Chapter 257.1: Losing on Both Ends Part 1

At that, Zhou Zhong merely sneered and handed the longsword over. He wasn’t worried about Ji Jue’s sneaky behaviour this time. If anything, he was almost hoping the brat would try to pocket the sword right in front of him.

Go ahead. I won’t stop you. Then you can find out for yourself what Heaven’s Ear is capable of.

Unfortunately, Ji Jue didn’t try anything[1] this time. He handled the sword with extreme care, as though walking on thin ice. 

With a soft metallic ring, light flashed through the dim room. A brilliant gleam leapt through the air, as light and swift as a bird in flight.

The longsword had no sharpened edge. It was rough and heavy, with fine strands of black flowing along its spine and winding around the blade like a hazy, illusory mist. Within them, countless scenes appeared and vanished like phantoms, too indistinct to make out clearly. Yet in one fleeting glimpse, Ji Jue caught sight of heaven and earth being torn apart. 

Its hilt measured five cun, its blade three chi, and it weighed nine lüe. In total it weighed three jin and twelve liang[2]. Its length and weight had both reached...