"It really is unbelievable..."
Feeling his young, powerful new body, the Sword Saint still wore a face full of astonishment.
To develop Sword Twenty-Three, he had racked his brains and exhausted all his vital essence, spirit, and energy to create this earth-shattering, ghost-weeping peerless sword technique.
Naturally, he knew his own body best. Even if he did not go risk his life against Xiong Ba, he would not have lasted much longer.
Yet after he used Sword Twenty-Three, Mumei, whom he had always regarded as an opponent, had actually stopped it outright!
She had even reversed the sword technique, causing the Sword Domain that had originally devoured his primordial spirit as nourishment to shatter and feed him in return. Using some unique method that defied fate itself, she had restored his body to its peak as well.
Such a miraculous method naturally left the Sword Saint utterly convinced.
Before, he had still thought that if given the chance, he might surpass her. Now, he no longer had such thoughts at all.
The gap was simply too vast...
He had exhausted every means just to vaguely establish a connection with the true Sword Realm, while Mumei could effortlessly reverse and sever it. From this point onward, they were no longer beings on the same level.
She could no longer be his opponent...
"Master, wait for me."
As Xu Yue leisurely drove the carriage with the Sword Saint, along with Dugu Ming and Shi Wuzun, who had been thrown in as a package deal...
Jian Chen, having discovered that his master had vanished, chased after them all the way from behind.
In the original story, he had been the one to display his strength and save Dugu Ming and Shi Wuzun. This time, however, they had still ended up crossing paths.
"Chen'er,