Sword-Intent Wounds

Fang Yue was thrilled. He pressed on, turning his gaze toward the Black Shadow farther away in the black mist.

This time, Fang Yue stared at the Black Shadow for nearly five whole minutes before finally comprehending the sword technique!

And the technique he comprehended this time was...

"System Notification: Congratulations, player [Night Dawn], you have comprehended [Cold Sky Sword Technique/Xiantian]!"

That's right! It was a sword technique from the Xiantian Realm!

At just one glance, Fang Yue was so excited he could barely contain himself.

After all, his Dark Moon Blade Technique was only at the Xiantian Realm!

But when he brought up his status list for a closer look, Fang Yue realized that [Cold Sky Sword Technique] was an Innate Third-class sword technique, nowhere near as powerful as his Dark Moon Blade Technique.

Moreover, unlike the dense ring of Black Shadows surrounding him earlier, there were far fewer in the distance—only a little over thirty. Some weren't even complete Black Shadows, but only half a body, like ghosts. They wielded swords with their upper bodies, while their lower bodies were simply missing.

They were, after all, formed from black mist, so Fang Yue didn't dwell on it.

But when he started learning the sword technique of a second Black Shadow, he noticed that flashes of sword light kept appearing before his eyes.

He lost focus for just a moment...

Whumm.

A black-mist Sword Light appeared out of thin air before him. Before he could react, it had already swept past him with a piercing scraping sound.

"-0!"

Fang Yue jumped in fright, but he hadn't taken any damage at all.

Protected by [Guǐyī], the Sword Light posed no threat whatsoever.

But when the lingering force of the Sword Light rippled against [Guǐyī], it sharpened Fang Yue's understanding of