The intangible yet formidable sword intent had completely shrouded the entire ice palace, making the already tranquil and serene hall seem like a pool of stagnant water.
Within this range, Jiang Dali and the others all held their breath and focused, remaining utterly motionless. Their clothes seemed tightly pressed against their bodies, unable to shift in the slightest.
Only Nameless's eyes seemed to blaze with dazzling sword light, fixed directly on the Realm Breaking Bead atop the hilt of the Dali Fire Qilin Saber. Powerful sword intent invaded the Realm Breaking Bead, once again launching a century-spanning battle between gods and saints, using the heart as the sword and the eyes to unleash moves.
Any sword move, any sword intent, was a change in a person's thoughts and heart.
Thus, in theory, when masters exchanged moves, as long as one's eyesight was sharp enough, staring at the opponent's eyes would allow one to detect changes in their moves and sword intent a step ahead, because fluctuations in one's gaze were reflected far faster than the body's reactions.
The eyes were the only "window to the soul" that revealed what the heart thought.
Back then, the two had compared swords in this very same way. Neither needed to move, nor did either need to draw a sword.
For the heart was the sword, and changes in one's gaze were changes in sword moves.
Whenever sword intent arose in Nameless's gaze, the Sword Saint would immediately sense the change in his move from the shift in his eyes, responding in kind with his own gaze to counter each move. Yet these were only superficial exchanges. The truly formidable clash lay in the "sword intent" contained within their eyes.
At this moment, Nameless's heart and eyes released sword intent and sword moves deep