"Use me as a whetstone? Haha, such big talk. Come meet your death!"
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words and seeing the fiery battle spirit continually flaring in his eyes, Ye Wushuang scornfully mocked him.
Then, the Leopard Gall Sword in his hand had also gathered sufficient True Yuan, and the bright blade began to shimmer with dazzlingly blinding white light.
The terrifying Sword Qi dispersed in all directions, causing Mu Jinyu's skin to bristle with numerous goosebumps.
"Shii!"
At that moment, Ye Wushuang slashed down with his sword, and suddenly the Sword Origin concentrated on the Leopard Gall Sword burst forth, transforming into a snow-bright, lightning-like Sword Mastery that struck towards Mu Jinyu with unimaginable speed!
"Heh!"
Mu Jinyu took a deep breath and shouted lightly, spinning his True Yuan rapidly. He threw a punch, and immediately a surge of lush, green True Yuan roiled out, shadowed with the form of a dragon, clashing against the Sword Mastery that Ye Wushuang had been accumulating for a long time!
"Bang!"
"Boom!!"
The two attacks met head-on, and, to Ye Wushuang's surprise, they were evenly matched, with the Sword Mastery and Fist Strength dissipating together!
"How is this possible?"
Ye Wushuang saw his long-held Force Energy within the Sword Mastery match Mu Jinyu's hastily thrown punch evenly and was utterly stunned, finding it unbelievable.
The Sword Mastery he had just unleashed was not an attack he had made casually, so how could it have been easily dissolved by Mu Jinyu?
This didn't make sense, considering his strength was of the Seventh Layer of the Divine Realm, representing a qualitative leap into the later stage of the Advanced Divine Realm, while Mu Jinyu was only at the Sixth Layer of the Divine Realm. Though it seemed to be just a one-layer difference, the gap was as vast as that between heaven and earth!
It's no exaggeration to say, he alone could fight four or five experts of the Sixth Layer of the Divine Realm!
And he wouldn't fear even if they ganged up on him!
Yet Mu Jinyu, relying on the strength of the Sixth Layer of the Divine Realm, had broken through his full-power Killing Move from the Seventh Layer with a casual strike!
How could he not feel incredulous and unable to accept this?!
And what's most important, if Mu Jinyu had time to build up his strength for a Killing Move, wouldn't that mean, even with all his might, he wouldn't be able to withstand Mu Jinyu?
"Impossible, die!!"
Ye Wushuang cast aside the last threads of fear, bellowed angrily, and once more thrust his sword to attack Mu Jinyu!
At the same time, he covertly activated his Divine Sense, unfolding his Sword Domain.
"Indeed, I was right, after cultivating the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art, the attribute of my True Yuan far surpasses ordinary people by a great margin, allowing me to clash against the strength of the Seventh Layer of the Divine Realm with my Sixth Layer strength. If it weren't for reasons like Yu Shenfeng not taking action for many years, Ye Wushuang would probably not be his match at all!"
After breaking Ye Wushuang's full-force sword strike with a single punch, Mu Jinyu's initial sliver of nervousness instantly dissipated, realizing he truly was capable of battling with Ye Wushuang!
"It's just a pity that this place is a distance from Yinlong Mountain and not within the range of the Mountain-Protecting Array. Ye Wushuang was also quite cautious, never getting too close to Yinlong Mountain, otherwise I could directly trigger the Mountain-Protecting Array and crush him like stepping on a locust! Now, I have to engage in close combat!"
Mu Jinyu quickly shook off the distracting thoughts and no longer considered crushing Ye Wushuang with the Mountain-Protecting Array.
He had never met an equal in battle before, and now that Ye Wushuang had appeared, wasn't it just perfect? He was the whetstone that Mu Jinyu needed to become even stronger!
"Sst Sst Sst!!"
Just as Mu Jinyu was preparing to focus wholeheartedly on a good fight with Ye Wushuang,
suddenly, he realized it wasn't only from the front that the sound of Ye Wushuang's approaching swift sword broke the air, but fierce whooshing noises came from all directions.
