The thousands of silver flying swords hummed with a lethal, vibrating resonance, their tips pointed directly at the solitary youth standing on the fractured crystal pathway.
In the endless dark void, Yan Shuo looked incredibly small. He possessed only an Early Foundation Establishment aura, armed with nothing but a dull, unadorned black iron sword that looked more like a heavy iron ruler than a supreme-tier weapon.
Across the yawning spatial chasm, Tantai Zhi gripped her crimson blade so tightly her knuckles turned bone-white. Her golden eyes were wide with a frantic, terrifying desperation, her pure Yin Qi flaring wildly as she prepared to tear the void apart the moment a single sword touched him, consequences be damned.
"Let us see if the shadow bleeds," the Faceless Scholar's voice echoed from the dark expanse.
The Starlight Execution Array activated.
