Dispute

In theory, Xu Yuan, with only Body Fusion cultivation, should have been incapable of breaking through Mu Nuo's defenses.

No matter how weak Mu Nuo was, he was still a Sage. It was like a burly man standing over seven feet tall—even if all his muscles were drained away and he became a bamboo pole, he still wasn't someone a child of a few years could pick a fight with.

But there were always exceptions to everything.

If that child happened to be wearing an exoskeleton, then naturally, things would be different.

Perhaps his heaven-gifted talent had come into play. After his initial unease, Xu Yuan adapted to the markings on the back of his hand without any difficulty.

Though Tianye had sealed this thing onto him with Dao essence, it was like an organ that had grown from his own body. And unlike the internal organs, which could not be controlled by conscious will, he could wield it as easily as an arm or finger if he wished.

Immersing his Spirit Sight within it, Xu Yuan could clearly sense everything happening in the city through the markings, much like that night when Lou Ji had opened her sea of consciousness and shared her vision with him.

Moreover, compared to Lou Ji, because the life within the markings possessed no subjective consciousness, Xu Yuan could actively control the direction of his observation and use it to lock onto those lofty Sages.

In other words, Xu Yuan no longer had to look at all that light pollution.

But compared to the Strange Ghost body from back then, the power of these markings had both advantages and disadvantages.

It was stronger than the power of the Mortal Shedding Strange Ghost body, yet even though it shared the same origin as him, it