Maximum Comprehension: Taking Care of Swords In A Sword Pavilion

While true second-grade Heavenly Demonic Beasts may also possess Heavenly Beads, how many forces in the entire Arena of Strife have the strength to hunt down second-grade Heavenly Demonic Beasts?

Not to mention first-grade Heavenly Demonic Beasts.

First-grade Heavenly Beads are not obtained by hunting but are slowly formed by major powers.

“With this strike, Nine Mysteries City is doomed,” someone said in the air.

The Heavenly Demonic Beasts above the sky vault were evidently at their peak strength; not to mention the demoralized Nine Mysteries City, even Nine Mysteries City at its full strength couldn’t withstand them.

Above the firmament, the blood-colored Azure Dragon gathered again, its form stretching beyond ten thousand miles.

The dragon roared, exuding terrifying presence that forced the surrounding observing cultivators to retreat.

Those who had come from the Upper Third-Rank Domains also began to back away.

“I will handle it.”

Just then, a voice spoke up.

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A figure clad in a green robe, donning a jade crown, with a three-strand long beard fluttering, appeared outside the city walls.

The sword cultivators atop the city walls all looked at this figure with a sense of surprise and joy.

“Vice city master!”

“City Master Xu Zhi!”

This figure arriving so smoothly turned out to be Xu Zhi, who had always been in charge of Immortal Burial City.

Governing Immortal Burial City, overseeing Our Heaven Continent, and now the Vice City Master of Nine Mysteries City in the Desolate Heaven Territory.

Within the Nine Mystic Sword Sect lineage, Xu Zhi possessed unmatched leadership.

In the lineage of Nine Mystic Mountain, the rarely seen spiritual pillar and Cloud Ripple Sword Honor Han Muye naturally stood as the foremost individual, the revered elder ancestor by all disciples.

Huang Zhihu, the man commanding all Sword Dao disciples, invincible in battle formations, had indeed become the city master in name and in fact, acting as the spokesperson for Han Muye.

The wildly arrogant and justice-valuing Heaven Trampling Immortal Sovereign Huang Six, though often excessive in actions, possessed sufficient strength and unmatched influence within Nine Mysteries City.

Following these individuals, there was Xu Zhi, known for his tactical acumen, praised as the intimate comrade of Cloud Ripple Sword Honor and acting as a steward.

For many years, the logistics, resources, and strategic dispatches within the Nine Mysteries City lineage had all been managed without fault by Xu Zhi.

Now, with the return of Xu Zhi, the city walls immediately erupted in exuberant cries.

The originally subdued sword intent within countless sword cultivators began to surge and ripple.

“Elder Xu, the command of this battle is yours,” Jade Cicada Sword Immortal said in a low voice to Xu Zhi as he walked up to the city walls.

As a direct disciple of the Nine Mysteries lineage, she addressed Xu Zhi as Elder.

Xu Zhi looked up at the blood-red dragon that was already charging towards them above, did not decline, and nodded in agreement while a dense aura of Confucian Dao transformed into a golden pillar of light around him.

He had always been a Confucian cultivator, not a sword cultivator.

The Nine Mysteries lineage did not specifically require sword cultivation.

Indeed, all paths of cultivation ultimately led to the same destination.

“Set the Eight Desolations Sword Formation,” Xu Zhi shouted loudly.

The sword cultivators on the city walls, without hesitation, instantly began to move and disperse.

To change formation.

To change formation amidst battle was taboo.

But some possessed the confidence to dare change formations in the face of such formidable enemies.

Xu Zhi was such a formidable individual with this level of confidence.

It was only with someone like Xu Zhi present that the sword cultivators on the walls would unhesitatingly obey the order to change formation.

In an instant, the gathered sword light shattered, positions of the sword cultivators on the walls shifted, transforming into eight square formations, with beams of sword light crisscrossing, and eight differently shaped and colored long sword phantasms began to rise.

These eight thousand-foot-long swords, some were gold and red with flames winding around them, some flickered with blue light as if reflecting rippling water, while others were dark and weighty, like stone engravings…

These eight long swords were positioned at eight different points, their sword lights flashing as they protected the entire city walls of Nine Mysteries City.