Tianming didn't give up and kept honing the Animacorpus Eradication, performing the move again and again before the Hexapath Sword God. However, the latter didn't respond any differently.

"I wonder what part I’m not getting right."

Feeling a little anxious about it, he pointed his sword right at the Hexapath Sword God.

"If I strike you directly, you should be able to feel my sword intent, right?" He then attacked the Hexapath Sword God with Animacorpus Eradication again and again. However, it was just an ethereal apparition, a kind of sword formation. He repeated it ten times and said, "I guess I'm just still lacking something."

Since he didn't get any response, he decided to leave. But just as he was about to step out of the palace, he heard an old voice behind him.

"Foolish brat, since...