The sword moved with his heart. The flying sword that had rushed behind Baili Chen earlier flew back in reverse.
Before the flying sword could steady itself, the firelight upon it peeled away and sank into the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella, vanishing without a trace.
Looking again, the flying sword had returned to its original emerald-green appearance.
However, in order to push the spell's power to its limit, he had spared no effort in consuming the flying sword's origin essence to bolster the might of the flames.
After this ordeal, the flying sword's radiance had dimmed, and most of its spiritual essence had drained away.
In such a state, it would be extremely difficult for it to recover its original condition without a long period of nurturing.
Su Shi'er did not feel too much regret over this.
To kill Baili Chen, let alone damaging part of the flying sword's origin essence, even if he had needed to self-destruct the entire flying sword, he would not have hesitated in the slightest.
No matter how precious a Spiritual Treasure Flying Sword was, it could not compare to his own life.
Besides, this flying sword had practically fallen into his lap in the first place.
And now that Baili Chen had perished, his Storage Pouch remained on the field, along with four other flying swords he had also wielded.
All the flying swords looked exactly alike. Clearly, they were part of a complete set.
Swiftly putting away the flying sword before him, Su Shi'er's gaze immediately fell on the four flying swords within sight.
Just as he was about to make a move—
At that moment, a crisp voice tinged with surprise drifted over from afar.
"Hmm? I truly never expected that you, having only just broken through to the Second Tribulation Loose