"I am Death! Death is under my control! As such, I can't die." Hei Qi's specter stated.
"If your attack had last a little more, I would have been affected by your Chaos and disappear. However..." The specter of Hei Qi said "You were too weak to finish me."
The specter lifted his undefined arms, a black sword appearing over them "You can go to the otherworld proud of having really injured me" He said calmly like his all his previous madness had disappeared "I'll need to use your body to reconstruct my armor, all my plans destroyed. It was a bad match for both, you die while I would need thousands of years to return to the same stage."
With difficulty, Bai invoked his sword spirit, piercing it to the ground and using it as a support, kneeling on the ground with his remaining leg.
"You fought great. Better than I thought it was possible. Now..." Hei Qi said in cold voice "Die." Hei Qi swung his sword towards Bai.
Bai lifted his head, turning to Hei Qi, smirking "Enough time had passed"
Hei Qi's gaseous body shuddered, stopping still, his sword a meter over Bai. His eyes were full of shock and terror "What did you do?!"
"You had said it before. You can use your true strength without dissipating inside the Steel Dump that acts as your armor. I simply took the Steel Dump from you!" Gray light shined from Bai's body illuminating all the Steel Dump.
All the swords that composed the Steel Dump reacted to it, each one emitting their characteristic intent. The ceiling and walls crumbled, the ground lifted as all the swords started floating.
"I already had listened about your Death's powers from Di Tian" Bai explained weakly "Since the start, I didn't have any thought of fighting you head-on. I was only stalling for time, expanding my aura and making all the swords over the Steel Dump as my own. My use of the Sword God Arena was simply for you to start using your true strength and forget about controlling the Steel Dump's sword for you to not realize my plan. But I must say that comprehending Chaos and my strength increasing, even unexpected, were great surprises."
"Now, cease your existence!" Bai commanded "Come!"
Bai could absorb swords increasing his strength, unlike with the Asura Sword, he wouldn't have much problem as he already had made them his own.
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"Nooooooo!" Hei Qi shouted as his conscience was fading. Without his armor, he couldn't do anything to keep himself from dispersing, he already having lost control over his body. The lumps of meat that before constituted his body were swallowed by the torrent of swords, being attracted to Bai.
Finally, Hei Qi couldn't resist more, he was devoured by his own Death understanding, his mind dying, him becoming nothing more than a concept. His gaseous form dispersed and was absorbed by the red spirit ring that formed from his body, the red ring acquiring a darker tone, becoming dark-red.
The suction force increased, everything in the surroundings quickly being shot towards Bai.
"Shinx!" A blindly gray light shined brightly. Once the light was dispersed it revealed Bai's body completely healed, surrounding him nothing except a barren land where the Steel Dump was before.
He stood still, he slowly opened his eyes, showing not his previous black and golden heterochromia eyes. Instead, a pair of ominous dark golden eyes appeared. They were Hei Qi's eyes!
Bai slowly blinked and his eyes glinted, changing the golden black color turning themselves gray. They seemed to contain their own universe inside of it, planes, asteroid and stars being reflected in it. Looking directly at them could make people feel overwhelming, like if their body was cut all over, dissected by them.
[Congratulation] The Sword God voices resounded [We are greatly surprised by your progress. You are able to start the inheritance]
Bai extended his arms, 18 spirit rings around his arms, with the new red-black spirit ring shining brightly, his body glowing with a powerful gray light "Ahhhh!" Aura exploded all over Bai, his peak strength exploding around the area. Bai's sword aura being boosted by the Sword God expanded all over the continent.
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At the Far North, I handsome blue-haired man was swinging an ice-blue sword, practicing with it. He stopped still as his sword started shuddering and looked to the south, towards where Star Duo Forest stood.
"Hm!" He smiled "I don't have it much time, but I suppose it was never meant to be mine. Take it, master."
He lifted his sword, a little ice blue sword fragment surged from it. The fragment shot towards the sky.
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A beautiful pink-haired woman laid weakly over a big bed. She looked up to the sky and a trembling red greatsword appeared over her delicate hands "Without any sacrifice" She made a beautiful smile "You've done it. I'm very proud, son!"
The woman lifted the greatsword, a red-brown fragment left from it shooting to the sky.
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All over the continent, similar phenomenons occurred, sword spirit masters, forcefully lifting their swords, sword fragments leaving from them and shooting to the sky.
That day, different colored sword fragments crossed the sky shining brightly, all of them towards Star Duo Forest, making it seem a beautiful rain of asteroids.
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Now that Bai had most of the Sword God Fragments, he recalled all the others, summiting him to return to him, obtaining the full fragments.
A rain of fragments started to fall over, easily being absorbed by his body, his body starting glowing in a beautiful multi-colored light.
Once the rain finish, lightly scattered all over Bai, the space around him twisting and changing, different swords surging from the ground and started appearing all over the sky.
Bai found himself surrounded by sword, similar as his Sword God Arena or when he had talked in the mind space with the Sword God. However, now it seemed more real, the ethereal air of it having been lost, making it seem all more physical, the aura from the swords much more powerful and defined.
Between all the swords a human figure appeared, without a doubt it was the Sword God. This time, he wasn't a silhouette. He was an androgynous person, with a strange, special, and awe-inspiring air around him. His features were strange, making it impossible to say if he was old or young, or even if he was a man or a woman.
[Congratulations, our inheritor] The Sword God said. He lifted his hand "Brooom!" All the swords over the places started trembling. The ground in front of Bai opened, surging from it, Bai's sword.
[The last trial is proof of your mental strength] The Sword God explained [Take your sword and pierce your forehead to start the trial. Show us that you are capable to resist]
Bai stepped forward taking his sword. He could sense that it was his spirit, a combination of his intents with a light Chaos over it. Bai breathed profoundly. Then, he thrust it towards his forehead.