"Can't you see it yet? This isn't a crippled Life Wheel at all. It's clearly a Heaven's Mandate Wheel. His aura is plainly even stronger than Tao Jin's. I'd wager he entered the Second Realm of Life Wheel in a single step. There's no other explanation."
"That's right, that's right. It must be so. Otherwise, how could Senior Brother Ye have been utterly helpless against this beast? What a bastard, hiding his cultivation like that. A petty villain, through and through."
"But that still doesn't make sense. Even if he jumped straight into the Second Realm, how did he cultivate that divine ability? We cultivate Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow-ranked techniques. It takes at least three to five years just to get started, and eight or ten years to reach minor mastery. What's Zhong Ruyi's deal?"
"Senior Brother Shen's fist could shatter a mountain, carrying the force of ten million catties. That's because he has a powerful Life Wheel backing him. So what about Zhong Ruyi? Has his immortal body really grown this strong? Every gesture he makes carries no less might than Senior Brother Shen's. This monster—how, how is he not one of our people from You Yue Peak?"
The buzz of discussion was nowhere near as intense as the battle raging in midair between Xu Yi and Shen Ao. It had been ages since Xu Yi had fought in such close quarters. The longer he fought, the more exhilarated he felt. His body, long inactive and nearly rusted through, seemed to come alive again as he poured every ounce of his strength into the brawl, driving his blood and qi to the limit.
With every block and every strike, he felt every pore, every scrap of flesh, every inch of sinew and bone in his body being roused. The