Death and Life

Though Li Shiming had only lived for a little over a hundred years, he had seen more than many cultivators who had lived nearly a thousand. He had seen death, had created death with his own hands, and had brushed the edge of death several times himself.

He had seen powerful cultivators—especially through his Clone, he had witnessed the terror of the mighty Sword Elder.

But Sword Elder had never unleashed that power on him, so he had never truly felt its terror.

Today, at this moment, a single finger made him feel death. Made him feel fear. Made him feel the helplessness of the weak facing the supremely strong.

His Natal Magical Treasure IBMz15 blared alarms like mad. Escape plans flooded the display before his eyes, constantly refreshing.

But that finger, which had suddenly appeared from the void, carried an indescribable Binding Force that left him unable to dodge, unable to make even the slightest movement.

He could only watch as the finger pointed toward his body. It ignored the defensive barrier around him—the barrier formed by the Heavenly Human Art through Chaos Spiritual Power.

Before the barrier formed by Chaos Spiritual Power, that finger seemed to exist in another space. Without the Chaos Spiritual Power barrier reacting in the slightest, the finger passed through it.

Then the finger continued forward. When it touched Li Shiming's magical robe, the Fourth Grade Top Tier Magical Treasure immediately erupted with its passive Defensive Spell.

Unfortunately, though the passive Defensive Spell activated, it was just like the Chaos Spiritual Power barrier before it and failed to affect the finger's movement at all.

Only when the finger came into contact with the tangible robe did he feel the indescribable mighty force contained in that finger.

The Fourth Grade Top Tier Magical Robe let