"Hm?!"
Mu Jinyu's gaze sharpened as he spread out his Divine Sense, and in an instant, he saw dense dead branches, fallen leaves, and fragmented rocks aggressively heading towards him, following Ye Wushuang's movements!
This feeling was similar to when he used the Nine Heavens Mysterious Killing Sword Diagram in Yinlong Mountain, vaguely giving off a sense of thousands of swords returning to their source!
"Is this the Sword Domain formed by 'Everything Can Be a Sword' combined with the Sword Control Technique?"
Mu Jinyu immediately guessed what technique Ye Wushuang was using, and his heart chilled, but then he relaxed again.
If it were an ordinary person, even Yu Shenfeng who had broken through to the Advanced Divine Realm, he would probably have had a difficult time when facing Ye Wushuang.
That's because in battle, one not only had to engage Ye Wushuang directly but also be constantly on guard against the thousands of dead branches, leaves, broken rocks, and even raindrops, all forming Sword Qi attacks. A slight carelessness could easily lead to one being struck down!
But…
For him, who had cultivated the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art, resilient like a cockroach hard to kill, why would he fear these itchy scratchy types of attacks?!
Mu Jinyu snorted coldly, directly ignoring the dead branches and leaves around him that Ye Wushuang was controlling to burst out with Sword Qi, he stepped forward, charging at Ye Wushuang, and hurled a punch towards his Leopard Gall Sword!
"Boom!"
The fist and sword collided, immediately issuing a thunderous roar, sending both Ye Wushuang and Mu Jinyu staggering back several steps.
Deep footprints were left behind where they had stepped.
Ye Wushuang felt a sharp pain in his wrist, numbness in his palm, and nearly failed to grip the Leopard Gall Sword tightly, he was truly shocked by Mu Jinyu's strength!
At the same time, he continued to channel his True Yuan and Divine Sense, causing the floating dead branches and leaves to erupt with Sword Qi, attacking Mu Jinyu!
Mu Jinyu stepped back several steps, feeling immense pain in his right palm. The blunt impact with the Leopard Gall Sword left his palm with deep gashes that reached the bone, leaving his hand bloody and looking quite frightening!
"Tss!"
Of course, under the influence of the Life Source Energy, his wounds, though scary, quickly healed up!
Only the blood did not disappear right away, making it seem as if the injuries still remained!
"Jinyu!"
Su Zijin and the others standing behind, upon seeing the wounds on Mu Jinyu's right hand, had complex and distressed expressions on their faces, feeling great pain in their hearts.
Jian Ruyan, who stood by, restrained by Ye Wushuang, also had a complicated and pained expression upon seeing that Mu Jinyu seemed to be somewhat at a disadvantage and even got injured.
And as the floating branches and leaves in midair continued to unleash Dense Sword Qi at Mu Jinyu, Jian Ruyan's heart also clenched.
She wanted to tell Mu Jinyu to hurry up and leave, not to worry about her, but because Ye Wushuang had placed Restrictions on her, she couldn't move or speak, so she couldn't say anything at all.
Jian Ruyan felt anxious and began to forcefully try to break the Restrictions locking her down, thinking to herself, 'Just a little longer, and I'll be able to break free from these Restrictions and move… You must not get into trouble…'
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
By this time, Mu Jinyu felt his palm was all right again, only a bit numb and painful, and so he once more took steps towards Ye Wushuang!
And he still totally ignored the branches and leaves whizzing through the air around him!
Su Zijin and Jian Ruyan watched, their hearts pounding with fear!
"Hmph! Courting death!"
Ye Wushuang saw that Mu Jinyu, this rash youngster, dared to underestimate his "Sword Domain" and couldn't help but snort coldly, gripping the Leopard Gall Sword tightly, suppressing the pain in his wrist, and once again struck towards Mu Jinyu!
He thought to himself that he was uninjured and still in his prime, whereas Mu Jinyu had been wounded, and with his disregard for the surrounding "swords," Mu Jinyu had no other path to take other than a dead end!