At these words, Yuan Xiao could not help but freeze.
Of course, he did not know the Nine Heavens Emperor personally, but he had certainly heard of the Nine Heavens Emperor. The Burial Extinguishers' investigation into Sikong Jing had even mentioned that this Black Scale kid might be the latter's inheritor or something of the sort.
"Looks like you've heard of him. But you definitely haven't experienced the Nine Heavens Emperor's sword."
"Or perhaps you have experienced it, yet failed to recognize it."
Sikong Jing continued speaking, the sword intent around him growing ever more intense.
This sword intent naturally belonged to the Nine Heavens Emperor. At the same time, his Nine Heavens Imperial Bloodline gradually revealed itself, slowly resonating with the lingering power in the surrounding darkness.
It was resonating with the residual sword intent that had destroyed the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb.
In an instant, Yuan Xiao saw it clearly, his eyes flying wide. Pointing wildly at Sikong Jing, he stammered, "Y-you-you... you're saying that the one who slashed apart the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb with a single strike was the Nine Heavens Emperor?"
Only now did Yuan Xiao come back to his senses and understand what Sikong Jing meant.
Only now did he understand why Sikong Jing could still wield his full strength.
"That's right. It was the Nine Heavens Emperor."
Sikong Jing answered heavily, yet his heart remained overwhelmed with shock. When he had sensed the surroundings just now, he had suddenly realized that the lingering power around them was incredibly familiar.
It was the Nine Heavens Sword Intent.
The person Yuan Xiao had spoken of—the one who had cleaved apart the giant tomb left behind by the terrifying Sword Extinction Emperor—had actually been the Nine Heavens Emperor.
"The Nine Heavens Emperor had almost no inheritors.