472 The Seventeenth Stage of the [Crimsonbright Diagram of the Nine Heavens]

"What happened just now?" The giant yellow bear immediately asked, "I clearly sensed that you were at your limit, but were still unable to defeat that violet-caped fellow. How is it that suddenly…?"

The black-robed Ji Ning knew what the big bear was asking. He didn't seek to hide anything from the big bear; after all, there were a good number of individuals in the Three Realms who used heartforce. He immediately replied, "Senior bear, previously, when my divine power was almost used up, I felt as though things were hopeless. Ignoring all else, I poured everything into executing my most powerful sword-arts…but who would've thought that the power of my sword-arts would exceed even my own expectations? Only then did I realize that my heartforce had actually flowed into my sword-arts and had been slightly depleted."

"Heartforce?" The giant yellow bear was surprised. "You were able to use your heartforce through your sword-fingers?"

"Yes." Ning nodded.