28 Spiritual Encounter (2/2)
Just like the Key to Purgatory, he was unable to access the realm beyond. Enraged by the lock which he could not meddle with, he abruptly swung his sword. He then calmly walked away without looking back. After walking for a mile, the entirety of Guren's abode crumbled into pieces smaller than a six sided dice.
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Tianli immediately left to go find Guren after informing both Sword Sages and the Sword Saint of Guren's decision.
The Sword Saint attempted to postpone the tournament till after the Sword Saintess' arrival as he thought that the Sword Saintess would stop whatever failing scheme, Guren had concocted but Tianli ceaselessly refuted the request.
Tianli remembered Guren's comment about the Sword Saintess and he agreed with the decision. He knew Guren was dead but he did not mourn in anyway. After all, he was still unsure of the real Guren's strength and only knew of Guren as an overly esoteric vagrant. Those who knew Guren would probably despair though and it'd be best to avoid them especially the Sword Saintess who seemed to be in love with Guren.
The Sword Saint Longzhan stroked his long beard in contemplation. He was fond of the Sword Saintess Nanling as she reminded him of a granddaughter which he never had.
He also remembered how she treated Guren when they were together. Despite her harsh behavior, her overall actions revealed her affection even if the immediate actions were a bit harsh as a result of her feeling easily embarra.s.sed. She was currently on a mission to acquire her ideal sword from the fabled Kingdom of Smiths and likely would be gone for at least half a year.
Understanding that Guren had been a bit odd lately and that Nanling was not able to be there to help, he decided to spectate the tournament in order to help Guren in Nanling's stead.
The ground then shook from the crumbling abode and Longzhan murmured, ”Seems spectating won't be enough”
Hexiu and Zhuye had been sparring when Tianli informed them. The two looked at each other and asked the other if they were going to attend.
”Are you going?”, Hexiu asked Zhuye.
Zhuye nodded before saying, ”Watching that Guren be thrashed around will be interesting”
Hexiu then added, ”Then we should definitely there to maintain the reputation of Sword Sages. He is already marring the qualifications of Sword Sages just by being one”
”I wonder if he can even beat a Blademaster”
While the figureheads were underestimating Guren, those Blademaster and below were excited for the tournament. As they did not know the Sword Sage which had made the announcement, they a.s.sumed it was a new Sword Sage and were slightly confused as to why the Sect had not announced that they had a fifth Sword Sage. If they knew it was Guren though, they would've gone along with Hexiu and Zhuye and partic.i.p.ated in order to laugh at the trash with the most connections in the Sect.
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Guren honed the dulled Steel Slayer with a whetstone as he ruminated on the portal.
That was definitely a succubus, Atlas thought as he remembered the soul signature which he had seen through his Soul Perception. The desire for intercourse, the body odor, and the soul signature matched that of a succubus however there was a slight error when it came to the body. The body was clearly a human's but the behavior and soul was that of a succubus'.
It was the same with the male Blademaster but he had something else possessing him. Atlas had never seen this sort of creature so he had no understanding of it. He understood though that the two were from the realm which Idyl and Revel descended from.
[Soul Supremacy: Can demons possess humans?]
[Duke of Sloth: No but spirits can]
[Soul Supremacy: Could you be considered a spirit?]
[Duke of Sloth: We can be considered former spirits as we were forced out of the realm]
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