Su Yu stared at the gilded characters on the stone stele, his brow furrowing slightly.
After pondering for a moment, he spoke with Sword Elder through his Sea of Consciousness. "Sword Elder, the six characters say 'not broken by force, but severed by intent.' Could it mean I have to break it with my Sword Intent?"
Sword Elder's voice was unusually grave. "Wait! I sense Domain Power here—and it's an exceedingly rare Spatial Domain!"
"Domain Power?" Su Yu's heart jolted.
Sword Elder's tone grew even more serious. "Domain Power is a force that only Heaven Piercing Realm experts can touch. When the five elemental attributes are cultivated to their utmost, they can give rise to a domain. When Sword Intent reaches perfection, it can become a Sword Dao Domain. But a supreme domain like Time and Space... whoever laid out this trap has likely surpassed the Heaven Piercing Realm."
Su Yu's pupils contracted. "If we can't break it..."
Sword Elder said gravely, "I'm afraid the seven-day limit of the Cloud Dream Ancient Realm won't affect this place. If you can't break it, you'll be trapped in this separate space forever."
Sword Elder paused, then continued, "Worse still, even if you break the stele, if the Cloud Dream Ancient Realm has already closed..." His voice suddenly sank.
"You'll be trapped here for at least ten years, waiting for it to open again."
At his words, Su Yu's heart shuddered.
"Kid, try attacking the stele with your Half-step Sword Intent first," Sword Elder suddenly urged.
"Give it everything you've got!"
He drew a deep breath and followed Sword Elder's instructions, joining the fingers of his right hand like a sword. Half-step Sword Intent gathered in an instant.
A fierce Sword Qi tore through the air and crashed against the stele—
The clash