Gong Jingxiu's expression turned incomparably grim as he looked at Chen Fei's suddenly elevated realm, Mid Heaven Opening Realm, and felt the towering force transmitted through the sword blade.
The Rain Clan's planned defection to the Heart Anomaly Realm had been a foregone conclusion hundreds of years ago. That was why the Rain Clan had paid such close attention to every piece of news from the Xuanling Domain.
Among the intelligence gathered by the Rain Clan was the fact that Chen Fei of the human race had only recently broken through to the Heaven Opening Realm, yet possessed extraordinary combat strength and immense potential.
The Xuan Clan had seen this, which was why they had formed an alliance with the human race and ceded to them the territory formerly held by the Wumeng Tribe.
The reports claimed that Chen Fei of the human race might be the reincarnation of a great mighty expert. Gong Jingxiu naturally knew this. In fact, if not for that reason, he would not have deliberately stepped forward upon seeing Chen Fei earlier.
But how long had it been since Chen Fei broke through to the Heaven Opening Realm? Yet he was already at the Mid Heaven Opening Realm. This cultivation speed was no longer merely fast—it was utterly inconceivable.
Even if you were the reincarnation of a great mighty expert, you could not possibly cultivate this quickly!
More crucially, from beginning to end, Gong Jingxiu had failed to see that Chen Fei had concealed his realm.
Setting aside that incomprehensible cultivation speed, both were at the Mid Heaven Opening Realm, and Gong Jingxiu even wielded a top-grade Heaven Opening Profound Treasure. Yet after that exchange of swords, the one forced into a disadvantage and made to retreat to dissipate the force was him, not Chen