Amid a soul-shaking tremor, that scarlet sword light actually cleaved the entire black pool apart, then drove straight through into the Netherworld beneath it.
The instant the sword light pierced the Netherworld, everyone sensing it with their Divine Souls could even hear endless ghostly wails beneath the black pool.
Was that the Yellow Springs?
The question rose unbidden in everyone's hearts.
Bang!
Just as everyone wanted to listen more closely to the sounds of the Yellow Springs, the black pool and black hands vanished together, and the gate to the Netherworld's Yellow Springs slammed shut with a tremendous crash.
The previously deathly silent Sword Platform and stands erupted in a deafening uproar, while shouted questions kept appearing in the Spirit Mirrors used to watch the battle.
The cultivators watching through the Spirit Mirrors all wanted to know what those present had just seen with their Divine Soul Power.
Yet those present were equally bewildered.
After all, even across the Five Heavens, only a tiny handful knew the secrets of the Avīci Sword and the Mad Monk.
Xu Taiping immediately sent Fairy Lingyue a voice transmission, asking:
"Sister Lingyue, Second Senior Brother unleashed that sword strike just now, didn't he?"
Fairy Lingyue answered through a voice transmission:
"He did."
With deep admiration in her voice, Fairy Lingyue explained to Xu Taiping:
"That he could strike at those ghostly hands and the Yellow Springs means your Second Senior Brother retained not only his sanity, but his cultivation as well."
"Next, he only needs to improve himself little by little within the Yellow Springs and build up his strength. Given time, he might truly defeat the Mad Monk hiding there in a Sword Inquiry."
At this point, Fairy Lingyue's voice suddenly grew somewhat excited. "If he really can slay that Mad Monk, your