The black sphere in Su Chan's hand cut off all traces of Xu Taiping's aura from the outside world. Even Su Chan himself could not sense what was happening inside.
Thus, even now, he had yet to notice the Overlord's Breath emanating from Xu Taiping after he began circulating the second-turn Body Tempering Method—aura capable of striking terror into every Demonic Beast in this world.
Xu Taiping naturally had no idea what was happening outside, either.
After once again shaking apart the black water with the force from his shoulders, Xu Taiping continued gathering his Fist Force while transmitting his voice to Fairy Lingyue:
"Sister Lingyue, how long has it been since the Overlord's Breath last appeared in the Mortal Realm, after the Blood Qi Body Tempering Power was lost?"
Their voice transmissions borrowed the power of the Earth Fruit, and even this black sphere could not block them.
Before long, Fairy Lingyue's voice rang out in Xu Taiping's mind-
"I can't remember exactly how long, either. I only remember that the last time I heard any rumors about the Overlord's Breath was on the Heaven-Demon Battlefield thirty thousand years ago."
"It must have been after that Heaven-Demon War that the Blood Qi Body Tempering Method was lost to the Mortal Realm."
Xu Taiping nodded silently.
Just then, the surrounding black water surged toward him again, crashing down like waves.
This time, before Xu Taiping could act, the Fist Force he had long been gathering suddenly stirred the Fist Aura around him as though by instinct, transforming it into hundreds of Fist Shadows in an instant. Together, they smashed toward the black water.
"Bang!..."
Amid the tremendous crash, the black water formed from Su Chan's Power of Wuji's Unrestricted Method was blasted straight into mist.
Almost simultaneously, the black sphere