Above the Galaxy

Chapter 1046 - 675: It’s My Honor! (3)

Shen Xinglan actually had many opportunities to kill himself, in the Old Land, just when he had ascended to the New Star, when entering the White Crane Academy, when apprenticing under Xuanyuan Mingjing...

Including just now in Brocade City.

Because of face, because of the dignity of a Martial Artist, because of gentlemanly demeanor, he missed the opportunity again and again.

If identities were swapped, Tang Fei would never have given Shen Xinglan the chance to come to the New Star.

Because predators who burn, kill, loot, and commit all sorts of evil, the entire Henshan needs a thorough cleansing...

Too filthy.

"I can’t keep running." Shen Xinglan looked up at the sky and softly said, "I’ve run time and again, I’m already tired of running."

"This is the best chance I have to kill you. If I can’t kill you today... then I’ll have to live in your shadow for the rest of my life. That’s not the life I want."

"Foolish!"

"Yes, foolish." Shen Xinglan looked at Tang Fei and said aloud, "Back then, when my teacher said I was inferior to you, I was quite unwilling to accept it in my heart."

"Later... after losing to you many times, I began to ponder... could it be, that I’m truly not as good as you?"

"Now, I’m absolutely certain of that. The things you can do, I cannot."

"I’m just..." Tang Fei tugged at his own skin, as if wanting to tear it off at any moment, and said, "You live by your looks, I live by being shameless."

"If mere shamelessness could achieve such a level, then this skin might as well be discarded. But you and I both know... it’s not just that."

"I concede defeat, and I accept my fate. But..." Shen Xinglan looked at Tang Fei, and with an extremely serious and sincere tone said, "I want to try once more."

Tang Fei remained silent for a moment, nodded in agreement, "Okay."

"I know, you have one more sword yet to wield."

Tang Fei looked at Shen Xinglan in surprise and asked, "Why would you think that?"

"Many say you have a willful personality, and that you act unscrupulously...

Tang Fei feigned anger and said, "Tell me their names, I’ll write them down in a notebook."

"But I know, within you lie mountains and rivers; cautious, advancing step by step... it was me who came today, so you wielded the World-Burning Sword."

"By my understanding of you, you must have left one sword for my grandpa as well... I want to try that sword."

Tang Fei remained silent for a long time.

Sometimes, you must admit, in this world, the one who understands you the most is surely your adversary.

Just as he understands Shen Xinglan.

"Yes, I have one more sword." Tang Fei said aloud.

"Please teach me."

Tang Fei looked at Shen Xinglan and said, "Then watch closely."

His body soared into the air, and he became a mere shadow, splitting into thousands of clones.

You could see the phantom image, yet struggle to lock onto his aura.

Each clone is illusory, yet perhaps each one is real.

The Yin Erosion Sword unsheathed, the sky darkened instantly, and the whole Baiyun Mountain was shrouded under this boundless Sword Intent.

A sword slashes out!

Monkey cries and crane howls, ghosts weep and wolves lament.

Shen Xinglan moved, the Taia Sword soared to the sky, a beam of moonlight as brilliant as a divine pillar descended from heaven, piercing through the eerie purgatory created by the Yin Erosion Sword.

At that moment, ghosts ceased crying, wolves shut their mouths.

Everything fell silent.

Dawn broke.

Swoosh!

Starlight poured down like a meteor shower on the summit of Baiyun Mountain.

"Meteor Sword Technique"!

This was the first set of swordsmanship Shen Xinglan cultivated, and it was his Lifebound Sword Technique which he used to step into the Mountain Gate and ascend to Grandmaster.

This sword, casual, graceful, even described as magnificent, beautiful, filled with romantic hues.

This was the fiercest sword Shen Xinglan wielded after letting go of his inner demon and abandoning all burdens.

Engagement, collision, black and white intertwined and engulfed each other, the skies above Baiyun Mountain alternated between daylight brightness and ink-like darkness.

Then half was black, the other half white.

Rumbling...

The mountain shook, the earth trembled, the entire world quivered.

For a long time.

For a long time.

The wind stopped, the rain ceased, the countless meteors vanished without trace.

Shen Xinglan, in white clothes as pristine as snow, with the silver mask on half of his face not making him appear ugly, instead adding a touch of cool mystery.

"What’s the name of this sword?" Shen Xinglan asked aloud.

"This sword hasn’t been named."

"How about Eternal?"

"Eternal?"

The Hell Transformation Map records: Infinite Prison, enduring countless deaths and rebirths every day, the sword technique contains endless trials and tribulations.

Every sword is a ghost’s sword, and also a god’s sword.

The sword light splits into 129,600 rays, building an everlasting sword prison.

"Eternal."

"Alright, let’s call it Eternal." Tang Fei nodded, indicating acceptance of this name.

Shen Xinglan let out a breath of relief, a joyful smile appeared on his face, he happily said, "It is my honor."

The two exchanged glances, enemies, friends, and appreciating one another.

Boom...

Shen Xinglan’s body suddenly exploded, corroded by 129,600 Sword Qis, and also subjected to 129,600 tribulations.

Countless Yin Erosion aura seeped from his body, smoke swirling, the world was once again enveloped in darkness.

Tang Fei looked at the vast night sky, where there was already no one.

"It is also my honor."

Tang Fei softly said.