was the Sword of Emotion, and anyone with emotions could create that particular sword. Whether their emotions were focused on kinship, love, or friendship, a human could never be completely devoid of emotions. Even if one was ruthless to the extreme, that was still an emotion. This was why the Thirteenth Sword was unavoidable. Despite that, Liu Guai’s Thirteenth Sword was unique; his sword was able to bring forth a person’s deepest hatred, and it could even induce hallucinations.
It was no wonder why the man had gone crazy! He had gone insane precisely because of his Thirteenth Sword.
Although this version of the Thirteenth Sword was able to bring out Lu Yin’s hidden hatred, it still was not enough to completely distract him. He had already mastered Daynight Praises, and the illusions that that technique produced were comparable to Liu Guai’s Thirteenth Sword.
The Sword Sect had fought against the Daynight clan to claim the position of the strongest force in the Innerverse after countless years. It was quite interesting to see that the Daynight clan had Daynight Praises and that the Sword Sect had Liu Guai’s version of the Thirteenth Sword. n.o.body else had managed to learn the two techniques, and yet they were both trump cards of the two powers.
Wait a moment. Lu Yin suddenly thought of something; if this was Liu Guai’s Thirteenth Sword, then why did other people believe that he had struggled to learn the Thirteenth Sword? He must have learned the normal Thirteenth Sword, so what if this move was actually the man’s Fourteenth Sword?
Liu Huang had initially failed to develop a Fourteenth Sword, but he had eventually succeeded after being locked up within Gaia’s Swamp. Similarly, Liu Guai had also tried to develop a Fourteenth Sword but had instead comprehended this version of the Thirteenth Sword and lost his sanity, which had caused the Sword Sect to suffer a heavy loss.
This sword was a version of the Fourteenth Sword. This was Liu Guai’s Fourteenth Sword.
Lu Yin stared at Liu Tianmu and met her gaze. At this moment, she was in a daze. Her body shuddered, and then she collapsed onto the ground. She was only able to use this sword once. She had already thought everything through when she had challenged Lu Yin. Lu Yin would not attack her first, and since Lu Yin had been completely unaffected by the Thirteenth Sword when she had used it on him before, her entire goal had been to use Liu Guai’s sword.
No matter how strong a person was, it would always be hard for them to fully control their emotions. Liu Tianmu had bet everything on that, and she had hoped that Liu Guai’s sword would draw out Lu Yin’s deepest hatred and cause him to go insane, just like Liu Guai.
Liu Guai had been killed by the Sword Sect after losing his sanity. Therefore, if Lu Yin went crazy, the Sword Sect and others would need to deal with Lu Yin, and n.o.body would object to his death.
Everyone outside the plaza silently watched, as they were unable to understand this part of the battle. Only Liu Qianjue and a few other elders understood what was happening, and they all carefully watched Lu Yin. Go crazy! Go crazy! Go crazy now!
Unfortunately, the technique failed. The sword disappeared from Lu Yin’s hand, and he turned to smile at Liu Qianjue.
Liu Qianjue closed his eyes. They had failed.
Liu Shaoqiu leaped into the plaza and picked Liu Tianmu up to examine her.
“Don’t worry. It’ll only last for a few days. She definitely wasn’t able to completely comprehend that technique, and she’s also only able to use it once. She hasn"t gone crazy yet,” Lu Yin commented.
Liu Shaoqiu turned to Lu Yin and asked in astonishment, “How did you learn the Thirteen Swords?’
Lu Yin smiled. “I’ve seen you guys use it all the time, which is how I learned it. I’ve actually got quite good talent for the sword, and I also enjoy it.”
Liu Shaoqiu was left utterly speechless. There really did not seem to be any other possible reason aside from this.
Every single person who heard Lu Yin’s words was stunned. How could he have learned the technique by watching other people use it? Was that even possible? In that case, what about all of the Sword Sect’s disciples and the countless other people in the Fifth Mainland who had been killed by the Thirteen Swords? Were all of them idiots?
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