Two years ago, when Xia Ming absorbed the Mermaid Queen's five-hundred-thousand-year skull bone, his spiritual power had already crossed the threshold into Form With Substance.
He had stepped into a realm only Limit Douluo could enter with stability.
Now, after two years of undistracted cultivation.
Though the total amount and refinement of his spiritual power.
Might still have been slightly inferior to veteran Limit Douluo like Mu En, who had cultivated for centuries and reached the pinnacle.
That gap was no longer an insurmountable chasm.
Therefore, when both of them endured Reign Over the World, which contained a top-tier spiritual attack.
The result was mutual annihilation and restraint.
In their clash on the spiritual level, neither could easily overwhelm the other.
Mu En's sliding figure abruptly stopped, and the dust around him was scattered by his protective Soul Power.
He slowly raised his head and looked at Xia Ming in the distance, whose eyes had already regained their clarity and sharpness.
For the first time, unmistakable shock appeared in his eyes.
He flexed his slightly numb right hand, drew a deep breath, and suppressed the surging blood and energy in his chest.
Though he had not gone all out in that strike, he had used more than ninety percent of his physical strength and the full intent of Reign Over the World.
He had meant to test Xia Ming—and to instruct him.
Yet he had been driven back head-on by sheer strength!
"Good! Good! Good!"
Mu En praised him three times in succession, his voice resounding with undisguised admiration.
Yet the shock in his eyes had turned into the gravity and excitement of facing an opponent on equal footing.
"What tremendous strength!"
"This pure power has already completely surpassed mine."
Mu En's voice echoed across the wasteland, reaching every spectator's