Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 728: Long Sword Defeating the Enemy
With a loud bang, under the impact of the powerful forces of both sides, the building under Wilhelm's feet suddenly collapsed and broke.

But in the eyes of both the enemy and us, the world slowed down at this moment. The flying debris from the buildings and the wood chips from the bursting spears were all slowly flying outwards, while the two of them seemed to be frozen in mid-air.

The eyes of both parties crossed and looked at each other in the air.

Wilhelm only then saw the opponent coming towards him clearly. He was dressed in Dashun military attire, with his smock and scarf fluttering behind him, and the weapon that shattered the spear was a sharp long sword.

Chen Chuan stared at the opponent, and his sword directly chopped off the opponent's weapon. Under such an attack, if the opponent had no advance preparation, he would have no time to adjust. The next moment, he could move his sword forward and directly cut off the enemy's head, even if the enemy's strength was close to his.

This is the advantage of seizing the initiative.

But Wilhelm was well prepared. Among the fragments of the exploding spear, there was still a white spear core in his hand, and it was still about the same length as Xue Jun's sword.

The unique design of this gun is to use the outer layer of the gun body to relieve force. The exploding gun body just relieved a lot of force at once, and Xue Jun's sword was slightly deviated by the impact.

At this moment, Wilhelm suddenly grabbed the gun core and stabbed it towards Chen Chuan's figure.

And the next moment, a faint light appeared on the tip of the gun.

This is undoubtedly the power of spiritual perception. In a confrontation at the same level, if there is no means of resistance, the battle will be over in an instant.

Chen Chuan stared straight ahead with a calm gaze. The Xuejun Knife in his hand had already deviated half a degree. If he wanted to turn it back, he usually had to readjust it. The timing of this adjustment was enough for his opponent to poke him with the gun.

However, at this moment, the long sword in his hand suddenly moved at an extremely fast speed, and it was actually a second-stage force!
And in the process of stabbing forward, a faint light appeared on the blade!
With a bang, the long sword hit the side of the opponent's gun core this time. The two spiritual lights collided with each other, and the surrounding light dimmed for a moment, and even the surrounding air seemed to be distorted.

Only spiritual perception can counter the power of spiritual perception, but after these two rays of light collide and overflow, what follows is the collision of the power of gun and knife!
The Fanhe book that Wilhelm studied highly emphasizes the unity of spirit and body. To cultivate the body is to cultivate the spirit, and to cultivate the spirit is to hone the body. Therefore, in his attacks, the two are highly condensed into one.

One strike carries both spiritual and physical impacts, and they cooperate with each other to cause greater destructive effects.

Normally, few people can block his shot, because if the fighter's mind and body are slightly out of coordination, he can tear apart this unstable connection and make a fatal blow.

However, this collision was beyond his expectations. As a practitioner of Fanheshu, he could feel that the opponent's mind and body were not in perfect coordination. This was normal, because under most practice systems, the progress of the fighter's body and mind was unbalanced, and this was exactly what he wanted to take advantage of.

However, to his surprise, he was unable to shake the opponent during the collision. The opponent's physical strength was much stronger than his. Even if his mental strength was also one level higher than his, in fact, no matter the mind or the body, as long as one of them was missing, he could find a loophole. But now both of the opponent's powers were superior to his, which resulted in him not only failing to break the enemy's momentum, but instead becoming the one who was suppressed by the backlash.

A force was transmitted from the core of the gun to his body. Although most of the force was absorbed by the alienated tissue in the gun, some of it still impacted the alienated tissue in his body, affecting his ability to exert his strength. He could foresee that the gun body would eventually be shaken open a little, resulting in a small gap.

In a high-intensity confrontation, even a slight difference can be the key to victory. If an experienced opponent makes good use of this deviation, while maintaining this advantage and gradually expanding it, he can win.
In a battle between two opponents of similar levels, this process is almost irreversible unless the attacker makes a mistake himself.

But he would never bet that Chen Chuan would make a mistake. People at their level would not make such a low-level mistake.

So at this point in the confrontation, it seemed that he had already lost. However, at this moment, his eyes lit up with a light that seemed to be twinkling stars, and the alienated tissue that was originally suppressed by the impact of the force suddenly became active. Not only was it no longer affected, but it seemed to be stronger than before.

This is because he practiced and went through the trials of suffering recorded in the Book of Vanhe.

After going through this test, when you feel you are in a desperate situation, you will be able to recover and not only make up for the losses caused by the setback, but also become stronger than before.

And because he has experienced three trials of suffering, he has three such adjustments. After each adjustment, his physical fitness will be improved. By the third time, he believes that his strength will be unmatched.

