Chapter 84: Slaying Triangle Head

Dailisi had glanced at Jiang Yan’s live stream before matching, so he quickly recognized him.

His triangular head tilted upward, his expression arrogant and disdainful as he looked at Jiang Yan. “So you’re Jiang Yan?”

Jiang Yan remained silent. With a flick of his finger through the air, a massive saber wreathed in black Qi materialized above Dailisi’s head and swiftly descended.

“Holy shit, no honor among warriors!”

Dailisi hastily retreated, using every ounce of his skill to dodge the attack.

The triangular head panted slightly, his gaze toward Jiang Yan now tinged with seriousness.

“This person’s strength might not be inferior to mine, but that last move was extremely dangerous. He must have expended a great deal of energy and definitely can’t use such an attack again.”

Thus, the triangular head laughed heartily and recklessly charged toward Jiang Yan.

Dailisi moved as fast as lightning, his figure vanishing from the live stream camera. A hurricane, dozens of meters tall, suddenly appeared in the dueling arena, roaring and clawing its way toward Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan stood motionless in place, a barrier of Astral Qi composed of Saber Intent forming before him.

“You have successfully blocked this attack, triggering 【Blade Bearer】 Parry and Counter.”

【Above the Saber Saint】 (Red): Your Talent in the Saber Way increases by 1000%. When you perform saber-type attacks, you gain a 100% damage bonus. When wielding a saber (conceptually), your attack speed increases by 100%.

Jiang Yan: If I say it’s a saber, then it’s a saber.

What, I’m not wielding a saber? Nonsense. You just can’t see it—that doesn’t mean I, Jiang, am not wielding one!

“Ugh—”

A muffled groan echoed from within the hurricane before it rapidly dissipated. Dailisi was flung out by the powerful wind force, covered in wounds as he collapsed to the ground.

“How is this possible? He didn’t even make a move. How could I be injured?”

Jiang Yan smirked sinisterly, taking step after step toward Dailisi.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

With each step Jiang Yan took, a “saber” empowered by Saber Intent and the Chaotic Void Ancestral Spirit pierced Dailisi’s limbs.

No one could see where the saber was, but they could clearly glimpse hints of it from the gruesome blood holes on Dailisi’s body.

Such a bizarre method of attack sent shivers down everyone’s spines.

“What… what kind of attack is this? Why is the Starian prince nearly dead when Jiang Yan hasn’t even made a move?”

“Damn, is this even human? With all that clanging, I thought a ghost was knocking on the door.”

“Gotta say, this attack method is pretty flashy~ If I could learn it, it’d be awesome.”

The Starians were even more furious.

“Despicable human, what underhanded trick did you use?”

“This dishonest race must have tampered with the game data. @Myriad Realms Ladder official, kick this cheater out of the Myriad Realms Ladder!”

“Myriad Realms Ladder Official: Friendly reminder, there are no cheats in the Myriad Realms Ladder (smile).”

“Myriad Realms Ladder Official has kicked user 【1394xxx46】 out of the live stream room.”

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While these onlookers enjoyed the spectacle, the true experts were deep in thought, carefully analyzing Jiang Yan’s moves.

Blue Star, inside the conference room.

Martial Saint Cangyuan’s lips twitched slightly, his ox-like eyes wide open as if trying to fit an entire egg inside.

“This… this is…”

He muttered something repeatedly, but the words were vague and indistinct, irritating the other Martial Saints around him.

Especially Qin Wufeng, who was closest to Cangyuan Saber Saint, couldn’t help but elbow him in the side, grumbling irritably:

“What are you muttering about? You’re acting all weird—did Babata scramble your brain?”

Feeling the pain in his side, Cangyuan Saber Saint finally snapped back to his senses. Unexpectedly, he didn’t retort at Qin Wufeng. Instead, he stood up excitedly from his seat and shouted:

“It’s Saber Intent! That kid has mastered Saber Intent!”

“What!”

Qin Wufeng lost his composure and plopped down, crushing the leather chair beneath him.

“Are you serious? You’re not seeing things?”

“Nonsense! If I couldn’t even recognize Saber Intent, what right would I have to call myself a Saber Saint? I might as well switch careers and become a butcher.”

The others also had a strange gleam in their eyes as they looked at Jiang Yan. Their gaze was no longer merely the appreciation of elders toward a junior.

Instead, it carried a hint of trepidation.

It was the astonishment and speculation that came with facing the unknown.

“This kind of Talent… is he even a Blue Star Person from our Human Race? Could he be some big shot from a major clan who’s been reborn?”

Cangyuan Saber Saint stared unblinkingly at Jiang Yan in the live stream, doing his best to keep his tone steady.

“I started practicing the saber at six, mastered Blade Momentum at seventeen, fought my way through countless prodigies, and became the top among the younger generation.”

“But the further I walked the Saber Way, the more I realized how difficult this path was. It wasn’t until I was eighty that I comprehended the legendary Saber Intent.”

“Looking back at the history of the Blue Star Martial Way, which saber-wielding genius didn’t take two or three hundred years to comprehend Saber Intent? I thought I had achieved something unprecedented and that it would be a long time before anyone could match me.”

“Sigh, who would have thought… barely a hundred years later, someone has already surpassed me, and that person is only eighteen years old…”

Cangyuan Saber Saint gazed at the figure on the live stream screen, his eyes filled with emotion.

The others had only had a vague understanding of Saber Intent before, but after hearing Cangyuan Saber Saint’s account, their expressions shifted dramatically. They finally grasped just how terrifying it was to comprehend Saber Intent at such a young age.

In the live stream, as Jiang Yan took his final step, a chaotic blade swiftly pierced Dailisi’s triangular head.

“Congratulations, victory is yours.”

【Name】: Jiang Yan.

【Ranking】: 9100

“The Myriad Realms Ladder has detected that your strength far exceeds that of players with similar rankings. To ensure a fair gaming experience for other players, you will now be matched with opponents across a wider ranking range.”

“Do you accept?”

Jiang Yan: “Accept.”

Soon, Jiang Yan entered the matching mode once again.

To be honest, ever since joining the Myriad Realms Ladder, Jiang Yan’s matching time had often been longer than his actual combat time.

Taking advantage of the downtime before being matched, Jiang Yan skimmed through the bullet comments in his live stream room.

Ever since that Starian user who accused Jiang Yan of cheating was kicked out by the Myriad Realms Ladder officials, no one in the live stream room had accused him of hacking anymore. Instead, there was a lot more verbal abuse. These Starians didn’t dare to criticize the officials, so they directed their anger toward Jiang Yan instead.

Of course, the Blue Star People in the live stream room weren’t pushovers either.

With “your mother” as the center and ancestors spanning eighteen generations as the radius, the flood of profanity had reached a level that was practically unmentionable.

Jiang Yan clicked his tongue in amazement. “This is one thing the Myriad Realms Ladder does well—its translation function is incredibly advanced, and it doesn’t enforce bans. It’s practically the new generation’s dark web.”

Soon, Jiang Yan was successfully matched.

【Name】: xx

【Ranking】: 6000

“This time the gap is quite large, finally I don’t have to grind the ranking bit by bit.”

Jiang Yan shook his arms and quietly waited for his opponent to appear in the Dueling Arena.

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