Jian Shen had expected for the fight to not be easy and a very tiresome one, but he hadn't guessed how long the fight would last for.
Having started attacking her a few hours back, Jian Shen couldn't even stop and take a small breather to try and recover a little because that would make him lose the only advantage he possessed right now.
And once that happened, he definitely wouldn't be able to regain the upper hand.
Not now, or ever again due to the tiger woman definitely being on her guard around him.
So, Jian Shen had no choice but to keep on attacking no matter how heavy his arms felt due to the tiredness creeping up on them.
Still, Jian Shen kept on raising them and repeatedly slashed towards the tiger woman in a flurry to keep on pushing her back and maintain his advantage.
But, what Jian Shen himself hadn't noticed was how much smoother and easier his movements right now we're in comparison to before.
All of this was due to him comprehending the Intent of Sword unconsciously while fighting against the tiger woman.
Comprehending the Intent of Sword didn't just mean learning how to use Sword Qi more effectively and efficiently.
Though this was also a part of it, comprehending the Intent of Sword was something done to learn the truth about a sword at a most basic level.
How to best slash a sword, how the body should move when holding a sword, the perfect way to defend using a sword, and so on.
But, all of this wasn't possible to understand by just learning the theories.
Therefore, as Jian Shen's body which knew what to do but never did it until one began incorporating the moves unconsciously during the fight, his body was now moving more efficiently than before due to which he was saving a lot of energy while using more strength at the same time.
This was one of the reasons why Jian Shen found himself being able to last so long during such an intense fight, and still have enough energy to continue for a few more hours.
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"This can't go on for any longer."
"Yes. Husband might not know it right now due to him being immersed in the excitement of the battle, but he is drawing too much energy from his soul to make the sight last."
Yup. To comprehend such a complex and high-level Intent of Heaven and Earth like the Intent of Sword, one could only do it very slowly or through absorbing it from the Sword Spirits like Jian Shen did until now.
But, continuously comprehending the Intent of Sword for such a long time wasn't just taxing on the body but it also had a huge impact on his soul which was helping him grasp the information he needed to.
Therefore, if Jian Shen kept on comprehending the Intent of Sword, by the time the right was over, his soul would have been exhausted by a lot and almost impossible to heal in a short time.
And with the soul being one of the hardest things to treat, it was quite possible that Jian Shen would need to spend many years in the Mortal Realm before his soul would become strong enough to bear with the process of ascending into the Divine Realm.
Also, it wasn't just his soul being damaged that had both Qingyu and Juewang nervous.
To try and incorporate such complex moves with the movement of his body, Jian Shen's physique would also find itself greatly weakened when the fight was over.
So, the best thing to do right now was to try and stop the fight.
But, such a situation which allowed Jian Shen to increase his strength on the Path of Sword in such a way wasn't something which happened regularly.
And if they ended up ruining this opportunity for Jian Shen there was also a chance that he would find it really hard if not impossible to enter such a state again.
Due to this, the two women were in confusion about what they should do while Jian Shen who was too intoxicated with the fight didn't even notice what they were talking about.
With a crazy grin on his face, Jian Shen after realizing that he was growing stronger made his tired body move even quicker due to using all of the energy inside him.
Seeing this, the two women sighed and decided that it was best if they stopped Jian Shen right now.
Because he had increased the intensity of his movements, Jian Shen has just made it even harder on his body and soul which were already under a lot of stress.
Thus, Qingyu and Juewang were just about to step in and interfere when they suddenly noticed something weird which caused them to hastily change their decision.
Jian Shen's body which was on the brink of exhaustion instead of turning weak and stopping started absorbing the Qi and Intents of Heaven and Earth around him to heal his body.
And even after it was healed, Jian Shen's body kept on wildly absorbing them and used them to change the composition of his body.
It used the Qi and the Intent of Heaven and Earth to slowly and surely remake his body from the inside out to bring his existence many times closer to the most optimal state it could be in.
But, since the two swords had already used the Nirvana Flame Cauldron to change Jian Shen's body, this process had become many times easier than it was supposed to, due to which it wouldn't be long before Jian Shen's body was remade with purely Sword Qi and the Intent of Sword.
Qingyu and Juewang, however, couldn't let this happen.