The Limit

"General."

Shi Lan came before Bai Weiyang, bowed slightly, and looked at him with some confusion.

"Attack me with all your strength. Show me your limit."

"?"

Shi Lan didn't understand at first and froze.

"I have only a limited number of Heavenly Astral Realm fighters at my disposal, and not many late-stage Earthly Fiend Realm warriors either. Though you've only just entered the Earthly Fiend Realm, I can tell your strength goes far beyond that. I need a clear grasp of your abilities before I can assign some Earthly Fiend Realm warriors to your command."

Bai Weiyang explained, then stepped back nearly a hundred yards and beckoned to Shi Lan. "Give it everything you've got. Don't hold back."

"Yes."

Without hesitation, Shi Lan summoned the Seven-Star Halberd of Ziwei. The vast true qi within her began to surge.

The hundreds of people nearby who had been about to leave stopped in their tracks at the sight. They were all taken aback. Were the two of them about to spar?

The halberd blade trembled faintly, shimmering with white light. Shi Lan fixed her eyes on Bai Weiyang, steadying her breath and focusing her mind as she pushed herself into peak condition.

Shi Lan had no clear idea of where her strength now stood. Bai Weiyang's decision to test her was a perfect opportunity for her as well.

She had never encountered a Myriad Forms Realm warrior before, so she didn't know just how powerful they were. But from what she'd learned, Heavenly Astral Realm warriors had already passed through death and rebirth, living for a thousand years and stepping into the ranks of the half-immortals.

The Myriad Forms Realm, beyond the Heavenly Astral Realm, brought an even more radical transformation, one akin to shedding one's mortal form. In that sense,