"Heaven Questioning Realm, Great Completion?"
"Heaven Questioning Realm, Great Perfection?"
"Or... the Heaven Shocking Realm?"
When Dugu Qingxiao, having undergone his sixth Nirvanic Annihilation, stopped restraining his aura, its terrifying fluctuations immediately left the spectators in the surrounding stands and before the Spirit Mirrors astonished.
By contrast, Xu Taiping and the others below the Sword Platform all wore grave faces and complicated expressions.
Listening to the discussion drifting down from the stands, Cui Tiegu snorted and said:
"From beginning to end, Dugu Qingxiao's cultivation has only been at the initial stage of the Heaven Questioning Realm."
"The only reason his aura is so terrifying now is that he has pushed the combat strength a cultivator can attain upon first entering the Heaven Questioning Realm to the ultimate realm."
The others deeply agreed.
Just then, A Meng frowned and asked Xu Taiping:
"Taiping, this is actually Qingxiao's sixth time using Nirvana Power, isn't it?"
He asked because Dugu Qingxiao had undergone Nirvanic Annihilation only five times on this Sword Platform, yet the aura he now displayed had already surpassed what five instances could grant.
Xu Taiping nodded gravely and said:
"Yes."
Hearing this, A Meng suddenly let out a long sigh and said somewhat helplessly:
"Why must he go this far?"
In his view, as long as one remained alive, there was always hope of breaking the Avīci Sword's curse. There was no need for such haste.
Cui Tiegu, however, disagreed:
"Brother A Meng, don't you think this is precisely how sword cultivators like us should be?"
Cui Tiegu chuckled as he spoke, looking at Dugu Qingxiao on the Sword Platform with open admiration.
"Rather than scrape out a hundred years under that curse of yours, better to meet death now, plunge straight into the Yellow Springs, and challenge that Mad