Flowing liquid metal likewise coalesced into a longsword.
But Lin Qian's elemental weapon armament was somewhat different from Lei Qian's earlier one.
Crimson-gold thunder enveloped the core and components of the elemental weapon entirely, obscuring the state within.
Without hesitation, Lin Qian reached into the raging crimson-gold lightning, pulling out a black longsword.
The blade's shiny black surface was interlaced with white patterns. The three-foot-long sword was two fingers wider than other two-finger-wide longswords, making it four fingers wide.
Crimson-gold thunder flickered across the sword, an indescribably domineering aura manifesting on Lin Qian's being.
The Thunder Night Sword, one of the two martial souls awakened within Lin Qian.
Vroom!
The sword trembled as its black tip pointed at Lei Qian, "Rumors aren't always reliable. Look, who said I couldn't perform elemental weapon armament?"
Not only Lei Qian on the Life and Death Platform, but everyone present was staring at Lin Qian in shock.
Lin Qian's physical strength was terrifyingly formidable, and the density of his soul power was extraordinary. His invincibility in the Shape Origin Realm had already astounded people greatly.
With gains there must be losses. Rumors that Lin Qian could not perform elemental weapon armament or break through to the Nirvana Realm had given many a sense of comfort.
If someone with such a heaven-defying talent could break through to the Nirvana Realm, then where was the justice?
Many inner sect disciples of the Wanxiang Sect had their rampant jealousy toward Lin Qian turn into schadenfreude.
Their mockery of Lin Qian was merely a cover-up for their past fears.
They feared an existence like Lin Qian, who, upon breaking through to the Nirvana Realm, would remain invincible and suppress them from above.
Now they were speechless. Lin Qian could perform elemental weapon armament, though the form it took differed from their expectations.
Yet he truly completed the elemental weapon armament.
This alone proved that Lin Qian could successfully break through to the Nirvana Realm.
The expressions of those inner sect disciples began to change as the situation they dreaded approached.
They could foresee that once Lin Qian broke through to the Nirvana Realm, he would likely demonstrate the same invincible combat power he had in the Shape Origin Realm.
"Strange, why does Lin Qian's elemental weapon armament seem different?" watching the Thunder Night Sword in Lin Qian's hand, Qin Wushuang on the arbitration platform appeared puzzled.
"Hah, maybe his martial soul is still damaged, so the elemental weapon armament isn't complete," Lei Heng remarked with disdain, though anyone could see the seriousness in his eyes.
Clearly, Lin Qian's ability to perform elemental weapon armament had been entirely unexpected to him.
"Senior Brother?" When Qin Wushuang turned to Wei Wushuang, he found his senior brother trembling, breathing rapidly, and staring at the Thunder Night Sword in Lin Qian's hand with visible excitement.
After the elemental weapon armament, the primordial weapon formed would usually take the shape and size preferred by its wielder.
Like the Thunderbolt Sword in Lei Qian's hand, its blade was noticeably shorter and slimmer than Lin Qian's.
However, Lei Qian's elemental weapon armament's longsword was completely purple, matching the color of the purple metal sphere elemental components.
Yet Lin Qian had clearly used crimson-gold elemental components, yet the elemental weapon armament's formed sword was black, adorned with detailed patterns, appearing intricate.
"Lin Qian has won." After a while, Wei Wushuang trembled as he spoke slowly, "Absolutely won. Lei Qian is done for."
Wei Wushuang's words caused Qin Wushuang and the Discipline Elder to show surprise, even Lei Heng was not angered, looking at him with amazement.
One of the former Wanxiang twin stars, War Emperor Wei Wushuang, was so startled by his disciple's ability to perform elemental weapon armament that he spoke in a trembling voice.
There had to be another reason.
"Senior Brother, could it be that Lin Qian's elemental weapon armament looks like that not because it's incomplete, but for another reason?" Qin Wushuang hurriedly asked Wei Wushuang.
"Incomplete elemental weapon armament? How could that be? Besides, all your attention is on Lin Qian's ability to perform elemental weapon armament; haven't you noticed anything else odd?" looking at his junior brother's confused expression, Wei Wushuang calmed his excited state and shook his head slowly.
"Lin Qian still seems to be only in the Shape Origin Realm, right?" suddenly, the Discipline Elder asked in surprise.
Qin Wushuang nodded slightly, looking at Lin Qian on the Life and Death Platform, "That's right, he's still in the Shape Origin Realm, nothing seems amiss, clearly it's normal..."
Before Qin Wushuang could finish, he abruptly stopped, his eyes widening slowly as he gasped.
"Shape Origin Realm, how could his soul power awaken the lightning attribute?" staring at the lightning on Lin Qian, the Discipline Elder murmured.
On the Life and Death Platform, Lei Qian also realized this, gritting his teeth and staring at Lin Qian.
He, too, couldn't understand why, despite the other being only in the Shape Origin Realm, his soul power awakened the lightning attribute, the same as his own.
"Lin Qian!" Lei Qian suddenly shouted at Lin Qian, swinging the purple Thunderbolt Sword toward him.
In the moment Lei Qian struck, purple lightning soul power suddenly surged to an unimaginable extent and swirled among his body before converging on the Thunderbolt Sword in his hand.
In an instant, an eye-catching purple lightning glow burst from the Thunderbolt Sword's blade, turning the entire Life and Death Platform's ground purple.
Boom!
Where Lei Qian originally stood, a purple beam erupted, a sharp thunderous whistling roared, slashing toward Lin Qian's face.
"Thunderbolt Slash!"
Sword Qi, consisting entirely of purple thunder, slashed out along the Thunderbolt Sword in Lei Qian's hand.
Behind the Sword Qi, even the descending lightning followed, rushing towards Lin Qian's position.
Thunderbolt Slash was inherently fast, reaching Lin Qian in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, Lei Qian himself closely followed behind the lightning Sword Qi formed by Thunderbolt Slash, the Thunderbolt Sword in his hand descending from above toward Lin Qian's head.
Lei Qian was extremely confident in this set of attacks.
Not to mention the boundless power of Thunderbolt Slash, even soul martial artists at the ninth level of the Nirvana Realm couldn't withstand it.
Even if Lin Qian somehow managed to withstand Thunderbolt Slash, he would likely be gravely injured and near death, and Lei Qian, following closely, would easily slice him in two.
"Your soul power is too weak, the paralysis trait of the martial soul can't affect me at all." Lin Qian suddenly uttered, raising the Thunder Night Sword in his hand, "Thunderbolt Slash? This is the power of the signature move of a ninth level perfect at the Eight Wheels Nirvana?"
As Lin Qian spoke, he also swung down the Thunder Night Sword in his hand, with crimson-gold thunder soul power surging from the blade in a crescent shape.
The grand sword energy of the Thunderbolt Slash, in the face of the thunder sword energy slashed down by Lin Qian, collapsed into a sky full of purple lightning in an instant.
The sword energy pierced through the Thunderbolt Slash Sword Qi, brushing past Lei Qian and crashing into the barrier covering the Life and Death Platform, creating booming collision sounds.
Swish! Swish!
Lei Qian hadn't even reacted; instinctively he raised the Thunderbolt Sword in his hand to defend.
Two crimson-gold sword beams appeared, and Lei Qian found his throat met by the tip of a black sword emitting thunder.
At the same time, the Thunderbolt Sword in his hand shattered, clattering to the ground with a metallic sound.
The core of the primordial weapon, broken into four pieces, all turned into two sections of elemental components.
"I wasn't even using my full strength, Lei Qian."