Battle Spoils

"This wasn't my fault. You were too strong and forced me to give it my all every moment!"

Baili Qingfeng said to Emperor Chong Shan, whose corpse could not even be pieced together, "But for a true powerhouse like you, killing you with my strongest sword art was probably a sign of respect as well. You can go smiling to the Nine Springs."

After saying that, he himself felt exhausted. He did not even bother with the dust and blood covering his body, much less the dirt on the ground, and simply sat down on a patch of grass by the roadside, panting continuously.

It had been difficult!

This battle had been incredibly difficult!

The person before him...

This Half-Step Legend whose name he did not even know had been far too strong. He could be called the strongest opponent Baili Qingfeng had encountered since making his debut. Even Aurora Emperor, who had deployed the Great Emperor Sword Art, would probably have been slightly inferior to him. If not for Baili Qingfeng's advantage in youth, which had allowed him to drag his opponent down through sheer stamina, then today...

The outcome of this battle would have been rewritten.

Of course...

If he had not seen how severely their stamina had been depleted, Baili Qingfeng would not have chased after them after tearing through the encirclement of more than a dozen experts.

"Whew!"

Baili Qingfeng rested for a full half hour before barely recovering his depleted stamina and injuries.

As for his injuries...

They were mainly concentrated around the slash Emperor Chong Shan had unleashed in a sudden burst.

That slash had cut nearly half an inch into his body, more than a centimeter deep. It might not sound like much, but if it had struck his fingers instead of his