At this moment, he seemed unaffected by the impact just now. He stabilized the slightly trembling gun core in time, and forced it back to collide with Xue Jun's sword that was coming at him again.

This time, not only his strength was enhanced, but also his spirit was enhanced from being slightly weaker than the opponent to being a little bit higher than the opponent. This little bit was enough for him to exert the strengths of his own strength. Next, he just needed to deflect the opponent's blade a little bit, and then he could take the initiative of the attack in his hands!
There was a faint light on both weapons at this time, but the power of the heart was overflowing, so before they collided, the forces had already begun to collide and compete with each other.

Chen Chuan immediately felt that the opponent's overall strength had improved, and he could roughly guess what secret technique the opponent had used.

In fact, at this time, he only needed to overlap the second self and directly break through all obstacles in front of him, but he did not do so.

When the blade collided with him again, the force he used had a new change, and he instantly absorbed the opponent's force without any effect, and slashed out the third time without being affected at all! This was the spiral force from Lian Wei's heavy control of Fan Mo.

He could simulate this kind of power from the old state religion, but he couldn't make it as round and smooth as Fan Mo. However, he didn't need to do so. All he had to do was absorb the power and launch an attack quickly.

At this time, his strength is still higher than that of his opponent, so he only needs to maintain the momentum of the attack to gain the advantage!
This time, the forces of both sides collided again. Wilhelm's improved physical fitness still could not completely resist the impact of the force that penetrated into his body. However, his tenacious strength made him more excited, and his body instantly underwent a second transformation.

Not only that, because he felt the incomparable sense of oppression coming from the enemy, on the basis of the second level of transformation, he instantly entered the third level of counter-transformation.

This time, his strength, speed, and spirit were all improved to an unprecedented level since his combat training. The core of the gun turned, and it seemed that instead of being affected by the collision, it took the initiative to find Xue Jun's sword.

Chen Chuan's eyes were deep at this moment, like a bottomless pool. Xue Jun's sword flashed, and he rushed forward to meet him.

When the two weapons came into contact, there was no sign of collision like before.

The opponent's surging power seemed to have entered a hole. At the same time, a force almost twice as strong as before burst out from the sword.

Assistant Ling’s penetrating power!
Now he was in mid-air and could not guide the enemy's force to the ground, but he could pass it directly to Hong Fu. Although he could not gather several times the strength at one point and explode it like Assistant Ling, just doubling the strength would be enough.

The blade shook the gun core with a bang, and then the blade flashed forward and passed across Wilhelm's neck with a swish.

Wilhelm’s eyes suddenly widened. Although his head was cut off, it had not yet left his body.

However, at this moment, the great excitement of being on the verge of death made him see the fourth level of suffering trial that he could never break through.

This level of trial required a complete transformation in a state of near death, and he could truly feel it now.

At this moment, although his body was dead, his soul was still alive.

The strong desire to survive made the spirit feed back to the body and drove the spear, which could no longer be felt, to move quietly. He estimated that after this move, Chen Chuan's strength had been used to the limit and was on the verge of exhaustion.

As long as he brings the gun, he will be able to kill his opponent with one blow, and then with the strong mental stimulation after the victory, he will be able to overcome this difficult trial. By then, he will not only be able to reattach his head, but also reach a higher level in his cultivation.

However, before the spear turned, Chen Chuan bent the long sword in his hand, and the sword light that had already been slashed out did not fade away, but was brought back again, and he held it with both hands and raised it high.

What he used at this time was the power of the Flying Dragon Fist!

The Flying Dragon Fist uses fists, but the principle is the same. The moves are made in mid-air in a circular motion, and the previous move drives the next one. It can also take advantage of the enemy's momentum and not exhaust your strength.

And this move can be called Flying Dragon Sword Slash!
The knife in his hand suddenly chopped down, and with a "swish" sound, the knife light flashed from top to bottom, passing through Wilhelm's body, and a semicircular cut appeared in the air, as if splitting the atmospheric dust in half.

Although they exchanged several moves in the air, because the speed was too fast, it was not until this moment that both sides showed signs of falling.

With a thud, Chen Chuan's feet landed on the ground, and Wilhelm also landed on the ground at the same time.

There was a crackling sound and a constant falling of dust and gravel around the two of them.

Chen Chuan stared at Wilhelm with a knife, while the latter kept holding the gun. After a moment, the light in his eyes dissipated, and the gun core in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. Then his head fell down, and then the headless body split into two halves, each falling to both sides, leaving a cloud of dust.

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(End of this chapter)