A hairline slit opened down the center of Ji Yuan's forehead.
There was no blood, no torn flesh curling back.
Only a trace of purple seeped silently from the slit.
Then the slit snapped wide open!
A vertical purple eye pushed out from Ji Yuan's forehead in an instant.
The Truth-Piercing Divine Eye.
And at the very instant that purple eye fully appeared—
Power of astonishing purity and density spun furiously within it.
This was no slow gathering of strength. The moment the eye opened, its power had already been compressed to the limit and locked into its final form.
Fast.
Faster than words could describe!
Bone Demon Old Devil's attempt to detonate his Life-bound Dharma Treasure was already among the fastest reactions a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator could manage when fighting for his life. Almost no time separated the thought from the detonation.
But before the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye, that "speed" seemed sluggish. Insignificant.
The instant the purple eye appeared, its divine light was already on the verge of eruption.
The last syllable of Ji Yuan's mocking words was still trembling faintly in the air.
The Truth-Piercing Divine Eye struck.
There was no earth-shaking spectacle, no omen of heaven and earth's destruction.
Only a purple beam refined to the utmost, pure to the utmost, and fast beyond all limits!
The beam was no thicker than a strand of hair, a deep purple with extraordinary penetrating force. At its core flowed a point of brilliant gold.
It shot from the center of the eye's pupil, heedless of distance.
One instant it had just left the pupil; the next, it had crossed more than half the cavern.
It appeared directly before Bone Demon Old Devil's forehead.
The moment that purple line, seemingly capable of dividing reality from illusion and passing