Chapter 59
Xiao Minghuang stood amidst the beast tide, her bright yellow dress untainted by blood, pristine as if a celestial had descended, ethereal and noble beyond words.
Her eyes, like twinkling stars, swept across the battlefield, finally locking onto a Qi Refining Realm tiger demon.
The tiger demon stood over two zhang tall, its massive body exuding a monstrous aura, its blood-red maw glowing with a crimson light, almost bursting forth.
Dozens of Body Tempering Realm warriors, led by a Qi Refining Realm warrior, formed a battle formation but were continuously pushed back, on the verge of defeat and being devoured.
Seeing this.
Xiao Minghuang’s figure flashed, and in the next moment, she appeared above the battle formation, floating in the air, ethereal as an immortal.
Her noble demeanor, pure and transcendent, her sleeves fluttering, she held a golden longsword, resembling a goddess of war, sacred and inviolable.
“Step back, leave this tiger demon to me.”
Xiao Minghuang glanced at the soldiers and spoke.
“Yes! Your Highness, be careful!”
The soldiers, seeing the Ninth Princess appear, were instantly inspired and went to engage another Qi Refining Realm beast.
The tiger demon, seeing the soldiers retreat, noticed a seemingly fragile human girl standing before it. It shook its massive fangs, its tiger eyes filled with disdain, as if it could swallow this presumptuous little girl in the next moment.
But.
Xiao Minghuang moved.
Clang!
A loud metallic clash resounded. The area around Xiao Minghuang, spanning several zhang, was filled with intense and chaotic spiritual energy, roaring and surging, carving deep trenches into the ground.
Under the sword’s light, even the tiger demon’s formidable beastly body felt pain. In the blink of an eye, countless shallow blood marks covered its entire body, forcing it to swipe its massive paw, aiming to crush Xiao Minghuang in one strike!
Xiao Minghuang suddenly retracted her sword, spinning in the air, her figure swiftly retreating, evading the fatal blow with lightning speed.
After the first round of probing, the tiger demon’s initial arrogance slightly diminished. It hadn’t expected this seemingly delicate human girl to wield such a powerful weapon and possess such speed, capable of dodging its attacks.
At the same time.
Xiao Minghuang’s mind was constantly pondering. Her purpose in confronting the tiger demon was to hone her combat skills.
If she wanted to kill the tiger demon, she could simply unleash the “Daytime Star Manifestation,” channeling the power of the stars, and slay the tiger demon with a single strike.
Or, she could summon the Dragon Pattern Sword and slice through the tiger demon’s body as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.
Through the previous battle, her proficiency with the sword had reached a skilled level. To further improve, it would require years of training.
However, there was another method to rapidly enhance her sword skills: actual combat.
Combat was the best training!
For most martial artists, once they trained their skill with a weapon to an extremely high level, they could potentially cultivate a corresponding “momentum.”
For the sword, it was the sword momentum.
For the blade, it was the blade momentum.
For the fist, it was the fist momentum.
Since swords and sabers are commonly used in the world, martial arts that document the methods of cultivating sword and saber momentum are more prevalent and easier to achieve success in, leading to the comprehension of sword momentum.
Once sword momentum is comprehended, the execution of sword techniques becomes fluid and effortless, greatly enhancing their power. Even a casual strike with the sword can rival a minor martial art.
If one were to strike with full force, it might even match a major martial art not driven by divine abilities!
“As far as I know, in the entire Southern Region, only the Nascent Soul True Disciple from the Spirit Sword Sect possesses minor sword intent and uses it to dominate the various sects and nations, leading the Southern Region!”
Sword intent is even more mysterious and profound than sword momentum. Xiao Minghuang does not aim too high but sets her sights on comprehending sword momentum.
However, on the path to sword momentum, there exists the embryonic form of sword momentum.
“If I can comprehend the embryonic form of sword momentum, I doubt there will be a second person in the entire Southern Region who can compare to me!”
