Chapter 57 Something missing in my heart

"Understood!"

After receiving Feng Kan's affirmative answer, the sword spirit changed back to the sound without any emotion and slightly mechanical texture.

"Please enjoy the fun of the battle."

“…is the fun of fighting?”

The cold touch was felt in the palm of his outstretched hand. Feng Kan clenched his fist out of thin air. Countless light spots around him flew and quickly gathered like fireflies in summer night. A giant sword that was exactly the same as Phantom's hand gradually appeared.

"It's really a blessing for guys who can enjoy that kind of thing."

The Phantom held up the giant sword and attacked him on the head. Feng Kan could only smile bitterly now and raised his sword to meet the enemy, but from this moment on, he would begin to enter the counterattack stage.

"When~~~~~~"

In the dull sound, the sound of heavy objects intersecting each other, the two figures jumped backwards in no particular order. The Phantom's continuous attack was finally stopped for a while, but this was only temporarily. The Phantom, who adjusted his posture, left Feng Kan much breathing time and immediately rushed up again. At the same time, Feng Kan also did not think it was a wise decision to give the other party time to prepare for the next attack. As soon as he hit the ground, he immediately kicked hard, and continued to pounce towards the opponent.

Two giant swords drew two dazzling orange-red trajectories in the air, and once again attacked each other in the air with the same angle, the same speed, the same force, and the same endless momentum!

"Clang~~~~"

The scorching flames quickly formed a terrifying wave in the space with the locations where the two were, and the rolling fire waves were overwhelming like a violent tsunami. It was not until this time that the true face of this space could be seen clearly.

The white space, the milky white space as ivory, has no sky or earth, and there is only the dazzling whiteness...

As if floating in the air, Feng Kan and Phantom kept waving the giant sword in their hands. Only the ripples like water waves rippling under each step can make the feeling of being down to earth.

"Clang!"

“Don’t you!”

"Dingdang!"

"Click!"

The giant sword and the giant sword intertwined, and the sound that was not made was the jerk caused by the collision of metal, it was an indescribable sound. It was like smashing a bone with a bone, and it was as if it was about to knock out a bone.

The continuous deafening sound was like a direct knocking on the eardrum, but even so, the two figures in the battle had no intention of slowing down their movements. They were at the source of the loud noise, and the two people were still struggling to wield their giant swords as if they were not affected at all, creating a more violent sound.

"No loss, no win."

After the two of them swung their swords again and were pushed away by the reaction force, the sword spirit took advantage of the short gap and commented.

"But of course, because that's you."

"...Don't talk to me! It's distracting!"

After taking a breath, he immediately continued to wave his giant sword and headed towards him. Feng Kan did not have the extra energy to consider why the sword spirit suddenly said such things again.

"Are you happy like this?"

The sword spirit seemed to not look at his face at all, and asked leisurely in the fierce battle that Feng Kan continued.

“…Does I look happy?”

While competing with the Phantom with gritted teeth, Feng Kan couldn't help but complain. He suddenly felt that he had really become a "death person without complaining"... It was so sad!

"You should be very happy because you have something missing in your heart."

The words of the sword spirit almost made Feng Kan go on a business trip. He was really angry after he was rushing to resolve the Phantom's fierce attack!

"What are you talking nonsense? What do you mean by saying such inexplicable things at this time?"

"It is precisely because of this time that I feel that I should tell you more, otherwise you will blame me for not saying it earlier in the future."

"What's the meaning?"

"You have something missing in your heart, it is a very ordinary thing, something that usually seems to be natural, but once you lose it, it will unconsciously begin to affect your actions, your decisions, and even after doing it, it will begin to affect your life."

“…”

"Aren't you surprised what it is?"

"…I just wondered when you started to be so talkative."

Feng Kan fought hard against the Phantom, but the performance of the sword spirit still attracted his attention. What should this guy say? He grew up too fast, right?

Phantom's offensive never stopped, and Feng Kan never relaxed his spirits, but the two sides seemed to have been discussed. No matter how they change their moves, no matter how superb skills they are, they will be successfully resolved by the other party, just like two martial arts actors who have rehearsed countless times, who are so skillful that they can counterattack with their eyes closed.

"You rely too much on skills."

The two of them had a wrong gap, and Jian Ling spoke again.

"...It seems that this is not the topic just now, right?"

