"The Ferocious Beasts in this Secret Realm are nearly endless. Can you hold out until dawn?"
Shi Yi laughed heartily, constantly using his words to unsettle Lin Ke's resolve.
"Hold out?"
Lin Ke, however, did not let Shi Yi steer his thinking.
If he answered with something like "I can hold out," he would already be accepting that he was the weaker party.
In this kind of psychological warfare, taking the weaker position would only cause his momentum to dwindle further and further.
"Let's see whether you can hold out." Lin Ke shook his head, then charged forward again.
This time, he did not use the Azure Sun Demon-Slaying Sword Art, but the endlessly changing techniques of the Martial Path.
The Serpent-Python Strangulation Art, the Golden Toad Swallows the Sun Art, the Azure Ox Horn-Butting Art, and more.
These techniques were not only filled with the true essence of the Daoist School; they also embodied his martial skills.
They were all essences he had learned from the myriad things of heaven and earth while in the Reformer School's Essence-Taking Realm.
Now that he had reached the Third Realm, he naturally needed to synthesize and absorb everything.
To take what belonged to others and distill it into something suited to himself!
"You still want to use me to refine your true intent?" Shi Yi's main body trembled, as though sneering.
The boulders on his body flew out one after another, striking at Lin Ke like hands and feet.
Unfortunately for him, Lin Ke had already seen through his methods.
"Your strength lies more in protection than in attack."
Lin Ke's voice was calm. The protective power of Ode to the Humble Abode shielded his body as he traded blows with the boulders Shi Yi swung at him.
"Did having your heart