Right after connecting with the sapling growing inside his soul palace, the mysterious demonic tree—once again—materialized outside of Fell's body. As soon as it appeared, it illuminated the small courtyard with a sharp verdant glow that pulsed with a vivid vitality.
"What is a sword intent?" he asked himself innocently as he pondered on the mysteries of his sword path. And as he fell deeply in an elusive thought string, he controlled and sent his own sword intent through the sapling before sending it back to the hand-holding Soldier's Fortune. The sharp and constant influx of sword intent was magnified during its passage through the sapling, and by the time it attained his sword, the essence of that intent would have acquired a vibrant life characteristic.
