He was still as arrogant as ever, as though he had Lin Xuan completely in his grasp.
"Phew..."
Lin Xuan slowly let out a breath. "I'm afraid you won't have that chance."
"Oh?"
"Do you still have some trick up your sleeve?"
The Gravekeeper's gaze flickered slightly, surprise showing in his eyes.
But then he shook his head. "That shouldn't be possible. You've already gone all out, and you only just broke through. You can't possibly break through again, can you?"
"None of that holds true. Where does your confidence come from?"
Facing the Gravekeeper's piercing gaze, Lin Xuan curled his lips.
"Who told you that just because I broke through, I can't break through again?"
At those words, the Gravekeeper's brows furrowed slightly.
Yet Lin Xuan's voice continued to ring out. "It's true that I can't fully unleash the Profound Power, and I'm still inferior to you as you are now."
"But there's no denying that the stronger I become, the stronger the Profound Power becomes as well. If I take another step forward, can you still withstand me?"
"Impossible..." The Gravekeeper finally could not help cutting Lin Xuan off.
"Even if you are Supreme Radiance, you can't possibly be this heaven-defying. How could breakthroughs come so easily?"
"Just wait and see!"
Lin Xuan stopped wasting words. With a thought, he sank his consciousness into the Soul Suppressing Pagoda.
For no reason at all, the Gravekeeper's heart trembled slightly. The fierce light in his eyes deepened, and a faint sense of foreboding had already risen within him.
He said no more either. With a step, the rhythm around him surged again, and he swept toward Lin Xuan on a wild gale.
Yet at this moment, everything in the outside world froze for Lin Xuan.
He had already sat cross-legged