Those words caused an uproar.
"That wasn't Superman. Probably some animal flying past."
A male student said, "No, that was clearly a Sword Immortal. I saw a figure fly in on a sword."
"Holy shit, how is that possible? Now we've got Sword Immortals too? Dude, you've been reading too many novels."
Another girl screamed excitedly, waving her arms. "No, that's not it! I saw it too! I swear! It was only a flash, but there really was a Sword Immortal! He flew in on a flying sword-a blue-green flying sword trailing flames of light!"
"Actually, I saw something blue-green too... but I couldn't make it out."
"Blue-green? I saw it too. It just whooshed straight into the hotel. I thought it was an unmanned rescue drone!"
"Did anyone get it on camera?"
"Probably not. It was too fast. By the time you reacted, he was gone, never mind filming him."
"I think I got it! Too bad I only caught the sword and his feet, not what he looked like! But immortals really do exist in this world! They do! I really got it on camera! Come take a look!"
One or two people might have been easy to dismiss, but seven or eight people were shouting about it, and someone had even filmed part of it. That changed things.
Could it be...
Had an immortal wandering the mortal world really stepped in to help?
"Immortal, please save my wife and daughter!"
"Save my husband!"
The police chief hurried over and snatched the camera from the reporter who was shouting that he had filmed it.
On closer inspection, he really had captured that blue-green flying sword.
It had charged into the sea of flames without hesitation.
It was only a sword, yet it gave off an earth-shaking air of