Today's second update: Chapter 3294! 2/4!
Nearly fused with the Wild Monument avatar, feeling the soul-rending agony and overwhelming pressure transmitted through it, Jiu Hai forced a bitter, helpless yet faintly relieved smile onto his face formed from deathly aura. He sighed inwardly, As expected of the martial uncle Master always talks about... His strength truly is unfathomable, tyrannical beyond measure.
My meager Daoxing is ultimately... nowhere near enough. The gap is simply too vast.
Within the Huang Clan, hierarchy was strict, and status clearly distinguished.
Only a very small number of core members like Jiu Hai—those who either possessed special totems or had performed exceptionally in the early Tomb of the Kirin Online trials and rendered great service, thereby receiving Xu Kun's personal, long-term, meticulous guidance—were qualified and honored to address Xu Kun as "Master."
Even most SSS-Tier Totem Wielders merely shared a superior-subordinate relationship with him.
Thus, strictly speaking, based on this precious master-disciple connection, Sikong Ting truly was Jiu Hai's martial uncle. However, compared to A Li, a direct disciple, and Yanran, the daughter-in-law disciple Yun Yun had taken in and nurtured, Jiu Hai was more like a registered disciple.
Fortunately, Xu Kun had already anticipated and mentally prepared for the terrifying explosive power Sikong Ting might unleash, far beyond his apparent realm, during his pre-battle calculations. He had not pinned all his hopes on Jiu Hai alone.
Xu Kun had personally assigned Jiu Hai to intercept him here because he valued Jiu Hai's uniquely powerful defense and endurance in prolonged combat.
Jiu Hai's task at this moment had always been to rely on his strongest defensive system to delay as long as possible and drain Sikong Ting's precious power, which could not be replenished within the Huang Domain.
Being able to withstand such savage lightning