As a mysterious aura radiated from between the sword spirit's brows, Ye Feng, Cao Yan, and Xiao Chen suddenly shuddered all over!!!
While Ye Feng's mind struggled against the Geng Metal Spirit within his body, it also sank into a pitch-black expanse of chaos.
Just like his first ruin opening, weapons of every kind lay scattered across this chaos.
Yet this time... Ye Feng could distinctly sense that there were far more ruins artifacts.
Countless ruins artifacts trembled faintly in dense clusters, swords letting out soft chimes as if vying with one another for Ye Feng to choose them.
Yet Ye Feng's gaze was entirely drawn to the depths of the chaos.
He sensed an aura that seemed to be calling out to him.
Step by step, he walked toward the deepest depths of the chaos.
Xiao Chen and Cao Yan were undergoing the exact same experience. The calling of the ruins artifacts was just as intense, and their pressure was even more formidable.
It was the same for the others. During their first ruin opening, various ruins artifacts had surrounded them.
Now, however, the artifacts around them were all perfectly suited to each of them!!
Moreover, the quality of these ruins artifacts... was seventh grade at the very least!!
Above the ninth grade lay king-grade and Saint Grade—and here, they were far from absent; in fact, there were many!!
Whether they could resonate with them, however, depended entirely on themselves.
Soon, a fierce sword qi erupted from Qianqiusui!
The grand array indicated that the grade of Qianqiusui's Sword Ruins had reached the eighth grade!!
This grade was far stronger than what ordinary favored prodigies possessed. If it truly harmonized with her, achieving an Apocalypse in the future would not be impossible!
One had to remember that the Sword Ruins Ye Feng awakened back then had only been seventh grade.
From this alone, one could see just how terrifying it was for the sword spirit to step in and help them reopen their ruins...
Next were Li Nanting, Qin Xian, and the others of comparatively weaker strength.
Their respective Sword Ruins emerged in succession, though neither broke through to king-grade; both were ninth grade.
After all, before his injury, Li Nanting had also been a genius of the Great Xia Sword Sect.
Both opened their eyes, excitement plain on their faces.
Seeing everyone break through one after another, Li Guanqi also breathed a sigh of relief.
Buzz!!!
The intense fluctuations around Ji Yuchuan dispersed. He had actually cast aside an opportunity to obtain something even more powerful!!
Stepping out of the grand array with a flash, Ji Yuchuan bowed deeply to Li Guanqi in heartfelt gratitude.
Li Guanqi frowned and said, "That aura just now... was likely close to a Saint Grade ruins artifact. Why give it up?"
Ji Yuchuan straightened up and said softly, "In response to Pavilion Master, I felt that... although that ruins artifact was formidable, it was not as well suited to me as my current one.
"Even so... Yuchuan is deeply grateful to Pavilion Master for keeping me in mind at a time like this."
Li Guanqi nodded and said nothing more. This was Ji Yuchuan's own choice.
Besides, what suited a person best was truly the best, so his decision was understandable.
Ji Yuchuan stood quietly behind Li Guanqi, an unfamiliar glint in his eyes.
It was as if from this moment on, certain convictions in his heart had grown firmer.
What Li Guanqi hadn't expected was that Lu Kangnian had actually awakened a Saint Grade sword ruins this time!!
That ruins artifact was remarkably compatible with Lu Kangnian. Primal energy surged violently around him, faintly showing signs of an impending breakthrough!!
So much so that after Lu Kangnian woke, he didn't even say hello before hurriedly leaving the Purple Spirit Grotto-Heaven to go into seclusion.
The others also woke up one by one, each reaping substantial gains.
Tang Ru had likewise obtained an abacus ruins artifact cast entirely in purple gold. Its quality was extraordinarily high—peak king-grade, immensely close to Saint Grade!
Li Guanqi swallowed hard, not daring to fathom just how many ruins artifacts the sword spirit had prepared for them!
In the end, only Ye Feng, Cao Yan, and Xiao Chen remained in comprehension.
The pressure radiating from the three fluctuated violently!!
