The King Of Warriors novel (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 5163

Jared’s gaze settled on the stone golem’s sword, its edge glinting cold and sharp. Frustration churned inside him—how could an inanimate lump of rock reduce the so-called invincible champion of the Third Heaven to such a sorry state?

“Still, the guardian’s sudden halt felt less like mercy and more like an invitation.

Maybe this is a turning point.“

Everett, face lined with worry, whispered, “We could retreat and figure out another plan.”

Jared dabbed the drying blood from his lip but did not look away from the golem. “No. There’s something hidden inside that statue—I can feel it.”

He swallowed his last pill, feeling its power surge along his channels.

Moments later, he drew a steady breath, tightened his grip on the Dragonslayer Sword, and advanced again—but this tim, he refrained from an immediate assault. Instead he adopted a cautious guard and began to observe.

The golem’s swordwork remained as fierce as ever, each cut following an indescribable rhythm, as if every stroke resonated with the very laws of heaven and earth.

Gradually, Jared discerned that what appeared haphazard was in fact a subtle trajectory: every swing of the stone blade painted a fragment of a grand design, each pattern hinting at a deeper sword intent.

A flash of insight burst across his mind. Is this guardian meant to test us—or guide us toward a higher realm of sword intent?

His pulse leaped. That’s it!

He summoned his eight shadow clones again. This time, their blades danced with eerie unpredictability, echoing the golem’s mysteries until hall and guardian alike were engulfed in a whirlwind of interlaced sword lights.

Yet even as his mastery deepened, Jared sensed that the golem still held transformations he had not touched—at times it raged like a storm, at others it flowed like a silent brook. Each shift granted fresh insight, and he wove those revelations into Nine Shadows, smoothing and perfecting his own art.

Then, without warning, the golem unveiled an entirely new sequence: sword shadows filled the air like falling snow, sealing the very space around him.

Jared could barely hold his ground inside the swirling storm of sword shadows. The instant he felt his strength slipping and believed defeat was inevitable, a sudden spark of inspiration flared across his mind. He seized that flash, drew on every fragment of sword intent he had comprehended during his earlier clash with the stone golem, then blended those fragments into a technique unlike anything he had attempted before. A single, dazzling ray burst from his blade, tore straight through the cage of phantasmal steel, and drove head-on toward the golem. Sensing the strike’s terrifying might, the stone guardian lifted its sword in a hurried block. The two forces collided with a roar that shook the hall far more violently than any previous exchange—yet this time, Jared did not fly backward.