The Heavenly Staff went numb!
After coming to the Imperial Capital, he had seen Heaven-Connecting Martial Artists fight twice.
And both times, they had been battles between direct descendants of great lineages.
Yet those two battles had decided victory and defeat in less than half a minute.
It gave him the feeling that the gap between Heaven-Connecting Martial Artists was even greater than the gap between ordinary martial artists.
Strong was strong; weak was weak.
However:
The battle between Chu Qing and Zuo Yan surpassed his understanding.
Likewise, it surpassed Zuo Yan's understanding.
When she had killed other Heaven-Connecting Martial Artists before, she had used a blade at most. She had never needed to draw upon the Zuo Family's bloodline or physique.
This time, when dealing with Chu Qing, she had thought it would be as easy as turning her hand over.
But:
By now, her blade had shattered.
Even her clothes had been beaten away.
Yet Chu Qing was still pressing her down and beating her.
If she had not awakened the Zuo Family's bloodline and physique, Chu Qing would have beaten her to death long ago.
"A country bumpkin—what right does he have to be this powerful?"
"This isn't normal!"
"He has mastered even more secret teachings than I have."
"How could his foundation possibly be stronger than mine?"
"That's it. He must be wearing a human skin from In the Red Dust."
"He borrowed the secret teachings of other experts."
"No wonder In the Red Dust wanted his human skin intact."
"This fellow must have betrayed In the Red Dust. That must be why they sent me to retrieve the human skin."
"But... why hadn't the people of In the Red Dust told me beforehand?"
"If they had told me earlier, I would have brought half a