Inside the Steam Furnace's Quantum Space
The aftershock from Black Azure's explosion had yet to fade when a bedraggled figure stumbled out of the charred smoke and dust.
Bai Kong clutched his right shoulder, which had been blown into a bloody mess, and grinned, baring bloodstained teeth. The wild defiance in his words had not diminished in the slightest because of his injuries.
"Tut, tut. As expected of Tiandao Siming. That punch really had some kick to it, but—"
As he spoke, black energy spread over Bai Kong's injured shoulder, rapidly repairing the wounds on his body.
Yet throughout the process, Bai Kong continued to brazenly provoke Tiandao.
"...Is that all you've got? I don't think you're all that impressive either."
Tiandao merely gave him a calm glance.
"If your strength amounts to nothing more than running your mouth, then perhaps I should take back my earlier assessment of you."
"After all, you're not much different from the ants I've encountered before."
"Pah!"
Bai Kong spat a mouthful of bloody saliva onto the ground. The black mist over his shoulder had completely healed his wounds, leaving only his tattered sleeve swaying and bearing witness to his earlier sorry state.
He glared at Tiandao and said viciously, "Tiandao Siming, I've heard people say that shit before. In the end, though, they all became nourishment for my body."
Bai Kong's gaze remained full of unruliness and arrogance, as though this guy had been born incapable of bowing his head.
As he spoke, Bai Kong's peripheral vision swiftly flicked toward the squinty-eyed man sneaking toward the Steam Furnace in the distance, and he suddenly laughed.
"But since you want me to get serious, then I'll grant your wish."
He shook his newly regrown arm, slowly reined in the defiant expression on his face,