The Human Emperor (1-200)

C195: Ten Directional Lighting Fingers

Single Character Consecutive Slash!

Melding together with his sword to form one entity, Wang Chong charged forward. He perfectly displayed the notion of ‘silent as though a docile lamb, agile as though a fleeing hare’. With just this move, he was already superior to more than ninety percent of the examinees here.

Even though Wang Chong had disappeared, most of the eyes of the examinees were still fixated to Wang Chong’s original spot due to the ringing of the sword.

“Hehe, interesting!”

The instructor smiled lightly on top of the rock. Even though Wang Chong’s Single Character Consecutive Slash was extraordinarily swift, taking many by surprise, it was still insufficient to fool his eyes.

Weng!

The instructor raised his right hand, and at the very moment that Wang Chong’s sword was just about to reach him, he sent a palm straight toward him.

This palm strike was no different from that which he used to deal with the other examinees—simple, but swift like a bolt of lightning and heavy as though a mountain. It felt like nothing in the world could withstand it.

But in the very next moment, something unexpected occurred.

Peng!

Without any signs, just as Wang Chong was just a few steps away from the instructor, a sword flashed past, and in that short instant of blindness, Wang Chong disappeared once more.

And almost instantaneously, klang! The crisp sound of a sword’s call echoed and a sword came horizontally from the side behind the instructor. The sword was close to the ground, aiming for the lower body of the instructor. By that moment, the sword was only several cun away from the instructor’s right leg.

(~10cm)

The abrupt change caused even the instructor’s composed face to warp in astonishment. To be able to change his movement so abruptly despite the exceedingly swift movement, Wang Chong’s skills were clearly far above all of the previous examinees.

Peng!

With a slight flick of his arm, his sleeve struck Wang Chong’s sword. Surprisingly, the clash between the soft sleeve and hard sword resulted in a metallic reverberation, as if the sleeve was made of steel.

At the same time, reminiscent of an eagle’s talon, a callus-filled palm darted forward. Complemented with a movement technique, what the hand grabbed for wasn’t Wang Chong’s sword but the hand holding the sword, which was beyond his range from the rock.

——In the long period of time since the examination started, this was the first time he was forced to step away from the rock.

Wang Chong’s attack was aimed for his feet. If he didn’t want to be crippled, he could only step away from the rock.

Klang!

Wang Chong’s body moved alongside the sword. Executing the Celestial Steps, his sword swam around as though a nimble snake, treading around the instructor’s sleeves and slashing upward right at the instructor.

Peng!

A grim expression finally appeared on the instructor’s face. With another jolt of his arm, his sleeve struck out with immense force, knocking Wang Chong into the sky.

“AH!”

Shocked exclaims sounded in the area. Everyone knew that it was nearly impossible to move with agility in the sky. In the end, the gap between instructors and examinees was simply too great. With just raw strength, an instructor could easily subdue a student.