Brought It to Bear

White light filled heaven and earth. Even the sun and moon, which had always hung high in the sky, lost their radiance.

The Sea Demons of the Desolate Sea billowed black smoke the moment the white light washed over them, then melted away one after another.

Under that light, Su Ming vanished without a trace.

Only after three full breaths did the blinding light slowly fade. When everything returned to normal, the world fell into an eerie silence.

Whether in Heaven Beyond Heaven or the Lower Realm, there was no sound. No wind stirred, and the earth made no rumble. It was as though sound had never existed in this world.

Another three breaths passed before sound gradually returned to the world: the surge of the Desolate Sea.

The Desolate Sea had regained its familiar appearance. Waves battered the reefs, and gusts of sea wind carried a salty dampness to Lin Jun.

The enormous Stone Stele steadily shrank until it returned to Lin Jun's hand.

Then it broke in two again.

Its two halves had joined only temporarily. A fracture left by the Heavenly Tribulation could hardly be mended so easily.

Lin Jun gripped the two pieces of the Stone Stele and gasped for breath.

That had been too fierce.

That single strike had drained nearly all the energy from Lin Jun's body. Even the energy hidden within the Stone Stele had poured out, producing that heaven-and-earth-shattering blow.

Lin Jun looked at the two pieces of the Stone Stele, then carefully put them away.

If he used it again without making thorough preparations, he feared he would be drained dry before his enemy died.

What was more, Lin Jun had a faint sense that the power he had just unleashed was not even the Stone Stele's limit.

After all, the