An utterly unremarkable saber forged from dark iron, in Lin Shuguang's hands... especially now, with all eyes upon him, actually erupted with unbelievable might.
As though mountains were collapsing and the earth were splitting, the air currents across the entire Training Ground were instantly crushed by some force.
A thunderous boom rang out.
Lin Shuguang raised his saber and closed in, charging ferociously amid terrifying, earthshaking roars.
His entire figure resembled a bolt of lightning taken to its utmost extreme, bursting with dazzling light that exploded from a single point in every direction.
At that instant.
In the distance, the new disciples were utterly dumbstruck. That figure leaping through the air and bringing down his saber seemed like a god descending, sending unrestrained ripples through their hearts.
Nearby, the Core Realm disciples who had still resented Lin Shuguang thirty seconds earlier no longer harbored the slightest defiance. They watched in horror as he brought down a strike filled with terrifying murderous intent.
"He-he broke through!!!"
"When did you break through to the high ranks of the Core Realm!!!"
Almost instantly, Ji Daohe's face twisted with the sudden onset of fear.
He was only at the fifth heaven. No matter how hard he tried, he could never match a ninth-heaven expert like Lin Shuguang!
Yet he distinctly remembered that when Lin Shuguang first entered the sect, he had only been in the Profound Connection Realm. How could he... how could he suddenly have reached the high ranks of the Core Realm?
"That's impossible!"
Ji Daohe's mind reeled violently.
When the sword in his hand met Lin Shuguang's power, it snapped with a bang, countless cracks spreading rapidly from the break toward the hilt.
Crack-
Almost simultaneously, this treasured sword, worth countless times more than the saber in Lin Shuguang's hand, met