Chapter 407: Chapter 145: Perception Mirrors Myriad Things, the Intents of the Three Saber Techniques Fuse

Just then, an elegant figure quietly arrived at the edge of the arena. It was Li Qingxue.

She had mustered her courage to find Chu Fan and discuss her insights on saber techniques, but the breathtaking display of saber light before her had completely captivated her, making her forget her original purpose.

"This... is this really my Li Family’s ’Seven-Star Bead Slash’?"

Li Qingxue stood frozen on the spot, her face filled with disbelief.

This speed, this power, this seemingly endless, ferocious assault where each slash was faster than the last...

Even the ancestor who created this saber technique, as recorded in the Li Family’s annals, probably couldn’t have executed it to such a degree!

This was definitely not an ordinary Lower Grade saber technique.

The power and Mental Realm it displayed rivaled middle-grade Martial Arts, and perhaps... even surpassed them!

Li Qingxue was mesmerized. She unconsciously drew the saber at her waist and, following a vague instinct, began to silently swing her blade off to the side, trying to mimic the rhythm and spirit of Chu Fan’s saber techniques.

Seeing this, Fatty and Jiang Yuanfan quickly retreated several more yards, afraid of getting caught in the wake of the incomparably sharp Saber Qi and suffering an unnecessary injury.

The afterglow of the setting sun bathed the Martial Arts Arena in a warm golden light. But the crisscrossing flashes of brilliant saber light in the center were even more dazzling than the sunset, and far more chilling.

Just as Li Qingxue was immersed in practicing the "Seven-Star Bead Slash" alongside Chu Fan...

Chen Xuan, who had recently been promoted to Guardian of the Seven Stars Gang, arrived in the company of two elders from the Cao and Li Families.

Chen Xuan was there for his routine visit to guide Zhao Tianxing in his cultivation and help him break through to the Entering the Realm of Strength.

As for the two elders from the Cao and Li families, they had come looking for Chu Fan to have him entertain some guests, as many people from other gangs and Noble Families were visiting the Seven Stars Gang today.

However, the moment the three of them reached the edge of the Martial Arts Arena, their feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move another inch.

All the words they had prepared were stuck in their throats, replaced by expressions of stunned disbelief.

Their gazes were all drawn to the ghostly, phantom-like figure in the center of the Martial Arts Arena, and they couldn’t look away.

Chu Fan’s long saber was moving so fast it was no longer visible. All they could see were endless layers of brilliant saber light...

The light from the saber was like an inverted river of stars, like a torrential storm, completely enveloping an area several yards around him, so dense that nothing could get through.

The piercing sound of the air being split, like countless bolts of silk being torn at once, made their scalps tingle and their hearts pound!

Not far from Chu Fan, Li Qingxue was biting her lip, concentrating fully on imitating his movements.

Although her saber was far slower than Chu Fan’s and her technique was unrefined, the openings, transitions, and power generation of her saber techniques were clearly from the same source as his—it was the Li Family’s "Seven-Star Bead Slash"!

"Such a fast saber... Such an exquisite saber technique!"

Chen Xuan subconsciously rubbed his eyes, then whipped his head around to look at the Li Clan Elder beside him, whose lips were slightly parted in shock.

His voice was raspy, a dryness even he hadn’t noticed. "Elder Li... the saber technique Fan is practicing right now... it is, it’s your Li Family’s ’Seven-Star Bead Slash,’ isn’t it?"

The Li Clan Elder stared intently at the dazzling display of saber light in the arena, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down.

His lips moved for a long moment before he finally answered in a voice as coarse as sandpaper, full of uncertainty, "I think... so?"

"Bullshit!" the Cao Clan Elder next to him yelled. "Since when was your Li Family’s ’Seven-Star Bead Slash’ this fast? When did it ever have this... this kind of power that could tear through anything? Look closely! If he aimed that slash at you, could you block it?!"

The Li Clan Elder turned red, choked by the retort, but he couldn’t argue back. He could only crane his neck and insist, "But the sequence of techniques is clearly our Li Family’s ’Seven-Star Bead Slash’! Not a single move is different!"

"Otherwise, how could Qingxue be practicing along with him? Would she mistake her own family’s Secret Skill?"

At these words, Chen Xuan and the Cao Clan Elder froze simultaneously, as if struck by a bolt of lightning.

That’s right. Li Qingxue was practicing alongside him. That was the most solid proof!

’But... but is this really the "Seven-Star Bead Slash"?’

’Could the "Seven-Star Bead Slash" actually be this powerful?’

Chen Xuan’s cultivation was at the Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm, making him a top expert in Cyan Yang Ancient City. His eyes were naturally sharp.

Yet at this moment, even straining his vision to its limit, he could barely catch the strings of residual images left by Chu Fan’s saber!

The saber light was simply too fast, the techniques flowing together seamlessly, yet they possessed an indescribable beauty...

And it wasn’t just his saber that was fast; his Body Technique was also shockingly swift, leaving behind strings of residual images!

They had no doubt that if Chu Fan were to slash at them, they would be decapitated before they could even get a clear look at the saber’s light!

"This... this saber technique... even a Divine Power Realm expert would be terrified to see it, wouldn’t they?"

Chen Xuan muttered to himself, voicing the terror in all three of their hearts.

The Li Clan Elder, recovering from his initial shock, felt an indescribable sense of pride and relief well up inside him.

He stroked a nonexistent beard and said smugly, "Heh heh, now you see how amazing it is, don’t you? Back when Fan wanted to learn this ’Seven-Star Bead Slash,’ that girl Qingxue agreed without a second thought. She didn’t even consult us old geezers!"

"Looking at it now, Qingxue and Cao Feng really have a sharp eye!"

"If Qingxue had actually come to discuss it with us back then... Hmph, according to our ancestral teachings, we old fossils might not have agreed to pass on the Li Family’s Secret Skill to an outsider!"

Hearing this, Chen Xuan and the Cao Clan Elder both shot him a silent, sideways glance. The meaning in their eyes couldn’t have been clearer: ’Just enjoy your good fortune and stop putting on an act!’

The Cao Clan Elder took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and said in a low voice, "Fan mentioned before that he wanted to fuse our Cao Family’s ’Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber’ with the Li Family’s ’Seven-Star Bead Slash’ to create an entirely new saber technique."