106: Sword Heart Clarity! The Sword Heart of the Void!

Tang Jia Third Young Master's strike was truly intended to kill.

He was almost going crazy; the mission failed, not even ashes remained of the demonic sword's slaughter obsession, so how could he account for it to Tang San when he returned?

Without completing the mission requirements for cooperation with Tang San, he wouldn't be able to enter the Nine Nether Cold Spring of Heavenly Nether Hall, and the Perfection of the Nine Nether Profound Yin Body's shaping he was currently planning would be greatly delayed!

It was all Lu Yu!

It was one thing to snatch away Liu Yunshu, the Cauldron he had his eyes on, but now he even dared to destroy his Opportunity!

To block my Great Dao is a blood feud that cannot be reconciled!

The black light was shrill, the sword edge sinister, stabbing straight at Lu Yu's throat.

This sword strike had no flourishes; it was simply fast and Xiao Wuqing, carrying a desperate aura of mutual destruction.

Xiao Wuqing had just forced back those three Black-robed Sword Cultivators; seeing this, he wanted to save him, but the distance was a bit far and his Qi was in disarray, so he was half a beat too slow after all.

Seeing that Lu Yu was about to be inexplicably run through while unconscious—

Hum!

A strange, light hum sounded, not from the ears, but directly in the hearts of everyone on the platform.

Immediately after, an incredible scene occurred.

At the center of Lu Yu's brow, that imperceptible point of pure black light that had just entered suddenly brightened, as if stimulated by the killing intent from the outside world.

Simultaneously, on the surface of his unconscious body, especially at the position of his heart, countless fine and profound pale silver patterns suddenly emerged, as if some sort of Innate Dao Patterns had been activated.

The System notification tone echoed clearly deep within his Sea of Consciousness, which had completely lost consciousness:

[Detected successful destruction of the core plan of the son of destiny, Tang Jia Third Young Master, preventing the Awakening of the opponent's Nine Nether Profound Yin Body, dealing him a heavy blow.]

[Reward for the protagonist: Sword Dao Realm 'Sword Heart Illuminating Clarity'!]

[Successfully plundered Tang Jia Third Young Master's destiny +2000, obtained Luck Gold Coins +55,000!]

[Detected successful destruction of an important scheme of the son of destiny, Tang San, preventing the opponent from obtaining the slaughter obsession, intercepting his key Opportunity.]

[Reward for the protagonist: Top-tier Sword Heart: Grand Void Sword Heart!]

[Grand Void Sword Heart: The heart contains a miniature "grand void sword realm," which can ignore spatial distance to nurture, summon, and retrieve physical Flying Swords. Spirit Swords nurtured within for long periods will have their Sword Qi enhanced, and the quality of the Spirit Sword itself will gradually improve. Wherever the mind goes, the Flying Sword can strike directly from the Grand Void, making it impossible to guard against.]

[Successfully plundered Tang San's destiny +1500, obtained Luck Gold Coins +50,000!]

In his coma, Lu Yu felt as if he had sunk into a vast and boundless dark Void Realm.

There was no up, down, left, or right, and no passage of time, only absolute "emptiness" and "stillness."

But at the center of this void, a point of bright light suddenly lit up.

That was not actual light, but a kind of transparent realization.

Everything regarding the sword—the feel of holding it, the angle of the swing, the trajectory of the Sword Intent's flow, the nodes of Sword Qi eruption, the flaws in the opponent's sword moves, and even the fluctuations of Laws related to the sword drifting between heaven and earth... countless pieces of information that originally required thought, analysis, and experimentation now flowed naturally into his heart like breathing, clear down to the smallest detail.

This was an omniscient-like insight; his intuition dedicated to the Sword Dao had been elevated to an inconceivable Realm.

Sword Heart Illuminating Clarity; the heart is like a bright mirror, reflecting the ten thousand methods of the Sword Dao, untainted by a speck of dust, with flaws appearing naturally.

And the base of this bright mirror was his heart, which was currently undergoing a transformation.

At the same time, an indescribable swelling pain and tingling sensation came from his heart.

