Chapter 1114: 1114. Law

A black slash flew inside Noah's mental sphere. The ethereal space of that environment seemed to break under the violent power contained in the attack.

Black trails followed the slash. They appeared to come out of it, but an expert eye would see that they formed right after the attack crossed that space.

Sword Saint curved his finger to launch a similar slash, and the two attacks collided mid-air. Noah's blow lost, but it held its ground for a few seconds before splitting into two parts.

"I can't help but regret showing you this path," Sword Saint said after his slash crossed Noah's ethereal figure and dispersed before reaching the mental walls.

Noah shot a questioning look at him as he analyzed the outcome of that clash. He could feel that he was getting close to perfecting that attack. Only a few more decades would be enough to complete it, according to his calculations.

"Your graceless efforts to keep using blades for the centuries have made you suitable for my path," Sword Saint announced. "Your training would be already over if you had given up on the other aspects of your individuality."

Noah shook his head at that remark. A more straightforward road made a cultivator grow faster, but it also gave less power. He would probably make the same decision even if his ambition allowed him to cut away part of himself.

"I just need to train more," Noah said as he shrugged his shoulders.

Noah's status had changed a lot during his cultivation journey. In the past, he would have modified any part of himself to seize power faster.

However, he wasn't in a hurry now. He would still prioritize the projects that could increase his power in the short-term, but he wouldn't waste his potential to quicken his training.

'Now that I think about it,' Noah thought before telling Sword Saint about his mission at the center of the plane. The expert was a divine being in the end. He could know something about that environment even if he was only a will.

"I see," Sword Saint said after Noah finished his story. "Hunting for the raw laws. Quite ambitious."

Noah's ethereal eyes widened at that answer. The fact that Sword Saint knew about the purpose of the mission surprised him, but there was a detail that left him confused.

"What do you mean by hunting?" Noah asked. According to King Elbas and God's Left Hand's description, the raw laws didn't sound like something he had to catch.

"Did you expect them to come willingly in your arms?" Sword Saint answered with a tinge of sarcasm in his voice. "They come from the world to fuse with the world. Did you think Heaven and Earth made them for you?"

Sword Saint's words made sense. Noah had initially thought that the addiction and instabilities caused by the raw laws were enough as drawbacks to make them fair.

King Elbas had even admitted to having fallen for their captivating capabilities. He wasn't the type to reveal such a shameful story with the sole purpose of deceiving his future companions.

God's Left Hand was also there, and she had confirmed the Royal's version of the story. Those two organizations couldn't possibly have secrets deals because the Hive had already taken care of that part.

Still, Noah was aware that there were many blind spots in his knowledge of that topic, and the same was true for God's Left Hand. She had probably learnt about the raw laws from Shandal, but she might only know what they were.

That would have given King Elbas the chance to hide crucial parts of his journey in the sea of magma. Noah didn't believe that he had lied, but he was sure that he had kept many details a secret.

Sword Saint lowered his hand and sighed seeing Noah's going over his memories of the meeting. The expert inside his mind was nothing more than a will, but that didn't prevent him from changing his approach when needed.

"The world is a system," Sword Saint began to explain as a sphere of light formed in front of him. "Heaven and Earth can't bother to refill all the laws and "Breath" lost because of the lifeforms in their planes, so they put a generator at their center."

A darker sphere appeared at the center of the whiter one. Gray trails came out of it and dispersed in the outer layers.

"I thought raw laws didn't have any true meaning yet," Noah questioned Sword Saint on the matter. He would take any piece of the expert's knowledge before the mission.

"They don't," Sword Saint answered as countless black dots appeared around the darker sphere, "But the rest of the world still has Heaven and Earth's will. I don't know the structure of this plane, but I'm sure that the path toward the raw laws won't be easy."

Noah nodded before sitting on his mental sea. He had already guessed that there would be magical beasts, but the expert's words hinted that the world might be his enemy in that environment.

"When are you leaving?" Sword Saint suddenly asked. Noah felt surprised about his interest in that matter, but he replied honestly anyway.

"One year," Noah answered, "We have yet to decide the day."

Sword Saint scratched his beard while murmuring inaudible words. He began to walk in circles, and his attention went on Noah from time to time.

"You aren't a bad heir," Sword Saint eventually said without stopping his tracks. He kept on walking in circles even as he talked to Noah.

"You are wasting my expertise by making this training only one aspect of his power," Sword Saint continued, "But you aren't bad at all."

Noah watched the expert. He didn't know what was happening, but something told him that he shouldn't interrupt the hairy figure.

"A dangerous journey right in the middle of our training," Sword Saint said to himself before releasing a snort and stopping his tracks to face Noah. "Well, you would ask for this if you knew what I have in mind anyway."

Noah began to understand something, but he remained silent. He limited himself to stand up to be ready if the expert asked him to perform some slashes.

"You have learnt countless sword arts before reaching my will," Sword Saint announced. "They cover almost every possible form created by swordsmen, but they are nothing more than variations."

An ethereal sword formed in the will's hand. Noah's interest reached its peak during the explanation, and his dark star began to push his mental capabilities beyond their normal limits.

Noah even activated the Divine Deduction technique. The insides of his mental sphere became brighter as the inscriptions on its walls consumed mental energy to bring his mind to a superior level.

That was the same state in which he had created his movement technique. Noah couldn't be more focused even if he relied on inscribed items or drugs.

Sword Saint continued once he sensed that he had his heir's full attention. "Once you break down every sword art to their simplest core, you will see that a sword can only execute two forms: A slash and a lunge."

Sword Saint performed a simple slash and lunge as he spoke. No sharpness came out of those forms, but Noah could sense something profound in those smooth movements.

He didn't know why, but he felt sure that Sword Saint had focused on those forms for so long that they had become the main feature of his individuality.

He felt that the expert had finally decided to show his law!