The skies of the Life God Domain stretched vast and boundless. An enormous Metal Lifeform cut through the sea of clouds, hurtling through the high skies.
Inside the enormous Metal Lifeform, the hall was spacious, its divine power barrier shutting out all wind, rain, and prying eyes.
The party had not lingered long on the main road of Azure Nether City. Travel and secluded cultivation proceeded together: as they drew steadily closer to the Life Secret Realm, they used the stable space inside the Metal Lifeform to refine themselves in seclusion.
With a single decisive statement from Shiheng, the last trace of killing tension lingering in the hall dissipated completely.
Oakes, Kaiser, Kailin, Ryder, and his sister all nodded. No one questioned him, and no one said more.
Throughout their journey, Shiheng had escaped death and turned the tables countless times through his extraordinary temperament and combat strength in desperate situations.
His decisions were the entire team's greatest source of confidence.
Oakes understood the terrifying dangers of this journey better than anyone.
The strength displayed by the peak Asura of the Demon Race in their earlier fierce battle had branded itself deep into his heart.
Had Shiheng not advanced his life law to Midgod, possessed a four-element soul mutation and overwhelming combat strength, and crushed and suppressed the Demon Race Asura throughout the battle, then with Oakes's actual strength, a peak Asura could have killed him instantly with a single move.
His only value lay in the Dragon race's innate divine ability, "Dragon Roar."
It could briefly disturb space and shake divine souls, providing restraint and support, but it gave him no qualification whatsoever to confront an Asura-level expert head-on.
Precisely because he had witnessed an Asura's terror firsthand, combined with the ancient secrets that defeated and captured peak Asura