"This guy doesn't seem quite whole. His body was destroyed, wasn't it?"
Li Yun gave nothing away. He remained seated with his eyes closed, the aura of his hundredfold-speed cultivation as steady as ever.
His rhythm as he pushed against the bottleneck of the Blazing Heaven Saint Art never faltered. Even the Saint Power circulating around him showed not the slightest disturbance.
But deep within his Divine Soul, he kept his attention fixed on the brief image the Gate of Myriad Wonders had projected after completing its analysis.
It showed the depths of darkness, seemingly the very heart of the Eternal Desolate Death Zone.
There was no true form of a nine-tailed demon fox radiating the terrifying might he had imagined. No scales or fur, no flesh or bone. Only a Heavenly Saint Dao Fruit, wreathed in blood-red Baleful Intent and a faint saintly glow, floated in the endless dark.
Four chains bearing the unmistakable Dao Resonance of the ancient Four Great Heavenly Saints, each connected to one of their phantoms, pierced and bound that Dao Fruit as it burned with savage power!
On its surface, the snarling face of a demon fox appeared from time to time. It seemed to strain to shake off the four chains, but always fell just short.
Unable to break free, it looked utterly furious!
The sight made even Li Yun's heart pound. He was not facing the Demon Fox in person, yet this image alone gave him a first taste of its overwhelming strength!
A Dao Fruit was born when a Sage advanced to the Great Sage Realm: the product of a Martial Dao will tempered a thousand times over, then condensed to its utmost.
A Dao Fruit first took shape in the Great Sage Realm and grew stronger still in the Heavenly