Baby with Daoist Monarch System

Second Senior Brother himself came from that era and had once personally witnessed the dignified figure of the Sword Immortal.

The First Senior Brother can freely enter and exit the Nine-story Giant Tower Study, which houses numerous secrets of the Origin Realm. These secrets have never appeared in ancient texts.

Thus, it’s not surprising that the unknown secrets about the Sword Immortal are inside.

”Those were indeed the swords owned by the Sword Immortal, but they were swords he had before acquiring the Immortal Sword Skill!”

The First Senior Brother’s cold voice echoed in the Junior Sister’s ear, and upon hearing it, she widened her eyes at once.

”Re...really?”

”Yes!” The First Senior Brother nodded in confirmation.

Pointing at the iron sword at the very center, the Junior Sister continued to ask, ”So...is that iron sword his last wielded sword?”

The term Sword Immortal, before obtaining the Immortal Sword Skill, did not exist, yet he was regarded by the people of the Origin Realm as the Sword God.

His understanding of the sword had reached its pinnacle.

The iron sword at the very center, although not overly sharp, was the best embodiment of the Sword Immortal’s aura.

”No!”

Second Senior Brother shook his head, negating the Junior Sister’s assumption.

”How could it be!”

In disbelief, the Junior Sister immediately looked toward those mountains of embroidery swords.

It couldn’t be, could it, that the being called Sword Immortal’s last wielded sword was an embroidery sword!

”Why can’t it be!” Second Senior Brother pointed at one among the group of embroidery swords, ”That embroidery sword was indeed the sword wielded by the Sword Immortal before acquiring the Immortal Sword Skill. It has already become a damaged embroidery sword!”

Then, pointing toward the central silver iron sword.

”This iron sword, on the contrary, is the very initial iron sword the Sword Immortal first used!”

Second Senior Brother’s words stunned the Junior Sister once more.

She couldn’t believe that the most splendid-looking iron sword was indeed the first-used iron sword of the Sword Immortal.

And the sword he wielded before acquiring the Immortal Sword Skill had already broken, turning into an embroidery sword lost within the group of embroidery swords, inconspicuous.

The First Senior Brother did not refute the Second Senior Brother’s words, indicating that he was correct.

But why would the swords whose positions should have been swapped end up in completely different places?

What exactly happened here?

Questions filled the hearts of the three.

The Junior Sister didn’t need to say; she didn’t know.

Second Senior Brother only knew that these embroidery swords belonged to the Sword Immortal before, and he could even distinguish which embroidery sword was used by the Sword Immortal at a particular stage.

But beyond that, he knew nothing else.

As for the First Senior Brother, he surely knew more than the two, but even he seemed unable to perceive what had happened now.

Meanwhile.

Xu Ran stood before the group of embroidery swords, his gaze first circled those piled mountains of embroidery swords, then fell upon the iron sword at the very center.

Hiss---

As Xu Ran closely observed,

a black space tore open, and a bronze-colored hand reached out from it. Then, as the bald man with bronze skin appeared at the densest spot of the embroidery swords, the air filled with the sudden stench of blood-iron—as he walked along the sword grips, each step evoked the dying moan of corroded metal.

”Sword Remains recognize a master.” The man’s adam’s apple rune trembled with his vocal cords, distorting like a broken embroidery sword, ”Draw the sword, or become the sword.”

The bald man completely lacked the demeanor from before; he now resembled an emotionless machine.

Without much ado, he flicked off the red mist embedded in the shoulder armor. The mist collided with an outer embroidery sword and caused the entire group of embroidery swords to tremble like a startled nest of serpents.

A wave of crimson mist spread outward, carrying a rancid rust smell, heading toward Xu Ran.

Xu Ran staggered backward when he saw this.

”Whew---”

At this moment, a piece of dark iron flew out from the crimson mist, slicing through Xu Ran’s palm, so fast that even Xu Ran couldn’t react.

By the time he reacted, a sharp pain came from his palm, and when he looked down, he saw beads of blood seeping from the lines on his palm.

”Was that an embroidery piece just now?”

Xu Ran looked at the crimson mist in front.

Though he didn’t see clearly what attacked him, the scent was exactly the same as the embroidery shell he had stepped on at the start.

”Whew!”

Before Xu Ran could react further, he felt a light breeze pass in front of him, and suddenly, the iron rust smell in the crimson mist disappeared completely.

With the intense smell gone, and the crimson mist vanished, his vision restored, he realized all the gaps of the rusted swords had turned towards him, with sawtooth edges secreting dark red slime.

These broken swords, originally rooted in the ground, instantly turned into bloodthirsty tigers with Xu Ran as their target.

”Did the crimson mist just activate them?”

Xu Ran murmured as he watched the embroidery swords aiming for him, cold sweat forming on his forehead instinctively.

With no weapon in hand and facing so many embroidery swords alone, the only path seemed to lead to death.

”This trial is about subtraction. Since I didn’t bring a sword, the arena must provide one for me!”

With that,

his gaze instantly focused on the central iron sword, which gleamed like a firefly in the darkness, extremely dazzling and incredibly attractive.

”This is it!”

Xu Ran immediately made up his mind, stamping his feet, leaving a visible footprint, and then his body shot forward like a cannonball at an incredible speed.

Those gaps of the broken swords in the embroidery sword group, sensing Xu Ran had left his original spot, simultaneously aligned themselves to face the central iron sword directly.

Though these embroidery swords moved fast, Xu Ran was even faster.

Just as the broken sword gaps adjusted, Xu Ran had already reached the iron sword before him.

Without hesitation, Xu Ran clutched the iron sword’s hilt tightly with his young hands.

Buzz---

At that instant, the central pristine iron sword suddenly resonated with a clear chime, causing the surrounding thousands of rusted swords to shatter in response.

Infinite rust swept like a blood mist, instantly enveloping the entire dueling arena, spreading like headless flies in every direction.

Xu Ran, puzzled by this sudden change.

Meanwhile, the bald man stood unnoticed atop a black tortoise rock pedestal, his entire body suffused with a scarlet glow refracted from the rust crystal: ”First trial——”

Before Xu Ran could respond, the ground beneath him suddenly collapsed.

Luckily, his quick wits and previously tempered calf bone allowed him to swiftly grip the iron sword and escape his previous position.

As Xu Ran retreated, a powerful sword qi gushed forth from the opening, revealing what lay beneath.

Seventeen sword boxes, each of unique shape.

Before Xu Ran could comprehend the situation,

clang--

A crisp sound occurred, and the previously sealed sword boxes opened, with dark shadows shooting from them at high speed.

”Whoosh--”

”Whoosh--”

”Whoosh--”

”Whoosh--”

”...”

In an instant.

The sword boxes unfolded, and seventeen embroidery swords of various designs formed a ring, floating motionlessly in the air as if held by invisible hands.

Upon closer inspection, each sword hilt was embedded with a human bone.

The bones ranged from small to large, with the smallest bone closest to the bald man and the largest further away.

The larger the human bone, the more potent the Sword Intent within the embroidery sword, as if a mere brush against it would cleave one in two!

”Trial------begin!”

The bald man held the smallest human bone embroidery sword, pointing the broken sword gap at Xu Ran, like delivering an irrefutable command.

Facing the seemingly superior bald man, Xu Ran gripped the iron sword tightly, and a faint aura began to emanate from him.