I opened my eyes. The rune-light on the formation platform was still bright, and as it gradually spread, it activated runes that had never lit up before. These were the rune restraints that would only open after victory. Just as expected, a gate like a vortex appeared where the formation disk I had been sitting on was.
Layer upon layer of stairs wound downward, while lines of light blazed all the way down like neon lamps. But the passage was too deep to tell where it led.
Yet everyone seemed neither particularly surprised nor interested by the opening of the gate. Instead, they stood there staring at me. Even the sly and cheerful Qing Weixin wore an utterly astonished expression.
"Big Brother Xia! You're amazing!" Qing Weixin finally cried out happily. Old Man Qingwei seemed to have just come to his senses, but the shock had never left his face. Wasn't the condition of winning with the Jade Purity lineage's swordsmanship harsh for anyone? Yet I had defeated the female sect master of the Immortal Sect of Enlightenment. To them, it was simply inconceivable.
In truth, the female sect master's strength was indeed formidable, but she was not invincible, and her weakness was obvious. The Supreme Purity lineage's swordsmanship was fierce and carried an air of unrivaled arrogance. But this female sect master happened to lack Li Poxiao's spirit of staking her life against her opponent's. If she had been willing to exchange her life for mine against that first sword, the outcome might have been better.
The problem was that her probing intent had been too strong. She had not chosen to go all out with her first sword, but had instead fought with the aim of winning. That was dictated by her personality. In other words, even though