“Nobody is immortal, and life is unpredictable. I can die without regret if I get to do the things I love.” Jared kept a faint smile and showed no signs of being scared by the woman.
He was determined to enter the tomb of swords, regardless of whether it was a sacred sword or a demonic sword in there. After all, no matter what it was, it would end up being devoured by his Dragonslayer Sword anyway.
The woman sighed as she saw Jared’s determination and stated, “You might be destined for this. It will be the true tomb of swords once you enter this location. The sword energy there is hundreds of times more potent than it is right now. Please think about it thoroughly…”
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman began to fade away before finally disappearing entirely.
“Jared, I believe it would be best for you to enter by yourself. I’m worried that with my current abilities, going in would put a burden on you because I would require your protection.”
Flaxseed was terrified. His entire body would likely be torn apart by the sword energy if what the woman had mentioned about it being hundreds of times stronger there was true.
Jared gave a nod. “You wait for me here, Mr. Flaxseed. You can head back without me if I don’t appear after three days.”
After hearing that, Flaxseed quickly responded, “Jared, you have to return. What will happen to your women if you’re gone? Imagine how miserable and pitiful they will feel. You must survive and make it out.”
Jared was speechless. Can Flaxseed think about anything other than women? “I’m going in…”
Once Jared began to go forward, Flaxseed lost sight of him as Jared’s form gradually blurred and vanished. The sword energy grew greater after Jared had advanced a certain distance. In front of him, the ground was covered with long swords.
Although they appeared to be stabbed into the ground randomly, the swords were actually arranged in an ordered fashion. Jared could also sense the ceaseless clashing of two opposing auras within this tomb of swords.
The scene in front of him was no longer made up of dead branches and leaves. Instead, he could see new branches and leaves growing rapidly on the large trees. However, as soon as they had fully developed, they were abruptly cut off by the raging sword energy.
The two forces appeared to be engaged in a back-and-forth battle.
Jared pulled out the Dragonslayer Sword and frantically absorbed the raging sword energy. As a result, the trees’ branches and leaves grew quickly until they were ultimately covered int luxuriant greenery.
“It appears that this location is not as deadly as the woman claimed, but thankfully, I am carrying my Dragonslayer Sword.” Jared’s face was filled with joy.
Suddenly, he felt a murderous aura. In a flash, he focused his gaze on a spot in front of him. Soon, a man with a sword in his hand slowly approached Jared.
The man had a pale face and lifeless eyes. Other than a murderous aura, no other aura emanated from him. At a glance, Jared could tell that the man should be one of the sword marionettes that the woman had mentioned.
If the body was still there when someone was murdered by sword energy, the body would be refined by the energy, eventually leading to the formation of a sword marionette.
The sword energy would take control over the body, turning it into a puppet without any thoughts or consciousness, much like a zombie.
It was also completely fearless of being attacked because it could not feel pain and was dead. Due to the sword energy controlling it, a sword marionette would not respond even if its limbs were severed.
Jared was a little worried at encountering this kind of creature. After all, the sword marionette had no fear of death. It would not react at all even if Jared used a sword to strike through its body.
Other than being cut into bits, there was no other way to defeat it. Finding the source of the sword energy and cutting it off was the only other option to vanquish it. From what he could tell, though, it would be challenging to locate the demonic sword.
