"N-Nine-Star Dou Saint, mid-stage!!!"
At this point, Nihility Devouring Flame's voice trembled, sharp and piercing. He had completely lost the composure and arrogance of a supreme existence. In their place were shock, horror, and an undisguisable... fear.
Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint!
This young man—this junior who, just over a year ago, had only been an Early Stage Four-Star Dou Saint—had actually crossed Five-Star Dou Saint, Six-Star Dou Saint, Seven-Star Dou Saint, and Eight-Star Dou Saint in the short span of over a year, reaching Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint in one leap!
What kind of concept was that?
Between heaven and earth, the strongest people currently alive, Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan, were only Late Stage Nine-Star Dou Saints!
And he, Nihility Devouring Flame, had immersed himself in the realm of Early Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint for several hundred years, yet had still been unable to break through those shackles and reach the middle stage.
And now, a young man who had cultivated for only a few decades had actually surpassed him!
Nihility Devouring Flame felt the world spin around him.
He finally understood why Lin Ming had always been so calm, so composed, and so utterly fearless when facing him.
That had not been an act.
That was true confidence.
That was absolute self-assurance.
And at this moment, before this aura, he, Nihility Devouring Flame, had instead become the one who was... weak.
Lin Ming quietly hovered above the sky, the vast aura around him spreading like a tide. He simply looked at Nihility Devouring Flame, his gaze as calm as still water, the faint curve at the corner of his mouth never fading.
"Nihility Devouring Flame..."
Lin Ming spoke. His voice was not loud, yet it exploded beside everyone's ears like heavenly thunder.
"You said just now that you