Chapter 66 - 63: Terrifying Beast Demon Expert, The Legend of the Carefree Sect

Finally, the short blade grew to three feet. Su Chen controlled the Qi energy to operate at a constant speed, shaping the short blade in his hand, radiating a shimmering blue light. The rotating blade seemed to have the sound of whistling wind swirling continuously. Su Chen steadied his mind, focused on the front, and let out a low shout! The short blade instantly pierced into the tree trunk. As Su Chen twisted his wrist, a slashing sound was emitted. Suddenly, a small hole with a diameter of over an inch appeared at the center of the tree trunk, and around the small hole, there were cracks spreading out! This is a characteristic of the wind attribute, strike-and-twist. As long as it is a tangible object, after being pierced and slightly twisted, it will generate a tearing force! With a slash, after a pause, the tree trunk showed cracks again, which surprisingly spread out by several inches this time. Su Chen satisfactorily withdrew the Wind Shadow Blade. Feeling the reduction of the Beast’s Qi Energy inside, he shifted his focus and cut off the Qi energy in various meridians. The blue light on his body surface trembled and gradually dissipated. Although he succeeded on his first attempt to practice, Su Chen still discovered shortcomings in the skill within this short period. Firstly, the formation of the Wind Shadow Blade was too slow. In a real encounter with experts, it might be too late to use before suffering a setback. Secondly, the Beast’s Qi Sea inside himself was still too weak, the Qi energy insufficient to sustain for long. Lastly, and the most crucial point, before the appearance of the Wind Shadow Blade, blue attribute light would first bloom on the body surface. This may seem splendid, but it greatly consumes some Qi energy, being purely ornamental, a waste of resources. More critically, before releasing the skill, it already announces to others, giving them time to react. If the loss of Qi energy for the attribute blaze could be spared, wouldn’t the threat of the Wind Shadow Blade become greater? In fact, what Su Chen didn’t know is that for ordinary Beast Cultivators, the release of attribute blaze is almost unavoidable, which precisely makes his unexpected discovery remarkable. Just ask, an eight-year-old child who can think of issues that many adults cannot perceive, and try to improve them, isn’t it astonishing? At this moment, Su Chen completely withdrew the Beast’s Qi Energy, his mind silently recalling the intricacies of the Proud Celestial Profound Scripture. Although the Proud Celestial Profound Scripture’s Cultivation Technique cultivates the control over Beast’s Qi Energy and the familiarity with meridians and acupoints, it differs completely from the operation routes required to release skills. Since it is the foundation of Qi energy operation, it must be closely related to the Qi energy during skill release. Su Chen recalled the meridian route when releasing the skill earlier, capturing their difference from operating the Proud Celestial Profound Scripture’s minor circulation. The Qi energy operation route of Wind Shadow Blade is clearly lesser than that of the Proud Celestial Profound Scripture. While operating the Proud Celestial Profound Scripture’s minor circulation, the Qi energy almost goes through all meridians and acupoints, but the route of Wind Shadow Blade, although reduced significantly, surprisingly has quite a few similarities. For instance, both hands and feet’s three Yin and three Yang, Baihui Acupoint, why do these operation routes coincide? Su Chen reminisced about the feeling at the moment the blaze emerged. He just felt a surge of heat current simultaneously in both hands, feet, and atop the head, the Qi energy skyrocketing, then uncontrollably, the blaze surged? "I understand now, perhaps these identical meridian routes are the cause of the blaze eruption! Although the minor circulation route includes both hands and feet’s three Yin and three Yang and Baihui, since the Qi energy flows throughout the body without surplus, it cannot trigger the blaze. The Wind Shadow Blade differs, it operates while still having a constant stream of Qi energy backing up." Su Chen’s face showed a slight joy, seemingly quite confident. He once again operated the Beast’s Qi Energy inside, but this time cleverly prevented the Qi energy from passing through both hands and feet’s three Yin and three Yang, and Baihui Acupoint. Instantly, in just two short seconds, a blue short blade appeared in his hand! Not a hint of blaze emerged, not a bit of Qi energy was wasted! Su Chen’s spirits soared, suddenly increasing in confidence, "So it is indeed like this, hehe, it seems I really do have talent in Beast Cultivation!" He wielded the low-roaring short blade, thrust it swiftly into the tree trunk, the blue light explosively surged again as his wrist twisted! Slash... The tree trunk immediately split open with multiple three-inch cracks, and still spreading outwards! Phew, Su Chen put away the Wind Shadow Blade, wiped the sweat off his forehead. In just a few minutes, he grasped the introductory method of the Wind Shadow Blade, as well as the knack for Qi energy conservation that ordinary people simply could not detect. If someone were present, they might truly be shocked by him. "The Wind Shadow Blade seems simple, but it contains quite a lot of content." Su Chen picked up the secret manual from the ground, turned to the third page, and then successively to the tenth page. During this period, the manual was mostly diagrams and simple annotations. Su Chen unexpectedly discovered that the Wind Shadow Blade is not just a simple Wind Blade attack, as in later practice, it gradually evolves into an ethereal swordsmanship named Wind Shadow Seven Styles! "The first style of Wind Shadow Seven Styles, Life-taking Linked Three Immortal Swords?" Looking at this sword style, Su Chen couldn’t help but smile, "The introductory technique of continuous swordsmanship, three swords executed in one go, every sword chasing life. Strike straight overhead, sidestep enemies, circle the longsword, slash horizontally across the waist, if the enemy evades again, surely leap over the sword body, reverse sweep the longsword, stab the back!" Although this style consists only of three swords, it embodies the essence of the introductory technique of continuous swordsmanship. Su Chen kept replaying his sword dance in his mind, feeling excited. Though he hadn’t actually used it, he was already fully ignited with passion and fighting spirit.