You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

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He felt like a small boat about to be swallowed by a towering tsunami, appearing insignificant compared to the overwhelming pressure radiated by a Saint-level cultivator.

At this moment—

The fiery wheels spinning madly beneath Lin Yue suddenly trembled.

"Boom!!"

A terrifying, world-crushing force descended, causing the entire mountain to collapse and crumble in an instant, shattering into dust as even the debris was ground to finer powder by the aftermath. In moments, all that remained was the flying dust and the World Tree, roots deeply entrenched in the earth.

To see a verdant mountain transform into emptiness.

The combined attack of the six Demon Saints was so powerful that without defying the heavens, most Saint-level beings would struggle to survive!

"Hmm?"

Duanmu Yan frowned.

He hadn't sensed any resistance or obstruction from Lin Yue, as if... nothing had been touched.

"What's going on?"

With a wave of his sleeve, Duanmu Yan summoned a gust of wind that swept away all the dust filling the sky.

The space restored its clarity, the mountain's vegetation gone, offering an almost unobstructed view.

But...

He still didn't see any trace of Lin Yue!

The other five Demon Saints were taken aback as well.

Where was he?

"This is impossible..." Duanmu Yan's immediate sweep of the entire small world with shock in his gaze revealed nothing, yet Lin Yue couldn't have escaped this small world.

He then released his divine thought, rapidly exploring the small world condensed by the World Tree.

"Hmm?"

Duanmu Yan suddenly looked towards the ground not far away, his divine thought sensing a faint life presence there.

He took a deep breath and spoke low: "The Seventeenth Prince has formidable means, did Your Highness penetrate even our attacks just now?"

Subsequently, Lin Yue's figure gradually appeared in the spot where Duanmu Yan's gaze rested, like a once transparent object now filled with color, standing atop the wildly spinning flames.

"With such means, do you six still have the confidence to kill this palace?" Lin Yue quietly asked, looking at Duanmu Yan and the six Demon Saints as he inquired back.

Duanmu Yan fell silent for a moment, then spoke in a low tone: "It seems this is the semi-divine artifact Your Highness obtained from the Temple of Thousand Gods?"

This Seventeenth Prince's divine artifact battle saber, acquired within the Beiyuan Mountain, was famously known, even among the Demon Clan.

And the flames formed by that golden ring, showing performance akin to Lin Yue's path, was clearly a semi-divine artifact.

Among the first prizes of Xiahong's Temple of Thousand Gods, there was a likelihood of obtaining a semi-divine artifact.

Therefore, he immediately guessed it.

As for divine artifacts?

The Temple of Thousand Gods didn't have divine artifacts at all; the highest were semi-divine artifacts, and all Xiahong's divine artifacts were clan-suppressing treasures!

After all, divine artifacts could be wielded by anyone, regardless of differing paths, albeit without deep master acknowledgment, serving as inheritance treasures capable of suppressing a clan.

Such was the preciousness of divine artifacts.

In contrast, semi-divine artifacts required a similar path to exhibit partial potency, and the same path to fully unleash their power.

Thus, for many powerhouses, semi-divine artifacts were of little use.

But on the other hand, if a semi-divine artifact could be fully unleashed, it might be more precious than a divine artifact for those yet to transcend!

Because...

If one's path differed from a divine artifact's, they couldn't deeply acknowledge its mastery or unleash its true capabilities.

However, using a semi-divine artifact meant that the path was the same, allowing for the potential of deep master acknowledgment and the opportunity to unleash its true power.

"The Seventeenth Prince, was that just now the true ability of your semi-divine artifact?"

Duanmu Yan's voice was low as he watched Lin Yue.

"Indeed." Lin Yue replied in a calm voice: "Can you be certain of breaking it?"

This was the true ability of the semi-divine artifact, "Flying Spirit Chasing Sun."

Flying Spirit Chasing Sun excelled at penetration, resembling spatial virtualization.

And after a deep master acknowledgment, its true ability reached near total penetration of everything, as long as it didn't exceed its limit—like a Saint-level below heaven-defying levels, where nothing except divine thought could touch him.

