"Lin, we won't attract the Abyss Behemoth's attention by killing these lice, will we?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"You don't need to think so highly of yourself," Lin said.
"I see. I'm not even worth as much as a speck of dust." Gu Qingshan gave a self-deprecating smile.
"Exactly," Lin agreed.
"So I can fight to my heart's content."
As he spoke, Gu Qingshan pulled the hood of his dark Silent Cloak off his head.
The Thorn King Armor was made of pure light, while the cloak looked like a black mantle draped quietly over his shoulders.
Darkness and light, cloak and armor, made Gu Qingshan look like a sacred emissary.
"That armor looks good," Lin said, sizing him up.
The Thorn King Armor possessed three defensive divine abilities: "Elemental Annihilation," "No Harm," and "Divine Mandate." It was the most powerful armor Gu Qingshan had ever seen.
That was why this ancient armor had earned a word of praise from Lin.
"I'll go try it out," Gu Qingshan said.
He reached into the void and drew out a long sword as clear as Autumn Water. Then he leaped into the air and shot toward the clouds.
Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Qingshan plunged into the monster horde.
Surging Sword Aura illuminated the night sky.
Lin looked up.
Gu Qingshan charged through the monster horde, taking a few hits now and then but emerging without a scratch.
But whenever he swung his sword, the monsters let out shrill, agonized screams.
Blood rained down from the sky.
Gu Qingshan still didn't let up. He caught the Earth Sword as it streaked in from the distant sky and wielded both swords at once.
One sword shattered ten thousand techniques; the other annihilated ten thousand things.
—The wielder of these twin swords was a Sword