The Dragon Scales before Ao Wo released a vast, mighty force, forming a thousand miles of shimmering waves. Like the waters of the Northern Sea overturning, they became a desperate, all-out strike aimed at Fang Yun.
Lei Wu likewise unleashed the full power of the Sovereign-Heaven Literary Platform. Heaven's majesty and a monarch's authority became his strength, while his Ancient Sword Sovereign Authority radiated the grand imperial aura of a nation's ruler, dividing commanderies and counties, establishing prefectures, as though it could hack anyone into eight pieces.
Two mighty forces surged toward Fang Yun. Peng Zouzhao's ancient sword, Calamity, went straight for Lei Wu's sword, and the Calamity Ancient Sword's first supreme calamity of True Name Power, Premature Death, appeared.
Death before adulthood was untimely; death before twenty was a life cut short; death before marriage was a life broken off. These three powers of death merged into one and instantly met the power of the Sovereign-Heaven Literary Platform. But however strong Peng Zouzhao was, he was still a Hanlin Academician, and however weak Lei Wu was, he was still a Grand Academician. A moment later, the platform's power crushed the True Name Power of the ancient sword Calamity, though its own strength was reduced by nearly half.
Then a strange scene unfolded. The armless Hanlin Academician Peng Zouzhao's ancient sword Calamity split into three, its speed soaring. After slipping sideways past Lei Wu's Ancient Sword Sovereign Authority, it struck thirty times in succession, each thrust of its tip landing on the side of Ancient Sword Sovereign Authority.
An instant later, Ancient Sword Sovereign Authority let out a mournful cry and was forced back.
With his formidable technique and sword control, Peng Zouzhao, the foremost swordsman among Hanlin Academicians, utterly defeated Grand Academician Lei Wu in their Tongue Sword duel.