What was a sword?
A sword was a deadly weapon.
What kind of person was Gu Qingshan?
He had been a cook and a general. He had dabbled in archery, spellcraft, Martial Dao, and other arts; he was quite accomplished in formations, knew how to build Mobile Armor, and was a master performer.
Though he had many skills, when he held a sword in his hand, he had only one identity.
He was a sword cultivator.
Back when Gu Qingshan had killed people in Trist's Treasured World, the Blood Sea Demon Lord had personally watched him fight through the Phantom Tracking spell.
The Blood Sea Demon Lord had told Su Xue'er that Gu Qingshan was an unreasonable man.
—That wasn't to say he was overbearing by nature.
In fact, Gu Qingshan was usually quite willing to listen to other people's opinions, as long as they made sense.
What he meant was that in a fight to the death, no matter how many skills you had, once Gu Qingshan drew his sword, you would have no time to use any of them.
Because you would already be dead.
That was Gu Qingshan's fighting style.
That was where he was unreasonable.
His sword was fast.
Very fast.
The Heavenly Sword flashed—
BOOM!!!
The earth was as if pierced through by a meteorite, sending a sandstorm of rocks billowing up to blot out the sky.
"Everyone dies."
Gu Qingshan murmured softly as he walked into the sandstorm.
—He had unleashed the ninefold Taiyi Startling Dream Sword Formation all at once.
This was the power of the Heavenly Sword: Heavenly Judgment.
"Heavenly Judgment—at a certain point in time, you can immediately follow up with three, six, or nine identical attacks."
The Taiyi Sword Formation, unleashed with all his might, had merged with the Thunder