Eight-Faced Tower, Eighth Layer.
"Xu Taiping of the Azure Profound Sect, are you truly willing to give up ascending the tower in exchange for a chance to test blades with me?"
Hearing that Xu Taiping would rather give up ascending the tower than forgo testing blades with him, Blade Slave once again revealed a trace of a "living person's" emotion on his cold, impassive face.
"Senior Blade Slave, please grant this junior a chance."
Xu Taiping nodded, his gaze utterly resolute.
His decision to forgo ascending the tower directly and instead test blades with Blade Slave had come after careful consideration. It was no impulsive act.
First, judging by his experiences throughout his journey through the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, the dangers on each floor were greater than those on the floor below.
So even if he could get lucky and bypass Blade Slave on this Tenth Layer, he would still have to face an opponent stronger than Blade Slave when he reached the Eleventh Layer.
Rather than that, he might as well use Blade Slave as a measuring stick to gauge how strong the opponent on the eleventh floor would be.
Second, just now, when he sensed the sudden changes in Blade Slave's blade intent and blade force, many insights had suddenly come to him.
Perhaps this time, while testing blades with Blade Slave, I can gain some grasp of the blade qi profound connection Senior Blade Ghost once mentioned.
Xu Taiping murmured inwardly.
According to Blade Ghost, his current sabre arts were already very close to blade qi profound connection. All he lacked was that final leap across the threshold.
And if he could master blade qi profound connection now, he would have nothing to fear, whether facing Blade Ghost before him or the unknown opponent on the