The entire Imperial City of the Northern Yan Dynasty was transfixed by the purple divine sword that had suddenly appeared.
Dense violet sword qi poured from the purple divine sword.
That violet sword qi transformed into a blaze of light ten thousand zhang long, piercing the heavens and forming a colossal pillar of light ten thousand zhang high!
A terrifying aura spread at the same time.
"Th-this is..." Huang Haiwei stared at the purple divine sword in disbelief, his expression a mixture of shock and terror.
Even Huang Haiwei felt afraid of the pressure emanating from this suddenly appearing purple divine sword.
However...
Alongside that fear, intense excitement and greed filled Huang Haiwei's expression.
The pressure released by this purple divine sword alone frightened Huang Haiwei. Yet even the six Spirit Artifacts that had appeared in the Ink Forest Mountains, despite containing immense power, had not released enough pressure to intimidate a Saint Martial Grandmaster.
This purple divine sword, however, had done exactly that!
"A treasure! This is an extraordinary treasure!"
"Something of a higher grade than a Spirit Artifact—very likely a True Treasure!"
"It might even far surpass the True Treasure grade!"
Huang Haiwei was consumed with fervor.
All weapons and treasures were divided into grades. Ordinary weapons were classified as Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. Above Heaven Grade were Spirit Artifacts, above Spirit Artifacts were True Treasures, and above True Treasures were Supreme Treasures.
Apart from Supreme Treasures, which followed a five-star classification, both Spirit Artifacts and True Treasures were divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.
Resources were scarce in the Southern Reach. Even Venerables mostly used Spirit Artifacts, while many Saint Martial Grandmasters still used Heaven Grade weapons.
Precisely for that reason, the six Spirit Artifact black swords that had appeared back then had been enough