Chapter 199: System Sword Moves Can Have Masters Too

Ranked twenty-ninth on the Heavenly Ranking, the second Core Member of Tsunami Longevity Pavilion—just like that, he lost unexpectedly, and lost so quickly!

Everyone stood there dumbfounded. Especially Taotaole and Ji Wuhuang, the two exchanged glances, completely shocked.

“How is this possible!”

Ji Wuhuang lowered his voice and muttered it in a deep tone, though it wasn’t clear who he was asking.

Even though Gu Qu Xilai had fought a big battle before coming here and used up his strongest Dao Spell, his strength was still at a level unreachable by ordinary Players.

A super expert couldn’t rely solely on two powerful Dao Spells to get by—his regular combat ability also had to be quite impressive. Otherwise, would he just obediently hide and avoid fighting anyone while waiting for his powerful Dao Spells to cool down?

“Long Wushuang, didn’t you really want to challenge me? Now’s your chance!”

Faced with Ye Rong’s pressure, even the originally confident Long Wushuang panicked. He looked around, only to find that the members of Tsunami Longevity Pavilion weren’t in any better shape—no one else could step forward either.

Even Gu Qu Xilai was defeated. Besides the other five Core Members, who in Tsunami Longevity Pavilion could stop him now?

“Since you can’t pick anyone, I don’t think you need to pick at all…”

Ye Rong said lightly. Before the opposing Players could grasp his meaning, his Sword Light swept out, forcing several of them into a smaller area. Secretly, he had already activated Arctic Ice Crystal Prison. Snowflakes drifted down, and frost covered the ground.

The biting cold wind, falling ice spikes, and ice elementals might not deal fatal damage to these Elite Members of Tsunami Longevity Pavilion at this point, but at least it made their movements difficult and distracted their thoughts.

Being distracted in front of Ye Rong was equivalent to throwing away one’s life. They were already outmatched in a one-on-one fight.

His Sword Light suddenly flared brightly. In just a few strikes, it broke through one Player’s defense and took his life.

Observing the entire situation, he quickly found the Players showing openings. Soon, only two were left on the field: Long Wushuang and another Player wielding twin swords. The fact that he didn’t carry a Sword Case on his back indicated that he had already reached Level 50 and possessed two Weapon Slots.

At first, Ye Rong didn’t pay much attention. Seeing the systematic, well-executed System Sword Moves, he thought he could finish them off just as smoothly, without much effort. But after his Sword Light clashed with theirs, he was greatly surprised.

This short young man with sharp, spirited eyes, though using only System Sword Moves, had solid Sword Light and very few openings.

More importantly, one of his Flying Swords had immense potential and tremendous Strength, overpowering with momentum. Every time they clashed, it forced Ye Rong’s Sword Light back several steps. The other Flying Sword attacked swiftly like lightning, full of variations, and each exchange involved dozens of clashes, managing to deflect his Sword Light every time.

Using these two completely different, diametrically opposed System Sword Arts, this short young man made Ye Rong very uncomfortable for a while. Unable to finish him off, the situation remained deadlocked.

“It can’t be. Besides the Free Control Style, when could System Sword Moves allow simultaneous control of two different Sword Arts?”

Ye Rong couldn’t figure it out. Just take himself for example—if he used System Sword Moves, while employing Qingcheng Sword Art, it would be absolutely impossible to simultaneously use Immovable Wisdom King Sword Art unless he completely switched to another Sword Art Form.

If System Sword Moves allowed free switching between different Sword Arts, using them effortlessly, so that two Flying Swords could execute two different sets of System Sword Moves with constant changes, then how would it differ from Free Control Style? It might even have advantages in some aspects.

After all, no matter how skilled a Player was, they couldn’t compare to a Light Brain in computational ability and precision. Moreover, using System Sword Moves definitely required less energy, allowing them to focus more on controlling Magic Treasures or considering other aspects of the battle, giving a significant advantage during fights.

“Could it be the legendary Split-Mind Divine Skill? That divine ability is said not only to make one immune to predictive Dao Spells but also to grant Players the ability to split their attention, making it possible to simultaneously use two sets of System Sword Moves.”

Ye Rong noted this matter. If this ability came from the Split-Mind Divine Skill, it was understandable. But if it was a technique the Player figured out himself, that would be troublesome. The difficulty of dealing with this short young man’s Flying Swords definitely ranked in the top three among all opponents he had encountered, even stronger than many Players who had comprehended Free Control Style.

If it originated from the Split-Mind Divine Skill, then only a handful of Players could master it, which wasn’t much to worry about.

But if it was another Flying Sword control technique, that would be problematic. Once it developed, it could even pose a strong impact on many Players like him who upheld the primacy of Flying Swords.

“Never mind all that, let’s finish them off first!”

He thought about putting in more effort to take down the short young man. Although the two completely opposite Sword Arts were very disorienting, they weren’t enough to restrain him—it would just take a bit more time.

But then the opponent’s Flying Swords suddenly flared brilliantly, carrying immense force that pushed Ye Rong back dozens of meters, followed by a loud shout.

“We surrender!”

Just as Ye Rong was about to rush forward and attack again, the pale-faced Daoist who had been absent for half the day stopped him.

“Since they surrendered, the match ends here. No need to push further.”

“Senior, that’s not right. One of them hasn’t surrendered yet. The match isn’t over!”

