His body was still sinking through the blood pool, and he had no idea how deep it was.
Lu Yin had no mind to worry about that. Waves of agony surged from his back. He had felt this when breaking through to the Integrating Realm and again when reaching the Exploration Realm. Now, as he broke through to the Hunting Realm, it had returned.
Behind Lu Yin, the mysterious runic seal appeared once more. Chains shot through his body, forcibly halting his ninth cycle and preventing him from breaking through.
At the same time, the Body Sculpting Technique melted away, and pain that cut to the bone overwhelmed him, as if his body were being crushed and reassembled.
He had felt this every time he broke through, but never this intensely.
Not everyone could rely on the Body Sculpting Technique to reach the Hunting Realm. How many people across the universe had completed it six times?
Perhaps Yuhua Mebis, Shang Qing, and the others had broken through after completing the Body Sculpting Technique six times. That was why they were so powerful. How many of the Ten Arbiters could do the same?
Lu Yin gritted his teeth and endured. He wanted to reach the Hunting Realm, but the agony in his back constantly reminded him that he could not succeed.
When he reached the Integrating Realm, Mad Dean had helped him break the seal.
When he reached the Exploration Realm, he had borrowed the Dried Corpse's power.
But now, there was no one who could help him.
The ninth cycle gradually ground to a halt as the seal appeared. Lu Yin could feel it happening, and his heart sank. He had tried everything. He had done all he could to circulate his death energy and break free of those chains,