The thought had barely surfaced when even Xu Yi found it laughable.
He immediately set aside his doubts, but another shock rose in his heart.
An idea that had long been lodged in his mind suddenly turned upside down.
All this time, Xu Yi had subconsciously regarded the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art as a defensive technique. And in truth, ever since he had mastered it, he had relied on this divine art to withstand his opponents' attacks.
Yet he had never imagined that the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art was not merely a defensive technique. Practiced to its utmost, it was also an exquisite means of attack.
It was like a piece of fine steel: it could be forged into a shield, or into a treasured sword.
But because of his fixed way of thinking, Xu Yi had only realized it could be forged into a shield. It had never occurred to him that the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art could also be forged into a sword.
Only after witnessing Nameless One's overwhelming, domineering slaughter of Yun Yewang moments ago had the truth struck him like a sudden revelation.
A sentence from Master Zhou suddenly surfaced in his mind. It was something Master Zhou had once told him, back when he was still in the Body Tempering Realm and had encountered him:
"Cultivation is the cultivation of nature and life. Techniques and divine weapons are nothing but external things. When a cultivator truly reaches the ultimate, they can rely on nothing but their flesh and soul to overwhelm heaven and earth and roam the cosmos. That is the divine ability that truly draws near the Dao."
At that moment, Xu Yi glimpsed a sliver of hope in the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art.
While Xu Yi stood there in