Yesterday, Flying Spirit Chasing Sun had already achieved deep master acknowledgment.

Because... he had helped Hong Xi overcome her fate of early death.

Originally, Hong Xi possessed the Nine Extremes Yang Body, a physique deadly for females, but he had resolved this.

And after her cultivation, being a Xiahong bloodline, she would be discovered as a remnant of the Lin Palace, eventually destined to be eradicated.

He eliminated most of Hong Xi's enemies, with the Blood Sea Saint Mother's protection, ensuring she might eventually cultivate into the Blood Sea Demon Body.

Therefore, after Flying Spirit Chasing Sun observed her fate, it concluded that her destiny had changed.

The deep master acknowledgment naturally followed.

With the true ability of Flying Spirit Chasing Sun, he only dared to delay and probe, forcing more trump cards out of them.

"A remarkable semi-divine artifact indeed."

Duanmu Yan inhaled deeply, "Is it an extremely life-preserving semi-divine artifact?"

Aside from the somewhat useful Taiyang Fire, Flying Spirit Chasing Sun had only this divine ability of penetration, highly adept in evasion.

Alongside that purely offensive divine artifact battle saber...

Duanmu Yan's heart sank slightly.

At this moment, he fully regarded Lin Yue as truly equivalent to a Saint-level being, perhaps even more troublesome than a typical Saint-level being!

A typical Saint-level being goes down one path, balanced or otherwise, with evident strengths and weaknesses.

But Lin Yue was both offensive and defensive, an undeniable threat!

A great cultivator capable of such astonishing power, even using a semi-divine artifact and a divine artifact, was remarkable.

Throughout the history of the Human Clan, few could compare.

"Your Highness is truly formidable."

Duanmu Yan sighed in admiration, then continued: "However, while this semi-divine artifact might virtualize to the extreme, its effect on divine thought isn't that significant..."

Suddenly, he flipped his hand to reveal a yellow treasure mirror, from which an illusory light emanated from his brow and reflected onto the mirror.

"Buzz!"

The treasure mirror's crystalline light burst forth, instantly multiplying the divine thought attack from Duanmu Yan's brow several times, turning into an illusory crystalline light that shone on Lin Yue.

Lin Yue's expression flickered slightly.

"Suppress!"

Duanmu Yan ordered, and immediately performed the Great Hand Seal of the Buddhist Sect, along with the other five Demon Saints to simultaneously suppress.

Divine thought attacks were generally effective from higher to lower levels; against the same level, there was little point.

However, using the treasure mirror to amplify the divine thought attack did have a slight effect against the same level.

Besides, as a great cultivator, unless his Dao Heart was exceptionally strong, Lin Yue would inevitably be affected by his divine thought attack.

Amidst his mental shock, unable to use the virtualization technique of his semi-divine artifact in time, he would be suppressed.

However—

"Boom!"

After the terrifying forces fell, there was still no sensation of obstruction.

The dust flew, and the wind howled.

"Hmm?"

Duanmu Yan swept his divine thought, discovering that Lin Yue had once again virtualized and disappeared, causing him to frown.

What was going on?

For a great cultivator, no matter how heaven-defying, without a transformed primordial spirit, they should have been unable to withstand his divine thought attack and should at least be disoriented, momentarily out of control.

Yet to remain apparently unaffected?

After discovering this, Duanmu Yan found it hard to believe.

Was there some unique treasure to guard the primordial spirit and stabilize the mind? Or could it be that the Dao Heart had reached the Saint Heart level?

As dust gradually settled, Lin Yue's figure reappeared at that spot.

Fortunately, his Dao Heart had attained the Saint Heart level, otherwise, he might have suffered a setback this time.

"Any more tricks, go ahead." Lin Yue raised his head to look at Duanmu Yan.

Duanmu Yan wrinkled his brow, then relaxed it, speaking softly: "Your Highness, it seems we can't use any other tactics. With only those methods... we indeed cannot deal with Your Highness."

"Giving up?" Lin Yue looked at him.

"Our efforts are in vain."

Duanmu Yan shook his head slightly, then loudly declared: "Golden Feather Demon Saint, we can only ask you to act."

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