With a loud clang, Old Tie was easily blocked by the Epiphyllum Sword!
Yunli's monstrous strength, which had always been successful, fell into a disadvantage in a head-on confrontation for the first time.
While the two were in a stalemate, Yanqing commanded his flying swords to strike at Jingliu from all directions!
Taking advantage of the opening, he prepared to catch her off guard!
Jingliu deflected Yunli with a single strike, expending no effort at all.
"What...?"
Yunli, who was sent flying backward, was a bit dazed. This was the first time she had lost so thoroughly. Is this the gold standard of the Luofu's Sword Champion?
Clang, clang, clang!
The sounds of colliding iron rang out in succession.
No matter how tricky the angles of the incoming flying swords were, Jingliu calmly countered every single one of them.
She could, of course, have directly severed these flying swords, leaving Yanqing with no swords to use. A swordsman losing their sword is like breaking their own two arms.
But this time was not about killing enemies; the main goal was to train the juniors. If she really cut them, how could she train them?
Thinking this, Jingliu raised the Epiphyllum Sword and struck at Yanqing's face in an instant!
Yanqing was caught unprepared. Even though he tried his best to react, he could only react to the initial movement. Afterward, his eyes simply couldn't keep up with the sword's gleam!
If Yunli was the power type, then Yanqing was the so-called speed type. But now, power and speed—the stats both prided themselves on in their respective fields—were defeated by Jingliu in mere moments.
"What's wrong? This is only the first round."
Jingliu held her sword, looking down at the two who could already be described as wretched.
Yanqing half-knelt on the ground, supporting his body with his elbow. He was in a daze, his pupils trembling incessantly, wondering what he was thinking.
First round. This was only the first round.
The first round ended in a number of exchanges that could be counted on one hand, and he was beaten into a rout.
Yanqing had never fought such a poor battle record. Even facing a serious Jing Yuan, he could manage not to lose for several rounds.
Since he started practicing martial arts, everyone said he was a genius, the next Sword Champion of the Luofu. Yanqing certainly didn't take it as absolute truth. But these were the expectations others had of him, so he had to work harder to be worthy of those expectations.
However, hearing such words for too long inevitably planted a seed in Yanqing's heart.
When he killed enemies on the battlefield, managing to be invincible every time, and when he sparred with seniors, always stopping at the point of contact without hurting anyone, his mindset involuntarily underwent some changes.
He began to feel that perhaps, apart from the General, there really was no opponent he couldn't defeat. It could be said that until he met Jingliu, he felt that way.
And now, all his arrogance, his flawless confidence, had been directly pulverized in this confrontation.
"If you're going to daydream here, get lost. Don't block my path and affect my performance."
Yunli was very decisive, lifting Old Tie to charge at Jingliu again. She didn't wallow in depression like him at all.
For her, if she fell, she just had to stand up again right there. Where did all those troublesome thoughts come from?
Yanqing watched Yunli, who was tangling with Jingliu again.
Attack, get knocked away, attack, get knocked away, attack again.
Yunli kept repeating this process. No matter how many times she fell, she didn't shrink back in the slightest.
Watching her, Yanqing suddenly recalled himself when he had just started practicing martial arts. No one is born strong, and he was no exception. Before he was strong, when he encountered insurmountable obstacles... what did he do?
"As a Luofu swordsman, you actually handed over the task of offense entirely to an outsider."
Jingliu provoked him with words.
There was a fundamental difference between Yunli and Yanqing. Yanqing's pride came from the Sword Heart he had gradually shaped over a long time. Yunli's pride, strictly speaking, wasn't pride at all; it should be called honesty in doing things, indomitable perseverance, remaining strong despite ten thousand strikes. This was obviously a natural heart of a newborn babe.
"How long are you going to stay there?"
Jingliu knocked Yunli away once again and walked slowly toward him.
"The Sword Champion you dream of... The future Sword Head."
Yanqing gritted his teeth. He stood up, gripping the sword hilt tightly. He took a deep breath, his eyes serious, the confusion receding from his youthful face.
He never liked the powerful self; he had long gone against his original intention.
What Yanqing liked—had always been that child from his childhood, who exerted all his strength, knowing full well he couldn't win, yet still swung his sword at the obstacle ahead.
The self who pressed forward with indomitable will!
"Very good."
Seeing that Yanqing's look was finally right, Jingliu was satisfied.
"Then, this is the seventh sword!"
As the words fell, Jingliu leaped high into the air, revealing her signature sword move.
Epiphyllum blooms and dies, the galaxy cascades into a dream!
Half-moon-shaped azure sword energy, full of chill, struck straight down!
Yanqing shouted, Imaginary Energy erupting from his body, and six flying swords were called to surround him! Immediately after, he swung that sword without hesitation!
BOOM!!!
