The closer Jian Shen reached the area covered in mist, the more he felt the suppression of the world take effect on him.
With every passing second, the height which Jian Shen could fly at kept on reducing, while the area around him which he could sense was also on a decline.
This was also when Jian Shen could sense that the other had entered the Sword World.
But, he had zero interest in others due to which he kept on flying towards the spiralling mist.
By the time Jian Shen who was travelling at his fastest speed reached the area covered in mist, he was no longer capable of flying at all.
Therefore, Jian Shen who was on his feet had a very curios expression while looking at the mist in front of him.
Stretching his hand forward, Jian Shen could feel that the mist wasn't as thick as it looked and rather too thin to even be visible.
But for some reason, once Jian Shen's hand had passed through the mist, even though he could feel its existence at the same time he felt as if his hand was no longer there.
Wierd.
With such thoughts, Jian Shen after pulling his hand back stepped inside the mist.
Once inside it, Jian Shen immediately understood why this area was considered as the most dangerous one inside the Sword World.
He had zero knowledge of what was happening around him. Other than his sight and sound, Jian Shen like usual couldn't sense what was happening in his surroundings.
Be it one thousand feet or just one foot, Jian Shen couldn't feel anything regardless of what means he tried to use.
His naturally refined senses and Qi sensing were both completely ineffective.
Therefore, Jian Shen other than understanding that he couldn't rely on sensing anything immediately understood how dangerous this place was.
With how much the cultivators relied on sensing their surroundings, it would be impossible to survive without being able to use them.
After all, it was possible that a snake would just slither its way near them during the night and bite them to death without being able to know what it was that actually killed them.
No wonder so many people steered clear of this place even though the rewards were better on the inside.
Jian Shen, however, didn't worry about not being able to find his way inside this mist, given that he knew where he was at, all Jian Shen needed to do was follow the map and he'd be able to locate that one special sword which was at the centre of the spiralling mist.
But before that, he'd need to defeat as many Sword Spirits as possible to maximize his gains.
Thus, due to the map showing places where Sword Spirits could be spotted at, Jian Shen decided on his route to the centre of the mist while passing through all of the other Sword Spirit infested regions.
Specifically, those areas where the most number of Sword Spirits were either assumed to be or spotted by the one who drew the map.
Following the directions to the dot, Jian Shen quickly arrived at the nearest location which was named as the animal Sword Spirits area 1.
Animal Sword Spirits, this was something that Jian Shen had been curious about since he had seen those words.
Therefore, he couldn't help increasing his pace to see how these animal Sword Spirits would look like.
Animals on their four legs using the sword with their mouths?
Or animals standing on two feet and swinging it around with their paws?
Quickly arriving at the location, Jian Shen understood that the animal Sword Spirits were mid-grade Sword Spirits.
This was because they were roaming in their physical form even before he actually reached them.
Yup. Once inside the are covered in mist, it was only the senses which were restricted and not his sight or hearing prowess which allowed him to see as far as his eyes were capable of seeing.
As for the animal Sword Spirits, they didn't look anything like Jian Shen had expected.
Instead of being animals, it was more accurate to call them part animal and part human. In short, they looked very similar to those special soldiers trained by the Taiyang Empire.
The only difference was that not all the animal Sword Spirits which were moving as a group looked the same.
If he wasn't wrong, Jian Shen guessed that in the group there were two golden lion men, one rabbit girl, a vulture man, and finally a snake girl.
Looking at all of this, there was oh one thing that Jian Shen had to say.
"Why don't you look like any of them, Qingyu? As the Sword Spirit of a sword related to nine beasts, you need to possess at least some similarity to one of them, right?"
"Excuse me? I was a human before my soul fused with the Myriad God Sword, that's why I don't look like any of them despite the sword actually being related to nine beasts."
"Tch! Too bad. You would look even more beautiful with a pair of Pheonix wings on your back."
Not saying anything more, Jian Shen pulled out the both swords from the sides of his waist which instantly made the roaming group of animal Sword Spirits notice his presence.
With all of their eyes turning red in an instant, all the animals quickly surrounded Jian Shen while holding a Sword each in their hand.