Each time he entered the cavern, Ye Chen left at the proper moment. He would never linger for even an extra instant just because he was in the midst of excitement. One extra instant this time, two the next—one day, he would lose all restraint. Mad Lord had likely not gone from normal to insane overnight; three feet of ice did not form in a single day.
The information contained within the black smoke in the cavern was far richer than that outside. A single strand of black smoke was nearly equivalent to tens of thousands outside, and its contents were deeper, closer to the essence.
Without realizing it, Ye Chen's Undying Sword Body had risen from the early fifth layer to the peak of the fifth layer.
With the fifth layer of the Undying Sword Body, forcibly withstanding a level-five Supreme Battle Avatar's attacks consumed Sword Essence extremely quickly. The middle stage was several times better, the late stage several times better still, and at the peak, it was over a hundred times better than the early stage. He could hold out a hundred times longer.
Yet what made Ye Chen smile bitterly was that the peak of the fifth layer of the Undying Sword Body was close to his limit. To break through further, he needed to absorb more sword essence, or his Spirit Body had to make a tremendous leap. Otherwise, he would be forever stuck at the peak of the fifth layer.
"Absorb the sword essence of the Radiant God Sword?"
A thought flashed through Ye Chen's mind.
The sword essence of a supreme treasure sword was undoubtedly far more abundant and condensed. A single sword could surpass the countless portions of sword essence he had absorbed before.
"No. The Human Race does not have many