Although I had expected to take a hard blow, I still asked with a look of masochistic despair, "Ancient Immortal... how many rounds did it take you to beat it?"
"How many rounds? I didn't really count carefully. When I broke in, a swarm of enemies kept surrounding and attacking me, so I could only fight my way up. Besides, I hadn't paid particular attention to it. I merely treated it as a somewhat unusual hidden enemy that could interfere with my battle and dealt with it accordingly..." Li Guxian recalled.
"Uh... that's true. Without closing the Heaven's Eye and sealing my magic power, I can't deal with it... But..." I rubbed the bridge of my nose, feeling as though I had suffered a serious blow. The gap between our standards was probably far too great.
"Hm? Oh, you mean the hidden enemy? If you don't close your Heaven's Eye, you really can't see it. Still, it was far too easy to deal with. When I attacked it, I also casually dealt with several Cold Immortal Mountain disciples who had taken advantage of the opportunity to create trouble and stop me from charging up the mountain." Li Guxian smiled.
"You... stop talking. I know you're powerful enough." I looked utterly dejected. This sword spirit had dealt with it as casually as Li Guxian?
"Between Heaven and Earth, the upper side is called Heaven and the lower side Earth. What is the difference between Heaven and Earth? Heh heh. Young man, keep working hard." Li Guxian patted my shoulder, and I could only smile bitterly. "It didn't even stab you once?"
"That seems rather unlikely, doesn't it?" Li Guxian replied with a smile.
"All right." I smiled bitterly, then thought for a moment before asking, "What about the meditation sword-song duel?