Sure enough, never mind the Witch Saint level—even mastering the Witch King level within ten months was pushing the limits.
With nearly three hundred thousand nodes, the mental effort required for even a single successful application was already terrifying. Even with Li Su's strength as a Tribulation Transcendent True Immortal, his first successful cultivation attempt had consumed an enormous amount of energy. After using a single move, he had even needed to rest.
Though he had indeed managed to use it, the process took more than ten seconds. In a battlefield situation, it was simply impossible to employ.
Thus, Li Su had spent at least six months merely bringing these nine moves to a level where they could be used in battle.
The following four months had only allowed him to reach the point of effortless mastery at the Witch King realm. Forget transcending into the sublime—he was still a long way from consummate mastery.
Based on this, to bring the Witch King level to completion, he would need at least another one to two years of cultivation.
Undoubtedly, that was deeply regrettable.
After all, if he could ascend one more level, then even mastering just one move would give him the capital to contend against the Witch Saint level—that was, a Taiyi Mystical Immortal.
That was undoubtedly extremely important!
At the very least, when facing that Black Shadow again, he would not be as powerless as before, unable to even force the other party to reveal a divine ability before being crushed alive by nothing more than the difference in their higher standing.
Someone might ask: with Li Su's comprehension, couldn't he simply memorize the Witch Saint level? He could practice it after completing the Witch King level.
But that was precisely where the problem lay.
Although the Witch