"Boom!" The stone stele crashed to the ground with a deafening roar, stirring up a swirl of fierce wind and dust. Li Xiaoya slowed in midair, then landed on the fallen stele with a thud.
"Haha! Lucky me! I actually broke it with a single hit!" Li Xiaoya laughed excitedly. He had spent a long time devising this method of quickly breaking stone steles by ramming them. Previously, he had simply hacked away with brute force. Although the base was only wide enough for one person to wrap his arms around, it was the toughest part of the stele, and hacking through that small section took a full hour. Later, when he reached the second level of the Overlord Art, his training required him to subject his body to blows, so he happened to ram a stele he had already cut free. After dozens, then hundreds of impacts, he actually broke it-an unexpected delight. He decided to practice the Overlord Art while ramming the steles, killing two birds with one stone. Gradually, he discovered that striking the top with brute force made them easier to break. This was the first time he had broken one with a single hit. It seemed his cultivation and strength had improved again.
"Hah!" Li Xiaoya bent down and gripped the edge of the stone stele. Black light flashed over his body, and with a loud shout, he lifted the enormous slab. His muscles bulged, the black light around him blazed, and with a mighty heave, he raised the stele above his head.
Gritting his teeth, Li Xiaoya slowly worked his hands forward, inching his feet along as well. The stele was simply too large for him to lift all at once, leaving him no choice but to use this method. He struggled toward its