While tracking the clues on the ground, Herlin was summarizing the battle.
"Reaching the level of Sword Master is truly a world of difference! The difference in sword energy between a beginner and an intermediate sword master is enormous. Intermediate and advanced sword masters, due to their sword intent fields, can perform long-range attacks, potentially defeating a hundred enemies at once. Advanced sword masters also face the issue of attack radius due to the varying ranges of their sword intent fields. The longer attack radius has an overwhelming advantage over the shorter one. I can hit you, but you can't hit me."
As for the maximum level swordsman, since Herlin has not reached that level yet, he is not familiar with it and has not made any analysis.
"Is this the slum? It's in the slums after all!?"
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"Elder, our operation has failed. Except for me, all the other brothers and sisters have been wiped out." The senior swordsman said miserably.
The slovenly old man looked in the direction of the senior swordsman and said
"The enemy has tracked you down and found our base."
"What? This...he let me go on purpose?!"
"It's too late to say anything now. Let's go up and meet the enemy. Since they dare to come, they must have something to rely on."
After saying that, the sloppy old man brought the man to the ground. At this time, Herlin had stopped a thousand meters away.
Apparently Herling had noticed the other person's appearance.
"Little kid, you're so brave! You actually dared to follow me here alone. Aren't you afraid of death?"
He Lin paused for a moment and said loudly, "Sister, hurry up, he's stalling for time."
"You little idiot, you're so brave!" The sloppy old man was furious when his plan was exposed. In the air within a hundred feet in front of the old man, a sword energy appeared and shot towards He Lin like a bird.
He Lin had already dodged to the side when he shouted, but was soon caught up by the sword energy. A lotus appeared around He Lin and blocked these bird-like sword energy.
"Secret - Lotus! Are you a disciple of Lotus Island? Such a young and high-level swordsman, are you the latest generation of true disciples - Li Yu?" The sloppy old man asked in amazement.
"Secret - Jingwei! The secret of the disciple of Jingwei Peak of Tianshan Sword Sect? At this age... you are the traitor of Tianshan Sword Sect thirty years ago - Liang Han!?" Li Yu asked in a cold voice, standing on a emerald green lotus, like a fairy descending.
"You are indeed a true disciple with the talent of sword spirit. You just advanced to the level of sword master a year ago, right?! In just one year, you have advanced to the level of high-level sword master. You are truly gifted!" The sloppy old man exclaimed.
"You are actually in Bishui City, you are quite brave! That's right, your Jingwei secret was developed by Tianshan Sword Sect specifically to restrain Bishui Sword Sect. You are really making full use of your talents here. It's hopeless to advance to the advanced swordsman at this age! Your talent is really useless, no wonder you are not valued in Tianshan Sword Sect!" Li Yu analyzed coldly.
This last sentence was heartbreaking. The sloppy old man Liang Han said angrily with demonic energy rolling over him.
"Hehe, what an enviable talent for cultivation! How could someone like you possibly understand the pain of those of us with ordinary talents? The Tianshan Sword Sect even deliberately elevates disciples from aristocratic families, allocating limited resources to them. In the Tianshan Sword Sect, it's impossible for me to make any further progress. What's wrong with me pursuing a higher level of swordsmanship?"
"We cannot work together if we do not share the same ideals! You can go to hell now! Secret meaning - the lotus blossoms!"
"Haha, you're stalling for a more powerful secret technique? Me too. Secret technique - Jingwei Filling the Sea! Taste the secret technique that the Tianshan Sword Sect developed specifically to restrain your Bishui Sword Sect!"
Half of the space in the air occupied by Li Yu was occupied by falling lotus flowers, while in the other half of Liang Han's space, countless Jingwei birds rushed towards the falling lotus flowers.
After the Jingwei bird collided with the lotus, it turned into fireworks and dissipated in the air.
Such a grand scene here naturally alarmed the folk songs collectors, demon hunters and all the swordsmen and sword masters from the aristocratic families.
The Chief Information Officer asked in surprise, "Is this... a battle between sword masters? Have the elders from Lotus Island arrived? The opponent's sword energy is surging with demonic energy. Who is this person? There's actually a sword master-level demon cultivator in Bishui City?!"
The elephant swallowed his saliva, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said
"How is this possible? How did a swordsman-level demon cultivator appear? What's with the newly appeared Lotus Island elder?"
One of the envoys analyzed: "Li Feng's sister is the true disciple Li Yu. Master Li Yu seems to be the last disciple of the Supreme Elder of Lotus Island. This person should not be an elder of Lotus Island, but a true disciple, Master Li Yu's family."
"What? Li Feng actually has such a backer? Damn, if I had known earlier I would..." The elephant cried out in regret.
Butterfly asked doubtfully, "Who is Li Feng?"
"The new demon slayer Xin Jiu, nicknamed the Wizard, you've never seen him before. He's a kid under seventeen! I didn't expect his backing is so strong. Sigh..." Elephant continued sighing.
Snow Wolf was examining the bodies of these deceased cultivators.
"Ten intermediate sword masters, two advanced sword masters. Elephant, the wizard has been promoted to advanced sword master!" Snow Wolf analyzed calmly.
"What? Impossible! The wizard was only a junior swordsman when he first came here two months ago, and only an intermediate swordsman a week ago. I personally investigated it. How is this possible?" The elephant questioned loudly.
The Chief Collector frowned and muttered to himself, "No wonder Li Feng is so anxious. He eliminated nearly ten demon cultivators in one day. It turns out he's forced to cultivate and needs merit points to refine a sword formation! But this sword formation... doesn't his sister care about him?"
He Jue's face was livid. Li Feng had actually surpassed her. She was only an intermediate swordsman. Moreover, Li Feng's sister was actually the most popular true disciple recently - Li Yu.
No one told her this information! Are they trying to make fun of her?
Damn it!
This time, the loss was in vain, and her position as the Collecting Envoy was also lost. Lingcheng He Shi had paid such a high price to make her the Collecting Envoy. This one careless mistake had completely wasted all her efforts.
But what can we do? He is a true disciple!
In reality, True Disciples are half a level higher than Elders. Inner Disciples are the same level as Elders, but those who are under sixty years old and have room for growth are considered Inner Disciples. Those who are over sixty years old and have no room for growth are promoted to Elders.
True disciples focused on cultivation and rarely went on missions. Elders, on the other hand, focused on work and had no room for advancement, so the Sword Sect naturally stopped training them. They needed to come out and contribute to the Sword Sect.
Just like Liang Han, he switched to the Heart Demon Sword Sect in order to obtain more resources for cultivation. However, at the age of sixty, he was only promoted to the advanced swordsman level, and failed to advance to a higher level and lift the age limit for promotion to the swordsman level.
This is similar to the principle that swordsmen must advance to Sword Master by the age of twenty, and to Sword Master by the age of thirty, otherwise there is no room for advancement. This should be a restriction imposed by Heaven on swordsmen.
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