808. Crisis
Noah wasn't surprised that June had caught up with him. The fifth rank was simply too vast, and an entire century wouldn't be enough to make a cultivator reach the next stage. Instead, a century was enough for talented cultivators to cross all the steps of the fourth rank.
Of course, that didn't mean that Noah and June were on the same level now. June's mind had yet to reach the fifth rank, and her dantian had just experienced the breakthrough. There were decades of training of difference between her centers of power and Noah's.
Noah analyzed the dark sparks that appeared on her skin from time to time. He could sense that they were denser than the spark created when they dual-cultivated, and there were even orange shades in their dark brilliance.
"Did you make it?" Noah asked, but June shook her head even if she maintained a happy expression.