Sweeping the Dark Nether Rift

Time flew. Before Xu Wuyi knew it, he had spent more than two months in Honghe.

By early September, the weather in Honghe had begun to cool. A thin morning mist blanketed the city, and the distant mountains appeared and vanished within it like a landscape painted in pale ink.

Leaves on the old locust tree at Landscape Manor had begun to yellow. Now and then, a few drifted down, spinning in the morning breeze before settling into a thin layer on the ground.

Xu Wuyi still kept to his unwavering routine.

Day after day, his life remained simple and orderly.

Over those two months, his understanding of the Order Laws had deepened.

His spear techniques had become part of his fighting instincts. Besides "Chaos," which disrupted the order within an enemy, he had developed two more moves.

The first was Lawbreaker, which sealed mental power. The second was Bloodbreaker, which sealed the circulation of vital energy and blood.

Each had its own purpose, and countless rounds of practice had honed them both.

At that moment, Xu Wuyi stood motionless in the center of the training room, his eyes closed and the Prairie Fire Spear in his hands.

It was so quiet he could hear his own heartbeat.

He opened his eyes and looked at the dummy before him.

It was a new dummy, replaced just that day. Made of metal, it was coated with a soft material that simulated the feel of a human body.

He drew a deep breath and raised his spear.

The movement was so slow it was almost imperceptible.

But his mind was focused entirely on the spearpoint, sensing the short distance between it and the dummy.

Then he stepped forward and thrust.

The instant the spearpoint pierced the dummy's chest, his mental power erupted.