Maxing Out Proficiency, Grinding into a Mortal Sword Immortal

Yun Shu gave a soft chuckle.

"So it's somehow my fault," Yun Shu said. "If I didn't have the strength I do today, would there be one more puppet under your control—me?"

"Don't push me too far," the stone man said slowly. "You're very strong, but if we fought to the death, we'd both end up badly wounded."

"Lucky for me, I want to see exactly how badly wounded we'd be," Yun Shu said.

Then he summoned his halberd.

"There's a Crystal Core beneath this volcano. You can take it if you retrieve it," the Five-Colored Stone Man said.

His voice and tone remained as desolate as before, but he had clearly begun to back down. It was true that if they kept fighting, they would probably both end up badly wounded. Still, the strength of the man before him had genuinely made him feel threatened.

His strength had already been drained away over the long years, and he was also bound by a powerful seal. He couldn't risk it now.

"How do I know you won't attack me the moment I go down there?" Yun Shu said. "You retrieve it for me."

The Five-Colored Stone Man hesitated, his eyes seemingly wreathed in flames. "I can't retrieve it. The only thing I can move now is my chains, but if they enter the lava below, they'll vanish completely."

"So you're saying I'll vanish completely once I go in there, too?" Yun Shu didn't bother wasting any more words on him.

He immediately unleashed an attack at the Five-Colored Stone Man.

A tremendous black force swept toward the stone man like a blanket of cold crows blotting out the sky.

The chains also lashed out, forming an airtight defense.

But the force was ultimately too weak, and it was shattered in