Chapter 55 - Heart of Swords Palace’s Ten Malefic Weapons (2/2)

Senior Martial Gu smiled and answered, "This is Junior Martial Brother Zhong from the Zhong Shan Clan, he has claimed the first place in the Lawless Battles."

"I see."

The giant crocodile said, "To be able to claim the throne out of a few thousands of disciples, one must be very talented. Zhong Shan Clan's member, if you eventually manage to strive to the sky, please don't forget to look after the Croc Dragon."

Zhong Yue nodded and answered.

The giant crocodile shook its head and swung its tail, its wings fluttered in the wind and brought the two up to the other side of the escarpment. When Senior Martial Brother Gu and Zhong Yue landed down safely, the giant crocodile flew back into the clouds and disappeared from their sights.

"Junior Martial Brother Zhong, the escarpment is the dividing line between the inner hall and outer hall, pass through the boundary of the escarpment and you are an inner hall disciple."

Senior Martial Brother Gu said, "The Croc Dragon is the guardian of the escarpment, do not belittle him because he is of the monster race. He is already over hundreds of years old, a mutant among the monster race that lived in the Lei Hu Clan, he was later brought over to Swords Gate by the Leihu Qi Practitioners to guard the escarpment. Junior martial brother, the Valley of Swords is just right in front, the elders are waiting for you in the Hearts of Swords Palace."

Zhong Yue walked into the Valley of Swords, the high-pitched keening of swords could be heard accompanied by the flashing sword rays. Vaguely, Zhong Yue could tell that the sword rays were actually soul weapons, they clashed with each other in mid-air and loomed over across the air, they would often turn into a multitude of forms such as fishes, birds, and beasts – the scene was fairly strange.

"The Valley of Swords is can be called the final resting place of the soul weapons that formerly belonged to the elders. All these soul weapons were left behind by the previous elders, some elders died centuries or even millennia ago but their soul weapons continue on living in this valley."

Senior Martial Brother Gu said, "The Ten Malefic Weapons are also sealed here. Ordinarily, we the inner hall disciples would have no access to the Valley of Swords. We are here today because the elders wanted to meet with Junior Martial Brother Zhong here, only then could I have the chance to enter this place."

"The Ten Malefic Weapons?"

Zhong Yue's heart skipped a beat, he glanced around and asked, "Where are they?"

"Sealed in the Hearts of Swords Palace, the inner hall disciples can't even enter the Valley of Swords, not to mention entering the Hearts of Swords Palace to have a look at the Ten Malefic Weapons. This time, junior martial brother, you are summoned by the elders to the Hearts of Swords Palace, there are so many disciples out there that are envious of you."

Senior Martial Brother Gu led him to the entrance of the Hearts of Swords Palace, he bowed and said, "Elder Yu, Zhong Yue of the Zhong Shan Clan has arrived."

When the doors of Hearts of Swords Palace opened widely, it feels like as if there were countless rays of Sword Qi that rushed out from the Palace, they shuddered as if the Sword Qi could really hurt their souls.

"Let him come in." an old and yet loud voice said.

Senior Martial Brother Gu whispered to him, "Junior Martial Brother Zhong, Elder Yu is the grand elder of Swords Gate, you must not lose your formalities after you enter. Junior martial brother, I will not accompany you to enter the Palace."

Zhong Yue thanked him and strode forward into the Hearts of Swords Palace.

The moment he entered the Palace, he could see a fifty feet wide and eighty feet tall shrine beside him. On it, a soul weapon was enshrined, it was few dozen feet long and pierced into the shrine at an oblique angle, it looked like a sword and a saw, the edges of the dark-red blade were serrated and were rusted with dried blood stains.

"Blood Ray Sword, ranked number nine among the Ten Malefic Weapons, the soul weapon of Lei Hu Clan's Lei Fang, it was soaked in blood for too long, eventually giving birth to an evil spirit inside of it. It was a baneful sword that defied and devoured its owners; it's killed ten of its previous masters."

Zhong Yue was shocked by the tidal surges of demonic aura surrounded the Blood Ray Sword as a demon lived in the sword enticing the humans to worship it and soak it in blood!

"Demon Scabbard, ranked number ten in the Ten Malefic Weapons."

Zhong Yue saw another shrine on the other side, a sword scabbard of a man's height stood on it, there was fresh blood flowing out from the bottom of the sword scabbard, it looked very wicked and pernicious.

"Soul weapon of Tian Feng Clan's Tian Tuozi. In the sword scabbard, is contained 130 soul weapons as light as the cicada's wings that goes by the moniker of the Soul Devourers and it has devoured eight masters."

Zhong Yue was startled as he gazed at the Demon Scabbard, This soul weapon also devours its masters?

He walked forward and saw another shrine, this time, the shrine contained over sixty Sword Cocoons, his heart thumped quicker, The Sword Cocoons!

"Sword Cocoons, ranked number eight in the Ten Malefic Weapons, the soul weapon of Shui Tu Clan's Shui Zian, a total of 64 soul weapons, blood-soaked for too long and exhibited elementary signs of devouring its master, hence, they are now sealed in the shrine."

Zhong Yue inhaled deeply, he mumbled, "Such strong soul weapons can only be ranked as number eight in the Ten Malefic Weapons, then how strong would the first seven malefic soul weapons be?"

"If you think that the first seven malefic soul weapons are stronger than the Sword Cocoons, then I am afraid you are wrong."

A white-haired elder abruptly came out of nowhere and walked to the side of Zhong Yue, hairs on his timeworn face were winter-white, he said in a casual manner, "The Sword Cocoon sword silk was placed at number eight but it is not any weaker than the others. Rather, it is actually much stronger, it only was placed at number eight for the reason that it had yet to spawn an evil spirit, therefore, its name was not as famous as the others."

"Zhong Yue of the Zhong Shan Clan, greets the grand elder." Zhong Yue bowed and greeted the elder in a manner of neither humble nor pert.

The white-haired elder was the grand elder from the You Yu Clan, he raised his arm and made a gesture as he said, "Rise. The Sword Cocoons sword silk is incredibly strong, that is why I summoned you here, to see how can a disciple without the prowess of a Qi Practitioner can survive so long under the onslaught of the Sword Cocoon and even more so manage to nearly killed his opponent!"