“I surrender! I surrender too!”

Seeing Ye Rong point the Flying Sword at him, Long Wushuang immediately cried out, waving his hands repeatedly.

No matter how much resentment Long Wushuang held against Ye Rong in his heart, he didn’t dare show it at this moment. Killing Gu Qu Xilai and wiping out ten members of Tsunami Longevity Pavilion—such a feat was something he didn’t even dare to imagine.

The pale-faced Daoist flicked his sleeve, sending the short young man and Long Wushuang to an unknown location. Then he reached out and grabbed, causing several giant green trees to fall down, though they appeared charred black.

“Here are about twenty Green Mulberry Divine Trees struck down by heavenly lightning. They’re yours now. Take them.”

Taotaole excitedly jumped up, let out a shout, and ran toward these Green Mulberry Divine Trees. Just as she was about to start collecting them, she paused and turned to look at Ye Rong. She embarrassingly realized that half the credit for obtaining these Green Mulberry Divine Trees belonged to Yijian Kurong, whom she greatly disliked.

But she found that Yijian Kurong had already walked away and gone over to Long-Legged Lady’s side, not even glancing at the Green Mulberry Divine Trees.

“Wow, Yijian, you’re so awesome! You actually took on ten by yourself!”

Although Liu Tiya had a good Master, her own skills were quite average. Plus, as a female university student, she couldn’t spend too much time in the game and had very little leveling time, so her Level was still only 35.

“Just average, just average.”

Being praised by the beautiful girl, Ye Rong smiled so much his eyes narrowed into slits. Only remembering that Long-Legged Lady was right beside him stopped him from instinctively reaching out to pinch Liu Tiya’s pink, flushed cheeks.

“Thanks to you this time. Otherwise, we really couldn’t have gotten the Green Mulberry Divine Trees.”

“I didn’t do it just for you. The sooner high-tier ships are built, the sooner we can explore the Yellow Emperor’s Tomb. Besides, among those Players was a disgrace from our Qingcheng Sect! As the Qingcheng Top Disciple, I naturally had to step in to punish evil and promote righteousness…”

Seeing Long-Legged Lady’s still pale face and fragile appearance, Ye Rong casually joked with her. On the other side, Taotaole and Ji Wuhuang had already gathered all the Green Mulberry Divine Trees and bid farewell to the pale-faced Daoist.

The sea mission could be considered concluded here. They obtained the Green Mulberry Divine Trees. Although they were struck by heavenly lightning, after cutting off the charred parts, there wasn’t much difference. At least in terms of quantity, they got many more.

Ye Rong felt a bit regretful that he didn’t get to kill Long Wushuang himself again, to see if he still had the nerve to compete with him for the position of Chief of Tianshu Hall. The only thing to worry about was that Gu Qu Xilai died by his hand. Stirred up by Long Wushuang, it was quite possible that Tsunami Longevity Pavilion would develop hostility toward Green Emperor Alliance.

“Forget it. When the enemy comes, we have our guards; when water rises, we use earth to block it. I don’t need to fear Tsunami Longevity Pavilion to that extent. Once the guild is successfully established and we have a formal Guild Stronghold, launching a Guild War would come at a cost that even the third-ranked guild on the Clan Ranking couldn’t bear.”

Though Tsunami Longevity Pavilion was strong, it wasn’t at the level of Shushan Sword Alliance yet. Plus, it was right next to Qingcheng, both in the Sichuan Region.

When they came, they had to slowly navigate using a Black Awning Boat. But going back didn’t require that—each could use their Teleportation Talismans to return directly.

Since Long-Legged Lady needed to take the Green Mulberry Divine Trees to Yi Jing to build high-tier ships, Ye Rong didn’t need to accompany her. He directly tore the Green Leaf Bamboo Talisman and returned to the Qingcheng Mountain Gate.

Instantly arriving from thousands of miles away—only Sect Teleportation Talismans had this effect, and even then, with strict quantity limits.

Otherwise, such Teleportation Talismans would be too overpowered, and it wouldn’t align with the game company’s intent to weaken the role of Teleportation Talismans.

It was only after Ye Rong became the Chief of Tianshu Hall that the number of Green Leaf Bamboo Talismans he could receive increased, so he didn’t have to use them sparingly like rare strategic resources, only getting to use one after a long time.

As soon as he entered the Sect, he noticed the atmosphere was different today, and there were very few Qingcheng Disciples around.

Calculating the date, he realized today was the day of this month’s Sect Minor Competition. Everyone must have gone to watch.

“It wouldn’t hurt to check the match results, see if Pecking Chicken and Trail-breaking Pony made it into the top sixteen and successfully became Tianshu Hall disciples.”

After a moment’s thought, Ye Rong postponed his monster-grinding plans and went to check on his Green Emperor Alliance members’ competition results.

The more people he had in Tianshu Hall, the more advantageous it was. After all, only Tianshu Hall disciples could regularly meet elder-level NPCs and have their opinions heard.

As the Chief Disciple in charge of monitoring Qingcheng Disciples’ conduct and virtue, his own conduct and virtue would be subject to checks by those elders. The opinions of these Tianshu Hall disciples were also quite important.

Senior Brother Chen Taizhen had already hinted to Ye Rong that he should pay more attention to uniting Tianshu Hall disciples. Some had already reported him to the elders, accusing him of being arrogant, overbearing, and looking down on others.