Of everyone present, aside from Old Man Dark Shadow and Jin Jiang, no one held any hope for Qin Jishi.
There was no helping it!!
Hou Cheng's cultivation was right there for all to see.
Yes!!
They could not deny one thing: Qin Jishi's strength.
It was formidable!!
At the very least, many of those present could not compare to him.
But so what?
No matter how strong he was, could he possibly surpass Hou Cheng, an Immortal Level Eight cultivator?
What a joke!
The other's strength and cultivation were there in plain sight. Let alone Qin Jishi, even another Immortal Level Eight cultivator would likely have been unable to withstand such a sudden strike.
Just as everyone believed Qin Jishi was undoubtedly doomed.
Whoosh!!
In the next moment, Hou Cheng's body flew backward.
No!
That was not right!
Staring at the figure flying backward, everyone blinked furiously.
They had seen wrong!
That was the thought that flashed through their minds, followed immediately by another.
Yes!
That had to be it!
An illusion!
It was completely an illusion!
What a joke!
Hou Cheng's cultivation was unquestionably real.
No matter how strong Qin Jishi was, how could he possibly stand shoulder to shoulder with an Immortal Level Eight Hou Cheng?
Fake!
Even in a dream, they would not have dared imagine such a thing.
Yet that was indeed the truth!!
They had no choice but to believe it.
Not only were they shocked beyond belief—even Hou Cheng was the same.
No one knew better than him what kind of power Qin Jishi possessed.
"His... his strength?"
"..."
Hou Cheng's eyelid twitched as he stared at Qin Jishi.
At the same time!
Dou Lei came to his senses, his face filled with alarm and unease.
"Sec... Sect Master... this brat... this brat's