“How could it be?” The young man sounded extremely sure of himself. “Whoever that has gone to the Town of the Brave recently would have definitely known of you and the additional feature that your weapon has. Black Thorn, you need to stop covering for them.”

Gu Lingzhi pursed her lips and hated how the young man was using her as a tool to get what he wanted. She stared at him coldly and said, “I remember on the first day I battled, I had already said that I was not externalizing my spiritual energy but merely stripping a part of it and directing it into my sword. They are two entirely different things. If you have a sword that can help you...