Chapter 242
Xu Ming and Xu Xue’nuo’s sword energy simultaneously struck the chains binding the old man’s wrists.
Although Xu Ming and Xu Xue’nuo were only mid-level cultivators of the Fifth Realms, facing these immortal-grade binding chains was akin to throwing eggs against a boulder—utterly futile.
However, over the past three thousand years, the old man had been using his sword energy to wear down his shackles, day by day.
Even water, over time, could erode stone.
After three thousand years of relentless effort, his sword energy had carved a deep groove into the chains. While they had not yet broken, the chains were severely weakened—deep fissures marred their surface.
If given just another two hundred years, the old man was confident he could sever the chains entirely. But time was not on his side.
The sect master of the Tianxuan Sect was no ordinary man. His collusion with Abyssal beasts had driven him to the brink of sacrificing half his sect’s disciples for the sake of his own breakthrough.
Two hundred years? The old man didn’t even have one year left.
Thus, he needed external help to deliver the final blow to these near-shattered chains.