With his aura steady, Minghe formed a claw from killing intent, its fingers woven with the Killing Dao. He gripped a Killing Dao Great Ability by the skull and grinned viciously. "I have you lot to thank. Your deaths helped me stabilize my realm! Otherwise, reaching Half-Step Primordial Unity would have been difficult."
Crunch... crunch...
With one squeeze, Minghe crushed the Great Ability's skull before he could even scream. Then he devoured every trace of Killing Qi in the man's body to steady his own aura.
His aura stable, Minghe fixed his murderous gaze on the distant Lord of Zhuxian Alliance. Hatred and killing intent poured from him.
The Lord of Zhuxian Alliance crushed another Killing Dao Great Ability. His aura grew steadier, but his cold eyes betrayed nothing. "Congratulations. Now that you've stabilized at Half-Step Primordial Unity, you can glimpse the Great Dao."
Minghe seethed. "Hmph! If not for you, I could have gone further!"
The Lord of Zhuxian Alliance shook his head. "You're overestimating what was possible. That young monk wasn't a Saint or a Primordial Unity cultivator. He had a Saint's power only because he possessed Jieyin's True Spirit. The Slaughter Saint Aura from killing him could never have brought either of us into the Primordial Unity Realm through the Killing Dao. At most, it could have taken one of us to Mid-Stage Half-Step Primordial Unity. Splitting it in two instead let it draw upon both our Killing Daos and countless years of accumulation, bringing us both into the Half-Step Primordial Unity Realm."
"Hmph! Perhaps you're right, but I still got the worse deal! Mid-Stage Half-Step Primordial Unity is far beyond the early stage. You bastard who won't show your face—I'll fight you to the death! Perhaps if I kill you and devour your Killing Dao, I