Xiao Ming felt a sharp pain piercing through his head as the illusions in his mind finally warped with reality.
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The once-tidy array broke apart, and all nine swords began moving in utter disorder. This brought a catastrophic reaction to Xiao Ming's body.
His Yin and Yang organs broke out of alignment at the same time. A whirlwind of dust and chaos erupted in his heart and liver as the sword spirits, once in coherence and unity, began forming a rebellion.
The entire world within his body, in fact, seemed to want to reject the sword spirits, which in turn rebelled against the core, the Disseminating Sword Spirit.
The Disseminating Sword Spirit, being the actual bearer and entity directly connected to Xiao Ming amongst all nine, transferred whatever it was experiencing back to Xiao Ming.
"Die, Mortal!"
"Stay in the dust!"
"End with the night!"
"ROAR!"
"…"