Without Precedent

On the fifteenth level, every swordsman's Sword Domain was at the early stage of the second level.

On the sixteenth level, it was the middle stage of the second level.

On the seventeenth level, it was the late stage of the second level.

If it had been his former self, dealing with three to five swordsmen would have been difficult. After all, his Sword Domain had only been at the peak of the second level, merely a small stage above the late second level. One-on-one, he could easily suppress an opponent. Against three to five at once, however, it would have been somewhat difficult. He could only rely on extraordinary swordsmanship to kill them, and would still face some danger himself.

In truth, Ye Chen was a special case. If it had been anyone else, having just broken through to the third level of Sword Domain, they could at most have reached the fifteenth level. Reaching the sixteenth would have been one in a hundred, if even that.

Yet Ye Chen had reached the seventeenth level.

This could not help but be called an anomaly.

Only one's own family knew one's own affairs. Ye Chen knew that what had allowed him to reach the seventeenth level was not primarily his third-level Sword Domain, but his ability of Mind Sword Control.

Reaching the third level of Sword Domain did not necessarily mean one would grasp Mind Sword Control. But anyone who had grasped Mind Sword Control would certainly have reached the third level of Sword Domain, perhaps even the fourth. The two were related, yet not inevitably so.

With Mind Sword Control, Ye Chen's close-combat strength had surged severalfold, and his overall strength had risen by an entire tier. Of course, Mind Sword Control was one thing, but his attack power