"Lin Bai, don't worry. With me here, no one will be able to kill you in your life-or-death battle against Xiang Tianyi a month from now."
Qi Shaolong spoke to Lin Bai with heroic confidence.
The reason Qi Shaolong had been risking his life to cultivate was that he did not want Lin Bai to leave him too far behind.
This time, when he went to the Mission Hall to accept a mission, Qi Shaolong had deliberately begged the elder to assign him a two-star intermediate mission. His goal was to catch up with Lin Bai over the next two months.
He wanted Lin Bai to see that Qi Shaolong was not the slightest bit weaker than him.
During the trial battle two months ago, Qi Shaolong had watched Lin Bai slaughter his way through all directions, while he could only hide behind him and flee in a sorry state.
This had dealt a heavy blow to the proud Qi Shaolong.
After returning, Qi Shaolong had cultivated desperately, wanting to prove himself.
"Your cultivation... You're at the sixth level of the True Martial Realm!"
Qi Shaolong had only just finished speaking when he took a closer look at Lin Bai's cultivation and discovered that he had already reached the sixth level of the True Martial Realm!
He was three entire realms higher than Qi Shaolong!
"It was only a fluke. I happened to make a breakthrough."
Lin Bai smiled faintly.
"Bang." Qi Shaolong's expression darkened slightly. He answered, but could no longer force a smile.
At that moment, Qi Shaolong was utterly miserable inside. Two months ago, he and Lin Bai had been at the same realm—the Martial Dao Ninth Level.
But two months later, Lin Bai had already left Qi Shaolong far behind.
"Come, it wasn't easy for us