Several months passed in a flash. Lin Fan finally stopped waiting and prepared to head to an ancient land to make his breakthrough.
For this, he deliberately underwent another lightning tribulation, scraping through by the narrowest margin and reaching the great perfection of the Venerable realm.
Clang!
In the tenth heaven, a snowy-bright blade light rose and pierced the clouds, briefly scattering the lightning sea and making everyone's hair stand on end.
It was an executioner's blade, radiating a vast expanse of white brilliance that could almost blind anyone who looked at it. Its edge was peerlessly sharp.
"That's... the Immortal-Slaying Executioner's Blade!" Lin Fan was startled. Facing that blade, his heart leaped into his throat.
Fortunately, it never fell, ultimately vanishing into the void.
Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief. Since ancient times, nothing in a lightning tribulation had been more terrifying than this Immortal-Slaying Executioner's Blade. It was uncanny and dreadful.
And, as its name suggested, it could slay undying beings. Records from Immortal Ancient told of many who had become immortals only to fall beneath it.
As for its origins, rumor held that it was a blade of Heaven's Will, specifically meant to sever the fruits of one's cultivation and annihilate heaven-defying beings who sought eternal life.
"It looks like it was only testing me. Next time, it'll really come crashing down." Lin Fan's expression was grave. He was deeply wary of it.
Of course, he was in poor condition himself. He had fought all manner of creatures formed from lightning, whose numbers and strength far surpassed those of his previous tribulation.
There had been pixiu, knights in black armor, golden crows, and ferocious beasts he had never seen before. Every one was extraordinarily powerful, leaving him almost no chance of survival.
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