“They’re not actual swords, they’re projections from a Metal Virtue Orb!” Lu Yun brought out the Water Virtue Orb that Xing Wuliang had just lent him, propelling its strength with his soul force.

He manifested a world of water virtue around them, one filled with a dense power of water that trapped the golden swords the instant they entered the world, like they’d sunk into a bog. That made them sitting ducks for the Brightheart World King to shatter to pieces.

“Monster!” Xing Wuliang couldn’t help a grumble.

He could barely manage to deploy the world of water virtue inside a Water Virtue Orb with his ninth step soul force. When he called upon it, he had to direct it into his body and make use of it in that indirect fashion....