"What's this..."
Luo Li's pupils constricted slightly. She sensed the aura that made even her Saint Soul sting faintly, as if she had thought of something—but she still didn't dare confirm it.
Bai Yaoyao, meanwhile, drew in a deep breath. An unprecedented sharp radiance erupted from her cool, clear eyes.
She spoke each word distinctly, her voice low and solemn.
"The Extreme Dao... a fragment of the Sword of Severing Dao!"
Lu Chen's breathing instantly quickened!
His gaze grew scorching hot, as if he had seen a rare treasure of the ages!
That's right!
It was this!
He had entered the perilous Law Lightning Pool and desperately absorbed and refined its energy. He had even nearly died and vanished into oblivion, ultimately drawing the Three Thousand Demon Gods into the world, which devoured the entire lightning pool...
All that effort, all those risks, and his original goal—wasn't it all for this?!
Now that he had drained the Law Lightning Pool dry, the fragment hidden deep within its core had finally lost its protection and revealed itself!
"Finally... I found you!"
Lu Chen did not hesitate in the slightest.
He stepped forward, crossed the void, and arrived before the fragment.
Carefully, he extended his right hand. Primordial World Power wrapped around his palm like the most docile subjects, slowly reaching toward the dark-gold fragment.
Bai Yaoyao and Luo Li held their breath as they watched tensely.
They could sense the terrifying power of severing the Dao contained within the fragment and feared that Lu Chen might be injured by it if he made even the slightest mistake.
However, what happened next once again exceeded their expectations.
The instant Lu Chen's fingertip lightly touched the dark-gold fragment—
Buzz!
The fragment merely trembled faintly.
It did not erupt with a world-shaking counterattack or