Lian Yue brought Ling Tian back to his quarters. She insisted on taking care of him, and only after he made excuses about needing to recover from his injuries did he manage to send her away. With his eyes closed, he began reviewing his spar with Tian Xin.
I actually managed to force Tian Xin to use the strength of the Body Integration Realm. It seems all those years of hard cultivation weren't wasted. Ling Tian thought to himself. But his tone soon shifted. Still, that spar brought a lot of problems to light.
"That's right. There were quite a few problems." Po Qiong had expected Ling Tian to become complacent after defeating Tian Xin, but seeing him reflect on himself put Po Qiong's mind at ease. "You did well this time, but that was only because Tian Xin wasn't your enemy. If she'd unleashed her Phenomenal Domain right from the start, you wouldn't have had time to adapt. You'd probably have lost very quickly."
Ling Tian pondered for a moment but didn't argue with Po Qiong.
Po Qiong was right. During this spar, Tian Xin had given him far too much time to adapt. First, she had pressured him with her aura, letting him grow familiar with her profound ice aura. Then, their close-quarters fight had helped him get used to her movements. After the spar truly began, she had let Ling Tian gradually adapt to her Innate Spiritual Power and Phenomenal Domain. It was fair to say that Tian Xin had steadily increased her strength, as if deliberately giving Ling Tian time to adjust.
"That's right. If Tian Xin had revealed her Phenomenal Domain the moment she attacked, I wouldn't have stood a chance. But why did she do that?" Ling Tian wondered. He murmured, "Could it really