After hearing Yang Lingrui's answer, the traces of anger on Nie Ancheng's face dissipated as well.
He was not someone who would make trouble without reason, so after learning why Yang Lingrui had abandoned the Dao of Wind, he could no longer continue blaming him.
Yet the deep unwillingness in his heart was truly difficult to dispel. If he could not obtain an answer that would let him lay this matter to rest today, then perhaps for the rest of his life, he would truly remain halted at the True Person realm, unable to advance any further.
With such thoughts in mind, Nie Ancheng steadied his state of mind once more, and the light in his eyes gradually became firm.
Yang Lingrui naturally noticed this change in his demeanor.
Just as he had said before, the moment Nie Ancheng opened his mouth and mentioned the Void Nether Divine Wind, Yang Lingrui had already known that a battle between them was unavoidable.
This contest was not the ordinary sort of struggle for supremacy. Rather, it was two pure seekers of the Dao, seeking a reason to put their hearts at peace for the obsessions their Dao hearts had clung to for so many years.
That was true of Nie Ancheng, and it was true of Yang Lingrui as well.
The former needed Yang Lingrui to prove with his strength that his talent and potential in the Killing Dao far surpassed those in the Dao of Wind.
The latter, meanwhile, needed to use this battle to make a complete break with his past Dao Path.
From a certain perspective, the outcome of this duel had actually been decided from the very beginning.
Yet both men about to clash had already prepared to pour everything they had into this battle.
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