Huge energy vanished in a flash, just like a big fish eating a small fish in the sea. The sword Yanqing swung was defeated in moments under Jingliu's offensive!
That crescent moon sword energy was still coming toward him!
Clang!
When Yanqing's danger was close at hand, a heavy sword suddenly appeared and blocked in front of him! It withstood this sword move from Jingliu for him.
"That sword just now wasn't bad. It seems the swordsmen on the Luofu side are all hiding their light under a bushel."
Yunli said this, the smell of gunpowder between her and him not as strong as it was at the start.
"You two, tied for first place."
Jingliu dispersed the Epiphyllum Sword and walked toward the two.
"You can become the Sword Champion you wanted as you wished."
The subtext of this sentence indicated that Yanqing was first.
"No, Yanqing is hardly equal to the task."
Facing the Sword Champion title he had always dreamed of, Yanqing shook his head at it.
"This title should still be held by Senior."
Yanqing replied humbly, neither servile nor overbearing.
"When the day comes that I can truly defeat you, I will come to take it again."
Just like that, this session of the Luofu Wardance Ceremony came to a successful close.
"It's finally over."
Leon watched the three of them engaging in red tape there.
In the end, it was definitely Yanqing and Yunli tied for first place, acting as champions simultaneously. Although quite a few things happened on this Luofu trip, all in all, it was pretty good. At least as the first travel stop for the Golden Progeny, it was indeed nice.
Thinking of this, Leon began to observe what the Golden Progeny sitting next to him were doing.
Then, at first glance, he saw Castorice writing in a small notebook: "Blood Wolf Broken Army is a burly man." He almost couldn't hold back his expression.
Living and learning, huh?
No, sister, can we not love learning so much at a time like this? You really don't need to learn this stuff.
Fortunately, the other Golden Progeny were relatively normal, quietly watching the competition.
"Do you want me to carry you?"
Leon asked Cyrene, who was still lingering on his lap. You don't say, looking from his angle, she was a tiny one, quite cute.
"Eh, can I?" Cyrene feigned a gasp of surprise.
Leon picked her up with one hand without a second word. Being held in the crook of his arm like this, the two looked like father and daughter no matter how you looked at it.
If you told the true relationship, no one would believe it. Instead, the person held in the right hand looked more like the wife. A happy family of three.
"Tricked you, tricked you, I'll walk by myself."
Even though Cyrene wanted to be close to him, this method was still too shameful in public.
Leon, unsurprised, obediently put her down.
"We're leaving soon. If you have anything you fancy on the Luofu, buy it quickly."
Before setting off to leave the Luofu, Leon spoke thus.
Xianzhou Luofu, Jade Gate.
Jing Yuan also knew they were about to leave; after all, the matters and the Wardance Ceremony were all finished. Thus, he actively came to see them off.
"General Chang, we will send you off here."
Jing Yuan said.
"Mhm."
Leon indicated that sending them here was fine.
"No need to send us further, let's leave it at this."
The Golden Progeny had already boarded the train one after another; only Leon remained outside, lingering.
"If you miss the Luofu in the future, you must come again."
"If there's a chance."
As the words fell, Leon also turned and walked toward the carriage.
"General Chang, take care!" Baiheng shouted loudly.
And Jing Yuan waved silently at Leon's back. As if he sensed it, Leon didn't turn around but raised his hand and waved to respond.
The carriage entrance door closed, and the start-up sound of the drive engine faintly rang out from the train body.
"Master, won't you say goodbye?"
Jing Yuan looked at Jingliu, who had followed along but remained silent.
"I don't know what I should say."
Jingliu's gaze stared straight at the Astral Express, which was already moving away.
"Pure thanks, he'd get annoyed if I said it too much."
If talking about repayment, what could she give him? Even if you gave him the entire Luofu, he might not necessarily look at it.
"General Chang acts casually; no need to think too much."
Jing Yuan said so with his mouth, but who could help but think about it? Every person who received Leon's help, who received Leon's grace—who among them didn't want to help him? Who didn't want to repay his kindness?
But the problem was they couldn't do it; they could only think about it. Did Leon still need others' help? His nature destined that he wouldn't rely on anyone. He only believed in his own stats.
This led to the only thing people like them could give him being 'thank you' and more 'thank you'. What else, then?
Him not accepting it was one point. But that you absolutely couldn't bring out anything he was interested in, or rather, anything of value to him, was also a point.
"..."
Jingliu fell silent again, witnessing with her own eyes the Astral Express disappearing into the sky.
Then, a new journey began.
"Why didn't you choose to follow and board the train?"
Jing Yuan looked at Baiheng again. "Didn't you always want to go see this holy land of the Nameless?"
"Wait for next time, forget it this time."
Baiheng shook her head.
"Time was too rushed. Moreover, I feel I'm not that familiar with Heavenly General Chang."
"There's no such thing as familiar or not."
