His cultivation time plummeted at a furious pace, soon breaking below the hundred-thousand-year mark and falling to just over eighty thousand years.
Lin Xuan's blade intent finally advanced another step, reaching sixty percent.
"The time consumed is increasing. Sixty percent is about enough—enough to butcher Ding Zhuo."
Letting out a deep breath, Lin Xuan left the Soul Suppressing Pagoda completely with a thought.
Outside, Ding Zhuo only saw Lin Xuan open his closed eyes. The entire process had taken no more than an instant.
Yet at that moment, his expression changed.
For no other reason than that Lin Xuan's aura had suddenly surged, radiating fluctuations that actually made him afraid.
"There's no making up for an absolute gap in strength, right?"
"Then I'll give this so-called absolute strength a try as well."
Lin Xuan's lips parted slightly, his calm voice drifting out.
"You..."
"How is that possible?"
Ding Zhuo's crazed eyes widened.
At this moment, Lin Xuan's aura had actually reached the peak of the Void Core Realm.
Even more terrifyingly, Lin Xuan's blade intent had also reached sixty percent.
"You were hiding your strength all along?"
Ding Zhuo cried out in horror, but his figure had already rushed before Lin Xuan, his battle blade cleaving down.
The arrow was already on the string; it had to be fired.
"Heh..."
Lin Xuan could not be bothered to explain. Under Ding Zhuo's increasingly horrified gaze, the Law Runes around him suddenly changed.
The two Supreme-Grade Law Runes, Star Runes and the Overlord Blade Mark, blazed with dazzling light.
The remaining Law Runes shifted wildly before freezing in an instant.
Ding Zhuo saw them clearly: two Middle Force Runes, seven Lower Force Runes, and ten lower-grade Overlord Blade Marks.
There was no technique to inscribing Law Runes at all; it was sheer