Chapter 1092: 1092 Noah smiled, and a pair of short swords formed in his ethereal figure's palms . He didn't even speak before performing his strongest slash toward the expert .
Four additional arms formed on his torso . They all wielded blades and joined the other limbs to slash at the owner of the divine inheritance .
A six-armed dragon shot from Noah's figure and crashed on the mental sea . The internal pressure spiked due to the shockwave released in the impact, but Noah endured the pain without moving his focus from the expert .
Night's words had cleared his doubts . He wanted the divine inheritance, so he would do everything in his power to seize it . The unwillingness of the expert wouldn't matter if Noah could overpower it .
Tall tides formed on the mental sea . The expert and the dispersing six-armed dragon disappeared under the raging brown water, but Noah quickly stabilized his mental energy .
"Why do you even need six arms for this?" Sharp words resounded inside the ethereal space . The expert walked from below the sea, shaking his head in disappointment .
He lifted his forefinger in front of his face and curved it with a quick movement . Noah could barely contain his surprise when he saw a six-bladed cloud flying in his direction .
Noah performed his strongest slash once again . A dragon and a formless cloud clashed mid-air, but the six-armed creature couldn't do anything against the expert's attack .
Terror rose inside Noah, but the cloud didn't harm him when it engulfed his figure . It dispersed before reaching the mental walls .
The expert wasn't trying to hurt him . The sharpness pressing on Noah's mind came from the man's might, which was a feature that it couldn't suppress .
Noah had realized that after the last exchange, and excitement inevitably built up inside him .
The environment of the sea of consciousness was different from the outside world . Most of Noah's power there came from the level of his mind .
Noah didn't have the Demonic Sword's structure as a limit there, and the same went for his spells . He could use slashes that he was too worried to perform in the outside world . Moreover, he had the will of a divine existence as his training partner .
"Purity overcomes brute power," The expert announced . "You have walked the path of the blade by chance . You didn't choose it, and your slashes reflect your lack of commitment . "
Noah listened to the expert's words, but his ethereal arms were moving once again . The only limit was his mental walls' sturdiness, so he wanted to show everything he had before meditating on those teachings .
He could roar and spit flames, but he had a dark star as his core . Magical beasts and hybrids couldn't claim him as part of their kind anymore, so his attacks had to do the same .
Noah's additional arms disappeared, and the two swords fused to form a longer blade . Both his arms wielded its hiltless base as they rose above his head while he focused .
'Destruction can create darkness,' Noah thought as he slashed downward . His blade traced a black line in front of him, but nothing more seemed to come out of it .
The expert opened his palm . An intense shockwave resounded as a black slash landed in his open hand, and sharpness spread everywhere inside the mental sphere .
Noah suffered . His mental walls struggled to remain still when he used his full power, but the training with the Seventh Kesier rune proved itself useful in that situation .
The mental sphere stopped trembling after a few seconds . Even Noah's most potent attack wasn't able to destabilize it for too long!
The expert remained silent as it stared at the slash in his hand . He lifted his eyebrows again to inspect it, and some inaudible words came out of his mouth .
"This is quite better," The expert said . "You might have walked this path for the wrong reasons, but you learnt something along the way . Maybe you aren't hopeless . "
Noah didn't speak . That was his strongest attack, something that he could only launch in the ethereal world of his mental sphere . Yet, the expert had easily stopped it .
Also, he was forcing it to remain in his palm . The slash would typically disperse once it released its power, but the expert used some unknown method to keep it intact .
"What is a sword for you?" The expert asked .
"A weapon," Noah gave an honest answer . He knew the deeper meaning behind that question, but Noah didn't want to lie about his mindset .
Since his first time wielding a saber, Noah's mindset had never changed . His individuality might have the shape of a sword, but that didn't stop him from considering himself as a weapon either .
"That's right," The expert replied . "They are tools meant to kill . Their purpose is to give an advantage in battle, cut better, and sever everything in their path . Fingers and nails can't be so effective, and the same goes for teeth and fangs . "
The expert eventually let Noah's slash disperse and started to scratch his beard as he walked in circles above the mental sea .
"It's never the blade," The eccentric man continued . "A sharp piece of metal can't have any depth . Cultivators add meanings once they wield swords . They invent martial arts, they create paths, and, sometimes, they become part of them . "
The expert gestured to Noah to come closer, and he didn't hesitate to fly toward him . The inheritance's owner started to walk around him at that point, and the same inaudible words as before buzzed as he inspected him .
"You are a sword," The expert eventually concluded, "But you lack purity . You seized everything you could along your path, disrupting your harmony and the path you managed to unlock . It's time to choose . "
"Choose what?" Noah asked . He could understand where the expert was going, but he wanted him to say it loudly .
Each of the eccentric man's words carried his sharpness . Noah felt enlightened every time that pressure appeared inside his mind . He would get the expert to talk as much as possible if he couldn't seize the inheritance .
"Your path," The expert replied . "I see a magical beast, a swordsman, a creator, and a destroyer inside you . While some of these paths can live together, others will inevitably suffer as you advance . "
Noah sighed . That was a warning that he had already heard multiple times, and he had slowly learnt the reason behind that as he became familiar with the laws .
The laws were simple but powerful truths . They carried the true meanings of certain aspects of the world .
Cultivators would eventually become laws upon reaching the seventh rank, and expressing a simple but powerful meaning was impossible if their individualities were too complicated .
"I won't choose," Noah said, and his words startled the expert . "My ambition is boundless . I will take everything that increases my power and bring it to the Immortal Lands . Accepting limits will be the end of my path . "
"What if I say that you can't take my inheritance unless you accept the sword as your only path?" The expert asked, and Noah could sense a tinge of curiosity in his tone .
Cultivators like Noah were rare, but his determination was a common sight in the Immortal Lands . Every divine being was a stubborn and resolved individual, so seeing that feature in a potential heir pleased the expert .
An ethereal sword formed, and Noah's ambition surged as he wielded it with two hands . His sharpness spiked, and the water of his mental sea began to rage as it resonated with his mindset .
"I'll take it anyway," Noah said as roars fused with his human words . "You can increase my power, so I will resort to every trick and asset in my arsenal to make you mine . "
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