Yet just then, something miraculous happened.
On Hua Xing's body, the Law Rune whose name Lin Xuan did not know suddenly rippled with an exceedingly dense power.
Some mysterious force between heaven and earth was drawn over, making Hua Xing's power become extraordinarily dense as well.
This power was actually heavier than earth-attributed power and more unyielding than metal-attributed power.
Most terrifying of all, it had actually been infused into the metal-attributed power.
Clang!
The World-Destroying strike, which had blasted apart Hua Xing's hands and carried the ultimate Immortal-Slaying power, actually rang crisply against that power and failed to cut through it.
Lin Xuan's arm had gone slightly numb, while shock flooded his eyes.
"This is..."
He could not help looking at the slowly drifting Law Rune.
"It is a Mid-Rank Heavenly Barrier Rune. Its defense is supreme. The gap between your realms is too great, and he has even used a burst-type martial skill. His defense is extremely powerful."
As Lin Xuan wondered, Liu Lubai's voice rang by his ear.
"Mid-Rank Heavenly Barrier Rune!"
"So he is no longer a true disciple, but a core disciple!"
Lin Xuan instantly understood.
"Hahaha..."
"Lin Xuan, you cannot break my defense!"
Hua Xing laughed as well. He raised a hand, and the force of vibration appeared once more, its ultimate fierceness rushing toward Lin Xuan.
"I simply do not want to spend too much cultivation time."
Lin Xuan's figure retreated explosively as he replied inwardly.
Celestial Gang Runes possessed the strongest defense. Lin Xuan had felt their power, and a faint longing rose in his heart.
But it was not as though he had no means of breaking through it. If he used the Immortal-Slaying power bolstered by 8,000 years of cultivation time, he could definitely do it.
However, he did not