What? Shi Kang had actually been hiding his strength?
"Senior, what do you mean by that? I truly do not understand." Shi Kang's expression remained calm as still water, and he firmly refused to admit it.
He was certain that he had concealed himself extremely well. The Pill Tower Old Ancestor, a Six-star Dou Saint with a weak soul, could never see through his true realm.
"Just now, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame took the opportunity to try to kill you. I had no time to save you then, and that attack landed directly on your shoulder, yet you deliberately made no defense. Even so, it caused you only negligible harm." The Pill Tower Old Ancestor pointed at Shi Kang's shoulder.
Everyone followed the direction of his finger and indeed found a wound on Shi Kang's shoulder.
However, the wound was not serious. Upon closer inspection, it even seemed to be slowly healing at a visible rate.
For an Early Four-star Dou Saint to withstand the full-force attack of a Six-star Dou Saint and suffer only such a trivial injury was obviously extremely unreasonable.
Shi Kang gave the Pill Tower Old Ancestor a deep look.
The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had indeed wanted to kill Shi Kang just now. Its speed had been extremely fast. If Shi Kang had only displayed the strength of a Four-star Dou Saint, he should not have been able to evade it.
The reason he had not deliberately defended himself was because he had seen that Gu Nan Hai and Lei Shu had both suffered some injuries.
If I remain completely unscathed, it will seem far too abnormal and easily arouse suspicion.
Thus, in order to make his injuries seem more convincing, he had even deliberately used the spiritual artifact within his body to worsen