Venerable Qingyun's residence.
Nangong Aoyun watched the battle with blazing eyes. The defiance on her face had finally vanished, replaced by gravity.
"I never expected Shi Yuanhao to be this strong. His sword domain has been condensed to such a degree that even six late-stage Transcendent Realm cultivators cannot contend with him. So the title of number one beneath the True Man Realm truly wasn't an empty name?"
A faint smile curved Venerable Qingyun's lips as she glanced at her. "Convinced now? You should know that Fang Mo had forced Shi Yuanhao to pay compensation and leave back when he was still in the Transcendent Realm. Though there was no declared victor, everyone knew that Shi Yuanhao had lost. And at that time, Fang Mo seemed not even to have reached the Peak Transcendent yet!"
"Master, can someone really be that formidable? To possess such combat power before even reaching the Peak Transcendent?"
Nangong Aoyun still found it hard to believe. Her talent was already exceptional, but she knew how great the difference in combat strength was—each step within a realm was like climbing to heaven. Though the Transcendent Realm had four stages, the gap between every stage was enormous.
Shi Yuanhao was already a pinnacle among pinnacles, practically half a step into the True Man Realm.
He had already taken half a step forward in terms of fundamental quality, yet Fang Mo, not even at the Peak Transcendent, had beaten Shi Yuanhao until he no longer dared continue fighting and had to pay compensation to get away. That alone showed how formidable he was.
"If you knew that he had cultivated the Savage Body Refinement Art to the consummate fifth realm, condensed nearly three hundred Hegemon Body Battle Marks through the Dominant Body Battle Mark Record, cultivated the Taichu