Not only did the black broadsword lose its ink-black skin, even the sword's blade had become a lot thinner. It had gone from an edgeless broadsword to a sharp golden sword.
Shi Xiaobai held the white jade hilt of the sword as a shocking scene resounded in his mind. The strike that the blonde woman with her hair coiled up like a knight had used made him feel an inexplicable urge.
He wanted to slash out with that strike!
This was an intense desire that seeped deep into his bones. He wanted to restore that strike!
Shi Xiaobai's black eyes turned solemn. He clenched the golden sword with both hands and his posture was identical to the blonde woman's!
"Ha!"
Shi Xiaobai bellowed as he slashed at the constantly cracking land and the collapsing sky!
This strike did not have any golden light gathered.
There was also no sword beam that flew everywhere.
There was no golden explosion that filled the world after the blonde woman slashed out.
This was an extremely ordinary strike. Even the sound of the slashing was ruthlessly drowned by the clamorous wind.
However, after Shi Xiaobai slashed out, he could not help but laugh out loud. His laughter was filled with joy and satisfaction.
"Wahaha …"
Shi Xiaobai looked up and laughed out loud. It was as though he had slain thousands of calamity fiends with a single strike.
In fact, Shi Xiaobai knew that his strike was worlds apart from the blonde woman's strike. However, just imitating the blonde woman's posture to slash out that strike gave Shi Xiaobai an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
"It looks like This King needs to take some time out to learn sword techniques."
This strike made Shi Xiaobai fall in love with swordplay (despicable).
"Kacha … Kacha … Kacha …"
Suddenly, the sound of eggshells cracking came from in front of him. Shi Xiaobai could not help but stare with widened eyes. He saw the space he slashed out gradually crack!
White beams of light shot out of the constantly cracking space as a cold and serene aura emanated in the surroundings.
The spatial rift split into the shape of a narrow door moments later!
"Door to the Underworld!?"
Shi Xiaobai was surprised. His strike had slashed out a rift that looked extremely similar to the Door to the Underworld formed by Hisith's poker cards?
Shi Xiaobai immediately came to a realization. So this was the method Little Black mentioned to leave the Underworld? His ordinary sword actually managed to cut open a door to the Underworld?
Or could it be that his sword … was actually not ordinary at all?
"Little Black, did you see that? This King has used Excalibur!"
Shi Xiaobai grinned. How could his strike be an ordinary strike? Only the name 'Excalibur' was worthy of his strike. Only then would it be worthy of the strike the blonde woman had delivered that had shocked him.
However, after a few seconds, Little Black did not respond.
"Black?"
Shi Xiaobai called out once again.
But Little Black still did not respond.
Shi Xiaobai immediately used his heart to sense the golden sword. Ever since he signed the "blood pact", he felt a faint connection with the sword.
After a moment, Shi Xiaobai exclaimed softly and muttered to himself, "She fell asleep?"
He felt that there was an aura of life in the sword, and it seemed to be in a deep slumber.
Shi Xiaobai felt somewhat regretful. Although it was not to the extent of directly saying "Coach, I want to learn swordplay", he still wanted to take a roundabout approach to learn about swords from Little Black. After all, Little Black had mentioned a bunch of sword names he had never heard of before.
At this moment, Shi Xiaobai had developed a deep interest in "swords".
Shi Xiaobai looked up at the gray sky that was about to collapse onto the mountain. He knew he had to leave as soon as possible. He carried Chen Lingcun, who had been mercilessly thrown to the ground for the sake of holding the sword with both hands, and was about to walk through the "Door to the Underworld".
At this moment, the golden sword suddenly shrank in Shi Xiaobai's palm, turning into a tiny golden blob of light. It rapidly circled around and drilled into the back of Shi Xiaobai's right hand.
Shi Xiaobai felt a slight pain as he raised his right hand to take a look. There was a strange golden pattern on the back of his hand.
"Afraid of strangers?"
