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Miyamoto Musashi didn't say much, his face was resolute and cold, and he drew the red and blue twin swords that were on his back, ready to strike.
"A victory or defeat is enough; there's no need for a life-or-death struggle..."
Li Bai muttered something, said nothing more, and directly drew his Azure Lotus Sword.
Their eyes met in mid-air, filled with the desire to fight. Sword intent burst forth, a clash of titans, and a powerful aura spread out, instantly enveloping the endless void within a hundred miles!
Even before the duel began, the celestial phenomena within a hundred miles began to change constantly as the two completely different sword intents enveloped the area.
A strong wind raged, a fierce gale swept through, the wind and clouds shifted and changed, the clouds were shattered by the impact, and a sense of impending doom filled the void, as if even the air itself was being cut apart.
Fortunately, their duel took place high in the sky, and Chang'an City was equipped with various defensive formations and demonic mechanisms.
Otherwise, Chang'an City would likely be severely affected tonight.
Thanks to the formation, the ordinary people living in Chang'an City did not feel any oppression or fear, but were puzzled by the inexplicable change in the sky.
Ordinary people couldn't detect it, but powerful cultivators could clearly feel the turbulent and unpredictable fluctuations within the Moon Gazing Tower.
The academy is located at Qixia Peak.
Haiyue was idly reading a book titled "How to Be a Responsible Sect Leader" to pass the time.
Suddenly, Haiyue sensed a thoughtful sword intent emanating from the air.
Haiyue frowned slightly, raised her eyes slightly, and looked north. Her divine sense enveloped the entire city of Chang'an, and everything was exposed before her.
"So it was these two guys..."
Upon discovering that Li Bai and Miyamoto Musashi were sparring in sword intent and preparing for a duel, Haiyue quickly withdrew her gaze.
She had heard about the three-year agreement between Li Bai and Miyamoto Musashi by chance, but had no interest in it whatsoever.
It was too simplistic; the duel between the two seemed more like children playing house to her, and it didn't interest her at all.
The Empress herself had set up a formation within Chang'an City, so she didn't think the duel between these two would cause any damage to the city.
Besides, with Di Renjie (Ma Nuo Zhao) present, she didn't need to worry about anything at all.
If Di Renjie fails to handle this matter properly, the Empress will hold him accountable.
Daming Palace, Baiyu Pavilion.
Wu Zetian, dressed in a phoenix robe, was stunningly beautiful, majestic, and domineering, looking down on the world. She walked step by step to the top floor of the White Jade Pavilion, and with a casual glance, she knew all the causes and consequences, but she didn't care at all.
After withdrawing her gaze, Wu Zetian slightly raised her head, gazing at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky. Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind as she pondered something.
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"please!"
After exchanging sword intents, Li Bai narrowed his eyes slightly, suppressed his inner thoughts, and focused all his attention on the duel with Miyamoto Musashi.
Li Bai, wielding a long sword, performed the Azure Lotus Sword Song, his figure flashing incessantly in the night. The enormous azure lotus bloomed in the vast darkness, dazzling and radiant.
Countless illusory images of blue lotuses instantly covered the void within a radius of ten miles!
The blue lotus blooms, with various sword lights flashing within. Ten thousand swords return to their origin, ready to be unleashed, fierce and domineering. Sword shadows manifest, and a chilling light blooms. The sound of swords resounds through the sky, shaking the surrounding lands, stirring up the wind and clouds, and lingering for a long time!
Li Bai stood proudly with his sword in hand. Suddenly, he leaped up and brought his sword down. The sword energy transformed into countless blue lotuses, carrying unparalleled power as it hurtled towards Miyamoto Musashi!
The blue lotus spread out with lightning speed, reaching Miyamoto Musashi in an instant.
At the same time, the myriad sword energies in the void suddenly trembled. The myriad swords were unleashed simultaneously, their energy tearing through the void, severing the clouds, and rhythmically attacking Miyamoto Musashi!
Faced with the menacing, chilling sword energy, Miyamoto Musashi showed no fear whatsoever, remaining calmer than ever before.
Miyamoto Musashi stood facing the wind, wielding two swords, and unleashed the unparalleled swordsmanship of the Niten Ichi-ryu style. With a swift movement, two sword energies, one red and one blue, bloomed in the void!
The sword energy was initially only one zhang in size, but it grew as it faced the wind, quickly rising to a hundred zhang in size, vast and boundless, flashing with cold light, and it collided with Li Bai's Green Lotus Sword Energy with overwhelming force!
"Boom!"
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068: Gentlemen, listen to the sword's cry!
"Boom!"
After a deafening roar, the aftershocks of the explosion stretched for miles around, and terrifying sword energy raged through the void, darting about like headless flies, heading rapidly towards Chang'an City!
The sword energy had just reached a position a hundred feet above Chang'an City when it was blocked by a suddenly manifested array and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
After the sword energy dissipated, the formation disappeared back into the void, its light fading as if it had never existed.
Above the heavens, clouds gathered, and a fierce wind rose, creating a terrifying and ominous atmosphere that permeated the land. Within a hundred miles, birds and beasts vanished, leaving only endless howling winds that ravaged the void.
After a long while, when everything had settled down, the world returned to silence, and the bright moon emerged from the clouds, shining down on all things.
Jiang Che raised an eyebrow slightly, gazing thoughtfully in the direction of Chang'an.
What suddenly appeared should be the defensive formation that the Empress had previously set up in Chang'an.
