Chu Mo wore an expression that said 'you're crazy', but Hua Xiaoya was undeterred. She directly cut her finger, dripping a few drops of blood onto the rusty iron sword.

Everyone... was nervously watching.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

After anxiously waiting for more than a dozen breaths, the iron sword... showed no response!

"It failed!" Hua Xiaoya grumbled with a displeased look on her face, her intelligent eyes still rolling around as she muttered: "Could it be that there wasn't enough blood? Or maybe the blood from my fingers isn't pure enough?"

"..." Chu Mo and others were all dumbfounded, thinking that she was a bit too persistent?

"This is driving me crazy!" Hua Xiaoya murmured, hitting the hilt of the battered iron sword vehemently in frustration.

Meanwhile, in the distance, Zhou Jun thought to himself, it can't be that all good things would fall into their laps, right?

Just then, something unexpected occurred!

The battered iron sword, which was stuck in the stone and couldn't be budged by Hua Xiaoya, actually moved!

Those far away like Zhou Jun did not see it, but those around Hua Xiaoya clearly saw the sword move a bit when Hua Xiaoya hit it.

"It moved?" Hua Xiaoya's bright eyes rested on the sword, she glanced at the others around her, somewhat incredulous.

"It seems to have moved..." One disciple from One Sword remarked unsurely.

"Definitely moved, I saw it clearly." Another disciple from One Sword said with certainty.

Not minding anything else at that moment, Hua Xiaoya stretched out her hand, gripped the hilt and pulled hard...

Splash!

With a slightly gritty sound of friction, the sword... was actually pulled out by Hua Xiaoya.

"Hahaha, I pulled it out!" Hua Xiaoya laughed wildly, swinging the ugly, battered iron sword with a face full of elation.

"..." Everyone present wore a woeful expression.

Hua Sanniang couldn't help but roll her eyes, wanting to claim that she wasn't her daughter and she didn't know her.

After swinging the battered iron sword a few times, Hua Xiaoya might have felt that she looked like a lunatic. She pursed her lips and threw the battered iron sword to the side, rolling her eyes at Chu Mo: "And you're laughing!"

Chu Mo immediately looked serious, but soon his expression froze, shock apparent in his eyes as he looked towards the direction Hua Xiaoya had thrown the sword, his mouth twitching.

Hua Xiaoya immediately pointed at Chu Mo and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, Chu Mo, I've discovered you have a talent for acting. Now you still want to trick me? Humph! Although your acting is good, at most I'll give you one compliment... Eh?"

But as she spoke, Hua Xiaoya suddenly noticed that everyone else had the same shocked face as Chu Mo, all looking behind her.

"You... I mean, aren't you guys going a bit too far?" Hua Xiaoya grumbled for a while, then turned around.

Then, she also froze.

Because that sword was floating in mid-air, hanging behind her.

Like a ghost.

"Ah!" Hua Xiaoya screamed, her face turning white, and like a rabbit, she quickly jumped towards Chu Mo, hiding behind him.

Then, she peeped out half of her little face from behind Chu Mo, looking cautiously in that direction.

Gone.

"Hey, my eyes must have played tricks on me!" Hua Xiaoya looked relieved.

Chu Mo glanced at what was behind Hua Xiaoya from the corner of his eyes, saying: "It's behind you."

The smile on Hua Xiaoya's face abruptly froze, she cautiously turned her head around, and sure enough, that battered iron sword that appeared as if it could fall apart at any moment was hanging behind her.

"Oh my god!" Hua Xiaoya was thoroughly frightened. She had never experienced anything like this before.

One Sword, although reputed as the best swordsmanship school in the Mortal Realm and said to have ancestors who had reached enlightenment through the sword, she had never heard of a sentient sword that would autonomously hang behind its owner.

Hua Xiaoya let out a scream and dodged left and right, but no matter how she moved, the sword remained suspended behind her.

The others were all scared as well. This situation was beyond their comprehension.

Chu Mo frowned slightly, suddenly recalling something.

He had seen an article on the message board about top-level divine artifacts.

It stated that real divine artifacts are sentient. The higher the level of the divine artifact, the more sentient it is. The article further mentioned that the Ten Heavenly Artifacts of the Heavenly Realm all possess high intelligence and can even choose their masters by themselves.

At that time, Chu Mo was somewhat skeptical about the article.

Because the Sky God Mirror and the Chaos Furnace he possesses were once among the top Ten Heavenly Artifacts. Yet, he didn't encounter the kind of sentience mentioned in the article in either of them.

Of course, Chu Mo agrees that the Sky God Mirror and Chaos Furnace are strong and possess some level of sentience.

As for Heaven Slaying, which is not in the ranking of the Ten Heavenly Artifacts but has already surpassed them, Chu Mo hasn't felt any particularly strong sentience from it. But one thing is certain, Heaven Slaying... could definitely follow him around like this rotten iron sword.

Thinking of this, Chu Mo's heart raced.

What level of divine artifact is Heaven Slaying? It was the top-level divine artifact that caused the Battle of the Gods in the Heavenly Realm!

Even though it's now incomplete, it is still a real divine weapon.

But how can this sword... achieve such a level?

Countless thoughts flashed through Chu Mo's mind in an instant. Then, looking at Hua Xiaoya and the stunned crowd, he slowly said, "Don't be scared. Try... to communicate with it."

"Communicate?" Hua Xiaoya made a face as if she had seen a ghost, and showed a smile uglier than a cry. "Communicate my ass! How can you communicate with this thing?"

"You reach out, and grab it." Chu Mo suggested.

"Why don't you grab it? It's all your fault asking me to drip blood on it!" Hua Xiaoya gritted her teeth at Chu Mo.

"Tsk..." Chu Mo curled his lips, "Okay, I'll grab it."

As he spoke, he reached out towards the rotten iron sword floating behind Hua Xiaoya.

But unexpectedly, a shocking scene occurred. The rotten iron sword perfectly launched an attack towards Chu Mo.

Clang!

The sound of metal collision echoed through the void.

Nobody saw that a shiny knife had suddenly appeared behind Chu Mo.

No one knew when Heaven Slaying came out, not even Chu Mo saw it clearly.

The two weapons clashed in an instant.

Chu Mo's eyes widened suddenly.

As for the others, they were all paralyzed on the spot.

This was like seeing a real ghost.

What was even more shocking was that Heaven Slaying suddenly released an unrivaled murderous intention that was extremely fierce.

It was as if there were only this knife left in Heaven and Earth.

Everyone was overburdened by the aura suddenly released by this knife, turning pale and unable to stand firm.

This was mainly because the knife's momentum was directed at the rotten iron sword.

Of course, Chu Mo was the exception.

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Delivering three more parts today.

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