Even having stepped on the Sword Heart, it was only half-step I would need to continue practicing and improving my comprehension in the future.
With my new comprehension, I learned how lucky I was when I fought against Ripper. His Sword Heart was incomplete, very similar to what I did before. But, the difference between both powers couldn't be compared, mine being several times stronger. If he had even a quarter of my strength, I would have died there.
Sword Heart used the own user domain and the will of the world similar to the user as a fuel of power. This technique will greatly be influenced by the place where you are. In this place, the Killing is so strong that inhibited all other energy, the water-energy of Ripper being negligible. He couldn't really use the will of the world and was simply a concentration of his domain, and even with that, there was a lot of waste as he didn't control it properly. This will mean that if we were outside were water element is more abundant his strength would have increased substantially. This also meant, that in my case, Slaughter City will be the place were my Sword Heart could obtain its greatest power. In a battle between Sword Heart, it impossible for me to lose in this place, this first considering that they're being able to even use like Ripper, as other than Death and Killing others element were suppressed here.
With that happened today I was very exhausted, fighting Hu Liena that really didn't tire me a lot, absorbing the spirit bone and the half-step into a new realm. All of this exhausted me as physically as mentally. So when I laid on my new bed it didn't pass a lot of time before I fell asleep.
Opening my eyes and looked around "An unknown ceiling" I said crossing in mind one of the cliche words when reincarnation "Now, really. What the fuck is that place? Where I am?"
Standing up, I found myself in a strange place, it was an empty world that even the floor wasn't recognized, at least by sight, the only proof of its existence is that I was standing up. It was empty with the exception of countless swords, is was a land, without any land, of swords that continue until the horizon. Each sword was different from each other, all having a little characteristic, this created a big variety of swords, from great-sword to short-swords and curve-swords The most strange was the color of this world, it wasn't a constant color, it was a combination of different colors that seemed to flow around changing every moment, the strange was that this flow of color didn't look bad, all colors seemed to harmonize with each other creating a perfect combination.
"At last we can talk" I listened to a voice, a voice maybe was a wrong reference, because it sounded like multiple people talking at the same time, all saying the same. All voices seemed to overlap without creating any cacophony, being a very clear voice with an excellent overlapping.
I turned to the voice and saw a humanoid silhouette, it had the same color as the world and seemed part of the background if not for the outline of her/his body and mouth. "Who are you? And where I am?"
"We are the Sword God. This is simply a space created by me" he said his voice was cold and warm at the same time, angry and calm, a combination of every feeling joined in one, impossible to know how was his state of mind.
[This is a god? It may be somehow a god inheritance. I'll need more information]
"Why I am here?" I asked.
"As Sword God, we respect all ways of swords. We know how talented are you. We sent swords fragments all over the world, you have obtained one of them. Obtaining one and activating it, it will make you capable of receiving my favor, participating in our test. Each fragment activates according to the people, higher talent someone had, means a much difficult condition for its activation, at the same time meaning a long way with more tests. In your case, it has been activated when you accomplished the Sword Heart Realm. We are here to give you my test. You will obtain my power becoming our follower, do you accept my grace?"
"What? Your follower?" I asked a little pissed.
"Yes, with your talent, you could arrive to even be at the top of our followers, being our high priest. We will give you the power that you couldn't even dream. Wecan promise that in 5 years, we will make you what you refer to as Titled Douluo and beyond" God offered.
"I refuse" I refused.
"Can we know why?" God's voice didn't change at all at my negative.
"My objective is beyond that. I want to stand at the top of this world and go beyond, becoming a god. I know that it's impossible to obtain godhood when following a god. There's other inheritance I won't accept your deal. Of course, if you accept me as inheritor my mind can change"
"Trying to bargain with a God, we do not know if you are too brave or an idiot," he said with exactly the same voice that it started to piss me "Anyway, your talent is not enough. If you accept to be our follower we can solve your little problem, we can destroy your other self, gaining the complete control of your body" God offered.
"This is my problem and I will deal with it, especially if it will affect my future, I can endure Bai for a while, at final I will be the winner! So if you're only offering to be your follower you can return from where you came"
"You have a good resolve. As you are now, you are not good enough to inherit our position, but it may change in the future. We will give you a test, it will determine our decision. Your first test will be to become complete. Complete yourself"
"So I only need to follow my way. I will make you recognize me!" I said.
"We look forward to seeing it. Before leaving you" God pointed my left arm, my black sword withdrawing "This is your fragment, losing it will mean that you are not good enough, losing your position. However, every risk goes with an opportunity, obtain more fragments and you will be rewarded by our power" God said and my vision blackout before I could say anything.
Opening my eyes again I found myself in my room of Slaughter City, I invoked my black sword and looked at it "So you're part of god power. I suppose that a piece of divinity. Now, Ripper's words of tester gained meaning. I need to be more aware of other owners of fragments. And if they are weaker than me try to take them. It seems that at the Sword God likes to see fights. For what it seems, this inheritance it will be based in reuniting the divinity from others. Hahaha" I laughed "This will become a battle royale! And I will be its winner!"
"First thing first, I'll finish my affairs in Slaughter City and then go out to the world. Anyway, the first test I will pass it even if I don't want" I grinned "It seems that a new path is created before me. I will follow it, I won't be stopped by anyone, becoming a god! If you reincarnate, it's common sense to aim high!" I said before returning to sleep.