Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree
Chapter 374 - 179 The First Among Peers_2

The key thing is that this strike contained the essence of Sword Traveling Void, its Sword Intent filling the space between Heaven and Earth.

Ji Jingqiu's eyes flickered with blurry Dharma Runes, reflecting Ke Pingluan's Qi Circulation and the transformations of his sword technique.

He was attempting to use the Bodhi Eye to discern the underlying changes in Dharma within Ke Qianchi's sword technique, capturing a trace of the Void essence.

Their blades crossed paths.

After a dozen exchanges, Ke Pingluan's sword moves were vast and mighty as if the whole of Heaven and Earth were within them, each move dissecting Ji Jingqiu's blade technique, making him feel an unusual sense of being suppressed.

He was well aware that this was the subtlety of Martial Arts Divine; Ke Pingluan had cultivated a unique Martial Arts intuition, able to vaguely predict his moves beforehand and thus find the flaws.

Ke Pingluan was not a novice in the Divine; rather, he had already come a considerable distance.

This pleasantly surprised Ji Jingqiu, who seized the opportunity to hone his own blade technique and observed the other side.

After hundreds of exchanges, Ke Pingluan took a deep look at Ji Jingqiu, naturally aware that he was being used to 'sharpen' the other's blade.

Taking a deep breath, he said with a heavy tone: "Ji, I have a secret skill, please grant me your guidance!"

Upon finishing his words, his figure remained still, black hair billowing without wind, an uplifting aura suddenly rising; he lifted his long sword, his Inner Qi circulating to the extreme, with the sound of rushing water echoing within the Demonstration arena.

In an instant.

The atmosphere in the Demonstration arena abruptly froze.

Everyone's gaze focused on the tip of his sword, their expressions grave.

Above the sword's edge, as if moving Heaven and Earth, there seemed to emanate an illusionary essence like the ethereal, and as solid as the thick earth, Heaven and Earth bestowing everything upon this sword.

Ji Jingqiu's mind flashed with the explanation of the "Void" within the Dragon Tiger Dojo:

The Void, the substance of Heaven, filling the ten directions of Heaven and Earth, the universe in all its breadth.

This sword, it actually involves the Power of Heaven and Earth!

Truly worthy of Marshal Ke's lineage; reaching the True Seed Realm, relying merely on secret skills and enlightenment, one can move the Power of Heaven and Earth!

"Heaven and Earth Silence! Ji, beware!"

Inside the Demonstration arena, a whip-like sword radiance drew upon the Power of Heaven and Earth, slashing through the air, like a startled swan, like the morning glow, and like a flare from the Arrogant Sun, blindingly brilliant.

Where it passed, there appeared traces in the air that seemed hard to erase over time.

Void leave a mark!

"Heaven and Earth Silence... This is a secret skill inherited from Marshal Ke, Ke Pingluan in the True Seed Realm has actually managed to wield it to some extent." Shi Xinwan murmured softly.

Upon hearing it was Marshal Ke's legacy secret skill, the onlookers' expressions changed, particularly Yin Wushuang, who stared without blinking, as a fellow swordsman, even with a different path, he didn't want to miss any of the changes.

The power of this sword strike was the strongest amongst Ji Jingqiu's peers that he had ever seen!

The few Sealing King Peak individuals he was fortunate to witness before never revealed a move of this sword's caliber.

Ji Jingqiu narrowed his eyes, his expression as calm as an ancient well, internally reciting Void Return to Netherworld, indeed living up to its reputation.

Under the pull of the Power of Heaven and Earth from this sword, his very figure seemed to become inconceivably small.

The opponent in front of him no longer appeared to be Ke Pingluan, but rather the vast and boundless entirety of Heaven and Earth.

At this moment.

He seemed to stand with his blade in hand, between Heaven and Earth.

The Heavens tilting, the Earth overturning, the world collapsing.

What's the answer?

I do not see, Heaven and Earth are all void.

With a long howl, Ji Jingqiu stood as if at the center of Heaven and Earth, his blade striking down!

A brilliant flash of blade light suddenly appeared, also mobilizing the Power of Heaven and Earth, unhurriedly advancing, containing the essence that cleaved through all else.

This single blade lay across Heaven and Earth, its light blazing, manifesting an overwhelming dominance; beneath this blade, the cosmos is void, all skills are void, even Ke Pingluan's Heaven and Earth overturning, announced its end under this blade!

One blade, suppressing the Dharma of Heaven and Earth!

In an instant.

Blade light and sword shadow clashed, Ke Pingluan's sword unable to withstand the residual combat force, exploded with a bang, scattering the blade leaving only the hilt in hand.

Under the clash of the two forces, Ke Pingluan was pushed back tens of meters before he could gradually stabilize his figure.

Looking at the sword hilt in his hand for a long time, Ke Pingluan fell into a stupor for the first time.

The long sword that accompanied him through many years of martial practice shattered in that moment, along with those expectations that echoed in his ears.

He had lost.

Ke Pingluan felt an indefinable lightness, as if all the pressures and burdens from his clan, at that moment with the sword shattering, were suddenly cast aside.

He no longer had to practice the sword for that illusory title of the best among his peers, because he had been defeated by a peer, losing the qualifications for the title.

Henceforth, he would practice the sword purely for himself.

"Ji, Ke admits his inferiority!" Ke Pingluan conceded with a salute, his expression showing relief.

"Ke is too kind." Ji Jingqiu returned the salute, the encounter may have been brief, but he had gained much, the strand of Void essence made the battle worthwhile.

Ji Jingqiu's gaze fell upon Qin Qingjue.

...

"What a pity, with Ke Pingluan's martial skills, he was still reserved in that strike 'Heaven and Earth Silence,'" a Heavenly Person commented regretfully, upon witnessing the defeat of Marshal Ke's heritage.

"It's as if Ji Jingqiu didn't hold back. His blade was decisive, and if Ke Pingluan had fully executed 'Heaven and Earth Silence', it would have been the same, both are secret skills that result in mutual destruction if not controlled well, one move determining life and death," someone retorted.

"Ha, to compete against Ji Jingqiu's ancestral legacy secret skill and end up with mutual defeat is no different than admitting defeat before even fighting."

"No need for further words, Ke Pingluan has lost! Only one match remains."

...

"Will your blade hold up?" Qin Qingjue stepped forward, not rushing to challenge Ji Jingqiu, but his gaze fixated on the Green Master in Ji Jingqiu's hand.

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