I had to admit, Reaching the Heavens in a Step was incredibly convenient. The ruler itself could reveal the other party's location, so my Any Door directly connected to it and took me straight to the vicinity of my target. Using the Dao lineage of Heavenly Dao that I had seen before as its foundation, I immediately unleashed Dao Lineage Annihilation!
A streak of icy light shot into the sky, and Heavenly Dao, hidden underground, was struck without a doubt. This move, Dao Lineage Annihilation, manifested no sword path, nor did it leave any trace to follow. Once released, the sword strike slashed from within the enemy, somewhat like the Divine Ability Annihilation from the Dao Annihilation Art—but it was clearly far more advanced than Divine Ability Annihilation! It was an attack that directly annihilated the opponent's Dao lineage!
Of course, this move had its flaws. If one's Dao extremity was lower than the enemy's, the move was ineffective. The higher the degree of Dao extremity, the greater the attack's power. With Heavenly Dao's current ability to create clones, she naturally could not withstand this strike. That was why the scene before me had come to pass!
After killing Heavenly Dao, I cleaved open the ground with one sword, then descended to the temporary cave abode below. Beneath the crude cave abode, a formation plate lay before me. I took one look and saw that it was a complex sigil-art formation for maintaining energy and concealing aura. Layer upon layer of formations were linked together to guard against various detections, while lines in the center of the formation extended directly into the earth veins. I had to admit, Heavenly Dao was no fool. She had prepared to hide herself and carry out these tasks, clearly understanding that activating the grand