Time slowly passed.
On the surface of Lu Ren's battle body, thirteen dark-red battle marks flickered incessantly, while the intense, slaughtering battle intent still had not dissipated.
That slaughtering battle intent slowly gathered and intertwined, forming the outline of a battle mark that imprinted itself on Lu Ren's battle body, clearly seeking to condense a fourteenth battle mark.
However, the instant the fourteenth battle mark began to take shape, Lu Ren's battle body shook violently.
Crack!
Cracks reappeared across his body, and copious golden blood seeped out of them.
The newly condensed outline of the battle mark shattered in an instant as well.
"Did it fail?"
Long Xiaoman's expression shifted slightly.
"A fourteen-marked battle body isn't so easy to condense!"
The Ten-Thousand Ultimate Dao-Devouring Beast said gravely, "Fourteen battle marks already exceed the limit a Dao-Unity Realm battle body can withstand. The slightest misstep will cause his battle body to collapse again!"
Yet after the battle mark shattered, the Asura Path Heart Seal within Lu Ren once again erupted with slaughtering battle intent, continuing to condense it.
The fourteenth battle mark condensed again and again, only to shatter each time.
Every time it shattered, numerous cracks appeared anew in Lu Ren's freshly restored battle body.
In the blink of an eye, a year passed.
The fourteenth battle mark still shattered before even its full outline could take shape.
In the second year, most of the battle mark's outline finally condensed, but the last portion remained impossible to form.
Under the strain of forcibly condensing it, even Lu Ren's thirteen battle marks began shaking in unison, as though they might shatter at any moment.
"Can Big Brother's battle body hold out if this keeps going?"
Long Xiaoman asked worriedly.
"He has no way back now!"
The Ten-Thousand Ultimate Dao-Devouring Beast stared