It felt as if countless extremely tiny, invisible, and intangible swords were opening up within his heart's chambers, shaping a point independent of the outside world.

This point was only the size of a needle tip at first, yet it seemed to contain infinite spatial extensibility; it was empty inside, with only the purest concept of the sword existing.

Grand Void Sword Heart—the heart contains the Grand Void, forming its own sword Realm!

Outside.

Tang Jia Third Young Master's sword was already less than three inches from Lu Yu's throat!

He could even see the pale gold blood vessels under the skin of Lu Yu's neck.

But at the very moment the sword tip was about to touch the skin—

Shua!

Lu Yu's eyes remained tightly closed, still unconscious.

But his right index finger, hanging at his side, seemed to flick upward extremely slightly as if by instinct.

This movement was not a muscle contraction, but more like the triggering of a certain concept.

Tang Jia Third Young Master's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and an extremely intense warning sign originating from the edge of life and death exploded frantically!

Without a second thought, he forced his thrusting sword to a halt, and despite the sharp pain of his Meridians flowing in reverse, his figure retreated frantically!

Almost at the same time he retreated—

Chii!

A slight sound of breaking air, almost inaudible.

In the void where his neck had originally been, a Sword Qi about three inches long, thin as a cicada's wing, completely transparent, with only the edges refracting a bit of spatial distortion ripples, pierced out of thin air without any omen!

Then, it silently retracted and disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

Fast!

So fast it exceeded the limits of visual capture!

Eerie!

There was absolutely no precursor of spiritual power or Sword Qi fluctuations, as if it were a poisonous fang grown out of space itself!

Tang Jia Third Young Master retreated more than ten zhang away, clutching his chest, his face pale, and his forehead instantly covered in cold sweat.

On the side of his neck, a bloodline as fine as a hair slowly emerged, oozing beads of blood.

It was off by only a hair's breadth!

If he hadn't retreated quickly, his neck would have been run through just now!

"What the hell is that?!"

His soul was still unsettled as he stared fixedly at Lu Yu, both shocked and angry, and even more so, filled with disbelief.

What kind of attack was that? How did it come about?!

Xiao Wuqing also stopped in his tracks, a clear look of astonishment appearing in his cold eyes for the first time.

He hadn't seen clearly how that attack appeared and disappeared either, but he could feel that in that instant, Lu Yu's body emitted an extremely profound, faint Sword Intent fluctuation that seemed to merge with space itself.

Lu Yu's body still lay there, his breathing weak.

But at the position of his heart, those pale silver Dao Patterns slowly faded away, with only that point of faint light at the center of his brow appearing occasionally.

Within his body, earth-shaking changes were being completed.

Lu Yu, in the void of his consciousness, looked at the stabilized Grand Void Sword Heart.

With a slight movement of his mind, his Spirit Sword, flowing cloud, which was stuck in the ground not far away, trembled slightly and turned into a streak of light.

With a swoosh, it actually directly penetrated the invisible barrier between reality and that needle-tip-sized grand void sword realm, entering it and floating within that empty, silent Grand Void Realm.

His mind moved again.

The tip of the flowing cloud sword abruptly appeared in his conscious perception.

As long as he wished, it seemed he could make this sword tip pierce out from any direction.

"Ignoring space... where the heart goes, the sword follows..."

In his coma, the corner of Lu Yu's mouth seemed to curl up extremely slightly.

Outside.

Tang Jia Third Young Master was uncertain and did not dare to step forward rashly again.

He looked at the three Black-robed Sword Cultivators, who were also significantly injured and had fearful expressions, and exchanged a sinister look with them.

The mission had completely failed, but... if he could take Lu Yu's corpse or investigate the secrets on his body, perhaps... it would also be an Opportunity?

He had heard that Tang San seemed to have a great grudge against Lu Yu as well; if he brought him to Tang San, he might still have a chance to enter the Nine Nether Cold Spring!

Greed and wishful thinking overcame fear.

"Attack together! Take him down while he's still not awake!"

Tang Jia Third Young Master growled and raised his sword again, but this time he was much more cautious, slowly approaching in a pincer movement with the three Black-robed Sword Cultivators.