"The City-Burning Sword?"
Wang Jingxian suddenly spoke from beside him, a hint of gravity entering her cool voice. "Do you mean... the demonic sword Dong Zhuo once wielded at the end of the Eastern Han, slaughtering Luoyang's people and burning the city in a sea of flames?"
"You are well-read, Sima Wang."
Xue Ne nodded heavily. "Precisely that infamous 'City Incinerator,' which drank countless lives' blood! Historical records say Dong Zhuo committed his atrocities with this sword. The wronged souls beneath its blade rose in towering waves, and its killing intent was so immense that it could supposedly turn into raging fire and burn entire cities to ash. The sword vanished after Dong Zhuo's defeat and death. Who would have thought it would end up in Swordforging City and even acknowledge Xiao Zhu as its master... But something is strange. Xiao Zhu shows no abnormalities while wielding it. Not a trace of evil energy leaks from him, nor does he show any sign of being corrupted by the sword's nature. Yet the City Incinerator Sword's power is undeniably real..."
At this, he glanced at Wang Jingxian.
Wang Jingxian understood at once. "General, you suspect... the Xiao family shares Dong Zhuo's bloodline? And that is why they can control his sword?" Just as she could wield Wang Jian's Army-Breaker.
Army-Breaker possessed an exceedingly murderous nature, but it did not harm members of the Wang family.
At most, it intimidated those who tried to make it acknowledge them through their bloodline.
Against other sword thieves, it had always struck without mercy!
"There is scarcely any other explanation."
Xue Ne said, "Though the histories claim Dong Zhuo's entire clan was exterminated, in those chaotic times, it would not have been impossible to arrange for one or two descendants to conceal their names, assume