The two were still shooting the breeze when a streak of sword light suddenly swept their way.
If they had reacted any slower, they might have been cut down by it.
The two had no choice but to retreat farther, their eyes locked tightly on the battle above.
Lin Heng was changing with every clash.
His strikes grew increasingly precise, and his distribution of strength ever more refined.
He seemed to be constantly probing Lin Yuan's attack patterns and the rhythm of his demon power circulation.
He had always liked tempering himself through real combat.
More than two months of bitter cultivation in the Underworld had given him the theory. Now, he needed practice to verify it.
Lin Yuan, too, sensed that something was wrong.
"You little brat... don't tell me you're using this venerable one as a sparring partner?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!!"
He roared in fury. The blood-red radiance on his scythe abruptly surged severalfold, and with one horizontal slash, he tore apart half the sky.
Lin Heng retreated rapidly, narrowly avoiding the blade's edge, but the aftershock still carved a bone-deep wound across his left shoulder.
Blood sprayed.
Lin Yuan pressed the attack, swinging his scythe three times in succession.
Every slash carried the force to destroy heaven and earth.
Yet at the very instant the third strike fell...
A change came over Lin Heng.
The sixteen Wheels of the Great Dao behind him suddenly began spinning faster, their radiance weaving together and merging.
The King Path and the Human Path... had actually converged at this moment.
The essence of the Human Path was: "All laws are empty; only humanity stands supreme."
The essence of the King Path was: "I am king; all living beings submit."
The two seemed similar, yet in truth, they were worlds apart.
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