Chapter 223:
Amidst the ruins of Tianzhan Cliff.
Lin Hui and Su Yaping stood mere meters apart. Howling winds churned the white Mist, sweeping past them like flowing silk.
"Blood Ancestors? Elders? The Taisu Primal Disk?" Lin Hui narrowed his eyes, his grip on Ruyi tightening.
"Indeed. This is no small trouble," Su Yaping said. He had clearly come well-prepared. "I know your strength is peerless, but you must understand that Blood Ancestors are entirely different from anything else you've faced. After acquiring a Blood Heart, they generally undergo two stages of development."
"The first is the accumulation stage. During this phase, they devour massive numbers of geniuses and experts to amass power and potential. They can even convert a victim's latent potential into their own strength to some degree. That is what makes them so terrifying."
"And the second?" Lin Hui asked, his voice low, eyes still narrowed.
"The second stage occurs once they reach the limit of that accumulation. When their bodies can no longer contain any more power, Blood Ancestors begin channeling vast amounts of energy to solidify a Divine Method within themselves."
"What do you mean?" Lin Hui knew of Divine Methods; the top-tier Nine Flowers Divine Method of the Rain Palace, practiced by his eldest brother, was one of them. As the absolute highest tier of cultivation, such methods could distort an enemy's cognition in specific, devastating ways.
"Solidifying a Divine Method..." Su Yaping paused. "I learned of this from a Trueblood Elder. It is what it means to have mastered a Divine Method beyond all limits. Take the Time Sense Divine Method—a Blood Ancestor who solidified it would typically choose to permanently and to an extreme degree magnify their own perception of time. No matter the assault, every enemy would seem to move in near-infinite slow motion."