The Demon Heart Sword Slave had undoubtedly been a powerhouse who had comprehended an extreme sword path in life. For some reason, his sword heart had been corrupted. After falling into demonic corruption, he lost all memories except those related to the sword path and became a sword slave.
Anyone who could delve into a Great Dao to the point of madness had to have been an unparalleled figure among sword cultivators while alive. Having cast aside everything beyond the sword path to become a sword slave, he had fallen into demonic corruption, but his control over the sword path had become even more extreme and powerful.
Feeling his opponent's aura, Gu Ding could roughly imagine that even if a powerful sword cultivator like Scarlet had cultivated to the same realm, Scarlet's control over the sword path would likely still fall short.
The sword slave before him was a Thousand Layer Dao Realm powerhouse. Given time, he might even reach the Supreme Realm. Of course, a creature whose self-awareness was incomplete could never advance further into the Dominator Realm.
Gu Ding was merely at the Tenth Level Dao Realm. He commanded only eighty-one Great Daos and had not even reached the Hundred Layer Dao Realm. Yet now, he stood alone in the path of the Demon Heart Sword Slave's attack and had even forcibly received his opponent's casual strike.
Having been obstructed, the sword slave swiftly shifted his attention toward Gu Ding. His consciousness was incomplete, but he still knew that whoever hindered his actions was an enemy.
He took the massive sword from his shoulder. The blade was no shorter than he was tall and nearly half a meter thick—enough to serve as a shield.
After removing the greatsword from his shoulder, the sword slave slowly raised it and