Chapter 1077: 17 Great Saint's Tactics (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 1077: Chapter 17 Great Saint’s Tactics (Please Subscribe)_2

If it were merely a friendly spar and neither side sustained serious injuries, those Chaos Venerables naturally wouldn’t have any objections.

But what if Lin Yuan were gravely injured?

As an outsider Venerable, Lin Yuan couldn’t guarantee that the local Void Domain Venerables wouldn’t intervene.

Moreover, Lin Yuan couldn’t be certain whether Nine Profound Venerable had other Venerable allies. What if someone saw Nine Profound Venerable locked in a life-and-death struggle with Lin Yuan and decided to join in?

One-on-one, with all cards on the table, including both true form and Primordial Spirit—Lin Yuan was confident he could suppress Nine Profound Venerable, this newly ascended Venerable.

But one-on-two?

There were too many uncertainties.

Thus.

From the moment Nine Profound Venerable admitted defeat, Lin Yuan had no intention of continuing his assault.

This battle served his purpose; he had thoroughly subdued Nine Profound Venerable.

Afterward, even if Nine Profound Venerable harbored resentment, he would have to think twice about whether he could match Lin Yuan.

…

“Admitted defeat?”

Beyond layers of spacetime, Lin Yuan’s true form withdrew directly.

For the sake of acquiring the prized Twelve-layer supreme Chaos Tree and a Great Saint inheritance space,

after careful consideration, Lin Yuan decided that relying solely on the Taiji Primordial Spirit would still be insufficiently secure.

Thus, his true form also followed, hidden in the shadows, observing.

Upon witnessing Nine Profound Venerable endure the explosion triggered by the “World” Divine Skill, Lin Yuan’s true form seized the moment and executed the “Sky-Rending Grasp.”

Both true form and Primordial Spirit struck simultaneously, which indeed incurred higher risks,

but upon confirming the immense value of that inheritance space, Lin Yuan deemed it worth the move.

Now that the sparring had concluded, there was no reason for Lin Yuan’s true form to linger any further.

“Interesting.”

Lin Yuan cast one last glance at Cang Yulong.

With his true form present, Lin Yuan had finally captured the hidden consciousness fluctuation within Cang Yulong’s body.

“Is this part of a contingency plan prepared by some Great Saint?”

Lin Yuan connected this thought to the mysterious inheritance space,

a space that clearly bore the mark of a Great Saint. Cang Yulong had once entered it,

so he must have gained some kind of opportunity.

Only after Lin Yuan’s true form fully disappeared,

did Cang Yulong’s muddled thoughts begin to clear.

“That being earlier—was it also a senior?”

Cang Yulong steadied himself, instinctively asking in his heart.

The appearance of Lin Yuan’s true form had exerted tremendous pressure on Cang Yulong,

particularly with that Sky-Rending Grasp. Even though its power was fully restrained and in no way targeted at Cang Yulong,

he still felt his mind trembling. Just witnessing it gave him an illusion that his entire existence was being torn apart.

“What a foolish question.”

Finally breaking its previous silence, the tender voice resumed speaking: “You brat, your Stone People Clan truly has unimaginable luck to have ties with such a powerful figure.”

The tender voice sounded deeply moved; though it hadn’t spoken earlier for fear of attracting Lin Yuan’s attention, it couldn’t help but witness the Sky-Rending Grasp.

The sheer, unmatched destructiveness of that strike left even the tender voice somewhat astonished.

“This ability isn’t some ordinary technique; it’s far closer to something like an Innate Divine Ability. Could this powerhouse be some wondrous lifeform birthed from the Chaos Void, naturally equipped with such a terrifying offensive skill?”

The tender voice silently speculated.

The profundity contained within the Sky-Rending Grasp was something even Great Saints would struggle to replicate.

While Lin Yuan’s strength clearly hadn’t yet reached the Great Saint level, he had mastered such a technique.

Only an Innate Divine Ability could possibly explain it.

An Innate Divine Ability referred to a talent inherent at birth—

an ability you couldn’t fully comprehend in terms of its laws or mechanisms, yet instinctively knew how to wield.

“A wondrous lifeform so adept at offensive capabilities—if it steps into the Great Saint’s Domain, it might well become an unparalleled Great Saint.”

The tender voice mused.

Whether Chaos Great Saint or unparalleled Great Saint, both were beings who had achieved perfection within the Chaos Realm,

but the latter’s offensive prowess was distinctly superior to that of the former.

“Huh?”

“I’m not sure either.”

Cang Yulong replied truthfully.

Even at its peak, the Stone People Clan had only produced one individual at the Mastery Realm,

but that ancestor had disappeared over ten Cosmic Eras ago, and even the soul lamp left in their clan had long extinguished.

As for having bonds with some Venerable?

If not for trusting that Lin Yuan wouldn’t lie about such matters, Cang Yulong wouldn’t have believed it at all.

“By the way, what about senior’s spar with Nine Profound Venerable?”

Cang Yulong seemed to recall something.

Previously, he’d been so overwhelmed by the oppressive presence of Lin Yuan’s true form,

that he had forgotten to inquire about the fight outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm between the two Venerables.

Cang Yulong remembered that the tender voice’s last “broadcast” had stated that Nine Profound Venerable was surviving after enduring one of Lin Yuan’s lethal moves, on the verge of counterattacking.

“Sparring?”

The tender voice’s tone sounded slightly puzzled. “Do you believe the appearance of your clan’s senior true form was for mere sparring?”

“Huh?”

Cang Yulong blinked.

All he recalled was Lin Yuan’s true form extending a grasp toward the battlefield, then turning away and leaving.

“It’s already over. Nine Profound Venerable suffered heavy injury and, I presume, admitted defeat.”

The tender voice spoke matter-of-factly, though it hadn’t actually heard Nine Profound Venerable concede.

From seeing Lin Yuan’s true form leave and the absence of further battle disturbances outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm,

it inferred the outcome.

“That single grasp from the senior forced Nine Profound Venerable to yield?”

Cang Yulong took a deep breath, feeling a sense of incredulity.

Indeed, he felt that the aura emanating from Lin Yuan’s true form was overwhelmingly terrifying, but to Cang Yulong, Venerables and Great Saints were indistinguishable—they were all beings beyond his capacity to fathom.

“Your level and strength are too feeble to perceive the true magnitude of the power contained within that grasp.”

The tender voice sighed in admiration. “But that’s actually a good thing.”

“A good thing?”

Cang Yulong pondered for a moment, gradually starting to understand.

…

Across the Myriad Manifestations Void Domain, within various Chaos Continents and high-tier secret realms.