But the newcomer did not make Jadebreaker panic. His fingers flicked repeatedly, sending Sword Qi crisscrossing through the air and weaving into a net that slammed straight down!
In an instant, the attacker was forced back. The Sword Qi was razor-sharp; it not only pinned him down but also left countless long, crisscrossing cuts across his body!
As the attacker retreated, his fierce charge came to a halt, and his figure was exposed. He was a man wrapped tightly from head to toe in white cloth. But under the pressure of the Sword Qi net, the cloth had already split in numerous places, allowing wisps of strange white light and incense aura to seep out!
Yet the seepage lasted only a moment. The torn cloth seemed almost alive, brimming with vitality, and began rapidly mending itself. In the blink of an eye, it was restored as before, without a single tear.
But the aura that had escaped through the cracks in that brief moment had not been an illusion, nor did Jadebreaker think it a mere accident. At that instant, even this being, whose existence had sprung from the swordsmanship of an ancient great power, could not help but feel tumultuous waves crashing through his heart.
The discovery was simply too shocking, far beyond anything he could have imagined!
"Seventh Grade Divine Radiance, Incense Faith! Could the person here be a deity? But this is the Scholar Forest, where human culture reigns supreme. Even cultivators and transcendent beings like me find it difficult to enter, and are subjected to all manner of suppression. Deities need not even be mentioned. The moment one entered this place, Literary Thought would likely suppress and seal them. How could one possibly move about freely?"
Jadebreaker had followed Qiu Yan, whose status had continued to