As Gu Ze stood there, uneasy and uncertain, the Nether Saintess had already engaged Black Monk Jianglong not far away.
One was the Saintess of the Nether Great Holy Land, while the other was the former Spiritual Mountain Arhat, a major criminal from the Eighteenth Level of Heavenly Prison. Both were among the strongest figures in the world, and the force of their battle was utterly terrifying.
With the system's help, Gu Ze had mastered the alternative power system known as Ultimate Power. But before mighty beings who could shatter the earth with every move, it was truly powerless.
His secretly delighted mood was instantly plunged into an endless abyss.
The wind even cut painfully across his cheeks.
"What are you afraid of?" the muscular man suddenly asked curiously.
Gu Ze remained silent... What made things worse was that the system was pretending to be dead at this moment. No matter how he called out to it, there was no response. If the system interface had not remained displayed across his retina, he would almost have thought this was merely a dream—that he had actually died long ago in the Regal Hotel of Infinite City.
This was merely a dream before the boy's death.
"Are you afraid I've seen through the secret of your strength?" The muscular man chuckled, his face full of teasing.
Gu Ze took a deep breath. "Senior can approach without making a sound... Shouldn't I be on guard?"
"You're pretty steady." The muscular man nodded. "Actually, you don't need to worry. According to the usual pattern, it would be unreasonable for someone as young as you to achieve this without some kind of fortuitous encounter. Otherwise, if everyone cultivated step by step, why distinguish ordinary cultivators, geniuses, and prodigies?"
Gu Ze fell silent.
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