When the flying sword had been in the Immortal's hands, it had held astonishing power, but it had never radiated such extraordinary sentience as it did now.
From this, the claim that the sword spirit had fallen asleep seemed to be confirmed.
Su Shi'er still had his doubts, but he believed most of it.
Yet that made the several times the Wangshu Sword's power had been unleashed rather strange.
As his thoughts turned, Su Shi'er asked, "If the sword spirit was asleep, could the power within the sword still be unleashed on its own?"
Faced with his continued questioning, the Sword Spirit Maiden propped her chin on one hand. "Ordinarily, of course not!"
"But... nothing is absolute! Perhaps it was an unconscious reaction while I was asleep!"
She shook her head lightly, then hurried to explain.
"Then... was this strike an unconscious reaction too? Or had you already awakened when it was unleashed?"
Su Shi'er looked past the Wangshu Sword at the indiscriminate sword energy raging in every direction, his expression thoughtful.
At that moment, the entire Immortal Tomb had become a world of swords.
The fiend that had finally managed to return to life was engulfed in sword energy. Its aura had not faded, but the assault had clearly dealt it a grievous blow.
Su Shi'er's original goal had, in other words, been achieved.
Even his Immortal Body had unexpectedly been spared.
Yet he felt no joy. Instead, his doubts only deepened, and he urgently wanted the sword spirit to answer them.
"Well... it's true that my former master left the power of this sword energy in the Wangshu Sword."
"But if I had unleashed it, even without using my full strength, the Wangshu Sword could never have been limited to this much power."
"What's happening now surprises me