Zhao Tiefeng indeed possessed a sharp acumen. His words tapped awake an increasingly frenzied Zhao Ling, just when Lu Yun’s new technique had entered the most crucial moment of the development process.

Anguish and incompleteness left an exceedingly uncomfortable feeling in Lu Yun. Such an abrupt interruption in the midst of fighting to his heart’s content was simply worse than death.

“Do you truly believe you can halt my enlightenment just like this? All you did was ruin a fortuitous opportunity for others.” Scorn appeared on the governor’s lips, then he set foot through the Gates of the Abyss.

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A dreary aura pervaded the broken netherworld, filling the air with the presence of devastation and decay. It wasn’t a suitable place for him to cultivate, but he’d already shaped the embryonic...