He glanced at the Godslayer in his hand, noticing that the blade was riddled with nicks and dents.
"So this is what they call Iai-ryu swordsmanship? Quite disappointing," Jiang Chen said with a faint smile, his demeanor calm and unruffled.
Ishii Ansei stared wide-eyed, his expression complex. He simply could not understand how Jiang Chen could be so formidable; a young man, no matter how gifted, should not be able to surpass him in swordsmanship at such a young age.
"How can your swordsmanship be so impressive? Who is your master?" Ishii Ansei demanded.
"As for my master, it wouldn’t matter if I told you; you wouldn’t know him anyway. I just mentioned that if your swordsmanship does not impress me, then you have no reason to exist. It seems that indeed, you have no reason to exist," Jiang Chen replied nonchalantly.
This time, Ishii Ansei was visibly unsettled. The Iai-ryu swordsmanship he prided himself on was being insulted by Jiang Chen. Anger and humiliation surged within him; if he were to lose to a young man like Jiang Chen, even if Jiang Chen spared his life, he would choose to end his own. As the Island Swordsmanship Master, he valued his honor more than his life. He could accept defeat, but never at the hands of a mere boy. His face turned pale, blood rushing to his head, eyes blazing red as if a fireball had been doused in gasoline, igniting an inferno of fierce momentum.
"Youth, your swordsmanship has indeed impressed me, but the Iai-ryu way cannot be so easily belittled by you. Do you know what the highest realm of swordsmanship is?" With each word Ishii Ansei spoke, his aura surged higher, culminating in a voice that resonated like thunder from the Nine Heavens.
Jiang Chen remained silent, watching with indifference.
"The highest realm of swordsmanship is the unity of man and sword; the intent of the sword is my intent, my intent is the intent of the sword. The sword light is like a long rainbow, and the sound of the sword is like rolling thunder. With one strike, I can shatter the Nine Heavens and shake mountains," Ishii Ansei proclaimed loudly, his aura still gathering strength, filling the surrounding air with an oppressive force.
Jiang Chen still said nothing; there was no need for him to engage in conversation about the Swordsmanship Realm with a mere mortal.
He couldn't even perform basic techniques like flying with a sword or transforming it into various forms—what right did he have to discuss the Swordsmanship Realm? Moreover, no matter what realm one spoke of, it was boundless; let alone a mere mortal, even in the Xiu Xian World, no one claimed to have reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship.
Seeing that Jiang Chen did not react, a fierce look appeared at the corner of Ishii Ansei's mouth. He closed his eyes momentarily; an overwhelming aura suddenly retracted around him, plunging everything into silence. The mountain winds on Kunlun ceased to blow as if time had frozen; even the breaths of Tengye Kikuko and others halted as they stared blankly at Ishii Ansei.
After a moment of contemplation with closed eyes, Ishii Ansei suddenly opened them wide, eyes flashing like lightning as he shouted loudly, "Receive my strike—Demon God Slash! This is clearly Ishii Ansei's final move!"
As soon as his words fell, the already damaged Godslayer erupted with sword energy; its blade shimmered ominously. With a fierce expression on his face, Ishii Ansei swung the Godslayer towards Jiang Chen, unleashing a torrent of sword light that coalesced into a hundred-meter-long rainbow arc—an unstoppable force that pressed down upon them. Not only did it overwhelm Jiang Chen, but even those standing a hundred meters away like Tengye Kikuko found it hard to breathe under this oppressive sword energy; they lacked even the strength to flee.
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