What Cruelty Really Means!

The brutal battles within the Sword Dao Domain grew increasingly frenzied as time passed.

The closer they came to the Central Region of the Sword Dao Domain, the more complete the sword seals became, and the stronger the sword intent grew.

Many Swordsmen fell along the way, while others completely transformed into Sword Demons, imprisoned by sword intent and becoming sword slaves within the domain.

In truth, every swordsman who entered the domain knew this was a Path of the Strong and understood the dangers within. But having come this far, no swordsman was willing to give up—or rather, they were no longer able to.

Clashes of sword intent between the Swordsmen also unfolded as they advanced.

At this point, their enemies were no longer merely the many sword seals left behind by the Yellow Springs Sword Saint. Their fellow travelers had become enemies as well.

Because whether it was a swordsman or a sword seal, only one could ultimately remain victorious.

Even those Swordsmen who had already obtained part of the Yellow Springs Sword Saint's sword intent inheritance and felt they had gained enough found it too late to leave.

Accepting the inheritance was equivalent to accepting the laws of sword intent contention here.

Even if they harbored thoughts of retreat but did not act on them, they would still be punished by the laws of the Sword Dao, and their sword hearts would inevitably shatter.

Like rowing upstream, if one did not advance, one fell behind.

In this cruel underworld, losing one's sword heart was equivalent to losing the most important source of strength for a swordsman.

No one was willing to live an ordinary life. Losing their strength was even harder to accept than death, so they could only grit their teeth and press onward.

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