Lin Mu inclined his head.
"I can't promise peaks," he said. "Only the path that leads there."
Then he raised his battered sword.
Xue Wuqing drew.
The moment her blade left the scabbard, the world froze.
A blade aura so cold, so sharp, so perfectly silent spread across the platform that a thin line appeared in the stone tiles between her and Lin Mu—before she even moved.
"The Abyssal Sword Heart," muttered an elder. "A rare and dangerous path…"
The Sword path that Xue Wuqing was following was a special and dangerous one. When one reached its end, they would be able to progress their sword intent to beyond the Advanced stage. They would reach the stage of Sword Heart.