Shi Xiaobai felt a sense of resistance from the golden sword that had drilled into the back of his right hand. He felt slightly regretful. He wanted to use the golden sword to flaunt his King's swordplay in front of Kali, Pear, Lingcun, Steel Ox and company, but he never expected the golden sword to be afraid of strangers. It did not want others to easily see it.
Shi Xiaobai was puzzled. Wasn't Little Black asleep? Could it be that there was another Sword Spirit in the golden longsword that was controlling the longsword? Or could it be that Little Black's silence did not mean that he was asleep?
After some thought, Shi Xiaobai gave up on the question that he could not immediately figure out an answer to. He shook his head and carried Chen Lingcun into the "Door to the Underworld".
.....
When Shi Xiaobai walked into the "Door to the Underworld" and disappeared from this world, a beam of light suddenly bloomed. Kali walked out of the light and came to the Underworld that was about to collapse.
Kali's eyes had a smile in them. In order to prevent Shi Xiaobai from realizing that she had helped him, she had waited until Shi Xiaobai slashed out that ordinary strike before seamlessly opening the "Door to the Underworld".
"This is a skill."
Kali found it somewhat amusing herself. In fact, she could have opened the "Door to the Underworld" a long time ago, but she was worried that Shi Xiaobai would be suspicious and, through inference, infer that she was the one helping him behind the scenes.
Although her Shi Xiaobai was usually silly, his cleverness when it came to choosing between saving Dan Liang or the criminal was something that surprised her.
Kali did not wish for Shi Xiaobai to one day look at her as a "benefactor". Hence, unless it was absolutely necessary, she would absolutely not help him.
However, this matter had left Kali puzzled.
Shi Xiaobai's action of saving Chen Lingcun seemed to have predicted everything ahead of time. It was decisive, calm, and wise. Furthermore, it was filled with planning. It could be said to be "advancing at every step". Other than not considering that the "Door to the Underworld" would be forcefully closed by Hisith, everything else could be considered perfect.
This … was not Shi Xiaobai at all!
And the greatest puzzlement stemmed from the black sword.
According to what she knew, this sword was used to activate the sealing array. It did not have a sword spirit in the beginning, so it was likely a young sword spirit that was born after tens of millions of years.
Why did the young sword spirit choose Shi Xiaobai as its contractor?
What was the oath that Shi Xiaobai had said that she had never heard before?
Why did he not need a drop of blood to force the sealing holy sword's sword spirit to acknowledge him as its master?
"From the looks of it, he has secrets that I do not know of."
A smile suffused across Kali's lips. She was somewhat curious about these questions, but she did not delve into them. This was because she liked Shi Xiaobai, who she could not completely see through.
"Speaking of which, I have to thank Xiaobai. If not for Xiaobai, I probably would not have discovered that the next apocalypse, 'Gluttony', was hidden in such a place."
Kali glanced into the distance. There was a tiny black-lit person constantly devouring the land and the spirits of the Underworld. Its body was constantly growing in size.
The tiny black-lit person was one of the seven avatars of the Original Sin of Calamity. Its name was "Gluttony".
.....
.....
After stepping out of the "Door to the Underworld" with Chen Lingcun in his arms, Shi Xiaobai was somewhat dumbfounded.
"Where … is this?"
Shi Xiaobai surveyed his surroundings. Pedestrians constantly brushed past him. There were a few street stalls to his left and right, and all sorts of stores in front and behind him. It was as though he was on a bustling street.
At this moment, a red-haired beauty walked over while holding onto a silver-haired youth's arm. The duo walked past Shi Xiaobai, who was carrying the unconscious Chen Lingcun. The silver-haired youth frowned slightly, but he did not turn his head. He continued walking forward and soon, he disappeared into the crowd.
.....
(PS: I'm still considering the setting of the sword spirit, Little Black. Everyone, don't be anxious. I'll also recommend a new book that's about to be published, "90,000 Years of Voluntary Cultivation". [Introduction: In the future cultivation world, everyone will be required to cultivate. Anything can enter the Dao — Wait, what the hell is this "Dao"?] This book's style is somewhat similar to mine. It's a little weird, but it's even dirtier than me … 233)
(To be continued.)
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