Chapter 780: Tea (2/2)

All of a sudden, Tixan and Lani exchanged more powerful attacks as both of them were forced back by the shockwave of Spiritual Energy. However, the moment that happened, Tixan sheathed his sword as his body assumed an attacking stance. Even though his sword was sheathed, Lani felt like the next attack wouldn't be as simple as the previous ones.

Sword Laws gathered all around Tixan's sword as the invisible Sword Assimilation power had increased multiple times in an instant.

Lani wasn't any slower either. Purple Tribulation Lightning burst forward as he gave up trying to save any of it. He held his staff with one hand on his left side as his right hand extended in Tixan's direction. Obviously, he also entered an attacking stance, ready to go all out.

Time seemed to stop for a moment as the two sides' combat powers increased to their limits. Suddenly...

*Vup!* The two charged at each other with a speed that surpassed all boundaries of what they had ever displayed before.

”One Sword to Conquer All!”

”Staff Hit-Point!”

Surprisingly, both their attacks were quite crude. One of them was basically a sword draw, while the other was simply brandishing his staff. However, only Lani and Tixan knew just how terrifying their opponent's next attack would be. As experts liked to say, they already made the complex into simple, but that 'simple' was more powerful than any other complicated attack they could pull off.

*Boom!*

For hundreds of kilometers, space completely collapsed. Not only that, but even the spatial storms were cleaved or smashed. It was to the point that the Mortal Realm couldn't display that level of power correctly anymore, so everything fell apart.

The onlookers outside were frightened by those attacks. There was no lack of Peak Divinity Realm cultivators here, but neither of them would dare to offend either Lani or Tixan for the rest of their lives. They were simply not at the same level. They understood very well that even if they joined hands, they would still be trashed in just a moment.

The broken space around the epicenter finally began to repair itself with much difficulty—little by little, the result of the exchange was presented in front of everyone. Tixan was holding his iron sword while standing on one side of the field in outer space.

Lani, however, had a very deep gash on his chest. Blood flowed out as he coughed even more of it. Lani then looked at the Purple Flame Staff in his hand... or it was better to call it two now? Krune's staff had been split in two! Seeing that happen made Lani's heart hurt more than the injury on his body.

After some time, he looked back at Tixan and how he didn't seem to have suffered anything at all.

”Hehe! To think that I told my disciple that I would be able to deal with this situation on my own. What a joke.”

Tixan narrowed his eyes as he looked at his iron sword.

*Clack...*

Suddenly, a chip fell off of it as well. Normally, you would expect it from such a weak sword. However, in his hands, that worn-out sword hadn't received any further damage for countless years. With his level of understanding at Sword Assimilation, no one had the power to do that... until today.

”Impressive. I really didn't expect that I would damage my sword in the Mortal Realm anymore. However, it was worth it.”

Lani bitterly smiled.

”I have nothing to say. The victor is the king, that's all. If you want revenge for your dad's sword, I'm right here.”

Tixan laughed as he put his sword back into his Spatial Ring.

”Hahaha! Revenge? What bullshit are you talking about? I believe my long-deceased dad would have been thrilled to see it happen. He asked me to throw it away many times, but I insisted on keeping it. Did you know? After I grew up into an adult, I bought many other swords. This garbage iron sword was kept inside my Spatial Ring as a simple memento. After all, the other ones I got were much stronger and beautiful.”

”But in the end, I ended up coming back to this iron sword. It doesn't matter how good the other swords are; they simply can't surpass the power of this iron sword. Do you know why?”

Lani nodded straight away as he used his Spiritual Energy to stabilize his injury.

”Commitment.”

Tixan smiled in response.

”Exactly. No other sword can obtain the same commitment from me as this trash sword. My full power can only be displayed while holding it. Too bad that it is reaching its limits.”

Tixan then looked at Lani again.

”Anyway, this was a good fight. I'm obviously the victor, so the trade route is ours. Do you have any issues?”

Lani shook his head.

”Very well. Let's settle the rest of the arrangements for those ants over there. Come, let's drink some tea.”