Lin Mu felt a surge of emotions at this very moment.
These emotions stemmed from the two blades and were a mix of fury and disgust. Fury that these beasts continued to exist, and disgust that they dared to stand in front of them. Lin Mu's own emotions soon mirrored the swords and he let them 'guide' him.
"Drink and Slay! Afternoon Pine, Ocean Raker!" Lin Mu uttered, his voice almost trembling with excitement.
The excitement seemingly turned into a key that unlocked a dam within Lin Mu's body. It was the dam that held back his more… 'Darker' desires.
The desire that spilled out was none other than that of Slaughter!
~RUMBLE~
The aura was like boiling hot steam, making the very air sizzle from it. The aura excited the blades further, a synchronous effect taking place.
~HONGLONG~
The blades hummed a song, their voices being heard far and wide.
"KIHIIIIIIII!" The beasts were visibly affected by the song, showing fear and anxiety.
Unfortunately for them, this was just the start of a very, very bad day.
~SHING~SHING~
With his left hand, Lin Mu swung Afternoon Pine that let out a large yellow slash. The slash seemingly laid a path on which tens of metal pine trees grew.
These trees were no somber and peaceful pine trees in a tundra, they were fierce and deadly, wishing to end all that was in their path.
Their branches grew sideways, piercing through the bodies of the eerie beasts and propping them up. From these branches grew smaller branches, skewering the beasts further as horrifying sounds were unleashed.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})Some of the beasts didn't even get to cry out, for twigs and leaves sprouted from their mouths. These might as well be razors, cutting and splitting their mouths, and skulls apart.
The foul blood of the beasts was spilled and rained down on the pine trees, acting as a fertilizer. The trees drank and drank, continuing to grow as they cut through more beasts.
Then there was Ocean Raker.
If Afternoon Pine created a gruesome artwork from the beasts, the longsword was simple. It took the more sober path and merely cut all that stood in its path into half!
And yet, the longsword's work was no less impressive. Hundreds of beasts were slaughtered by it in a mere moment, as the sword slash continued to grow.
The beasts were first split in the middle, then they were pushed apart as the power of the slash could not be contained by their bodies.
Whether it be first, second or third tribulation stage Immortal beasts, it was all the same. None of them stood a chance in front of Ocean Raker.
Lin Mu spun in the air, as slash after slash was thrown out by him. Only two colors could be seen in the gloomy landscape, yellow and blue, for even the blood of the eerie beasts matched the color of the landscape.
The beasts couldn't even try to charge at Lin Mu, as they were killed in their tracks. A radius of five hundred meters was carved out by Lin Mu, where no beast was left alive.
~HONGLONG~
But there was no way the swords would be satisfied by just this.
"You wish for more… Then more you shall get!" Lin Mu's aura flared, turning into a fountain of slaughter.
The aura pushed the ground around him, dirt and stone both breaking down into fine dust.
~GEDENG~
The two swords glimmered, as a new fuel flowed into them. They sang in joy with the power that was being fed to them by their master.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})It was none other than Sword Intent!
In all killing that Lin Mu had done so far, there was actually no sword intent used. It was just the pure power of the swords being displayed.
But now with the Sword Intent as a catalyst, the two swords rejoiced. Their power grew even more, along with their hatred for the beasts.
The two swords unleashed a power greater than ever before, as a new act was witnessed by Lin Mu.
'This… THEY ARE GROWING!' Lin Mu understood.
The two blades were being nurtured for a long time in the Deep Sapphire City and then by the Sword Nurturing boxes that Lin Mu had made. This in addition to the killing they had done, certainly had been adding to their might.
And now the slaughter of the beasts seemingly led to a breakthrough for both blades!
Two pillars of light surged from Lin Mu's hands as the swords proclaimed their place on the stage. Yellow and blue could be seen for tens of kilometer away, declaring to all creatures that lived in the Spatial Plane of their impending doom.
It was a decree that spelled their end.
~WHOOSH~WHOOSH~
Afternoon Pine and Ocean Raker moved in tandem, each wishing to demonstrate their talent. The first birthed a tree that grew bigger than all. It split the very earth apart and reached for the skies, growing for more than a thousand meters!
The giant pine tree was like a colossus of war, each of its branches sharp like the finest great swords. Each twig was like a long sword that had been honed by a master while each leaf was a dagger crafted for nothing but ending lives.
The giant pine took up the empty space that had been carved out by Lin Mu, but its reach was vast. Even though it hadn't killed any beasts yet, and had only grown it was just the initialization.
Once the tree fully grew, it unleashed its power.
~SHING~SHING~SHING~
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Tens of thousands of sword imprints shot out from the giant pine, raining down upon the beasts far and wide.
It was like a cannon tower that dominated the battlefield, erasing all beasts for over four kilometer in one go. The rain of swords was augmented by the Sword intent, causing multiple smaller slashes to burst out from the beast corpses, further damaging the others around them.
