Chicken and Dogs Ascend to Heaven, Returning to Youth

Illusory Sea Old Thief's own strength had been mediocre, but whenever cultivators reached the pinnacle in a particular field, the power, influence, destruction, and so on that they could unleash at the right moment would surpass mere raw strength.

Such cultivators had exceptionally obvious strengths and weaknesses. Their upper limits were high, their lower limits low. Like the Shadow Assassin from before—his killing power had been immense. If he had not courted death by entering Qin Yang's Divine Gate, entering Qin Yang's territory, then forcibly killing Qin Yang at his peak probably would not have been too difficult.

But likewise, his weakness had been too obvious and his lower limit too low. If one strike failed, he was easily countered—a fragile attacker who had put all his points into offense.

Illusory Sea Old Thief was the same. Though his realm was high, his frontal combat strength was truly mediocre. Especially after encountering someone who could see through his illusions, his strength in a head-on one-on-one fight was perhaps merely at the level of an ordinary Dharma Manifestation cultivator.

Yet once he reached the right stage, with enough preparation and support, his illusions could construct a colossal illusion over Li Capital that deceived everyone.

Even if it could only deceive them and could not control what they did, it was already terrifying enough. Had it been someone else, even with the strength of the Emperor Ying, they might not have accomplished the same thing.

Now, the Yin Emperor had died in battle and been personally laid to rest by Qin Yang. He was completely finished.

No matter what Illusory Sea Old Thief had wanted to do, his greatest support was gone. His core damage dealer had already fed himself to the enemy.

Qin Yang had considered following Jiayi through the rift