As a late Spirit Severing stage cultivator, Zhao Zhinan was already considered an extremely powerful figure in the waters surrounding Kong Huan Island. Even other Divine Connection cultivators would show him the utmost respect upon encountering him.
Yet the peak Integration stage cultivator before him not only showed no trace of respect, but had actually dispelled his attacks with astonishing ease despite his repeated use of secret techniques.
If he had not witnessed it with his own eyes, it would have been impossible to imagine that an Integration stage cultivator he had considered beneath notice could possess such strength. It was enough to be called heaven-defying.
His figure shot through the depths of the sea. The young man ahead seemed tireless, as though he had no fear of exhausting his magical power. This flight continued for five full days.
During those five days, it was not that Zhao Zhinan had failed to use his movement techniques to close in on the fleeing young man ahead.
Yet every time he came within a hundred or two hundred zhang of the other party, that person would unleash some kind of speed that shocked even Zhao Zhinan, then flee far away in an instant.
The other party's speed was like teleportation through the void. If they had been above the surface of the sea, Zhao Zhinan would still have been confident of catching up. But in these profound depths, all he could do was sigh helplessly.
Fortunately, this burst of speed could not last long. Once the other party had left more than a dozen miles behind, his speed would immediately drop sharply.
With the ability of a late Spirit Severing stage cultivator, Zhao Zhinan naturally knew that this escape technique placed an enormous burden on its user. The peak Integration stage cultivator