For Xu Tong and the soul, this pressure was manageable. It did not affect them so deeply that they needed to draw on their cultivation to resist it.
Only now did Xu Tong realize that he had been wrong to think his sword strike and that drop of blood high in the heavens had caused little disturbance.
He had thought those beings could not possibly notice him because of them.
I was still too careless!
The soul had originally intended to seek out Xu Tong. Going it alone was simply too dangerous. After witnessing Xu Tong's sword strike, he had decided that, between losing his freedom and losing his life, losing his freedom was preferable.
Who could have expected the mighty beings of this world to notice Xu Tong's sword strike?
"It looks like following him isn't all that safe either!"
The soul changed his mind.
If Xu Tong could not use his strength, what was the point of following him?
He might as well proceed according to his original plan.
The mighty beings of this world naturally commanded its laws as well. Their arrival would make countless people feel ill at ease.
Had they added even a little killing intent, perhaps no one in Azure City would have survived.
Xu Tong took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and temporarily sealed his cultivation.
This prevented anything outside him from detecting it by any means, including the laws of this world.
The price, however, was that whenever he needed a powerful move, he would have to build up to it step by step.
Xu Tong had chosen this himself, because he had figured it out. That sword strike was nothing special, really. Its power alone had not been so terrifying that it would instantly draw their attention!
But he had