The legendary warrior novel Chapter 32

Clang!

In the jungle the air was heavy and moist. Sunlight shimmered through the vast canopy of leaves. All around were trees tall enough to dwarf the highest building. Vines and underbrush made footing unsteady. From every direction, one could hear the hums and chirps of insects, the songs of birds and the myriad sounds of mammals. And, of course, the sounds of battle. Ricky and Jim were fighting, one would strike or feint, then move quickly to try and gain or regain the advantage. The impact between knife and sword sent sparks flying as if they were trying to shape iron... or gold.

Hiss!

Suddenly, the earth trembled, and a huge crack opened in the ground. Ricky's saber met Jim's sword again. And they both were thrown back by the force.

The onlookers could see that both of their arms were trembling due to their exertions.

"If that's all you got, Jim, maybe you should throw in the towel! Give up your status in the Snow Sect, and I might not kill you," Ricky sneered, looking at Jim's gloomy face.

As for the two young men standing on the sidelines, they were dumbfounded. Connie's disciples were no less stunned.

Among outer disciples in the Snow Sect, only those who were in the top ten would have been able to fight with Jim for so long. And it shouldn't be possible even for those who attained the ninth grade of Skin Refinement to beat Jim.

And now, Ricky did it at eighth.

Hearing Ricky's taunt, Jim said nothing. His credibility was already in doubt. He boasted that he could take Ricky down with a single blow. Well, they'd traded multiple strikes back and forth.

Now, the only way he could redeem himself was to kill Ricky.

Clank!

Jim flew into a rage. And the sword in his hand began to make a huge thumping sound.

When the sword was making the sound a white light formed and enveloped the sword.

That light was definitely not the gathering of spiritual energy. It was another kind of power. The light was emitting strong power and seemed to be drawn to Ricky. That fact made him shiver.

'That light—what is it?' Ricky shifted his focus from combat and stared at the light coming from Jim's sword.

"Is that the sword-light ?"

Ricky said suddenly, with a suspicious doubt yet mixed with admiration in his eyes.

When a warrior started training, he would take the spiritual energy from the heavens and earth to gain supreme power. If he combined the energy with his weapon, he'd have a better connection with his weapon, be able to use it more effectively.

And the combination of warrior and weapon was governed by three other forces.

Those three forces were the Light Apperception in the first level, the Intent Apperception in the second level and the Soul Apperception in the top level.

When a warrior had reached a certain level of comprehension and feeling about the weapons they used, the connection between the warrior and the weapon was called Light Apperception, which was the very first and shallow level.

If the weapon a warrior used was a sword, then the force would be shown as the sword-light. If it was a knife, then it would be the knife-light.

Light Apperception had ten grades. After completing all ten grades, warriors would reach the Intent Apperception. By then the force would show itself as the sword-intent. After another ten grades of the Intent Apperception, it would be the Soul Apperception. When a warrior reached the top of these three levels, the warrior and his weapon would finally act in one.

Those who could gain Light Apperception were gifted. Those who mastered the Intent Apperception were someone of greater comprehension. Those who could reach the Soul Apperception were among the world's greatest geniuses.

As for the true unison after the completion of the Soul Apperception, no one in the Misty South had ever reached that level.

"The energy of the sword-light!" When Ricky figured it out, he sighed again with seriousness.

Though he had never seen the energy of the sword-light, he had heard of its power, power enough to fight against a superior warrior.