442 The color in his eyes (2/2)

This baffling thought flashed in her mind as her heart began to beat slightly faster than normal. The girl finally frowned.

Why would it be like that?

Why did she care so much about that pair of black eyes?

Why did she wish to see her own figure reflected in those black irises ?

”Is that your Sword Truth?”

The girl asked a question she already knew the answer to before she forcefully repressed the strange feelings and the weird questions in her mind.

Shi Xiaobai nodded.

The golden halo around him was naturally his Sword Truth power, 'Excalibur'. This power came from his insights into the sword. It was one of the ways of converting one's mental energy into physical strength. The moment the Sword Truth was activated, his mental energy would begin depleting. Typically, the power of Sword Truth would only be activated at a critical juncture in battle. As for Shi Xiaobai, he had activated the power of his Sword Truth from the very beginning. It showed how serious he was about the situation.

In fact, from Shi Xiaobai's point of view, Dawn's success in beheading the giant in one strike was not because Dawn's strength overwhelmed the giant. It was not because the fast-as-lightning strike was impossible to defend against. It was only because the giant had overestimated his physical defense. He had stupidly used his neck to withstand the strike that combined speed and strength. Although Dawn was very powerful, she would not have easily defeated Speechless if not for the power of her Sword Soul. Therefore, Shi Xiaobai was not afraid when facing her attack.

In the eyes of the common people, Dawn's speed was so fast that they would not be able to react to it. However, Shi Xiaobai possessed an extremely acute sense of danger as well as the powerful ability of capturing motion. The moment Dawn moved her feet, Shi Xiaobai had already reacted and had noticed how she was moving. He did not choose to dodge or stand in his spot to defend. Instead, he charged straight ahead to clash with her head on.

However, Shi Xiaobai did not risk it. He had directly activated his Sword Truth because he could sense a threat. His sense of danger had never fooled him.

Indeed, even with his Sword Truth activated, the outcome of the clash of strikes had him at a disadvantage. Although it wasn't that great of a disadvantage, the truth was that he had already activated the power of his Sword Truth, while Dawn had only used a sword strike that was augmented by Sword Intent.

Sword Intent, Sword Truth, Sword Soul, Sword Domain. These were the four unique powers in the realm of sword techniques. It represented the degree to one's comprehension of the sword. Most swordsmen only managed to comprehend Sword Intent, and a tiny portion of geniuses gained insights into Sword Truth. And the number of people who could use a Sword Soul was an extremely small number even across history. Sword Domain was a power that only existed in legends.

Therefore, differences between the four powers were not steps of a ladder, but the differences between flat plains and mountains.

To put it bluntly, Sword Intent meant injecting one's will and intent into the sword techniques. Sword Truth was the full focus of one's mental energies so as to convert one's insights in the sword into a tangible power. The two of them were at completely different levels of existences.

Dawn was only using the power of Sword Intent, while he was using the power of Sword Truth. However, he was still at a disadvantage.

The power of their sword techniques was not the only factor that affected the power of the move because it was influenced by many other factors, such as the difference in level of the sword move, or the proficiency level of the sword move, or any external power outside of the sword technique system that were mixed in.

But regardless of the case, the clash had indeed left Shi Xiaobai at an absolute disadvantage.

”Indeed, you are very strong.”

A smile suffused across Shi Xiaobai's lips. After confirming once again that the girl, who was an imitation of the Hero King, was an opponent not to be underestimated, even stronger fighting spirit burned in Shi Xiaobai's eyes.

Such an opponent was very rarely encountered. If he missed this battle, he would definitely regret it for life. Therefore, he would not shrink back, regardless of the outcome or the price!IChooseDogLeading (我选择狗带) when read in Chinese sounds like I Choose Go Die. It was a meme that resulted from a former member of famous Korean boygroup, EXO, TAO (Huang Zitao). At a concert, there was a part in a rap that where he said ””, but due to a mispronunciation, it sounded like he will not easily choose to be led by dogs. This phrase now means 'I'd rather die/I choose death'.