"Your dedication to the sword path is admirable. Unfortunately, I have no interest in crossing blades with anyone."
Tan Taiqing continued speaking, a cold glint flashing through her eyes.
With a sweep of her sleeve, the Snow Plum Sword flashed, carving a long line between herself and Liu Hua.
"Cross this line, and you will not prove your sword—you will only lose your life!"
Liu Hua's advancing body was not affected in the slightest.
He said nothing, yet his actions made his decision clear.
The resolute look in his eyes made his determination to prove his sword all the more apparent.
Having formed a Sword Heart at the Out of Body stage, compared to his own life, he wanted even more to know what lay beyond the Sword Heart.
Su Shi'er stood behind them. Several pills dissolved within his body, working together with the power of the phoenix inside him to rapidly repair his damaged meridians and his severely depleted Cultivation Body.
He did not speak to stop Liu Hua's decision.
Ever since their first meeting in the East Sea Archipelago all those years ago, he had known well of the other man's obsession with the sword path.
Fearless and undaunted, seeking life in the face of death—this was the foundation of Liu Hua's ever-advancing attainments in the sword path.
In the blink of an eye, Liu Hua had reached the long line on the ground.
Seeing this, killing intent surfaced in Tan Taiqing's eyes.
The aura belonging to a Spirit Severing stage cultivator surged rapidly at this moment.
Her earlier words had not merely been empty threats.
"Wait!"
At that moment, Shao Ai, the Xuan Nu Tower's First Tower Mistress, who had shown little movement until now, flashed forward and landed atop the line. She stood between the two,