The Setting Sun Saber Technique, one of the cultivation martial arts Shen Lin had comprehended in Great Wei, had once shaken him deeply.
This martial art could use one's own lifespan to consume an opponent's lifespan equally—or even several times over.
But ever since Shen Lin had come to the Chaos Sea, this martial art had lost its use.
Ultimately, besides there being more suitable martial arts to deduce, there was another reason.
The Dao contained within this technique was far too profound.
Using one's own lifespan to consume an opponent's lifespan was, in truth, a manifestation of the Time Dao.
After reaching mastery, Shen Lin had no idea what he could gain by deducing it further.
Moreover, even if he could kill his opponent after consuming all their lifespan, what would Shen Lin gain?
Thus, this extraordinarily mysterious technique had been shelved by Shen Lin long ago.
But now, facing Bone Tan's superb-quality power of the Dao of Death, Yi Han had only one choice if he did not want to exhaust the remaining Demon Lifespan.
That was to comprehend a kind of power whose quality was nearly on par with the Dao of Death.
Time was one such power.
Within the River of Time—and even beyond the River of Time—it exerted influence.
Even civilizations with Inner Void Realm existences that could escape the River of Time and avoid the arrival of The End could not escape the influence of time.
Even those two mighty beings who had caused the River of Time to be destroyed and restarted time and again could not be said to have completely escaped the influence of time.
Therefore, after sensing how difficult it was to resist the power of the Dao of Death on Bone Tan, Shen Lin chose to use his own