Initiate the Game, Laozi, Layout!

These three swords are interconnected, but previously Wang Junze only comprehended the first two. As for the third sword, he was clueless, and during conversations with Luo Qingxuan, he guessed that this sword begins to involve the core of Chess Swordsmanship, which cannot be comprehended through mere hard work but requires insight in battle.

Since entering the Extreme North Wilderness, Wang Junze has actually experienced many battles, which unknowingly accumulated his understanding of the third sword.

Now, being forced into a desperate situation by Lin Kaiwei, it seemed as though Wang Junze's full potential was also forced out.

In a flash, everything from his encounters with Lin Kaiwei and even Lin Yong surfaced in his mind, and naturally, he completed a prediction of Lin Kaiwei's sword.

Strike as a layout.

In the layout, it's not just about confronting directly; you can also choose to predict the opponent's attack to avoid its edge, accumulate power to complete the layout, and thus smoothly transition into the Fourth Sword, Strangulation!

"Buzz!"

The Sword Edge trembled slightly, and in an instant, Sword Qi like rain exploded, but instead of clashing hard against Lin Kaiwei, it wove a Sword Net in front.

Boom!

The terrifying Sword Aura slashed down onto the Sword Net, tearing it apart instantly, yet each touch seemed to radiate a backlash force, allowing Wang Junze to dissipate the force in this process and suddenly borrow the power to fly backward.

"Puff!"

Although most of the force was neutralized, Wang Junze, despite being in mid-air, was still wounded by the residual force, spitting out a mouthful of blood. After landing, he staggered back several steps before barely standing firm.

"This is impossible!!!"

In an instant, Lin Kaiwei's pupils contracted violently, looking at Wang Junze in disbelief, shouting in shock and anger.

That sword almost completely overturned Lin Kaiwei's understanding; he had never seen such a mysterious Swordsmanship and could not understand how Wang Junze achieved it.

This bewildering doubt unrestrainedly converted into an indescribable fear.

Who could imagine that just ten days ago, Wang Junze was merely in the Opening Veins stage!

"So that's how it is..."

Ignoring Lin Kaiwei, this moment Wang Junze was still immersed in the previous sword.

The reason for his injury, aside from Lin Kaiwei's indeed strong power, mainly lies in his too shallow understanding of the layout sword. Or rather, lacking the cooperation of the core Heart Method, his prediction was far from truly precise, with many errors.

From a perfect perspective, if the sword had been precisely predicted earlier, it could perfectly dissipate the force, without suffering any harm, even in this process finding the opponent's flaws and weaknesses, counter-attacking smoothly, completing the Fourth Sword, Strangulation!

But, unfortunately, Wang Junze was indeed far from such a perfect state.

Even so, Wang Junze's gain was still immensely significant.

Most importantly, upon realizing this sword, looking at Lin Kaiwei, Wang Junze then clearly perceived that aside from the Refining God Realm cultivation, Lin Kaiwei's understanding of Sword Dao is indeed too weak.

The so-called burning of Divine Soul's eruption was merely a simple enhancement of power, and in terms of Sword Techniques, there still was no change.

That's precisely why, even with shallow understanding of the layout sword, Wang Junze still blocked that deadly strike; otherwise, if faced with a true Sword Dao master, the same power would certainly be enough to kill him several times over.

Of course, these are all later matters.

The current battle is truly the crucial point.

Raising his head, wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth, Wang Junze showed a brilliant smile and said softly: "Master Lin Si, it seems I overestimated you; mere trash like you dare to claim as Refining God? And even dare to duel Brother Lu?"

These words were somewhat exaggerated; Lin Kaiwei's power among the Refining God Martial Artists was already relatively strong. Although not comparable to Lu Qing, he was certainly not weak, but the current Wang Junze was indeed rather monstrous.

"Too weak! Ah-Man, Nini, today let's join forces to slay a Refining God and see!"

"Okay!"

Having just been slashed by Lin Kaiwei, Ah-Man was also annoyed, and in the life-and-death moment, he dared not resist but instead withdrew. If not for Wang Junze erupting with powerful Sword Techniques, Wang Junze would have already died, and they would naturally have lost this battle.

"Brother Jing Yuan, if you don't help, Nini will be angry."

On the other side, Nini poutingly said to Jing Yuan, displeased.

"No need for me to act. He burned his Divine Soul but couldn't kill Wang Junze; his strength is exhausted. If he doesn't flee... he will surely die!" Jing Yuan calmly replied with a slight shake of his head.

In fact, Jing Yuan's words indeed exactly spoke of Lin Kaiwei's inner thoughts!

The failure of the previous sword had already stripped him of the courage to continue fighting, regardless of the consequences, better than actually dying here.

Mind racing, Lin Kaiwei shouted sharply: "Wang Junze, you colluded with deserters to harm my Lin family disciples, sinful beyond forgiveness; you will surely die!"

As the words fell, Lin Kaiwei suddenly burst out, grabbed Lin Yong from the ground, leapt onto his horse, and swiftly fled into the distance.

However, the direction of Lin Kaiwei's escape wasn't towards Jubei City, but... continued north!

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