Chapter 133: Terrifying Sword Finger

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned by his own brilliant idea. He calmed his mind and began to recall the various aspects of Jian Shu Jing Tong.

His sword intent had been derived from it, so perhaps he could draw some insights from the knowledge that Jian Shu Jing Tong provided right now.

"Unfortunately, if I could level it up even just one level, I could probably solve the problem easily with the right approach!"

Each upgrade of Jian Shu Jing Tong brought a wealth of knowledge, enough to answer almost any issue he encountered at his current stage.

He could only absorb a small amount each time, but it was still more than sufficient.

Sadly, "Second-tier Skill Points" were still grayed out, unavailable for purchase, so there was no way to take a shortcut.

Xu Xiaoshou didn't get discouraged. After comparing for half a day, although he didn't find a solution, he also didn't discover any contradictions with his previous knowledge.

"Perhaps, developing from the inside out is a new path!"

"Let's do this!"

Once again, he leaped into Heiluo Pubu. Xu Xiaoshou didn't rush to unleash his sword intent; instead, he fully calmed his mind and carefully sensed the white sword energy slashing at his body.

The fine sword energy slashed down, and suddenly, one strand seemed to miss, veering off to the side.

Then came the second, the third...

Soon, dense sword energy rained down from above his head, but it crisscrossed and veered off in all directions, no longer able to harm him at all.

Xu Xiaoshou kept his eyes tightly shut, but joy was hard to contain.

This was sword intent!

He had merely invoked a hint of the Bo Jian Shi intent, and these sword energies could no longer touch him.

Indeed...

The masked person's words were correct—once you truly master sword intent, no one would dare to attack you with a sword.

Because "your sword is my sword"!

Suppressing his delight, Xu Xiaoshou, having touched the true power of intent, savored the sweetness of it and realized that "intent" might truly be far superior to the fixed forms of techniques.

He tried once more to summon his own intent, from within his body to its surface.

This short distance of skin and flesh suddenly became an insurmountable chasm.

Xu Xiaoshou sighed inwardly—he had been too greedy.

He deflected the white sword energy again, preventing it from disturbing him, and continued to sense deeply.

The heavy force of the Heiluo water surged once more, but without the sword energy's interference, Xu Xiaoshou quickly entered a profound state.

It felt like an instant, yet also like eternity.

He saw a vast expanse of drifting white clouds, the same scene he had witnessed when he first comprehended the acquired sword intent.

"My intent realm!"

As the white clouds drifted once more, Xu Xiaoshou moved with effortless grace, bearing the weight of the heavy water as if he were floating in the clouds.

With a thought, Cang Ku whistled forth!

A deep hum echoed—

The entire Heiluo Cliff trembled violently, like an enraged tiger, its fury evident as boundless white sword energy slashed down in an instant.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

All around!

Xu Xiaoshou opened his eyes wide, soaring upward.

In that moment, the heavens and earth shook, the void buzzed, spiritual energy roared like a dragon straight into his qi sea; sword intent lazily emerged, like silk and mist.

Xu Xiaoshou was enveloped in white energy.

He seemed to glimpse the great dao, but the dao converged into one, and before his eyes, there was only a black sword!

His pupils focused, the scene cleared, and he saw the furious Heiluo Cliff continuously shooting sword energy at him, yet the energy was swept up by his Bai Yun Yi Jing, drifting aimlessly.

The white mist rising from his body enveloped his surface, gradually blurring, then vanishing completely.

Yet Xu Xiaoshou's face was filled with wild joy.

"Nian li!"

"Wait... ordinary nian li! Incredible!"

Xu Xiaoshou shot out of Heiluo Pubu, hovering in the void, and extended two fingers.

Nian li...

This was something invisible, yet palpably real.

These were just two ordinary fingers, but as Xu Xiaoshou swept them, a magnificent and terrifying sword energy slashed through the void, rivaling Bo Jian Shi in power!

Boom!

The sword energy cleaved into Heiluo Pubu, splitting the heavy water and halting it in the void for a breath before it fell again!

Boom, boom, boom...

Xu Xiaoshou tore through with his ten fingers, directly reversing the flow of Heiluo Pubu, and only after a long while did the water curtain crash back down.

"Oh my god!"

"No wonder they say you don't need fixed sword techniques—once sword intent takes form, who needs them? A casual point of the finger is like Bo Jian Shi!"

Xu Xiaoshou felt he had achieved a major breakthrough in his understanding of the sword dao, though his realm remained at innate sword intent without advancing. But his comprehension of the "dao"...

He thought of the masked person's repeated emphasis on the "xiantian level"—perhaps he really hadn't been lying?

True xiantian meant merging with the heavens and earth!

A true sword finger meant that the finger itself was the sword, and the sword was the finger!

Xu Xiaoshou grasped Cang Ku and casually slashed, sending a sword energy tearing through the sky and vanishing into the clouds.

He probed his qi sea and found that after so many attacks, he was only mentally fatigued—his spiritual energy remained untouched!

A surge of wild joy and shock overwhelmed him with mixed emotions.

Xu Xiaoshou realized then that the true path of "pure sword intent combat" didn't require spiritual energy at all.

His earlier uses of Bo Jian Shi had depleted his spiritual energy, meaning he had strayed off course without even noticing.

Not knowing the true face of Mount Lu because he was in the midst of the mountain!

Xu Xiaoshou marveled at this, sheathing Cang Ku and gazing at his ten fingers.

Only when he cultivated Shi Duan Jian Zhi did he finally understand that "ordinary nian li" was a special form bridging intent and sword energy.

It was formless, yet substantial!

Its substance lay not in its posture, but in its manifestation.

Simply put, it was like the attacks he had just unleashed...

With intent unmoved, sword intent remained sword intent, and ten fingers were just ten fingers; with intent stirred, sword intent became nian, and ten fingers became swords.

The manifestation of "nian" was essentially "qi"!

His previous path had not only confused "intent" and "qi," but also lacked the intermediary "nian," leading to the two diverging further and further, never to converge again.

Shaking his fingers, Xu Xiaoshou clicked his tongue in amazement.

Even mere "ordinary nian li" held such terrifying power.

His ten fingers, enhanced with "ordinary nian li," were, in a sense, sharper than Cang Ku.

"This Shi Duan Jian Zhi is too powerful!"

"And even stronger is the Eighth Jian Xian—this kind of fearsome thing requires an enormous imagination to conceive and successfully implement!"

Xu Xiaoshou admitted he couldn't compare, and as he lowered his head to descend to the ground...

Descend to the ground?

Damn, he was floating in the air?

Xu Xiaoshou was utterly shocked, only then noticing that the spiritual energy in the heavens and earth was no longer gathering gently around him as before, forming a spiritual cocoon.

It was rushing in like moths to a flame, recklessly swarming toward him!

He seemed to realize something, and this state didn't last long before it confirmed his suspicion...

His qi sea trembled, and his spiritual energy seemed on the verge of forming a dan!

"Xian... xiantian is coming?"