“HAHAHAHAH! It seems like you were shot down by my blade.” Liao Mengkai let out a burst of laughter. He was obviously very pleased with himself for successfully harming Huo Yuhao—a feat which not even Zhongli Wu had managed to do.

Huo Yuhao nodded at Liao Mengkai. He said, “I never expected to see someone like you who would dedicate your life to perfecting a single art. If I had not been watching you and sensing when you would release your martial soul, I would probably have been in a worse state. You were actually able to ignite your own life energy to freeze the flow of my internal energy. If I am not wrong, your martial soul should be a blade, right?”

Liao Mengkai nodded. He was impressed by how Huo Yuhao was able to deduce all of this during the battle. “That’s right. My martial soul is a blade. To be more precise, it is a blade soul! My blade soul does not possess a true physical form. It is quite different from the usual weapon martial souls which you probably see. However, it is able to fuse into any metallic object perfectly. When I had just started to cultivate it, it was extremely weak and powerless. However, as I became stronger, I started to realize how powerful and useful it is.”

Huo Yuhao continued, “Even though your previous...