Chapter 276: Opportunity!

Ye Yuan's soul power was now stronger than before, enough to sustain the Flying Sword Art for a while.

However, the Flying Sword Art demanded too much soul power, and he could not sustain it for long.

Moreover, although the Flying Sword Art was powerful, it still gained no advantage against a half-step Crystal Formation expert like Tian Yu.

After a dozen exchanges, Ye Yuan withdrew his soul power and brought back the Canghua Sword.

This time, Tian Yu did not press his advantage; he understood that the same trick was useless against Ye Yuan now.

Tian Yu stared at Ye Yuan with blazing eyes, looking quite excited.

Clearly, he had also fought with great relish in the previous bout.

"It seems you made another breakthrough during our exchange, otherwise you couldn't have escaped my attack range!" said Tian Yu.

Ye Yuan reached out and caught the Canghua Sword, nodding. "Actually, my main cultivation is in fire-type techniques, but I've never been able to grasp the Fire Intent. Just now, under your intense pressure, I gained some insight."

Speaking of this, Ye Yuan could not help but sigh.

In fact, compared to Sword Intent, Ye Yuan should have broken through in Fire Intent first, since he had dealt with fire for most of his previous life and was most familiar with it.

However, in his previous life, Ji Qingyun had never taken cultivation seriously and had never comprehended Fire Intent.

In this life, by a stroke of luck, he embarked on the Nine Heavens Path, and with his own insight, he directly integrated Sword Intent, achieving the embryonic form of Supreme True Intent.

These days, Ye Yuan naturally focused on comprehending Sword Intent and created two extremely powerful sword techniques—Nine Sword Style and Thousand Flowing Petals.

But after cultivating the "Lingzhe Nine Sun Divine Art" for so long, he had not yet comprehended a single fire-type True Intent.

One must know that Lingzhe Divine King, relying on this very technique, had comprehended several Supreme True Intents!

The power of this technique was evident!

But comprehending True Intent required an opportunity, a chance, and Ye Yuan had never found that opportunity.

Today, Tian Yu pushed him into a corner with the fire-type third-rank martial skill Fire Cloud Finger, finally opening that door!

In fact, Fire Cloud Finger and Ye Yuan's Yuan Force Combustion shared the same principle—both enhanced the power of martial skills by burning internal Yuan Force.

They both contained an auxiliary intent of fire-type intent—the Transmission Intent!

This was actually a very obscure intent, rarely comprehended by anyone.

Fire has no fixed form, but it can transform its own energy into other forms of existence.

For example, when boiling water, fire transfers energy to the pot and water—this is a form of energy transmission.

In daily life, such examples are everywhere, and Yuan Force Combustion works on the same principle.

However, unlike Yuan Force Combustion, which is purely auxiliary, Fire Cloud Finger also contains an offensive intent, which is why it is so powerful.

Although Tian Yu's Fire Cloud Finger could not compare to the "Lingzhe Nine Sun Divine Art," his comprehension of fire-type intent surpassed Ye Yuan's!

From this perspective, Tian Yu's talent was indeed astonishing!

And under Tian Yu's pressure, Ye Yuan actually resonated with Tian Yu's Fire Cloud Finger!

It was this resonance that deepened Ye Yuan's understanding of the Transmission Intent, and the auxiliary martial skill Yuan Force Combustion instantly broke through its bottleneck, reaching the Perfection Realm!

With Yuan Force Combustion at the Perfection Realm, the Yuan Force consumed by Ye Yuan when burning it was very little, but the power greatly increased!

That was why Ye Yuan suddenly seemed like a different person, his movement technique becoming extremely fast.

Ye Yuan had dealt with fire all his life and was extremely sensitive to it; he only lacked an opportunity.

Now that this gate was opened, Ye Yuan would become unstoppable!

Ye Yuan was now in a highly excited state as well. Having Tian Yu, who cultivated fire-type martial skills, as an opponent was the best thing for him!

He needed Tian Yu's help to comprehend this True Intent in one go!

"Heh, excellent! I also gained some insights from that fight, and I want to test them out with you!" Tian Yu suddenly laughed.

Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, clearly surprised, and he said, "Shall we continue?"

Tian Yu nodded but said, "Wait a moment."

With that, Tian Yu walked slowly toward the sword he had discarded earlier.

"Huh? What is Senior Brother Tian Yu doing? Why is he going to pick up the sword?"

"He's not planning to continue dueling with Ye Yuan using a sword, is he?"

"Are you kidding? Even when Senior Brother Tian Yu used Bright Moon in the Sky, it was useless against Ye Yuan! Comparing swords with Ye Yuan—isn't that asking for a beating?"

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, Tian Yu picked up the sword from the ground, casually twirled it into a flourish, turned to Ye Yuan, and said, "Let's continue!"

With the sword in hand, Tian Yu's entire aura changed!

Ye Yuan could clearly feel that the Tian Yu now was completely different from the Tian Yu who had held the sword at the beginning!

Although Tian Yu had used Bright Moon in the Sky as his first move, he had been utterly lacking in confidence then. Now, Ye Yuan could sense Tian Yu's strong self-confidence!

Could it be...

Ye Yuan curled his lips slightly and smiled. "Congratulations, Senior Brother Tian Yu. It seems you have truly found your own path!"

Tian Yu was also overjoyed and smiled. "I must thank Junior Brother Ye! Without you, I might never have taken this step! To express my gratitude... I will personally defeat you!"

"Haha, bring it on!" said Ye Yuan.

Tian Yu did not use Bright Moon in the Sky again but made a simple, unadorned straight thrust!

Yet, with this simple thrust, Ye Yuan felt an intense pressure rushing toward him!

With this strike, Tian Yu's sword blade actually glowed with faint red light.

Xiao Jian's pupils contracted at the sight.

"Embryonic form of True Intent! Tian Yu... has comprehended the embryonic form of True Intent!"

Luo Qingfeng was also unable to remain calm. "How many years! How many years has it been since our Cloud Abyss Sect had a strong practitioner with True Intent! It seems heaven blesses our Cloud Abyss Sect—first Ye Yuan, and now Tian Yu! Our Cloud Abyss Sect has hope for revival!"

They did not yet know that Long Tang, who had entered the sect alongside Ye Yuan, had also comprehended the embryonic form of True Intent.

Luo Qingfeng was somewhat losing his composure. When he learned that Ye Yuan had mastered True Intent, although he was happy, he was not as excited as now.

Because he knew that Ye Yuan's monstrous talent had already surpassed the scope of Cloud Abyss Sect, and he would surely not stay in the sect forever.

One day, Ye Yuan would leave Cloud Abyss Sect! And that day might not be too far off!

Ye Yuan's growth was too fast, so fast that the entire Cloud Abyss Sect could not keep up with his pace!

But Tian Yu's comprehension of the embryonic form of True Intent had a different significance!

Tian Yu was the grandson of Supreme Elder Tian Feng. He was born and raised in Cloud Abyss Sect; his roots were here!

Once Tian Yu grew up, he would definitely lead Cloud Abyss Sect to greatness!

Moreover, unlike Ye Yuan, Tian Yu still had a long path of growth ahead.

He had only just comprehended the embryonic form of True Intent; to become a top expert of the Boundless Realm, he would need at least another one to two hundred years!