Dead Wild
Dead Wild, a barren wild, where tree branches hung lifelessly, weeds boldly growing until they concealed the narrow path. Few birds ever entertained the area with their bellows. Dead Wild was the name of the formation Chen Tiandao cast between the sides of Formation Sect that they knew and where Sword Shadow Dust Gale made his mark on their land. Hence, it was the most secluded place in all of Formation Section.
The correct name for Dead Wild was “Killing Formation”. The fear elicited when passing through wouldn’t kill the target. The mental and physical agony of death would be experienced in its full glory, having said that.
To put it simply, sword qi would cover every inch of their body until they could no longer fight back, thereby killing them in a variety of ways, such as splitting them down the centre or decapitation. Those lucky would just be kicked out and bleed. Those who suffered more serious damage could end up with their lights out for several days. Over time, the formation served its purpose as a deterrent.
Though he was told not to go there, Mu Yu was already standing atop a boulder at the outer perimeter, raring to check out his shifu’s mark. From the outside, its appearance was exactly what one expected to see and feel at a typical abandoned land. Upon entering, the tweets he heard outside were gone. Instead, he heard the weeds swaying more vigorously thanks to the stronger breeze.
Mu Yu determined the weeds coming up to his knees were physically since he could control them. As he ambled through, the weeds would make way. A brooding ambience grew more and more prominent the further he walked. He gingerly stepped until he spotted the source of the odious ambience – a quaint, obsidian ten metre sword forked into the ground on an angle, leaking faint grey patterns.
Mu Yu warily touched the sword that wore its hostility as a coat.
“So, how do I beat you?”
Mu Yu swung his green hand across his body, heating up the air as sword qi ejected from Shadow Splitter Sword. Golden formation lines flowed from Shadow Splitter Sword to the black sword. As it answered to Mu Yu’s challenge, the black sword shook itself out of the ground, cracking the earth and mowing down the weed within several kilometres in the process.
Keeping his eyes on the sword, Mu Yu vaulted up. The black sword glowed as it powered up. The ground collapsed as qi breakers ripped through the earth to propel the black sword vertically. Formation lines wreathed around the black sword as white cracks shed the black layer, revealing a white interior. The black fragments rearranged themselves as a humanoid.
The humanoid’s white eyes showed nothing but a thirst for blood and mayhem. He alternated between opening and closing his hand several times and then clutched the white sword, shrinking it to a more typical proportion.
The white sword was called Lethal Sword, while the black humanoid was called Lethal Deity, guardian of Celestial Sword Hill. Like killing formations, he had dangerous swordplay and formations at his disposal. There was no means of winning unless one was prepared in both disciplines.
“Same cultivation as me? That makes him a Body Severing Realm Fifth Layer fighter, then.” Mu Yu poised his sword and declared, “Let’s give this a try.”
Aloofly, the humanoid swung and moved, generating a burst of ear-splitting sword qi in multiple directions. This was a test of swordplay proficiency. There was no means of backing out – not that there was a need to.
“It’s your turn to taste defeat for a change.”
Going with Dustfallen Swordplay’s eighth technique, Falling Shadow Destruction, Mu Yu swirled sword qi around him and then released it as a blast of sword qi, overwhelming the attacks while simultaneously delivering one at Lethal Deity!
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