Although the audience below couldn't hear the Sect Master's voice transmission, they clearly gathered one thing from Jiang Ye's booming voice echoing across the arena.
This Junior Sister Bai was actually extorting the Sect Master in broad daylight!! And judging by the aggrieved look on the Sect Master's face, she had clearly succeeded!!
The entire audience—disciples and high-ranking elders alike—stared in stunned disbelief! This was a Nascent Soul expert! Just what kind of insane courage did she have?!
With the deal struck,
the tsundere sword spirit who had been standing her ground just a moment ago rolled her expressive, lively eyes.
She glanced at the Sect Master, then at Jiang Ye, and let out a huff.
“Fine, fine. This princess is sleepy. You guys can play among yourselves.”
With that, the little girl transformed into a streak of teal light and shot straight back into the sword, vanishing completely.
Having obtained his benefits, Jiang Ye didn't dawdle either and decisively released his grip on the Azure Mystic Sword.
He began casually wandering around the central area of the platform, looking to pick a handy weapon.
Because the terrifying storm of spiritual energy was spinning frantically, a thick haze shrouded the core area, making visibility extremely low.
Thus, Jiang Ye could only grope around blindly.
There were indeed plenty of good things in this core area.
Anything he casually kicked was at least a low-grade Spirit Tool.
Yet Jiang Ye didn't even cast them a glance. Even when he stumbled upon a medium-grade Spirit Tool longsword, he shook his head in disdain.
Until he walked halfway around the central blade.
At the edge of the dense fog, he caught sight of a massive, shadowy outline.
Stepping closer, Jiang Ye froze.
It was an extraordinarily exaggerated black greatsword!
The blade was thirty centimeters wide! Its length towered half a head taller than “Bai Zhirou” herself! It had no tip, and its edges were thick and blunt.
Pitch-black as ink, it bore no intricate spirit runes, yet naturally radiated an aura of raw dominance.
Jiang Ye stroked his chin and muttered, “It looks pretty cool.”
“Though greatsword builds... are basically bottom-tier dumpster builds in games. The attack speed is too slow, and the stat requirements for physique are way too high.”
For a proper greatsword, the material density and weight had to reach astronomical levels.
The sheer, terrifying weight alone made it impossible for an ordinary person to lift, let alone swing around.
Unless someone was a muscle-headed body cultivator with monstrous strength, almost no one would choose such an unwieldy weapon.
However, adhering to the principle of “since I'm already here, touching it won't kill me,”
he reached out and casually grabbed the massive hilt.
The game panel immediately popped up before his eyes:
【High-grade Spirit Tool: Meteorite Greatsword】
Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow in surprise:
“Whoa? I thought it was just a chunk of scrap iron, but the quality is actually this high? A high-grade Spirit Tool? Selling this would fetch a ton of spirit stones!”
At this point, Jiang Ye was the only person left wandering around the trial area of the Sword Heart Platform.
Everyone's eyes—from the disciples below to the sect leaders in the sky—were locked onto him.
When they saw the slender young girl standing before a wild, savage greatsword taller than herself,
the visual gap created a strikingly adorable contrast!
From the angle of many disciples, the greatsword completely obscured “Bai Zhirou” from view!
Although Jiang Ye didn't actually plan on choosing this greatsword, that didn't stop him from testing how heavy it was.
Before his wrist even exerted any real force, he gave a light upward tug.
Swoosh.
The extraordinarily massive greatsword was... smoothly lifted up with one hand just like that.
Jiang Ye: “???”
The crowd: “???”
Even the well-traveled high-ranking elders up in the sky were utterly flabbergasted!
They knew that Meteorite Greatsword all too well! It was forged from meteoric iron and weighed at least thirty thousand jin!!
Forget about the Qi Condensation stage—even a body cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage who specialized in physical strength would have to strain until their face turned red and their blood boiled just to lift it with one hand!
And yet, look at her now! A little girl whose physique was merely in the Copper Skin Realm!
She hadn't even pushed her spiritual energy! As if holding a mere chopstick, she effortlessly hoisted a thirty-thousand-jin greatsword?!
