Lu Yin stared in disbelief at Chu Yuan, who was right in front of him. How could this be? The blade was clearly still some distance away, leaving him enough room to use the Zhi Fou Realm. So why had it struck him in an instant? It hadn't broken through space, nor had it moved so fast that he couldn't see it. It was as if the blade had already hit him—as if it were only natural, as it should be.
How could this happen?
Chu Yuan gripped the hilt as immense strength descended. With his doubled talent bolstering him, he tried to cut Lu Yin in half.
But he had still underestimated Lu Yin. Hitting him with the blade didn't mean the battle was over. Lu Yin's physical defenses were far too strong. Ordinary people faced only one source tribulation when breaking through to the Astral Envoy level, and only one more each time they broke through another realm. Lu Yin had faced four. That meant his body had been strengthened four times with every breakthrough, on top of the improvement he'd gained from breaking through the Three Gates.
The fact that Chu Yuan's blade had penetrated an inch was already its limit.
Lu Yin was shaken that Chu Yuan could hit him, while Chu Yuan was equally shocked by Lu Yin's physical strength. Even if that slash had hit Heluo Mebis or Lu Tianyi, it would have penetrated more than an inch. Even Chu Yuan had to marvel at it: this man was a monster. Not only did he possess far more star energy than they did, but his physical strength surpassed theirs as well.
Lu Yin raised a hand and grabbed the back of the blade, his gaze turning strange. "The power of time."
Chu Yuan's eyes