Four Ounces of a Spirit Sword Deflect a Thousand Pounds; the Ten-Thousand-Jun Emperor Sword Breaks Its Own Defense
Whoosh! The ghostly aura filling the sky receded like a reversing tide, transforming into whiplike, vine-like shapes before all of it withdrew back into his body.
His white hair faded to black, his nine tails shrank back around his waist, and the three blood streaks on his forehead dimmed and vanished.
At the sound of swords ringing, Master Shou, who had been arrogantly unmatched in his Ghost Beast transformation, instead resembled a sharp sword returning to its sheath, reverting to the plain and unadorned Xu Xiaoshou.
At that moment, the many ancient sword cultivators around Yujing City all turned grave.
It had come...
Ye Xiaotian held his breath as well. Comparing Xu Xiaoshou in this back-to-basics state with the surrounding Sword Immortals—especially Mei Suren—he came to the same conclusion: it had indeed come...
His flamboyant swagger had withdrawn, and the restrained coquettishness of an ancient sword cultivator had emerged! "Buzz—"
When Emperor Sword: Duzun, one of the five great Chaos Divine Artifacts, collided with the third-grade spirit sword Hidden Pain in midair, it sent forth a startling Sword Thought.
That Sword Thought nearly solidified into substance as the two interwove and blended, seemingly evenly matched.
Yet after merely a few breaths, it turned overwhelmingly one-sided, becoming surging golden sword aura that swept across Yujing City and flooded in every direction.
"Ying..."
Hidden Pain was shaken away and fell into its master's palm, pitifully lodging a complaint.
Feng Zhongzui, holding the Dao-Transmission Mirror, recorded this scene and broadcast it throughout the Five Domains.
To be overpowered in their first exchange immediately sparked widespread doubts. "Hidden Pain? It looks like an ordinary spirit sword... fourth-grade? Third-grade? It may be expensive, but is it worthy of Master Shou's noble status?"
"Where are Xu Xiaoshou's Yousi Sword and Yanmang? An ordinary spirit sword would