Whoosh!
The moment those words were spoken, the entire scene fell silent.
A crack finally appeared in the tranquil, ancient-well-like expression on Li Xiaoyun's aged face.
He slowly narrowed his eyes, and the two stone swords within them trembled faintly.
A terrifying Sword Intent belonging to the Quasi-Emperor Realm rose from within him like an awakened ancient beast.
The void for ten thousand miles around began to tremble faintly.
"You arrogant little brat."
At last, his voice carried an uncontrollable chill.
"Do you truly think that, just because you possess some peculiar method, you can run wild before this old man?"
"This old man has cultivated for over eight thousand years. The so-called geniuses and monsters I have seen outnumber the roads you have walked."
"You are not qualified to spout wild words before me!"
He raised his hand. Without gathering power or forming any seals, he merely pressed lightly toward the countless swords in the sky.
Buzz—
A grayish-white Annihilation Sword Intent silently spread from his palm!
That Sword Intent differed from every kind Chen Qingshuang had ever seen. It bore neither sharp, icy brilliance nor dazzling radiance, only a desolate aura as still as dead water and as barren as a wasteland.
The instant that Annihilation Sword Intent touched the first flying sword—
That flying sword seemed to have all its spirituality and sharpness drained away. Its blade rapidly turned dull gray-white before shattering inch by inch into fine powder that drifted through the void.
One sword, ten swords, a hundred swords, a thousand swords...
In just a few breaths.
Nearly ten thousand swords around Chen Qingshuang withered away into ashes all at once!
The swords she had painstakingly gathered from sword sects, secret realms, and ancient ruins throughout the Great Wilderness were utterly annihilated at this moment,