Interesting. It looks like he's breaking through?
Seeing that there was actually someone else here, Xiao Yan no longer hurried to cultivate and instead headed toward the man first.
Judging from the aura emanating around the figure, he was a Half-Saint-level expert. He carried none of the aura of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, nor was he any other kind of magical beast. He was human.
With a single glance, Xiao Yan could tell that this person was using the energy contained within the Thunder Pool to break through the bottleneck of the late Half-Saint stage.
What drew Xiao Yan's attention most was an unremarkable iron plate before the man, crudely engraved with a lightning pattern. The iron plate slowly absorbed the surrounding power while releasing a thin protective barrier.
The barrier appeared extremely fragile, yet it contained astonishing lightning power. Without Half-Saint-level strength, it would be impossible to break through. Xiao Yan immediately understood that this iron plate could likely absorb lightning power as well. That was precisely why this man dared to break through here so openly.
His aura is steady and his foundation solid, but he hasn't yet reached the peak state needed for a breakthrough. No wonder he came to this Thunder Pool. Using lightning power to break through is rather similar to my own situation.
With Xiao Yan's current insight, he naturally could not be wrong in judging a Half-Saint-level breakthrough.
He could even clearly see that, much like himself, this man had come here in the hope that the lightning power could provide some assistance in his breakthrough.
Since this person was not an expert of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, he posed no threat to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan had no intention of sabotaging someone else's advancement, but just as he was about