Gongyang Bo's cultivation was not much stronger than the Big Dipper Sword King's!
Wei Fan was not surprised either. Martial King cultivation was thousands upon thousands of times more difficult than the Martial Venerable realm.
The suppression of the collapsed Dao grew stronger the higher one's cultivation was.
After the Battle of Saintfall, the Wasteland had produced at least several hundred, if not several thousand, Martial Venerables, yet those who had broken through to Martial King were few enough to count on one's fingers.
The Big Dipper Sword King had cultivated to Martial King in only a few hundred years. Yet after spending several more centuries in the Martial King realm, he was still only at the first level of Martial King.
It was not because his potential had been exhausted, but because the effects of the collapsed Dao were especially terrifying for Martial King experts.
Martial King experts could feel the existence of the collapsed Dao at every moment. It was as though something vast and boundless were constantly pressing down above their heads. They had already nearly reached the ceiling permitted by the Land of Collapsed Dao; every step forward was like carrying a mountain on their backs. Cultivation was far from as simple as it had been below the Martial King realm.
Before obtaining Martial King Cultivation Power, he had also tried using Ordinary Cultivation Power to raise his cultivation. The speed had been so slow it was outrageous, with almost no effect at all.
Gongyang Bo's face was filled with shock. "The Big Dipper Sword King had cultivated in the Martial King realm for several centuries. Even if you broke through to Martial King, how could you possibly kill him..."
Martial Kings rarely fell in the Wasteland. The reason was that Martial Kings were simply too