Therefore, just as Fang Ailing struck once more, Li Dai also made her move. She did not deliberately conceal her identity, so when Fang Ailing wielded the Jinghong Sword and filled the air with killing intent, Li Dai drew the Duye Sword as well. The red hue tinged with a chaotic aura was precisely the current appearance of the Duye Sword—dazzlingly, piercingly red, while the chaotic, tangled patterns endowed the blade with an unfathomable, mystical aura. That the Duye Sword had become what it was today was largely thanks to its having absorbed so much karmic retribution within the Hundred-Bone Battlefield.
Even after smashing head-on into the black ring to forge a gap, its inherent power was no longer comparable to what it once had been.
It was a sword that grew by devouring karmic retribution; therefore, the more people with bad karma Li Dai killed, the stronger it would become. Such growth aligned with its very nature, so its exterior would only grow more resplendent on its original foundation, like a polished gemstone, pleasing to the eye! The Jinghong Sword, however, was different. Its sword intent was pure, and the more pure energy it absorbed, the faster it would grow. Yet it had chosen to pledge allegiance to a female cultivator devoted to slaughter, and one who killed indiscriminately whether people were good or bad. This negative blood-qi had polluted the Jinghong Sword's pristine sword intent, making the crimson veins spreading across its crystal-clear white body …
Chapter 561