I stroked the sword Taihua Lord had given me. Lord Tasting Swords poured the rest of his wine over the blade, then staggered off into the distance. Without hesitation, I walked toward the battlefield at an easy pace, naturally keeping a close eye on the fine sword in his hand.
When two powerful fighters clashed, swords played a major role. Even Sword Songs required close-quarters combat; after all, some Sword Songs needed the swordsman himself to break through directly, then draw upon the Sword Realm to forcefully bombard the target, inflicting fierce and brutal damage.
The sword forged by Taihua Lord was indeed excellent. It was completely different from the one I had used against Xia Ruize. Its entire body was emerald green, like colored glass, and it radiated strange ripples of light. I guessed that one of my previous techniques, Heaven's Pride Traversing the World, had become Taihua Lord's blueprint for dealing with me. A sword containing the power of life was absolutely meant to seek survival in the midst of death.
I stroked the Godslayer Sword in my hand. It was not as handy as the Tear of Creation and was slightly shorter than an ordinary sword. I thought to myself that I would clearly suffer a disadvantage in terms of weaponry this time. The sword's shortness was one flaw, and another was that I could not use Illusory Sword Heaven. After all, this was the False Dao-Proving Heaven, where particle-physics Sword Qi was useless.
Lord Tasting Swords entered the arena and stood with his sword planted upright. When the strong wind blew, his body swayed ever so slightly.
I stood far away in front of him and prepared myself as well.
After glancing at Taihua Lord, Lord Tasting Swords knew that it was time to begin. He