Jing Yuan felt she was overthinking it; Leon shouldn't refuse a request to board the train.
"Isn't it fine as long as you know each other? After knowing each other for a long time, you naturally become familiar."
"I feel I can't even count as knowing him."
Baiheng was telling the truth. She felt Leon didn't pay attention to her at all; saving her was more because of Jingliu.
"Does this not count as knowing?"
You even came to see him off; Jing Yuan felt it definitely counted as knowing.
"Hmm..."
Baiheng groaned low, then thought of something and asked:
"Speaking of which, did you know he is an Emanator of 'The Abundance'?"
To be honest, Baiheng absolutely didn't expect that Leon would actually be a Heavenly General. Although he had a longbow closely related to 'The Hunt', judging solely from the power he revealed, he was simply the most orthodox of the orthodox of 'The Abundance'.
Hmm, an Emanator of 'The Abundance' being a Heavenly General of the Reignbow?
Feels a bit like that...
No hype, no hate, but this was the first time Baiheng had seen a running dog of 'Yaoshi' able to become a Heavenly General of 'The Hunt'.
"What meaning?" Jing Yuan had a big question mark above his head.
What is an Emanator of 'The Abundance'? You can eat rice indiscriminately, but you can't speak words indiscriminately. Be careful or General Chang will sue you for slander!
"...You're serious?"
Seeing Baiheng so serious, Jing Yuan suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Let's go interrogate that blond outlander first."
Thinking about it, it was better to settle the matters at hand first. After all, no matter what Leon was, it absolutely wouldn't affect his current identity. The quality of power depends on the user, and Leon is a universally recognized good person. So there was nothing to worry about there.
Astral Express.
[This week's Superpower has refreshed]
["Bro, wanna watch a film?"]
[Hey, Tom, I got the film!]
[Ability Introduction: After locking onto a candidate, the events happening to the locked candidate within a certain period will be broadcast as a theater film. The film possesses truthfulness, cannot be modified, and cannot be affected by anything.]
[If anyone attempts to make any moves on the film, a domain will automatically open, inviting the filmmaker—that is, the locked candidate—to watch together.]
[When two people watch the film together, there is a certain probability of entering a special event and triggering special effects.]
Bro Dojo no good ##
Whatever, huh, why is everyone so brave?
Why are several guys kissing?
Watching for so long, don't you feel anything?
"Here it comes, brother."
Weekly gacha, here it comes, brother. But to actually ask him if he wants to watch a film, that's a bit too temperamental, brother.
Leon shouted 'isn't this ridiculous' in his heart, then continued to slowly look down along the ability name.
It's okay; it can only be said to be a barely passable ability. There are quite a few abilities now; wait for the ability to refresh next time, then make a strength evaluation tier list.
[Interastral Peace Corporation Broadcast.]
The broadcaster on the train emitted a mechanical sound.
[This is the Interastral Peace Corporation Broadcast. Good evening, friends in the audience.]
[The event to be reported today is: Duke Inferno has died. At the time of death, there was a maximum energy observation. According to the calculations by the Intelligentsia Guild, the 'Destruction' Aeon Nanook extremely likely visited the Ever-Flame Mansion in person.]
[The star system where the Ever-Flame Mansion was located was ignited by 'The Destruction'. All existences in that star system were destroyed in the violent golden flames of 'The Destruction'.]
[As everyone knows, the Garden of Recollection has always been committed to reproducing numerous fallen civilizations, leaving seeds of recovery for the galaxy.]
[The Interastral Peace Corporation has reached a stability cooperation with the Garden of Recollection. In the near future, salvage of the memetic fragments of this dead world will begin.]
[Attempting to use the method of 'Remembrance' to save it.]
[The above is the entire news flash of this issue's Interastral Peace Corporation Broadcast content.]
[Let us meet again next time.]
The broadcaster stopped broadcasting and no longer ran.
"'Nanook'?"
Leon hadn't expected that while he was traveling on the Luofu, such a big thing happened in the outside world.
A 'Aeon' visiting in person. This matter could be said to be big or small. Speaking big, it meant it was very likely that another 'Lord Ravager' was about to be born. Isn't this Nanook guy a bit too capable of procreation?
*
Brief Intro: "You have been banned by the president. Matters having come to this, go take the plunge first."
Looking at his good son, the manager, who had a serious face, Changchuan Shuo began to regret listening to the ghost talk of a certain childhood friend back then.
The voice actor world never had any dreams, only bringing your own dry rations to generate power for love. Matters having come to this, let's survive first!
It's just... what do you mean I am the Chosen Curly Dog, Humanoid Succubus, Top-Tier Straight Male, King of Singles?
Listening to the voice actor ladies' evaluations of him around him, Changchuan Shuo was very angry at their lack of ambition—
Do you guys not have even a little bit of career ambition?!
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