"The low-rank perfect secret art, Azure Thunder Miasma, is the secret art I've mastered with the best chance of advancing into true meaning. Unfortunately, no matter how many epochs I've spent comprehending the Azure Thunder of heaven and earth, I've never mastered Azure Thunder True Meaning. Otherwise..."
"Even if I only mastered an Azure Thunder True Meaning Embryo, I could kill this Demon Fiend!"
The mid-grade chaos spirit treasure, the Great Saber, had been terribly corroded by demonic qi, its surface riddled with pits. Heavenly Cloud True Lord put it away with a pang of heartache, then turned a ferocious gaze on his opponent.
He slowly extended both hands, preparing to unleash Azure Thunder Miasma, his strongest and most proficient art. The ancestral god power inside him began to boil.
"Roar!"
"Roaar!"
The Humanoid Demon Fiend growled, a trace of exhaustion appearing in his eyes. Although his combat strength rivaled a Half-Step Divine Lord's, he was not truly a Half-Step Divine Lord.
He had not mastered any low-rank perfect secret arts.
Indeed, as a Demon Fiend, he followed a completely different cultivation path from the cultivators of the myriad races, just like outer realm demon spirits such as Great Commander Hai Dong.
He had no need to comprehend heaven and earth.
Or create secret arts!
His greatest reliance was the demonic qi within him, but after that frenzied battle, he had already expended well over half of it.
With the demonic qi he had left...
If he could not end the battle quickly, he would surely be the one to die.
"Azure Thunder Miasma!"
"Die!"
At that moment, Heavenly Cloud True Lord struck first. Every last bit of ancestral god power in his body erupted, gathering in his hands without a trace left behind, while the profound mysteries of heaven