Xue Yu did not know what had come over him then. After seeing Huangfu Zhenghong crushed into a pulp by Xuanyuan's single punch, he had instinctively rushed to seize that completely unscathed arm. It was as if a voice in his mind was telling him that as long as he obtained that arm, he could become the strongest in this realm.
Thus, when Xuanyuan, Xun Kun, and that arrogant female cultivator attacked the arm, he chose to watch and wait. Then, the instant the three of them relaxed, he struck swiftly and took the arm. To accomplish this, he had expended a substitute talisman and a Formation-Breaking Awl capable of breaching the sect's grand formation, but it had all been worth it.
He had some guesses about the arm's origins. There was a high chance that it was part of the Evil God's body. As the body of a god, the power contained within it was self-evident. Even the Divine Realm had been unable to destroy it and could only choose to seal it away.
If he could refine this power, he might be able to ascend directly to the Immortal Realm. However, Xue Yu knew his own limits. He knew that even the power contained within a single arm of the Evil God was not something he could withstand. But he was patient. Even if he had to grind away at it bit by bit, he would turn the Evil God's power to his own use.
But the first thing he needed to do now was undo the arm's seal. Back then, when he saw the woman called Ranxi drawing talismans in the air, he had known that her attainments in the Talisman Dao were quite profound. Therefore, before determining the structure of the talismanic inscriptions, he did not