Legend of the Great Sage

was only one method, which was to replace the wielder’s heart with the heart of the sword.
It was letting go of the wielder’s will, allowing the will of the Green Ruins sword to enter its wielder, which was equivalent to letting an ancestral spirit possess them.
The slightest carelessness could make the wielder lose themselves and turn them into sword slaves.
It was truly a taboo technique from the Sword Collection palace.

Li Qingshan became excited.
Red light flashed in his eyes as his blade shone like a blooming flower, blooming with flashes of light.
He was like a vicious tiger mauling at Fu Qingjin.

Fu Qingjin was completely unfazed.
Swords knew no fear or hesitance.
All they knew were to push the sword style in their memories to the limit.
He ignored the incoming strikes and stabbed his sword into the attacks.

With a clang, the tip of the sword struck the blood-red blade perfectly.
Like it had pierced the throat of the tiger, the flashes immediately subsided, and a mark appeared on the blade.
The light from the sword drifted about, sliding past Li Qingshan’s shoulder, and a deep, bloody gash immediately appeared.

Li Qingshan began laughing instead.
He did not even use the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell.
He raised his sword and knocked the Green Ruins sword away before slashing down viciously.

In a single instant, Fu Qingjin had already stabbed out three times.
As if he had predicted all of Li Qingshan’s responses, each strike was more vicious and resolute than the last.

Li Qingshan’s bold, extravagant blade style seemed to meet its nemesis.
He was constantly suppressed by the Green Ruins sword.
Often, he would be interrupted before he could even begin his swing.
Despite his great strength, he was constantly picked apart by Fu Qingjin’s ingenious swordsmanship.

He suffered over a hundred wounds in a short while, but his smile only grew wider.
Now this is the battle that I want!

Regardless of how many wounds he suffered, his attack did not weaken at all.
It only became even more frenzied.

Li Qingshan did not take a single step back.
He swung the blade aura around, meeting the sword with his blade without using any abilities at all.
However, this did not give him the upper hand.
He suffered a thousand injuries, but he had yet to land a single attack on Fu Qingjin.

“Master, use your abilities!” Ye Liubo called out anxiously.

The flames of hope lit up in the hearts of the human cultivators.
If this continued, they had a chance at victory.

To match the opponent’s strength with your weakness is not a clever decision.
Wait, he’s gradually growing accustomed to Fu Qingjin’s swordsmanship.
Originally, Gu Yanying objected to his battle tactic to a certain degree, but she suddenly realised it was becoming more and more difficult for the Green Ruins sword to harm him, while his sword was growing closer and closer to Fu Qingjin’s body.

He’s battle hungry and skilled at battle.
If he were to enter the six realms, he would definitely be an asura of endless slaughter!

The flashes and blurs of weapons filled the surroundings.
The two of them battled from the sky to the ground, gradually becoming blurry until only scarlet and green remained.
They constantly collided.

All of their gazes were fixed to it.
They forgot to breathe.

The two of them suddenly parted.
A bloody hole had appeared in Li Qingshan’s throat, but he began laughing madly.
His voice reached hundreds of kilometers away.

A horrific wound stretched from Fu Qingjin’s left shoulder to his right waist.
There was not any flesh or blood within the wound, only specks of green light.

I’m willing to take a thousand slashes in exchange for a fraction of strength.

If this continues, I’ll be devoured by the Green Ruins sword intent! Under Fu Qingjin’s cold outer appearance, a voice moaned painfully.
The sliver of a struggle flashed across his eyes.

However, his realisation came too late.
Sword intent had already begun to surge.
In a daze, he saw a person in green staring coldly at him.
The person in green’s appearance was blurry, with many faces vaguely overlapping together, both men and women.
The person clutched a clear, shiny Green Ruins sword, while Fu Qingjin’s hands were empty.

The blood-red blade whistled madly, spitting out an aura several hundred meters long that pierced the landscape and slashed across Fu Qingjin’s waist.
The struggle in his eyes completely vanished.
He did not check the wound on his waist.
He only stared at Li Qingshan.

The wounds closed up instantly.
With a flash of green light, he arrived before Li Qingshan.
He completely ignored the blood-red blade that fell down from above and stabbed towards Li Qingshan’s forehead, as if he wanted to take Li Qingshan down with him.
Normally, only when Fu Qingjin merged with his sword could he demonstrate such speed.

Li Qingshan frowned.
He could sense there was something wrong with Fu Qingjin, so he turned his head in a flash, and a gash appeared on his chest.
He raised his fist and threw it at Fu Qingjin’s face, but it did not feel like he had struck someone’s body.
At a closer glance, Fu Qingjin’s body shone with a metallic sheen.

“Is my opponent now this sword? That’s far too boring.”

The Green Ruins sword stabbed out again.
Li Qingshan raised his hand to catch it, and his palm ached, having been pierced by the Green Ruins sword.
He grabbed the blade of the sword and shook hard, but Fu Qingjin seemed to be glued to the hilt.
His ears, eyes, mouth, and nose all shone with light.

Li Qingshan used the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell to block the light and unleashed the power of tremors, shattering Fu Qingjin’s sword-wielding hand and finally separating him from the sword.
As if his soul had been sucked away, he shut his eyes and hurtled towards the ground.

Li Qingshan gripped the trembling Green Ruins sword with his left hand and constantly poured his power of tremors into it to prevent it from turning into light and escaping.
He raised the blood-red blade in his right hand and swung down viciously.

Clang!

The Green Ruins sword produced a sorrowful thrum, and a mark appeared on the sword.

“Stop!” Fu Qingjin jerked awake and cried out involuntarily.

Clang!