I Am Loaded with Passive Skills

Chapter 3170: Chapter 1617: Without Intention, Willow Trees Provide Shade; With Intention, Flowers Bloom Too_2

Ridiculous.

Regardless, Kong Yuhen has been “fixed” in place!

And when Xu Xiaoshou drew the Fourth Sword aiming at the Holy Emperor Wangze, his menacing yet composed demeanor seemed to have an effect.

This exalted Holy Emperor, right from the start, never really took him, the new era’s combat giant who dares to confront the Evil Divine directly, seriously.

What else could Xu Xiaoshou say?

He had already warned them!

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If the opponent won’t listen and underestimates him, then they deserve to pay the price!

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“Buzz!”

The moment the Ancient and Modern Forget Sorrow Pavilion lit up the Way of the Sword Power Upanishad Formation, the Holy Emperor Wangze was taken aback.

His forward momentum as a soul body was involuntarily stalled, his gaze shifted towards the Four Divine Pillars whom he hardly took seriously.

No!

He shouldn’t call him Four Divine Pillars anymore.

In just a few short months, he had grown to a level where he could vigorously initiate the Way of the Sword Power Upanishad Formation without relying on the power of the Four Divines, and this indeed made it worth remembering his name: Xu Xiaoshou!

But…

“Wisdom is Emptiness?”

Holy Emperor Wangze chuckled disdainfully in his mind.

The Heart Sword Technique, Wisdom is Emptiness, which Hallmaster Dao Qiongcang had also analyzed for the Five Great Holy Emperors previously, was not even something Xu Xiaoshou could have grasped in his prior life.

That incredible young man used Bazhun’an, who was countless times stronger than Xu Xiaoshou, as his hypothetical adversary.

Evil Divine, Holy Emperor Wangze didn’t know.

Bazhun’an’s “fame” and various deeds had long ago spread through the secret realm of the Holy Land.

Holy Emperor Wangze wasn’t interested in the heroic deeds of the youth.

Who hasn’t been young? If they manage to survive without dying young, their deeds might just catch his attention.

The only deep impression he had was from when Bazhun’an had been involved with Yue Gongnu, which was like a toad licking a supreme level swan.

“Wisdom is Emptiness focuses more on attacking the spirit and intent, aiming to erase the opponent’s consciousness and spiritual intelligence with one strike.”

“This technique greatly drains the mind as it is the second realm of the Heart Sword Technique, equivalent to the Upanishad of Spiritual Cultivation, yet it also encompasses several major Upanishads, unusable by most people.”

“Currently, only You Tu, Mei Siren, and Bazhun’an have a deeper study of the Heart Sword Technique.”

“The rest, like Wen Ting of the Burial Sword Tomb, although not one of the Ten High Nobles, also possesses good talent and might similarly be able to utilize it… well, maybe, I have only seen him a few times and never seriously confronted him.”

“Of course, if one recklessly initiates the sword, any of the Seven Sword Deities have the vigor to open the second realm, this doesn’t need much mention, after all, Sword Deity Hua Changdeng is a madman, and is an example… hm, one might say all ancient swordsmen are mad.”

“So, how should we break the sword?” Holy Emperor Wangze distinctly remembers, at that time this question wasn’t raised by himself or any other Holy Emperor, but by the Cold Palace Emperor Realm joining the seminar.

He was curious about deciphering the Ancient Sword Technique, presumably because he had suffered greatly due to it.

Possibly, deep down he also disagrees with his big sister’s relation and has been preparing something.

The audacious young man was not brief or conveyed completely and belonged to his armchair strategist moments when he could delve deep into discussions as if he was the only one shining in the whole world:

“The Heart Sword Technique Wisdom is Emptiness, slightly different in essence from other major sword techniques, requires the swordsman to fully concentrate, elevating intent attack to its peak in the shortest time.”

As is well known, the bodies of ancient swordsmen are not particularly strong, to say nothing of their spirits, exerting effort under such condition, this kind of mentally draining sword, is mostly forced out.

“This creates a phenomenon: the user of Wisdom is Emptiness mostly stands still at the original place, this sword is offensive and is also a Hard Control on himself!”

“The same old advice, react promptly.”

“We absolutely must not be frightened by the second realm, nor panic upon seeing the Way of the Sword Power Upanishad Formation and turn to run… the attack power of ancient swordsmen is no joke, we must stay calm!”

“Lighting the array, concentrating the mind, then deploying the sword, this is the unchanging sequence of Wisdom is Emptiness.”

“Ancient swordsmen have always been flamboyant, we can completely take advantage of their consistent behavior.”

“If encountered with Wisdom is Emptiness, we must seize the series of small movements before the sword is deployed, making use of the time.”

“To catch a thief, capture the king first; it doesn’t matter whether it’s acting after initial moves or preemptive, as long as we hit the swordsman, his mind will become unstable, and Wisdom is Emptiness will break itself, and the swordsman might even suffer a backlash from his own sword!”

“What if we miss?” Yue Gongli proposed another direction.

“Then you are too slow!” Hallmaster Dao Qiongcang replied coldly, still being audacious, “I said you need to be quick, if you can’t act quickly, the sword of an ancient swordsman will teach you the meaning of ‘pain’.”

“In what way is it best to ‘To catch a thief, capture the king first’?” Cold Palace Emperor Realm’s indifferent young man was taking notes with a jade scroll at the time.

It’s quite funny; he seemed to take Dao Qiongcang’s armchair strategy very seriously.

— This might just be another form of indifference altogether!

Dao Qiongcang was visibly impatient with him:

“Use whatever you are good at.”

“If you are an ancient warrior, just rush over and punch him first.”

“If you can use spiritual techniques to freeze him, then freeze him from a distance first; the cold will cause palpitation, and palpitation makes the sword unstable – Wisdom is Emptiness pulls the consciousness attack to the fullest, leaving almost zero defense.”

“What if I use consciousness attack, attacking his currently zero defense?” Yue Gongli put forth a bold hypothesis.

Undoubtedly, his question was met with a frenzy of condemnation:

“Idiot, turn left when you exit, Mournful Emperor realm.”

“The strongest aspect of ancient swordsmen is their attack; when someone is already attacking your consciousness, and you still retalively attack back with consciousness, do you think your counter-attack can overpower Wisdom is Emptiness?”

“But you said, his consciousness defense is zero at that point…” Yue Gongli was unwilling to be humiliated.