Standing beside Li Guanqi, the sword spirit frowned and said, "There isn't much time left for them...
"Besides, the ruins artifacts that suit the three of them... are by no means simple."
Li Guanqi's brow knitted slightly. Her underlying meaning was that she wasn't sure whether the three could win the recognition of those ruins artifacts.
"They definitely will!"
An artifact whose name even the sword spirit remembered was bound to be extraordinary.
Even in the Immortal Realm, they had likely been renowned entities that commanded awe across entire regions.
Boom!!!!
Wild blue flames surged around Cao Yan.
Immediately afterward, his body involuntarily floated into midair. As flames coiled around his arms, sounds like the roars of beasts seemed to echo!
The surging flames ultimately materialized upon his fists into a pair of azure gauntlets!!
Cold armor clad both fists and extended all the way to his forearms and elbows, its sharp-edged contour ferociously menacing.
The corners of the sword spirit's mouth tilted up, and she murmured softly, "The gauntlets... Gu Yang!
"To think Cao Yan actually subdued them!"
Buzz!!!!
A pitch-black long spear suddenly materialized!!!
Xiao Chen's feet pushed off the grand array, and his body shot into the air in an instant!!
Gripping the spear, he swung it violently. Phantom spear lights fell as dense as a torrential squall, and as the red tassel whipped through the air, fractures tore through the void.
Light shifted in the sword spirit's eyes as a slight smile touched her lips. "She Shen.
"Will the final one, Nu Sha... choose Ye Feng?"
Just as the words left her mouth, an immense, unimaginably fierce sword intent suddenly surged around Ye Feng, soaring straight into the sky!!
Clang!!!
A ringing sword chime reverberated through the heavens, drawing everyone's gaze toward Ye Feng!!
A mottled phantom of a longsword materialized into existence.
The sword circled Ye Feng once, and then, surprisingly, lowered its blade slowly toward Li Guanqi.
This sight baffled the onlookers.
Not just that sword, but the spear and the gauntlets as well.
In Li Guanqi's eyes, these three ruins artifacts seemed to be fighting desperately against the current of time, swimming up from a forgotten river of the past.
Though the three artifacts appeared to bow to Li Guanqi, they were actually bowing to the sword spirit behind him!
Perhaps...
If the sword spirit hadn't remembered them, they might never have reappeared in the mortal world again, vanishing unknown into the long river of time.
Looking at the mottled bloodstains on the blade of Ye Feng's sword ruins, Li Guanqi frowned.
He couldn't shake the feeling that the bloodstains on that sword were somewhat unusual...
Swoosh!!
The sword ruins named Nu Sha shot into the space between Ye Feng's brows in an instant. The manifestation of Ye Feng's consciousness looked down.
The sword in his hands gradually took on the appearance of Nu Sha.
Ye Feng grinned and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Looking up at the Geng Metal Spirit before him, he cursed, "Come on, I'm going to hack you to death today!!"
Seeing this, Li Guanqi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He could sense Ye Feng's power continuously climbing; at the very least, he now had the strength to put up a fight!
Cao Yan and Xiao Chen couldn't close their mouths from grinning; all three of their sword ruins were now Saint Grade!!
Yet Li Guanqi noticed that even though theirs were Saint Grade, the light of the grand array had only been purple.
Back then, his own had been red...
He didn't dwell on it, because he had already seen that woman standing in the distance, watching him.
Shifting his gaze, Li Guanqi told everyone to stabilize their spirit ruins where they were, then flashed over to stand before the woman.
"Junior Li Guanqi greets Senior."
A rare hint of a smile touched Hong Zhi's face as she looked at Li Guanqi.
Yet her eyes were fixed directly on the space beside him as she said softly, "Thank you."
The sword spirit was deeply annoyed. Even though Hong Zhi couldn't see or perceive her, and despite maintaining an expressionless face upon hearing Hong Zhi say thank you, she felt a little better inside.
Turning her head away with an aloof air, the sword spirit looked at Li Guanqi and said:
"Tell her not to waste my power, or I won't let her off!!"
Chapter 760