Falling sand turned to fire, dense beyond counting, stirring endless ripples through space and covering a thousand miles around, dreamlike and fantastical.
Where the yellow sand fell, mountains upon mountains crumbled into ruin.
This seemed not to be a battlefield, but the place where the most beautiful fireworks rained down.
Most terrifying of all, the Loulan Horn itself possessed a Half-Sage power that only Half-Sages could wield: Illusory Realm Mirage Land.
If anyone below the Half-Sage level encountered this power, they would completely lose all sense of distance and direction, and be trapped to death alive.
For a Half-Sage, its effect seemed minor. At most, it could make a Half-Sage's perception deviate by a few inches. Gu Xu was so powerful that Illusory Realm Mirage Land often failed against him; even when it occasionally worked, it caused only a half-inch displacement.
Gu Xu was strong, and Fang Yun was strong as well.
To a Half-Sage, a half-inch error in judgment was no different from an error of ten thousand meters!
Behind Fang Yun floated four Sacred-Way jade swords.
The first jade sword bore an engraving of an imperial city hanging high above, with all officials gathered and all living beings multiplying. This was the Son of Heaven Sword formed from Ode to the First Emperor!
The second jade sword bore the terrain and watery patterns of the Fourteen Provinces, with mountains and rivers flowing across it. This was the Fourteen Provinces Sword formed from Praising Fang Yun!
The third jade sword bore endless snow-covered mountains, with all things frozen. That was the Snow-Slaying Sword formed from Loulan-Slaying.
The fourth jade sword depicted King Mu of Zhou campaigning against the Kun Rong. It was the Kunwu Sword transformed from the Kunwu Sword.
The four Sacred-Way jade swords rang with sonorous sword