When the old man understood what Bladedance was saying, he couldnât have been more excited. He looked toward the invisible wall, expectation growing.
The expedition that had stopped all those years ago was finally resuming.
Bladedance stepped forward, walking toward the wall. She stepped over the corpses, climbing them with no thought. As she did, she saw all the ways they had died and was more than sure that it had been her task.
"Why did I kill them?" she asked as she walked.
"You attacked anything within your vicinity, senior," Alex answered, following her. "You did not care whether it was a person or a beast."
Bladedance thought for a moment. "How were those people so close to me?" she asked. "I should have located them far away with my senses."
"They hid themselves with an array formation," Alex explained. "Is your Divine sense larger than just 3 meters, senior?"
"No, I donât use my Divine sense to sense them," she said. "You seemed to be in conflict with them, so surely you didnât use an array formation all on your own. And yet you managed to get close enough to me to help me? How?"
Alex was still considering her previous answer when he began answering her other question.
"I donât know. You just stopped attacking me one day all of a sudden after Iâ oh." Alex hadnât had the time to think until now, but now that he did, it all made sense. "You stopped attacking me after I began using your sword."
"I stopped? Does that mean I attacked you before that too?" she asked.
"You do not understand just how many times I have seen you kill this young man," the old man said. "It mustâve been thousands and thousands of times. He followed you for months trying to find a way to heal you. I am surprised he actually managed to."
Bladedanceâs gait slowed for a moment before she kept on walking.
"Was there a reason why we were here? I wouldâve rather not have to kill all of these beasts," she said.
"I thought your soul had drowned in your Divine sea, so I had to take you here to force it to be drained all the way before I could gain access to it," Alex said. "Not that it really worked."
"You entered my Divine sea?" she asked in a strong tone.
Alex paused for a moment before nodding. "I had to find out what was wrong with you, senior," he said.
"Didnât Godslayer tell you what was wrong with me?" she asked.
"Heâs... weak," Alex answered. "And dying. I canât really talk to him whenever I want. The only reason heâs awake right now is because I wanted his help to save you. Thatâs when I found out that your sword was your Creation."
"I see."
Death spoke not a single word more and climbed the corpses until she arrived at the top where she stood right before the invisible wall, beyond which all she could see was a sea of hazy light.
Alex looked down at his hand at the sword that he was carrying. The black sword encrusted with blood was Godslayerâs body.
"Godslayer, will you be safer if you were to transfer into the sword?" Alex asked. "Would that heal you by any chance?"
Godslayer paused. "Maybe, but I donât want to be healed," he said. "Healing me means restoring me to how I was. Thatâs not what I want, is it?"
Alex thought so. "But you were so excited about your body."
"I am excited, but not to go in right now," Godslayer said. "That sword is... special. Before it was even a sword, the metal itself is special. It takes on the property of whatever aura it is being worked on with."
"Death and Darkness were what I had to work with when making that sword. But should you melt it, you could make an entirely new thing. Mix it with Midnightâs body and you will have a stronger connection for both me and Midnight to host when we merge as well."
Alexâs eyes shined at the idea. "So you wonât just be combined in spirit, but also in body?"
Alex had never even considered that being a possibility, but with it being here, he would happily accept it.
Bladedance took out her sword and took in a deep breath. She stood before the wall with her eyes closed, focused.
Alex was confused. "Whatâs going on, senior? Why did you stop?"
"Donât talk, I need to focus," she said. "I havenât cut through space in a while, so I need to prepare. Otherwise, I might end up destroying the entire wall."
"Thereâs no need for that," Alex said, walking on ahead. "I can open it for you."
Bladedance paused, turning to look at Alex as he walked up next to her. "What do you mean? Do you have a treasure you canâ"
Even as she asked the question, Alex reached out with his hands and pierced through the spatial wall as though they were paper curtains. He forced a little bit of space aura into it and ripped it open wide enough for a person to get inside.
As he opened it, he saw an empty land, deserted but not sandy. At a distance, he could see another spatial wall. Whatever was inside was protected twice.
"How... are you doing this?" Bladedance asked with a surprised look. "You are merely an Immortal."
"I have the Space Dao, senior," Alex said with a slight grunt, turning his attention back toward the wall. "Whatever is forming this wall is trying to close it. Please enter quickly. I donât think I can keep it up for much longer."
Bladedance jumped through without question and the old man followed in as well.
Alex jumped right in, letting the tear behind him collapse back into a wall.
"Itâs just a buffer," Bladedance said, looking around at the region she had arrived at. "The main thing must be inside."
The old man suddenly gasped.
"Oh! Thatâs interesting."
When Alex turned to see what had surprised him, he found the old man staring toward the sky.