Chapter 40: Early Sword
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One after another, swords rose into the air like silver birds taking flight. Only swords within a certain radius moved, but dozens of blades were lifted at once.
The swords rose higher. shaking violently. And spinning.
They all let out sharp metallic cries that echoed across the arena.
Many hands in the crowd reached out, trying to hold their swords down. Their shouts mixed with the ringing steel.
"Hey! My sword!"
"What is this?!"
"Stop! Stop! Come back!"
But the swords ignored them completely, drawn to the strange sword energy building around Yin Zhe.
They floated upward in a growing cluster of flashing metal—
They all left their shelt
