Evil Martial Sovereign's surprise was not caused by any improvement in Chen Xuan's sword intent, but rather by Chen Xuan's growing mastery over Dugu Ye's sword intent.
In the traditional sense, sword cultivators specialized in offense and neglected defense. For someone like Chen Xuan to conjure up such a flawless defensive sword circle was nothing short of miraculous.
Xiang Chu was equally shaken by the sword circle Chen Xuan had produced. Sword qi clashed and sword light shattered in all directions, followed immediately by Chen Xuan's longsword snapping into pieces and embedding itself into the ground.
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