174 Breakthrough, Martial Fighter Realm!

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

Black smoke seemed to permeate the air, seeping out little by little from the void, falling to the ground, dyeing the area around Bai Xiao pitch black.

His eyes tightly closed, his heart eerily motionless at this moment.

As if breathing had stopped, as if the heartbeat had halted, he had turned into a dead man in an instant; this state of deathly stillness lasted for several minutes.

Until a certain moment.

Bai Xiao's brain shook violently, as if a thunderous echo suddenly burst within his mind, crazily screaming over and over in the depths of his heart.

"The world... real through suffering, destroyed by fear!"

The next second, he did not open his eyes, yet he suddenly saw a gigantic black-gold pupil, noble and luxurious, solemn and majestic. The edges of the pupil were lined with dark gold patterns, but within were thick black filaments that, when converged, resembled a black sun devouring everything.