He slashed his sword sideways and was dodged by his opponent. Feng Kan took the time to reply.

"Aren't you not interested in that topic?"

"I thought about it carefully and then suddenly became interested!"

"Humans are really fickle."

"You want to care more?"

At first, when I heard what Jian Ling had just said, I thought it might be alarmist, but later I thought carefully that the sword spirit is not a human being, and there is no need to do such a thing. Moreover, as a sword spirit without entity, it may really find something after contacting him, so Feng Kan began to care.

What is missing in my heart? What is that? I don’t feel it at all. Maybe it’s what I’m missing in my heart that I can’t feel it? Maybe other people can’t feel it except for the existence of Sword Spirit?

But missing is missing. It is hard to say what the consequences will be if it disappears.

"I am missing something in my heart? What is it?"

“Fear of death.”

“…”

Does it mean that we are not afraid of death? It’s not surprising that we are not afraid of death? There are always a few times in our life that people will forget the fear of death, especially those who are impulsive, who are so excited that they can’t take care of anything.

"It's not what you think."

"What?"

Jian Ling suddenly spoke, as if he knew what he was thinking.

"You know what I'm thinking?"

"I communicated directly with your heart, of course I will know, otherwise how could I know what is missing in your heart?"

"... Then why am I talking to you with my mouth?"

"I don't know, I thought you like this."

“…”

Habits are really terrible things.

"So, what's different about what you said?"

The speed of his hand was not slowed down. On the contrary, Feng Kan had launched a fierce counterattack. The giant sword surrounded by the blazing flames slashed horizontally and vertically with a terrifying momentum. The rapid speed of the sword swing made the crescent-shaped sword wind swung out of the sword blade connect into a tight "big net" and cover the opponent.

However, this seemingly seamless offensive did not have much impact on the Phantom. The opponent took flexible steps and waved the giant sword in his hand from time to time to resist the undockable attack. Although it was not easy, it was not too embarrassing...

"Of course it's different."

The sword spirit was not affected by the fierce battle at this moment, and continued.

"The so-called loss is what you originally had that disappeared later. From your memory, you can indeed see many examples of temporarily suppressing the fear of death due to other reasons, such as strong beliefs, and the situation of forgetting when you are hot! But your situation is different. You are not suppressed by other things and you are truly denied the fear of death! Of course, you still have the concept of death, but the feelings you should have with death disappeared! Do you understand this way?"

“…I don’t understand very much!”

Phantom broke through the sword net, and a fierce thrust came towards him. Feng Kan waved his sword to fight, but instead bounced the sword edge away, he cut it along the opponent's blade. Phantom failed in one move but was not in a hurry. The blade that advanced straight into the line suddenly changed its direction, changing the "spit" to "twist". The huge force glued the two giant swords together tightly. The two also approached with the momentum, kicking them one after another without any distinction...

"Bang!"

Feng Kan can no longer remember how many times this situation has happened, but he knows that he will deal with it in the same way under the same circumstances. The Phantom's movements are too familiar, just like he is using his left hand to distort his right hand - don't joke, we are not the old naughty boy Zhou Botong! (The technique of fighting left and right is from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", paying tribute to Master Jin.)

“If you really understand what this means, then you can’t call it ‘missing’.”

The sword spirit continued the topic just now.

"The fear of death belongs to the instinct of living creatures. As long as living creatures have this instinct, this instinct is an extension of the survival instinct. In order to survive, creatures must avoid dangers that threaten life. In this case, what drives creatures away from this danger is the fear of death."

“…How could you know so much?”

"It's not that I know much. This is something you already know. I just extract it from your knowledge."

“…”

"Bang!"

The giant swords fighting made a loud noise again. Speaking of which, at this time, some things may not be able to be remembered even if you know them. No, you must not be able to remember them!

"When losing the fear of death seems to have no big impact, or it will make people feel that you have the courage to face danger, but that is just an illusion!"

"illusion?"

"It's an illusion! Your courage has not improved. A cowardly person is still cowardly. You just mistakenly regard the feeling of no fear as the courage to face danger! But this makes it even more dangerous."

"Danger?"

"Yes! Danger! Because after losing the fear of death, you will not know the danger, and sometimes you will take the initiative to approach the danger! Fatal dangers are often stimulating. In order to seek that stimulation, you will look for more dangerous places until you lose your life!"
To be continued...