A heavy silence fell over the scene. No one answered.
The strength Yan Chi had displayed moments ago was enough to send chills through everyone present. That resplendent Golden Body was something the overwhelming majority admitted they could not match.
Yet even one as powerful as Yan Chi had still fallen beneath Qiao Taiyue's Vast Whale Overturning Sea Technique, unable even to force out all of his opponent's strength.
Qiao Taiyue's final sinister and vicious kick had not only shattered Yan Chi's Golden Body—it seemed to strike everyone present squarely in the heart, bringing with it a wave of chill.
That vast, boundless Qi and Blood like an endless sea; that defense like bronze walls and iron ramparts; and the battle-hardened experience and ever-changing techniques he had displayed in combat all left people feeling powerless.
Even Tianbao Supreme Sect's fifth-ranked True Disciple had lost. Who else could take the field?
The murmur of discussion gradually died down, and an oppressive silence blanketed the plaza.
"Let's go," Chen Qing said blandly to Zhu Yu beside him, his face revealing no emotion.
Zhu Yu came back to his senses and hurriedly acknowledged him. He followed Chen Qing as they squeezed through the crowd and left that suffocating arena district.
By the time they returned to the True Martial Peak Small Courtyard, dusk was already approaching.
Qing Dai had long prepared dinner. After eating, Chen Qing went straight back to the Quiet Room.
He sat cross-legged on the cattail mat, his mind sinking into his body.
The cultivation method of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body rumbled through his Meridians like rushing rivers, producing a deep roar.
His Qi and Blood transformed into a blazing furnace, continuously refining and absorbing the pure medicinal power produced by the Earth Vein Profound Marrow he had