Under the suppression of several top-tier elemental powers just below Existential Power, the two forces were finally restricted to a balanced state. Brando could feel Verdant slowly absorbing the power of the Nature Orb within the Jade Dragon Sacred Sword. Once this power was completely absorbed, the Ancient Phoenix Jade Pendant should no longer be so restless.
Of course, that was only how things should go if he looked on the bright side.
Brando could only pray that Lady Martha would not play a joke on him.
Still, he had confirmed that this sword indeed possessed part of the Nature Orb's power, exactly as he had previously suspected. Although his intervention had nearly gotten him killed by the Tirmosians, he had at least gained something from it and had not suffered a completely pointless loss.
However, he could clearly sense that the aura of the Nature Orb within the sword was extremely faint, and its elemental laws were incomplete. Clearly, this sword had existed far, far longer ago than the Azure Spear Azure Sky.
He could not move at the moment. He could only lie silently amid the ruins and wait for Verdant to finish its work. At the same time, his mind was still somewhat muddled. The effects of the golden liquor clearly had not worn off yet, and dizziness and drowsiness came rushing over him wave after wave. He struggled to remain conscious, his thoughts wandering through the events of earlier.
He thought of the Realm of Stagnation mentioned by Huang Huo, and the Heart of the Azure Dragon within it. Based on what Delphine had told him in her diary, he now strongly suspected that the Jade Dragon Sacred Sword, like Xinna and the Dark Orb, had been dismantled and forged into many different sacred artifacts back