A mech radiating a dazzling white light sped through the dark underground space.
"This passage is far too winding and tortuous. If it were a straight path, I could get there in ten seconds, but now it will probably take two minutes."
Mo Tianyun looked at Talink's location and said.
"Oh no!"
Talink saw a giant tentacle swinging towards his mech. Due to its speed, there was no time to dodge, and he could only withstand the attack of the giant tentacle.
Boom!
Talink's sword-sheathed mech was instantly flung away, crashing into the mud wall of the underground space, where the entire mech became embedded.
Then, another leader-level Zerg rushed over quickly. Talink didn't have time to check the condition of his mech and hurriedly began to dodge again.
The leader-level Zerg with only a few long tentacles had been staring intently at his mech, and five more tentacles came to swarm Talink.
"Get out of the way!!!"
Veins bulged on Talink's forehead as he maneuvered his mech, dodging left and right, once again avoiding all the tentacle attacks.
However, the tentacles of this leader-level Zerg were not only fast but also very agile. Talink was unable to dodge the second wave of attacks and was once again slammed into the mud wall.
At this moment, the enormous, thick-shelled leader-class insectoid next to the leader-class insectoid with many tentacles raised its huge claw and slammed it down towards the location of Talink's mech.
The energy shield of the Talink mech had already been destroyed by the leader-class insectoid with tentacles. If it were to be slapped down by the claw of this huge insectoid, it would probably be in grave danger!
"As long as my sword is sharp enough, I can cut through anything!"
"The Seven Swords of Azure Feather!"
Talink swung his mech sword again. He was not willing to be killed like this. He wanted to completely sever the claws of the leader-level Zerg in front of him!
"Break it off!"
Talink instantly swung seven swords, slashing fiercely at the claws of the giant, leader-level Zerg.
The claw didn't break, but Talink withstood the blow.
However, although Talink withstood this attack, another leader-level Zerg with tentacles next to him, whose body was covered in a thick Zerg exoskeleton, attacked Talink with five more giant tentacles.
"The Seven Swords of Azure Feather!"
Talink managed to block two tentacles this time. He was helpless against the remaining three tentacles and the claws of the giant leader-level insectoid next to him that slapped down again!
"What am I going to do! Am I going to die in this Zerg hive today?"
Talink was unwilling to accept this. Was he really going to die here on his first mission?
As Talink watched the approaching attack, he felt the world slow down, and a sense of despair in the face of death instantly overwhelmed him.
The underground space was already very dark. Talink felt as if he were in a void in the face of death, and the operation of the whole world came to an abrupt halt.
"Bye now!"
"I still haven't grasped that level of swordsmanship!"
"What kind of sword is the sharpest?"
Talink prepared to close his eyes and silently await death.
Swish, swish, swish...!
One after another, dazzling swords slashed through the claws of the giant leader-level Zerg and its five tentacles.
The limbs of any Zerg leader that were slashed by the meteor-like sword were cleanly and smoothly severed, then fell silently into the air.
Then, even more meteor-like flying swords shot over and pierced the bodies of the two leader-level Zerg.
"What a sharp sword! I wish my sword were this sharp..."
Talink was completely mesmerized.
"No, it's the captain! It's Captain Mo Tianyun!"
"I'm saved! I don't have to die!!!"
Talink snapped out of his daze and shouted with ecstatic joy. His voice was amplified through the mecha, and even Mo Tianyun, who was far away, could hear it!
Mo Tianyun piloted the Insect Hunter mech, gripping the 40-meter-long mech sword, and sped past the backs of two leader-level insectoids.
Talink saw that the two leader-level Zerg were split in two by Mo Tianyun in an instant, and then the two Zerg collapsed into four large pieces on the ground with a thud.
The dark underground space returned to silence, with only the occasional roar of Mo Tianyun and Talink's mechs and the limited light emanating from them illuminating the dark space.
"I can't afford to lose a single one of my teammates!!!"
Mo Tianyun looked at Talink and spoke, his loud voice emanating from the mecha and echoing throughout the vast, dark underground space, lingering for a long time.
"team leader……"
Upon hearing this, Talink suddenly choked up.
"If only my sword were a little sharper..."
Talink clenched his fists and slammed them into his mech in intense hatred.
"Talink, the sharpest sword is the one whose edge is concealed. Some swords may look very sharp, but they can't cut through anything!"
After hearing Talink's words, Mo Tianyun sincerely shared his insights from years of sword practice.
Upon hearing this, Talink fell into a deathly silence of thought.
"When I first met you, the sword you carried was crafted at great expense, wasn't it? This shows your obsession with the sword's sharpness. However, the sharpness of a sword alone is useless; the sharpness of a martial artist's heart is what truly matters. Keeping the sword's edge within one's heart—that is true sharpness!"
Mo Tianyun said slowly.
"The sword's sharpness is concealed within the heart!"
"So that's how it is. No matter how sharp a sword is, how can it be sharper than a martial artist's heart of martial arts?"
Talink suddenly realized, and said as if waking from a dream.
"The Seven Swords of Azure Feather!"
Talink approached one half of the giant leader-level Zerg's body and unleashed the special move he had just mastered.
With a whoosh, this half of the Zerg's body split in half again!
"The power has indeed increased a lot. My Azure Feather Sword Technique has actually broken through to the Great Perfection level!"
"It's been almost six years since I last broke through to the minor mastery level in Cangyu Sword Technique. When I was a child, my family said I was a genius in swordsmanship and entrusted me with the training of Cangyu Sword Technique."
"When I reached adulthood, I broke through to the minor mastery level, and the whole of Uluru City and even Uluru Planet knew about it. But four or five years have passed, and I haven't made any progress. My martial arts heart has become chaotic. I no longer focus on practicing the Azure Feather Sword Technique, but instead want to improve the power of my sword technique. So I set my sights on the sword itself!"
"The material, weight, and sharpness of the mecha sword and the sword I'm wearing..."
Talink recalled his past experiences practicing swordsmanship and spoke slowly.
"So it turns out, it wasn't that the sword wasn't sharp enough, but that my martial arts heart had rusted and become dull!"
Talink stroked his now strong and powerful heart and said.
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