Chapter 129: Half-Step Spirit Severing (2)

Lin Yuan hovered before the massive tether. He tightened his grip on the blade of lightning, the energy of his Half-Step Spirit Severing cultivation making the weapon burn with the intensity of a dying sun. The initial cuts were finished. Now, he had to strike the core.

But as Lin Yuan raised the sword, his suddenly paused.

A butcher hacks blindly. A sovereign dissects, Lin Yuan reminded himself, his mind entering a state of chilling clarity.

Before he executed the final cut, he needed to completely understand this ultimate attachment. He projected his divine sense directly into the the tether, peeling back its layers to examine its fundamental core.

But as his divine sense pierced the outer shell of the thread, he discovered a dark, trembling essence hidden deep within the tether.

Obsession! It was the essence of obsession.