"Arrogant fool!"
In midair, Luo Zhen stood suspended in the void. Lin Changqing's words had thoroughly enraged him, and the killing intent in his eyes seemed about to condense into substance as torrents of vicious baleful energy churned around him.
His gaze sharpened, sword intent raging around his body. He suddenly pointed skyward. "Boy, you have completely enraged me. This sword was originally meant to be revealed only during the Seed Trial, but you have made me very unhappy today, so I'll use you as a sacrifice to my sword ahead of time..."
Clang!
As his words fell, sword qi shot from Luo Zhen's fingertips straight into the nine heavens.
An incomparably powerful sword intent tore through heaven and earth. It was as though the primordial cosmos was evolving, endlessly arising and perishing. Boundless sword qi gathered, forming an ancient, terrifying Giant Sword above the nine heavens that descended from the sky.
Amid the roar of sword qi, the mountain-like ancient sword cleaved down, ripping apart heaven, earth, space, and time. Endless destructive lightning aura radiated from its blade.
Bolts of lightning as thick as water barrels coiled around the sword, erupting with the might of flashing lightning and rolling thunder, intent on utterly annihilating Lin Changqing.
"My heavens, what terrifying sword intent! It is enough to rip apart heaven, earth, space, and time."
"Go, get out of here, quickly..."
"Has Luo Zhen gone mad? To unleash such power within Thousand Mountain Academy—is he trying to wipe out that newcomer completely? Isn't he afraid the higher-ups will punish him?"
"Hmph... He isn't mad. He knows perfectly well what he is doing. Now that he has lost face, if he cannot kill that newcomer and recover his dignity, he will have a hard time getting by in Thousand Mountain Academy from