"Whew..."
After withdrawing his divine ability, Qi Heng propped himself up with the Earthen Profound Gold Whip and dropped to one knee, breathing heavily.
He had already unleashed his full strength in this battle!
He had even used the Primordial Heaven-Overturning Whip, which he still could not wield proficiently. Though he had defeated the Black Flame God-Demon, Qi Heng had exhausted all his strength and did not even have the energy to stand.
"Exhilarating! Truly exhilarating! This battle was already my limit!"
Through this battle, Qi Heng had also learned his current limits. Going all out, he could defeat a Nascent Soul Cultivator. However... the consequence was that after a single battle, he would not even have the strength to move.
Nothing could be more dangerous than that.
If he were outside and had exhausted all his strength, even an ordinary person could kill Qi Heng with a single slash.
"For the sake of safety, I can at most fight a Myriad Manifestations True Person. Fighting a Nascent Soul True Person is simply too dangerous. Even if I can win, I'd be putting myself in the most dangerous situation."
On the path of cultivation, what kind of person was the most formidable? Not the one with the greatest destructive power, nor the one with the strongest defenses, but... the one who lived the longest!
No matter how formidable an expert was, once dead, they were nothing.
After catching his breath, Qi Heng put away the Earthen Profound Gold Whip, sat cross-legged on the ground, and cultivated his qi to recover his expenditure.
It took Qi Heng a full three hours to recover his vitality.
"Time to leave!"
Stepping out of the God of War Hall, Qi Heng saw that Ji Ning was still comprehending the Dao in the Star Hall.