56 3 Sword Intents

"You're insane! Exalt a throne above the stars? Do you dare claim to be above heaven's path?" The young man roared as he disappeared.

I felt in me an unending desire, a gripping obsession that seemed to expand. I could feel my willpower soar as my thoughts calmed, my soul was extremely sublime.

"If the heavens have eyes, then I will gouge them out. If the Gods stand in my way I will drink their blood. If the world blocks me then I will devour it!" In my eyes shined the splendor of a massive microcosm, the black lotus in my heart started to expand as it branched out from my heart to all over my body.

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Back in reality, my body was in meditation as little white globs of energy started to take the form of swords. The swords flew around me, becoming true sword Qi. Sharp, indomitable, and precise; a sword was not a weapon of defense or mercy. The essence of the sword was to kill until you die.

The sword Qi intensified as it took form, and flew around the arena. Hitting students and teachers alike, the students hit were protected by teachers. Otherwise, a single tap of my sword Qi would have killed them.

"First that interference and now this? Elton what is wrong with your disciple?" The assistant headmaster said in a stupor

Elton just bitterly smiled, he was thinking about that phenomenon from earlier. The formation started to have strange alterations, as they lost complete control of it. In the center of the formation appeared, a shadowy being that blasted away all the teachers at once. It even made him feel like he was a lamb waiting for slaughter. Then just as quickly as it came it left.

The sword Qi coalesced into three sword intents, then Lucas' body started to crackle with intense lightning. As a lightning bolt instantly shot out and struck one of the sword intents. The sword intent crackled into intense complete lightning and fused into Lucas. His body started to crackle with intense electricity.

"His sword intent is bordering on true thunder!" A teacher couldn't help but exclaim. Most knights could only mimic magical phenomenon using intent, but it was never real. But if one's intent reached a certain level, it would be hard to differentiate it from the real thing!

Then from Lucas' glabella shot out an undying sword intent, in the form of a serpent! The serpent crashed into the second sword intent, the sword intent metamorphosized and at the precipice of transform halted.

"What a shame, he doesn't have the insights to support the sword intent..." Isaiah said with a sigh, this was the technique that he taught Lucas. He sealed his own sword intent inside of Lucas back then, but it looks like he hasn't fully comprehended it yet.

"With this step, he's much closer to seeing the true form of your undying sword intent," Elton said with a calm smirk.

The incomplete undying sword intent returned to Lucas' glabella. Giving him the aura of an undying immortal! Lastly, the black lotus released a bit of its shadow essence. This was the real form of true qi that originated from the Lord of Shadows.

The qi shot out instantly like a needle unseen by anyone and it struck the last sword qi. The sword qi coalesced into a dark sword intent as in flew into Lucas.

'What was that sword intent?' Isaiah thought to himself, even he didn't see anything as it formed.

The three sword intents re-fused into Lucas successfully, as a pulsating vibration came from Lucas' body. The vibration made the entire arena shake as it pounded in the ears of the onlookers.

"Sword Heart!" The headmaster said surprised.

"He already made his path, how incredible!." He uttered in almost a craze

To go onto the sword heart realm required affinity. But most importantly was determination, and not a weak one. A determination that will never break regardless of the crucible. One formed from hardship, and pain. For someone so young it would be unbelievable to have such a heart. Even the greatest warriors would introspect for 100 years, and take up many paths until they found their determination.

'Just what has he experienced to make him like this?' The headmaster thought solemnly, it had to be traumatic. Something that evoked peak suffering, yet ultimately released his truest self. Only in our times of highest despair, can we reach our truest self...The headmaster thought woefully

With a Pseudo Sword Heart, the practitioners could be considered to be a Sword Heart user. When they reach the bottleneck to truly form their sword heart, it will be a single bound into heaven.

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I opened my eyes and saw that most of the students were near the teachers. Only Samuel and Jerome remained in the formation circle. But even their meditations had ended, they were fighting off my sword intent. I relaxed as my intent disappeared and my sword heart calmed

Even I was utterly unsure of what had been going on outside. I had just finished dealing with that man, and then the world collapsed. I felt that my chaotic nature had relaxed, and my reasoning was unblemished. But I was fixated on the fantasy that I was shown. Not because of the kiss of course. But rather because of the implications, were they my hidden desires?

Do I desire the flame princess? I asked myself. No, I definitely do not want anything to do with her. I said in my mind as I thought about her many annoying actions. So why was she the object of my desires? I terrifying possibility ran through my mind.

'What exactly is the Lord of Shadows?' I thought in dread

He said that the fantasy was a world he can create. Just how powerful is he to create a world like that? Drrak could sense my mental state currently.

'Are you okay kid?' He asked concerned.

'I am fine, sorry for alarming you.' I said calmly, had I still felt my chaotic nature. I would have unabashedly scolded Drrak just now.

'Huh, what the hell happened to you?' Drrak asked in surprise.

'Nothing important, I just found my will.' I said with a chuckle, even though my chaotic nature was reigned in. I would never be dumb enough to reveal too much. Especially about something as dangerous as that man.

'Alright fine.' Drrak said begrudgingly

"Lucas: 24 hours...." The assistant headmaster said quietly

"Jerome: 3 hours, and Samuel: 3 hours and 30 minutes..." He said even lighter

Normally such scores would cause excitement but 24 hours was far more terrifying. Especially when the teachers knew something even more terrifying. Lucas didn't sit around for 24 hours handling all kinds of torture like the students. He collapsed the very world he was in through his willpower.

Even the king's face had a wide grin, with the flame princess pouting in anger. Seeing the king's wide grin reminded me of his smile in the dream. Dastardly like that when he basically told me to take his daughter. I looked away in fear, it wasn't smart to involve yourself with weirdos. Especially powerful weirdos they are even worse since you can't reject them.

As I was looking around the assistant headmaster finished announcing test results, there were now only 10 people left. Originally, there would have been 15, but a lot were harmed by my sword intent.

I knew it was my fault. Since I could feel remnants of my lightning sword intent on their wounds. But they didn't seem to have a problem with that. After all, if they couldn't handle my intent they were destined to lose.

"We will now be beginning the 1v1s, you will be fighting until only 1 remains." The assistant headmaster said

"The winner gets a chance to enter the ancestral treasury, based on their position in the dream formation." the assistant headmaster said with a smile

Then everyone's eyes started to burn with ambition, even my own. I had desired it the moment we were told about it, in the banquet. Especially the fact that it may hold something related to the guardian dragons.

If that dragon left something then, it would benefit me the most. I thought with a smile, then I was reminded. I wasn't the only one interested in the treasury, I have big competitors that I know little about.

'The demons.' I thought solemnly