Jared was relying on his memory to carve the characters, then formed these characters into a charm imprint.
As Jared carved the charm imprint, the sword marionettes, which had been calm, suddenly became frenzied again, charging forward like wild tigers.
Sworder, along with several elders of the Divine Smithing Sect, fought with all their might.
At the same time, Sworder’s sword created barriers, blocking the sword marionettes from approaching Jared.
Sworder’s face turned red as he desperately swung his sword.
The other elders of the Divine Smithing Sect were also fighting fiercely to kill the sword marionettes.
As more and more sword marionettes were killed, the sword intent in the sword-cleansing lake grew stronger.
Suddenly, Sworder spat out a mouthful of blood as the barriers formed by the sword light were broken through by countless sword marionettes.
Sworder’s eyes turned bloodshot. He roared loudly as his longsword grew in size and his body seemed to catch fire.
With a single swing, Sworder wiped out countless sword marionettes.
However, it seemed like the sword marionettes were endless and kept multiplying.
Sworder and the elders of the Divine Smithing Sect were surrounded by the sword marionettes, about to be killed by them.
Jared carved the final stroke, the charm imprint took shape.
Buzz!
The charm imprint slowly descended to the center and then burst forth with golden light.
The earth trembled, and eight golden beams shot out from the charm imprint, converging together.
The golden light radiated and illuminated the entire sword-cleansing lake.
Under the light, the sword marionettes shrieked, instantly turning to dust and vanishing, transforming into sword intent.
In the blink of an eye, all the sword marionettes in the sword-cleansing lake disappeared.
Sworder and the elders of the Divine Smithing Sect stood in shock, staring at the scene before them.
“All those sword marionettes… they’re all dead?” Sworder exclaimed in astonishment.
Previously, sword marionettes had existed in the sword-cleansing lake. While there had been an arcane array at the bottom of the lake, the sword marionettes had still been present.
But now, this Array of Five Elements and Eight Trigrams had wiped them all out!
This arcane array was utterly domineering.
Jared felt the power of the arcane array in motion and the overwhelming sword intent in the sword-cleansing lake. He was ecstatic.
He sat in the gathering light, desperately absorbing the sword intent from the sword- cleansing lake.
At the same time, the Dragonslayer Sword absorbed the sword intent, and vortexes appeared around Jared.
Sword intent surged from all directions into Jared’s body and the Dragonslayer Sword.
Sworder and the others were stunned as they watched Jared crazily absorb the sword intent.
An elder of the Divine Smithing Sect asked, “Sworder, will Mr. Chance suffer any backlash from absorbing this sword intent?”
Sworder shook his head and replied, “That shouldn’t be a problem. The sword energy that had accumulated in the sword-cleansing lake for thousands of years was also absorbed by him, and nothing happened to Mr. Chance.”
The group stared at Jared, observing as he frantically absorbed the sword intent.
“Master…”
Suddenly, a voice echoed in Jared’s mind.
He quickly looked around and found that it was the sword spirit, Zelda.
Looking around, he noticed that Sworder and the others were nowhere to be seen.
“Master, you are currently in the Dragonslayer Sword,” Zelda said.
Exited, Jared walked toward Zelda and asked softly, “Zelda, have you fully recovered?”
Zelda nodded. “Yes.”
Afterward, Zelda gently stroked Jared’s face and said, “Master, have you missed me during this time?”
“Of course I have. I came to the Divine Smithing Sect specifically to help you recover.”
Jared grasped Zelda’s hand.
Zelda gently nestled into Jared’s embrace.
It had been a while since Jared practiced dual cultivation.
And so…
Sworder and the others quietly watched Jared, unaware that he was already engaging in dual cultivation at that moment.
