Apotheosis

Everything happened too fast. In a blink of an eye, the jet of the Magnetic Aurora was destroyed. Zen only took a short time to complete the process, shorter than Zachary.

"..." Zachary's jaw dropped. With that short spell, he had experienced so much shock that his senses went numb.

Zen saw that Zachary was spacing out, but there were more Magnetic Aurora shots coming their way. He calmly cautioned Zachary, "More shots of Magnetic Aurora are coming! Watch out!"

Four jets of Magnetic Aurora were hurtling towards them now.

After taking an overwhelming hit on his self-esteem from Zen, Zachary felt chills through his veins and his face became more serious.

When it came to the practice of swordsmanship, it was crucial to maintain the sword heart, hone the sword intent, and be able to resist all kinds of disturbances to do away with any devil inside.

Just now, when Zachary saw the power of Zen, his heart became unstable. If his sword heart was flustered, his sword intent would be impaired affecting the power of the sword. A wavering sword heart was one of the great taboos for swordsmen.

Seeing Zachary recovered quickly, Zen slightly smiled, 'He is, after all, a swordsman practicing swordsmanship. I'm amazed at how fast he can stabilize his sword heart!'

Without another word, Zen put on his serious face in order to handle the jets of Magnetic Aurora.

The Magnetic Aurora shots came to them nonstop and the quantity kept increasing after every wave.

The first wave only came with one shot of Magnetic Aurora; the second one came with two shots; the third arrived with three shots, and so on.

To keep the crystal ball safe, it was vital to disrupt the speed of the Magnetic Aurora.

The Magnetic Aurora was a highly purified energy extracted from polar magic stones. This kind of Aurora was extremely stable and barely affected by external disturbances.

For instance, the dragon intent concealed in the dragon-shaped energy of Zachary's sword was effective in confronting enemies or killing supernatural beasts, but it would not impact the Magnetic Aurora that much. If one wanted to hack a jet of Magnetic Aurora, he still had to rely on his sword intent–or his sheer comprehension of the swordsmanship.

Hence, fighting the Magnetic Aurora was the best way to hone one's sword intent.

Zen and Zachary were hacking at the Magnetic Aurora continuously. They powered it through from the first wave all the way to the fifteenth wave.

A total of thirty Magnetic Aurora streaks zoomed over simultaneously. Zen and Zachary each handled fifteen streaks.

"Breakthrough!"

The light from Zen's sword was like glinting ripples on a lake charging towards those jets of Magnetic Aurora.

Bands of sword light blurred the scene, vanquishing all the Magnetic Aurora in an instant.

The fifteen Magnetic Aurora streaks came at varying speeds, but still, they couldn't match Zen's speed. In no time, Zen dissolved the fifteen streaks.

Meanwhile, Zachary's speed was not as rapid as Zen's. As he was working on his share of streaks, he a

n-shaped sword energy destroyed it at the right time.

But since Zachary's posture for doing this thrust was incorrect, he fell heavily onto the ground, face down. When he scrambled to his feet, half of his face was black and blue.

At the sight of Zachary's face, Zen smirked, "Well done! You did your best!"

Zachary gasped and replied, "It went well and it's record-breaking for me. I did power through the twenty-first wave! I still couldn't believe it!"

Zachary had spent quite some time on the Seven Star Sword Light Platform. Before today, his best record was at the twentieth wave, but he got stuck. The one time he made it through the twentieth wave was because of other's help that allowed him to narrowly block the last jet of Magnetic Aurora and come to face the twenty-first wave.

Today, Zachary successfully conquered the twenty-first wave all by himself and entered the twenty-second round. It was indeed unbelievable!

The interval between waves of the shots was always short. Before Zachary could catch his breath, the twenty-second wave was already fast approaching them.

Although Zachary went all out, he failed to get through the twenty-second wave. The last streak of Magnetic Aurora relentlessly crumbled his crystal ball. Zachary was drenched in his sweat, as if he had just fallen into a river.

A martial art practitioner using a sword as his weapon was usually more agile than a practitioner using a spear or a broadsword, so he would seldom look like a mess. However, since Zachary just pushed himself to the ultimate limit, he looked quite a mess right now. And that was a brand-new experience for him.

He collapsed onto the ground like a paralyzed man. While he was trying to catch his breath, he saw Zen was still dealing with the jets of the Magnetic Aurora with composure. He could only think to himself, 'This guy is really a monster. He took the eighth level at the Seven Star Sword Light Platform, but he already faced with Magnetic Aurora with no difficulty.

How freaking powerful this guy is!'