Zhang Yu considered it. No matter what Zhu's intentions were, there was no need to dwell on the reasons now. Resolving the matter at hand was the proper course.
He picked up the scroll again. This time, instead of merely skimming through it, he studied it carefully.
There were twelve battles of varying scale recorded within, including accounts of Lord Bai Xiu's battles before he had forged his Primordial Spirit Shadow Reflection.
At that time, every one of his battles had dragged on for more than several days. The longest had even lasted for over a month.
It was clear that his Dao methods had yet to reach completion then. During battle, he used the same few divine abilities over and over again. Compared to the varied methods of his peers, they could practically be called plain and unadorned.
Clearly, this man's foundations were incomparably solid, and his endurance was exceptional. His opponents had never been able to bring him down. In every battle, his opponents had ultimately lost only after exhausting their mana and finding themselves unable to continue.
Most people, upon seeing such a course of battle, would easily conclude that he lacked a killing move. Though his enemies found it difficult to defeat him, he likewise found it difficult to harm them.
Zhang Yu, however, did not see it that way. Lord Bai Xiu's teacher was a Profound Venerable who had forged a Primordial Spirit; he would not have failed to teach him methods to protect himself and preserve his life.
He believed that those opponents simply had not posed enough of a threat to his life, and so they had been unable to force those methods out of him.
His gaze shifted as he examined the records of battles after Bai Xiu had forged his Primordial