In midair, Li Yan remained expressionless as he slowly drew back his fist. Though the void where he had struck shook violently, the spatial rift he wanted to see still failed to appear.
This is a small, evolved space, like a subsidiary formation within a grand formation. Its outer boundary already has a powerful protective restriction. Even if I break through it, what lies outside probably won't be turbulent space!
Li Yan thought to himself.
In that punch, he had simultaneously used the sixth-layer power of the Qiongqi Purgatory Art, the fused power of the Undying Underworld Phoenix's blood essence, and the Heavy Water Bead infused with all his magical power.
Combining all three, Li Yan had concentrated the full force of his punch into a single point, preventing any of it from dispersing.
Yet in the end, it had merely made the void ahead shake violently and develop spatial folds, which immediately vanished.
That punch represented the peak of his combined magical and physical power. Even a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator could not have withstood it through physical defenses alone.
After all, even the Tianli Clan's Great Elder and the others had only cultivated the Qiongqi Purgatory Art to the sixth layer.
And when they used that art alone, they could often tear open spatial rifts with a mere gesture.
The formidable aura around Li Yan quickly vanished, and he once again looked utterly ordinary.
Then a silk kerchief appeared in his hand, and he began searching all around...
A quarter of an hour later, Li Yan helplessly put away the Heaven-Stealing Kerchief.
This was unlike attacking the void with magical power. Despite his repeated attempts, including flying higher into the sky again, he could not find that membrane within the restriction. Without being able to spread the Heaven-Stealing