Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts Formation (Part 1)
“Keep your voice down, will you.”
“Hahaha, jealous, aren’t you, Rodent? I am power. If you don’t tone down that hubris, I’ll end you.”
Mu Yu was ecstatic to see his glowing dragon vine and the power on par with his own. In other words, he had succeeded. As for the spiritual qi cost, Wood Spirit Sword had him covered. Therefore, as long as the dragon vine and Mu Yu could still put up a fight, Mu Yu could put away anyone with equal cultivation or below.
“From now on, you can just stay behind me, and watch me dominate while shaking in your boots.” The dragon vine sprayed another blast, creating another crater.
“Don’t let it go to your head! Mu Yu, pass me Profound Formations. I’ll find a formation that we can use to fuse. I don’t care about the output, but I have to look cool doing it. I’ll blind Big Earthworm with my coolness!”
Mu Yu tossed Profound Formations to Xiaoshuai even though he doubted the latter could’ve found a compatible formation so easily. He just wanted to get back to studying the sword slash on the ground. Nevertheless, the dragon vine, in a jovial voice, commented, “Since the technique is now different to the original Falling Dragon Roars, I need to give it a new name as I’ll be the one executing it from now. I’ll call it ‘Dragon Vine Roars’ to ensure I’m credited and because it sounds nice.”
“How about ‘Big Earthworm Roars’?” ridiculed Xiaoshuai, flipping through Profound Formations. “I was the one who came up with the idea. You should be thanking me. It should be called ‘Xiaoshuai Roars’! Make sure to cry the name out loudly when you use the technique. Is that clear? Make sure to stress the ‘Xiaoshuai’ part for extra power. If you mess the technique, cry, you’re shameless.”
“I might as well cry ‘Piss Poor Roar’ – even that sounds better. Your suggestion might kill them with laughter, instead.”
“Isn’t that better? While he’s laughing, just bomb him.”
“Why isn’t it called ‘Mu Yu Roars’, then? Aren’t I the primary component?” questioned Mu Yu.
“Xiaoshuai Roars or nothing else.”
“Dragon Vine Roars!”
“Xiaoshuai Roars!”
“Okay, shut it. We’re calling it Wind Falling Dragon Roars, a combination of the original technique and formation.”
“Whatever floats your boat. I’ll always be calling out ‘Dragon Vine Roars’. Rodent, you can just curl up when the enemy comes. We’ll handle them.”
“Just you wait. I’ll find a technique so good that you’ll want to dig a hole to hide from!” Xiaoshuai flipped through the pages so fast that he couldn’t convince anyone he read more than two characters. Suddenly, he shut the book and remarked, “My bad. I don’t need formations. I could control Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts on my own.”
“You sure?” Mu Yu questioned.
Xiaoshuai sat on Profound Formations and scratched his head. “I forgot. I saw a vague image when I was examining the sword qi at Celestial Sword Hill. I’m not sure why I saw them. All I know is that I seem to have some recollection after watching you show Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts. Mm… Mu Yu, use Wind Interlinked Hearts Formation again, and I’ll see how much of Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts you’ve grasped.”
Mu Yu activated the eight trigrams formation underfoot again, summoning forth Wind Interlinked Hearts. Upon hopping into the formation, fragmented memories gushed into Xiaoshuai’s mind. Since their minds were all linked, they all saw a man subduing the five spirit lords with nine swords.
“Xiaoshuai, how do you have Shifu’s memories?!”
“I don’t know myself. I told you the sword qi at Celestial Sword Hill was familiar. The weird images just came to mind after I sensed the sword qi.”
“Rodent, how are you and Sword Shadow Dust Gale related?”
“Maybe he wanted me to share his memories because I’m cool.”
Xiaoshuai jumped to the southeast and saw Mu Yu’s vision of Dustfallen Swordplay’s seventh technique – Heavenly Lightning Strike. Xiaoshuai twirled his tail, drawing spiritual qi to himself. He then assumed an akimbo pose and pointed to the sky. “Xiaoshuai’s Heavenly Lightning Strike!”
The green eight trigrams formation switched to blue, shining a blue light onto Xiaoshuai. He drew Wood Spirit Sword’s spiritual qi to himself. As the blue light on him started to grow aggressive, his fur stood up.
“Big Earthworm, check out ultimate sword technique – Xiaoshuai’s Heavenly Lightning Strike!”
Lightning bolts moved from around Xiaoshuai to his hand pointing at the sky. A blue lightning sword formed at the tip of his hands, and he fired it at the dragon vine!
“You asked for it. Dragon Vine Roars!” The dragon vine fired back its sword spirit as a big sword.
Boom! As spiritual energy emanated from the collision, the sword slashes on the ground exuded sword spirit as they resonated with the two’s clash. Unexpectedly, the sword qi of Celestial Sword Hill formed an apparition that performed all of Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts.
“Sh-…fu?”
The clunky and confusing feeling dissipated for Feng Haochen flowed through each technique so smoothly, each movement refined. Every time he swung his sword, formation lines would appear around him. He’d then draw another sword from a void to execute the next technique. Each technique executed was enough to obliterate landscapes. He sheathed the sword into a void and drew the next sword.
Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts Formation allowed one to reinvent the way swords were drawn. As long as the mind envisioned the sword, one could manifest it from anywhere. That was the power of a swordsman who rules the nine heavens with his swordplay.
“This is Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts sword formation?” Mu Yu instinctively mimicked the movements of Feng Haochen, inching closer and closer to the missing component he was seeking.
Mu Yu didn’t realise there was some one watching him from afar. To his defence, they had literally blended in with the rocks, hiding their presence perfectly.
“No wonder why I could never make sense of it. I could never comprehend the sword formations unless I understand Celestial Swords Nine Catalysts. Sword Shadow Dust Gale, you win again…”
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