Luli's body now felt as if submerged in the depths of the ocean, where terrifying pressure emanated from all directions.
The opposition was overwhelmingly dominant; a mere inquiry resulted in a threat to crush him.
As the pressure intensified, Luli sensed his body bearing the weight of millions of pounds, akin to carrying a mountain on his shoulders.
Unable to endure any longer, blood seeped from Luli's lips; he was on the verge of succumbing to this terrifying pressure, with internal organs suffering significant damage.
The woman, on the other hand, looked on dispassionately. In her eyes, an ordinary martial artist was no different from an ant. To question her meant death.
Under the colossal pressure, not only did Luli face physical strain, but a strand of divine consciousness infiltrated his divine sea, intent on wiping out the essence of his soul.
This woman's divine consciousness advanced towards Luli's soul, aiming to obliterate it. Even if Luli managed to survive, he would be reduced to a mere fool.
In that critical moment, a burst of blade light erupted in Luli's divine sea, growing brighter. This blade light seemed to hail from ancient times, capable of annihilating everything.
It was the blade light left by the Sword Saint in Luli's divine sea—a representation of his most brilliant strike, the Annihilation Slash.
As the blade light surfaced in Luli's divine sea, he keenly felt a piercing pain; the sharpness of the blade light threatened to tear his divine sea apart.
Since the Sword Saint left this blade light, Luli had refrained from comprehending or experiencing it in his divine sea due to its overwhelming power, capable of damaging his divine sea.
However, in the face of the woman's assault on his soul, Luli cast aside all reservations. The blade light surged forward, cutting through and annihilating everything in its path.
Silence followed the passage of the blade light, but Luli's divine sea suffered damage, causing an excruciating sensation as if his brain had been cleaved open.
At this moment, an image of the character "Luo" quietly appeared in his divine sea. Radiating brilliant light, the "Luo" character gradually repaired Luli's shattered divine sea.
In the sky, the woman furrowed her brows suddenly, spewing out a mouthful of blood.
"Wretched! You actually eradicated my divine consciousness. I shall make you pay!"
The woman could never have anticipated that a mere Essence Connection Realm ant would harm her; the strand of divine consciousness had been completely annihilated, and she had no idea how Luli accomplished it.
Regardless of Luli's methods, she regarded him as a dead man.
Meanwhile, Luli hadn't even spared a glance at the sky. With his divine sea restored, he sensed a vague breakthrough from Essence Connection to Transcendence.
The woman had already noticed Luli, surprisingly achieving a breakthrough to Transcendence in this small Eastern Forest City. The middle-aged woman, around thirty, wore a red palace robe with flowing sleeves, displaying grace and elegance. Her gaze locked onto Luli.
"Have all three of your female companions come to me."
Apart from this statement, there was no other sound. It seemed as though she had already seen through everything. Luli believed she knew the exact positions and ages of all the suitable girls in the city.
Now, Eastern Forest City was boiling!
They hailed from the Divine Continent, the sacred land in every martial artist's heart. Legend had it that the Divine Continent was abundant in spiritual springs, sacred mountains, and veins. Every being there was extraordinarily powerful. The most elite sects and forces gathered there, resembling a celestial palace that Earth's inhabitants could only dream of—mysterious, powerful, and highly coveted.
The city's eligible young women hurriedly headed to the city lord's mansion, ignorant of the woman's intentions but daring not to defy her will.