The Empress's cultivation had reached the Divine Realm, and the array she personally set up was equally powerful, easily neutralizing the full-force attack of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
Shaking his head without thinking much about it, Jiang Che raised his eyes and began to concentrate on observing the duel between Li Bai and Miyamoto Musashi.
Both of them possessed remarkable swordsmanship and a profound understanding of their own swordsmanship.
As fellow swordsmen, observing the duel between these two would be very beneficial for Jiang Che.
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High in the sky, Li Bai stood on the moon, holding a long sword, looking solemnly at Miyamoto Musashi opposite him.
He had to admit that Miyamoto Musashi had really surprised him.
Li Bai truly hadn't expected that Miyamoto Musashi had also cultivated his own unique sword intent.
He held nothing back with that last sword strike, infusing it with his own Great River Sword Intent, which materialized and became incredibly powerful.
If Miyamoto Musashi hadn't unleashed his sword intent, he wouldn't have been able to block that sword strike at all.
Although he had absolute confidence in his Great River Sword Intent, he still had to be alert and not let his guard down in the upcoming duel.
"Li Bai, you are still as strong as ever..."
"Now, taste my sword!"
Miyamoto Musashi raised an eyebrow slightly, spoke in a cold voice, and leaped into the air. His twin swords transformed into two demonic dragons, one red and one blue, which shook the world!
The demonic dragon was over ten zhang long, with four claws and two wings, exuding a terrifying aura. Its towering figure roared across the wilderness!
The roar of the dragon echoed in the sky, stretching for hundreds of miles, reverberating endlessly, shaking the soul, making one feel as if there were thorns in one's back, and sending chills down one's spine.
The two dragons stood in the void, one on the left and one on the right. Their huge dragon eyes were wide open, looking down at Li Bai, who was a hundred feet away. Their eyes were full of ferocity, as if they wanted to devour the sky and the earth, and were invincible.
"This Miyamoto Musashi truly lives up to his reputation as the greatest swordsman in Japan; he's got some skills after all..."
Inside the Moon Gazing Tower, Cheng Yaojin frowned, slightly surprised by the strength Miyamoto Musashi had displayed.
Although he had never been to Japan before, Cheng Yaojin had some general knowledge of the place.
Fusang is just a tiny, weak, and pitiful place, with no high-level cultivators.
If it weren't for its remote location overseas, it would probably have been swallowed up by other immortal dynasties on the mainland long ago.
Rumor has it that the ruler of Fusang is incompetent and tyrannical, an absolute tyrant who indulges in wine, women, and food, doing nothing and causing the decline of the immortal path and the rampant spread of the demonic path.
In Cheng Yaojin's stereotype, such a country would never produce any geniuses, nor could it possibly. But the appearance of Miyamoto Musashi shattered this perception.
At least the method of transforming these two swords into dragons is extremely remarkable, and they can basically be called invincible among those of the same level.
"It's really good..."
"However, he's destined to fail when he meets Brother Li..."
Su Lie nodded in agreement. Although he acknowledged the strength of Miyamoto Musashi, the Japanese swordsman, he did not believe he would be a match for Li Bai.
After all, Li Bai still had many trump cards up his sleeve, and the Azure Lotus Sword Song was just one of them.
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"Roar!"
The dragon roared and swung its massive body down, locking onto Li Bai's aura before charging straight at him!
"interesting……"
Li Bai raised an eyebrow, but showed no panic. He connected with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the golden core in his lower abdomen and directly unleashed his Great River Sword Intent!
Then his figure soared into the air, his long sword flashing incessantly, sword energy sweeping across the sky, cold and domineering, poised to strike.
As the sword intent manifested, in a moment of carelessness, the phantom of a mighty river suddenly condensed in the night sky. The river stretched for thousands of miles, endless, like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens, dazzling and magnificent, with an unparalleled momentum!
The mighty rivers transformed into endless streams of tiny, dense currents, which in turn became silver sword beams, radiating boundless cold light, stirring up the wind and clouds, and carrying a world-destroying momentum as they hurtled towards the demonic dragon!
The dragon charged forward fearlessly, its eyes blazing with fury, its roar shaking the heavens.
The moment the silver sword light collided with the demonic dragon, the entire world seemed to tremble. Thunder roared, dark clouds gathered, and the sound of thunder resounded throughout the heavens and earth, howling for thousands of miles and soaring into the sky!
After the explosion, the powerful shockwave caused Li Bai and Miyamoto Musashi to each retreat more than seven steps.
Li Bai remained calm and composed, while Miyamoto Musashi was pale, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and beads of sweat constantly forming on his forehead. The difference in their abilities was immediately apparent.
Thunderclaps echoed across the sky, the moon hid behind the clouds, and the entire world darkened. Within a thousand miles, lightning flashed and thunder roared, winds rose and clouds surged, and a terrifying pressure raged across the land, as if the end of the world had arrived.
The duels between cultivators are often earth-shattering. After breaking through to the Golden Core stage, changing the world and reversing the celestial phenomena is not a difficult thing.
Within a hundred miles, only the towering Wangyue Tower still stands tall and unaffected, along with the brightly lit city of Chang'an behind it.
Although the terrifying pressure would not ravage Chang'an City, the sudden change in the celestial phenomena still left the ordinary people living in Chang'an City completely bewildered.
"What the hell!"
"Why did the celestial phenomena suddenly start changing out of nowhere?"
"Holy crap! That's a thunderbolt!"
"It seems a torrential downpour is about to begin..."
"No, I have to hurry home and collect the laundry!"
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"Come again!"