At that time, with just one strike, she could sweep through the young geniuses of the various sects and nations.
With her mind made up, Xiao Minghuang focused her attention on the tiger demon before her.
She did not seek to comprehend the embryonic form of sword momentum in one battle but aimed to become more proficient with the sword.
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Using a sword is also a skill, and once it reaches a certain level of mastery, one will eventually comprehend sword momentum.
In the ensuing battle, Xiao Minghuang no longer relied on spiritual power enhancement but instead used her physical strength, speed, and reaction abilities to fight the tiger demon.
Constantly teetering on the edge of life and death, her combat skills rapidly improved.
Until she felt that the tiger demon could no longer provide her with new challenges, she swiftly retreated, took a pill, and quickly replenished her depleted dantian.
Xiao Minghuang narrowed her beautiful eyes and murmured to herself:
“It’s time to send you on your way.”
After a prolonged struggle, the tiger demon realized that this human girl seemed to be toying with it. She wasn’t using spiritual energy to attack but instead relied on simple maneuvers—dodging, slashing, and thrusting—using these seemingly ineffective methods to strike it. This filled the tiger demon with irritation and anger, making it eager to devour the girl quickly and end this meaningless battle.
Thus, both the girl and the tiger, without prior agreement, prepared to unleash their final killing moves to conclude this drawn-out fight.
Suddenly.
Xiao Minghuang stood in mid-air, her arms hanging naturally by her sides. Her grip on the blade seemed weak, yet her entire body appeared to be surrounded by invisible swirling vortices, causing the surrounding spiritual energy to churn restlessly!
What was she doing?!
An unprecedented sense of unease surged within the tiger demon. A fear it had never felt since birth suddenly overwhelmed it.
Driven by this indescribable unease, the tiger demon mustered all its strength, leaped into the air, and opened its bloodthirsty maw, lunging fiercely toward Xiao Minghuang to tear her apart!
At that very moment.
Above the endless sky, starlight seemed to flash in broad daylight, connecting the eternal stars to the peerless girl on the ground.
Then.
Feeling the immense power bestowed by the starlight, Xiao Minghuang focused her mind. This was not the first time she had used this divine technique, and she executed it flawlessly. With a swift motion, she swung her long blade, releasing a golden arc of light. The brilliance was boundless, yet it carried an equally boundless killing intent, as if the star of death had descended from the infinite cosmos, scattering its deadly radiance!
In that instant, the rising bloodlust, the fluctuating spiritual energy, the roars of the beast, and the shouts of the warriors—all paled in comparison to the dazzling, blinding, and resplendent brilliance of that single blade strike!
The golden arc of light swept horizontally, like a star that had burned for countless eons finally exploding, cutting through the void and slicing the tiger demon cleanly in half at the waist!
This sudden and unexpected strike captured the attention of everyone present.
Each of them widened their eyes, feeling the infinite glory and boundless brilliance of that strike. It was as if they were witnessing the creation of the heavens and the earth, the birth of stars, and the genesis of worlds. They seemed to see the vast expanse of stars, eternal and desolate.
A fleeting sense of sorrow swept through everyone’s hearts, only to vanish in the next moment, leaving no trace behind.
All they saw was.
The tiger demon, at the Qi Refining Realm, was cleaved in half by the radiant blade strike unleashed by Ninth Princess, bleeding profusely and dying on the spot!
Among the soldiers present, some had followed Xiao Minghuang to the spiritual vein competition and had witnessed her single sword strike obliterate the full-powered attack of a peak Spring Realm expert. Now, seeing this starlight-like blade strike, their astonishment was no less than anyone else’s.
Because.
This strike was even stronger than the one before!
They understood that no one present.
Or rather.
No one in the world.
Could dare to face this starfall-like blade strike.
To witness the brilliance of the starlight was the greatest honor of their lives!
Translator: Glariosa
Editor: Ruu
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