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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　"Reversal!" Mr. Xie cried out as he clapped his hands together, emitting an invisible shockwave. Simultaneously, the watch above Li Yiming's head flashed. Li Yiming began to convulse as a ray of light shot out of his body and entered the watch.

　　"The timing is perfect. There's no way he can escape that attack…" The guardians who were watching were intimidated by Mr. Xie and his obedient team of guardians.

　　As the forest of blades approached Li Yiming, the other guardians directed their attacks toward him as well.

　　"Die!" The young tailor let out a savage cry.

　　"Something's wrong…" Big Beard looked at the screens in his cabin. Instead of seeing Li Yiming's strength readings decline, he saw a sharp increase.

　　Li Yiming's body broke apart like fragments of a mirror as the attacks neared, blinding the attackers in an explosion of purple light. After reappearing again, he stood at the other side of the crater, looking at his own hand in awe as thunder sparks ran down his fingers.

　　"What?" Mr. Xie was incredulous.

　　"Thunder Purity…" Li Yiming turned toward Mr. Xie.

　　"What? Why…?" Mr. Xie did not understand how Li Yiming became stronger rather than weaker after he cast his technique.

　　"Why am I not dead? Why am I stronger? Was that clock your talent? You made me return to my previous level, didn't you?" Li Yiming looked like he wanted to laugh.

　　"Did my spell fail?"

　　"Quite the contrary, it worked perfectly well. The only thing is… My previous level was that of a sage…" Li Yiming slid his left hand over his right palm, and a ribbon of thunder appeared.

　　"Gathering thunder into a sword?" Ying Mei was shocked.

　　"Did you really think that he could force me to sacrifice my own weapon with that stupid dancing technique?" Yun Yiyuan smiled and looked at Mr. Xie as if the latter was a complete fool.

　　"Impossible! You dropped down from being a sage?" Mr. Xie cried in desperate disbelief. He had thought himself to be careful enough. After observing Li Yiming trying to parry Wu Yun's blow to save Liu Meng, he concluded that the latter was not a sage. After all, it was impossible for anyone to hide his strength at that point.