Killing Amid the Mortal Dust

Fang Yun stood within Jade Gate Pass. The brush in his right hand still did not write; it continued drawing in the surrounding heaven-and-earth vital energy. The vital energy around him was clearly already enough to write any Metropolitan Graduate War Poetry, yet Fang Yun kept gathering the heaven-and-earth vital energy of the Chess Realm toward this place.

Qu Hange saw that Fang Yun was absorbing heaven-and-earth vital energy, but he could neither stop it nor disdainfully cared to.

Fang Yun had already chosen the Ink Maiden, Inkstone Turtle, and Mist Butterfly, so he could not use any other Literary Treasures. Coupled with the scarcity of vital energy, the time he needed to write War Poetry had been greatly prolonged. Within a hundred breaths, he could write only three or four poems. During that time, Qu Hange believed he could kill him.

Moreover, the connection between the two True Dragon Ancient Swords and Fang Yun had been completely severed by the "severance" formed by one hundred and eighty thousand soldiers. No matter how capable Fang Yun was, he could no longer control the True Dragon Ancient Swords.

"So, Metropolitan Graduate Qu intends to destroy my Sacred Way?" Fang Yun slowly asked, still continuously gathering the thin heaven-and-earth vital energy.

Qu Hange smiled faintly. "Of course! Still, you truly are formidable. You actually forced me to use one hundred and eighty thousand chess soldiers just to sever the connection between you and your Lip Spear and Tongue Sword. An ordinary Metropolitan Graduate would require only thirty or forty thousand. No wonder you are called the foremost Literary Guts beneath Grand Academicians. If not for the Flood Dragon-Sparrow Twins, my cavalry and chariots would already have been heavily damaged by your True Dragon Ancient Swords."

"If you destroy my True Dragon Ancient