He had fused his own energy with the sword to deliver a devastating attack.
There was so much deadly force packed inside the blade that it made Lin Shuming's final blow pale in comparison. In order to deliver the final blow, Lin Shuming had consumed all the Blade Qi he had accumulated over the sixty years. In contrast, Chen Fan's attack had barely made a dent on his energy reserve.
Such was the deadliness of the Sword Reigning Arts.
"Clank!"
Chen Fan reappeared in the sky after he had completed the art.
Although it usually required a cultivator to reach the Connate Spirit level to be able to control the sword by fusing with the blade, Chen Fan's Azure Thearch Longevity Body had given him an edge to use this advanced form of the Art of Sword Reigning. To unleash the full strength of the Sword Reigning Arts, you would need to fuse your physical body, True Essence and Divine Soul, all with the blade.