The black-bearded middle-aged man's voice surged with icy chill. Yet he was no longer in a state of explosive rage; it now carried violent, frenzied killing intent.
"I misjudged you. I truly misjudged you."
"I never fully controlled the Sword Extinction Inheritance Hall, nor did I believe anyone in Boundless Sea could obtain the Sword Extinction Emperor's true inheritance. Yet you actually got it."
Why had the black-bearded middle-aged man been willing to throw people inside when he had clearly not fully controlled the Sword Extinction Inheritance Hall?
It was because he looked down on all humans of other races and never believed that anyone from Boundless Sea could obtain the Sword Extinction Emperor's true inheritance.
Especially Sikong Jing—he had not taken him seriously in the slightest before.
Just some minor genius who could barely pass his sword-intent formation.
Yet who could have known that the person he had completely dismissed would be chosen by the inheritance rules the Sword Extinction Emperor had left behind during his lifetime the moment he entered the Sword Extinction Inheritance Hall—and even be granted the Sword Extinction Imperial Bloodline?
Who could have foreseen that?
The black-bearded middle-aged man knew all too well just how high the Sword Extinction Emperor's standards for inheritance were.
This should have been utterly impossible, yet it had become possible.
Even Purple Bamboo, a reincarnator of a Heavenly Emperor, had failed to obtain the Sword Extinction Emperor's Imperial Bloodline. Of course, that had something to do with Purple Bamboo being a reincarnator at the level of a ferocious beast Heavenly Emperor—but even a reincarnator of a human Heavenly Emperor might not necessarily obtain it.
"Now, you have two choices."
"The first is to come back and become a Burial Extinguisher for me. I will take you as my disciple, make