Gu Qingshan watched his afterimage in the distance.
The sword move had passed, but the afterimage remained.
"Huh? Strange. Why hasn't it disappeared yet?"
Gu Qingshan murmured in puzzlement.
He turned around and saw that his Soul Weapon—the Void Severing Blade—was still floating in midair, continuously absorbing his Soul Power.
Gu Qingshan gradually understood.
He sent his will toward the Void Severing Blade.
Sure enough, the Void Severing Blade gave a faint hum.
The afterimage flew over from the distance and stopped beside Gu Qingshan.
"So that means..."
Gu Qingshan looked at his afterimage and raised his sword.
The afterimage raised its sword as well.
Gu Qingshan slashed out a moon-white Sword Aura.
The afterimage swung its shadowy sword too, slashing out a moon-white Sword Aura.
So it was a shadow that could remain present.
—This Soul Weapon called the Void Severing Blade could condense a human-shaped shadow to fight alongside its wielder.
That was the same as having two fighters against one.
And when the afterimage was struck, it wouldn't immediately disperse. It only needed Soul Power to recover.
As an offensive means, this effect was already quite impressive.
Gu Qingshan severed his connection with the Void Severing Blade.
The afterimage immediately vanished.
The Void Severing Blade drifted gently down, and Gu Qingshan caught it in his hand.
Gu Qingshan pondered to himself, feeling that something about it was a little off.
He infused Soul Power into the Void Severing Blade.
The afterimage appeared again.
And this time, as he infused more Soul Power, it gradually became clearer, almost identical to Gu Qingshan himself.
But the afterimage was still only a phantom. Its face remained cold, without the slightest expression.
Gu Qingshan sent out another arcing Sword Aura.
The afterimage followed with a sword strike, its Sword Aura even