The Seniors

Azure Star Realm's strongest Divine Intent, the Martial Artist publicly acknowledged as closest to becoming a Celestial Being, had been crippled by Xu Wuyi's first punch and killed by his second.

He had not even had room to resist.

Researcher Li rose from her seat.

Her movements were light, and her silver-white robe gleamed softly beneath the lights. Her pale golden hair was pinned behind her head with a hairpin, revealing her fair neck and delicate profile.

Her expression was calm, her gaze was calm, her breathing was calm.

But her fingers trembled slightly.

Not from fear, but tension.

She had lived for more than two hundred years and had remained at the Divine Intent realm for nearly two centuries. She had seen countless opponents and fought countless battles, yet she had never felt nervous.

But today, she was nervous.

Not because Xu Wuyi's fists were too heavy, but because she did not know whether her rule would work against him.

Her rule was neither offensive nor defensive. It was predictive. Through an opponent's aura, breathing, heartbeat, and minute muscle movements, she could predict what they would do in the next second.

Such a rule was terrifying in one-on-one combat. Before you threw a punch, she already knew where you would strike. Before you changed moves, she already knew how you would change them. Every movement you made was transparent before her.

But Xu Wuyi was different.

His fists were too pure—so pure that there was no information for her to predict. His aura did not change before he punched, his breathing did not quicken before he exerted force, and his muscles did not tense before an attack.

His body only reacted at the instant he threw a punch. Before that, there was not the slightest sign.

She had never