Is she even human?!!
In truth, it wasn't just them.
Even Jiang Ye himself was completely baffled right now.
Because he felt that the ridiculously oversized greatsword in his hand was... why the hell was it so light?! It felt as if he were holding a regular longsword!
“Did the blacksmith cut corners and make the inside hollow?!”
Jiang Ye furrowed his brows in confusion.
To test his theory, he casually tossed the greatsword into the distance.
BOOM—!!!
An earth-shattering explosion rang out!
The greatsword that Jiang Ye had deemed “feather-light,”
the instant it struck the ground, smashed a massive crater right into the mountain rock that had been reinforced with special formations!
In fact, the entire colossal mountain peak seemed to tremble!
Jiang Ye stared at the crater on the ground, his face a giant question mark:
“Wait, what?!”
Judging by this power, it didn't look hollow at all! But why did it feel light as a feather in his hands?
Refusing to believe it,
he bent over again and grabbed the hilt with one hand.
Swoosh.
He scooped it right back up effortlessly.
BOOM!
Another toss, another huge crater.
Swoosh.
BOOM!
Swoosh.
BOOM!!
...
Dead silence fell over the entire audience.
Everyone watched in dumbfounded stupor as the delicate girl repeatedly lifted, dropped, lifted, dropped the greatsword, as if playing some weightlifting game...
The entire mountain peak trembled right along with her rhythm.
Every deafening crash felt like a heavy blow landed straight on everyone's hearts.
Jiang Ye rested the greatsword on his shoulder, frowning in thought.
Suddenly,
a sudden flash of inspiration struck his mind—his galaxy brain activated!
He abruptly remembered the game description from when he activated his special physique earlier:
【Special Physique: Sword Heart】
【Effect: Grants 100% damage bonus and Absolute Mastery over all "sword-type" weapons! Attacks inflict armor-shredding effects! Special Status (Unactivated).】
Absolute Mastery?!
Jiang Ye's eyes snapped wide. He threw his head back and burst into laughter, covering one eye with his right hand as he let out a sinister, villainous laugh.
So that's how it is!
“Holy crap!!”
“This special physique is ridiculously overpowered!!!”
“Hehehe... This master has made it!!”
“Dumpster-tier builds are great! I shall restore greatswords to their former glory!!”
On the quiet Sword Heart Platform,
only the girl's arrogant laughter echoed out.
...
Seeing Jiang Ye laughing hysterically as if he had lost his mind, Bai Zhirou inside his mind couldn't help but remind him:
“Um... how about we wait until we get back to laugh?”
Jiang Ye said excitedly,
“Xiao Bai, you are seriously awesome!”
Bai Zhirou: “...” She was clearly being praised, so why couldn't she feel happy about it at all?
“This is the sheer quality of 'Absolute Mastery'!!”
Jiang Ye said with excitement, “Every sword-type weapon before you is nothing more than a toy!”
“Swinging around a thirty-thousand-jin greatsword feels no different than wielding a plain wooden sword!”
Bai Zhirou weakly muttered, “It is pretty impressive, but... but Senior, isn't my look right now a little too exaggerated?”
Currently, “Bai Zhirou” sported an arrogant smirk across her refined and ethereal face.
On her delicate shoulder rested a black greatsword taller than her, its blade a full thirty centimeters wide.
The striking visual contrast felt exactly like a frail little bunny strolling down the street shouldering a fifty-meter-long butcher's cleaver! The scene was beyond jarring.
Jiang Ye scoffed disdainfully, “What's wrong with exaggerated? Looking cool is all that matters!”
“Don't you get it? In the face of raw stats, all fancy tricks are just paper tigers! Raw stats reign supreme!!”
Bai Zhirou: “...”
My dream of becoming a fairy seems to be drifting further and further away...
Other fairies stand with their hands behind their back, holding a sleek three-foot blade. Meanwhile, I'm lugging a giant three-zhang greatsword on my shoulder... Hey, we're not even drawn in the same art style!
The image was too beautiful to look at...
Rate on N.U.
