The three of them left the crowd. They hadn't gone far when Jiang Ruoyao suddenly turned to look at the corner of Hua Yunfei's mouth and frowned. "You're bleeding."
Hua Yunfei had just wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth, but more was now spilling from his lips.
"Master!" Xue Ling'er cried out anxiously.
"Was it because of that palm strike?" Jiang Ruoyao asked. Earlier, Hua Yunfei had taken Li Xuan Old Ancestor's terrifying blow for her.
She had been surprised that Hua Yunfei seemed unharmed, but now she realized that he had indeed been injured by that strike and had simply been hiding it.
After all, Hua Yunfei had only recently become an Immortal Emperor. Even though the Primordial God Realm and the World True Spirit had given him formidable strength from the moment he entered the Immortal Emperor realm, it was impossible for him to take an attack from a Quasi-Hegemon Level being head-on without getting hurt.
"It's nothing. I took that strike to gauge the old bastard Li Xuan's strength," Hua Yunfei said, wiping the blood from his mouth.
Quasi-Hegemon Level was a very vague realm. Since ancient times, very few beings had ever reached it, so the realm had no clear divisions of strength.
War Emperor Grade Quasi-Hegemon was only a title, not a rank. A Quasi-Hegemon without the War Emperor Grade title could still defeat one who had it.
In the end, it all came down to strength!
That was why Hua Yunfei had tested Li Xuan Old Ancestor's limits as soon as he appeared. He would decide whether to call for help or handle things himself based on Li Xuan Old Ancestor's strength.
After testing him, Hua Yunfei found that Li Xuan Old Ancestor had not gone very far in the