A blade hummed like a crashing wave, emitting a shuddering power that seemed to reach all the way into a person’s heart.

Star-Gather’s power was different compared to the first time Lin Xun used it and had become stronger and more oppressive.

It had already gone beyond the realms of an ordinary martial art and contained a pressure that could intimidate the spirit. Its unique method of utilizing cultivation created power that was completely different from the norm.

The Brute Soldier’s hairs stood on end as his mind was momentarily stolen from his body and plunged into eternal darkness. All he could see were brightly burning stars falling, destruction, and the laws of the universe descending into chaos.

Despair and terror washed over his heart like a tide, seemingly intent on dragging him into the bottomless abyss.

A blade soon emerged from the darkness. All the Brute Soldier felt was an intense pain as he instinctively struggled with all of his might to avoid it.

Squelch!

A deep cut reached from the top of his chest to his waist, revealing bone as thick sticky red blood poured out like a waterfall.

Only a little more and his organs would have spilled...