Chapter - 1721

It didn’t take long before the streams of water wrapped themselves around Gerald’s hand. With the water itself being translucent, Gerald was only able to make out the vague outline of his hand by this point…

Without warning, the duo was then greeted by an explosive sound from behind them!

Following that, both of them were just in time to witness the Fishgut Sword flying out from the pillar! It was also then when Gerald realized that the streams of water had already retracted...

Regardless, his train of thought was cut short when he heard Old Hughes calling out, “Get the sword, Gerald!”

Upon hearing that, Gerald turned to look at the old man before heading over to retrieve the sword…

The second he grabbed onto it, a surge of power rushed from the sword and into his body. As the immense power spread from his palm before spreading throughout his body, Gerald could feel a slightly familiar unease in his elixir-of-life field…

With so much power overflowing within his elixir-of-life field, Gerald knew that he was about to undergo another breakthrough!

“I… I can feel another breakthrough coming!” exclaimed the surprised and delighted Gerald. It appeared that the Fishgut Sword was just as powerful as the Astrabyss Sword. After all, wielding the swords alone had allowed him to make breakthroughs!

Already used to similar situations, Gerald then quickly sat down before retrieving a Heaven’s apple from his storage ring and eating it.

Shortly after—when the Heaven’s apple took effect—Gerald successfully entered the Second rank of the Avatar Realm!

“How are you feeling now, Gerald?” asked Old Hughes in a slightly concerned tone.

Smiling subtly, Gerald then chuckled before replying, “I’m feeling great! The sword was so powerful that I was instantly able to break through another rank in my strength!”

While he was pleased by all this, he was also slightly surprised that he would be able to make a breakthrough like this. With that said, he knew he had to properly thank Old Hughes after this. After all, had it not been for the old man leading him here, Gerald wouldn’t have been able to acquire the Fishgut Sword, nor would he have managed to increase his strength by this much in such a short amount of time.

With all that in mind, Gerald then bowed before the old man before saying, “Thank you for bringing me here, Old Hughes! While I’m grateful to have acquired the Fishgut Sword, I’m still rather curious about its name…”

Laughing when he heard Gerald’s question, Old Hughes then explained, “Well, in actuality, its true name is the Sword of Courage! It’s one of the ten ancient holy swords, you know? That power you inherited earlier… It’s the power of courage that the sword bestowed upon you! You should know that only very brave people get acknowledged by the sword, and those who do are granted immense power!”

While that didn’t explain why the sword was named that way, Gerald at least understood why he had been able to make a breakthrough just by holding the sword. After all, had he not been a courageous person, he wouldn’t have dared to take on the task of saving the world…

So that’s why the Fishgut Sword acknowledged him…