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#254 - The gap in realm!

The words had barely left his mouth when the old man proactively approached Liang Yue, not waiting for his reaction.

He moved lightly and swiftly, like a phantom, yet with remarkable agility.

In terms of pure speed, Liang Yue would naturally not be at a disadvantage. With his physical prowess far exceeding that of ordinary people, he could certainly be much faster than the old man.

However, in terms of combat experience, especially in battles against masters, the old eunuch clearly surpassed him by a significant margin.

Liang Yue was like a high-powered supercar, just starting to rev its engine when he was struck by a flying needle.

With a "swoosh," it came swiftly and fiercely, head-on!

Moreover, the old eunuch's timing was perfect, as if the flying needle wasn't a needle but his finger, directly suppressing Liang Yue's momentum!

This blockage caused a wave of frustration in Liang Yue's heart.

However, Liang Yue didn't panic. Facing the incoming flying needle, he calmly ducked, simultaneously unleashing a horizontal sweep with his longsword.

A golden sword light flashed, and an invisible sword wind seemed to materialize from thin air, instantly creating a fan-shaped arc blade in front.

The old man, relying on his smooth and agile lightness skill, dodged to the side with a contorted posture, and with a tap of his foot, he shot towards Liang Yue with a strange smile on his face.

His withered fingers instantly curved into claws, as if he wanted to engage in close combat.

However, Liang Yue wouldn't be so foolish. After the previous probing, he now understood that his combat experience was inferior to his opponent's.

Moreover, if he were to be engaged in close combat, not only would his swordsmanship be useless, and his sword light unusable, but he himself would be entangled by the opponent.

Therefore, the fellow decisively tapped on the city wall, instantly transforming into a phantom and shooting towards the side, while simultaneously thrusting and slashing at the opponent with his swords, the cold light chilling!

Seeing the old eunuch gracefully dodge, Liang Yue suddenly stomped hard in mid-air, activating the One Reed Crossing the River ability again, instantly shooting out like lightning.

He wielded his dual swords like two chainsaws, creating a dazzling array of sword light in front of him.

However, it was all in vain. The little old man seemed to have predicted it in advance. Without any apparent movement, he seemed to be swinging on a swing, performing a high-difficulty reverse glide, plus a gyro drift…

His movements looked so carefree and comfortable, and after finishing, he casually launched another flying needle.

However, Liang Yue, after all, had the advantage in physical strength. Whether it was speed or reaction ability, he was far superior to ordinary people. Even if the opponent's movement was strange, he could adapt accordingly.

"Hey!"

Facing the embroidery needle shot towards the vital point on his waist, the fellow gave a light shout and decisively stomped hard in the air again, instantly changing his rapid forward rush into a diagonal upward flight.

At the same time, he took advantage of the momentum to do a front somersault, and the dual swords swept back, instantly unleashing two thick sword energies.

"Clang~"

Accompanied by a crisp sword hum, two deep and long slashes instantly appeared on the city wall.

In contrast, the old eunuch still maintained a calm and composed appearance, gracefully dodging the attack of the sword energy with a light side jump.

Immediately afterward, he launched another flying needle, but it was also swatted away by Liang Yue, who had slowly landed.

"It's a pity that when I was practicing 《Great Hammer Fist》, I only focused on body refinement techniques, and didn't delve deeply into other fist techniques and swordsmanship."

"Otherwise, with my physical fitness and reaction ability, I might have been able to go head-to-head with this old man for a while today."

"But in the end, I should still be lacking in cultivation. Pure combat experience can never reach the level of the opponent!"

"Does this Innate Realm, in addition to stronger power and higher quality of true energy, also have other aspects of deep-level growth?"

"Qi induction? Crisis warning? Or even the more mysterious Observation Haki…"

"In short, this should be a gap in mental skills."

"No, I have to play with him some more!"

…

Having made up his mind to figure out where the gap was, Liang Yue immediately changed his offensive strategy. He no longer blindly pursued a one-hit kill against the opponent.

He even stopped pursuing the need to kill the opponent.

Instead, he opened his phoenix eyes wide and focused on observing all the opponent's reactions, from facial changes to body movements, and even every small, subconscious action in response to the enemy.

While attacking, Liang Yue also invisibly increased his attack speed, wielding his two longswords airtight, and attacking towards various vital parts of the opponent's body.

However, the result of doing so was no different from his previous battle with the old eunuch. He still couldn't do anything to the opponent.

But in this process, Liang Yue did observe some different things.

That is, the opponent seemed to always maintain a certain peaceful state, his mind immersed, his spiritual power showing some signs of diffusion, and his whole person seemed to be integrated with the surrounding environment.

Whenever he made a move, the intention of his attack, and even the angle and direction, could be captured by the opponent.

Under the traction of a certain qi mechanism, the little old man seemed to have turned into a leaf in the wind, and every attack of Liang Yue seemed to be fanning the opponent.

The result obtained was nothing more than the feedback given by the opponent based on his own attack.

This is a huge gap in realm!

"Is it because my cuts are not accurate enough, or my sword speed is not fast enough?"

With a sense of confusion in his heart, Liang Yue subconsciously stopped his attack at this time, and gently leaped backward, pulling away from the opponent by more than ten meters.

Looking at the old eunuch's somewhat breathless appearance, Liang Yue also understood that his previous attack was not useless, at least he had consumed a lot of the opponent's physical strength.

If this momentum continues, the person who wins in the end will definitely be himself.

But what's the point of that?

Relying on his physical fitness far exceeding that of the opponent, but still unable to quickly take down the opponent, already shows that his cultivation is too shallow.

It's better to keep him, anyway, this old man is in this Dadu Imperial City, and come to fight him every once in a while, at least he can be a sparring partner for himself~

An Innate-level sparring partner is not something you can find anywhere!

"Another battle another day~"

After having this decision in his heart, Liang Yue no longer insisted on victory or death, lightly leaving a sentence, and his whole person suddenly disappeared into the night sky.

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