"She... was injured?"
Seeing the faint streak of blood on the woman's arm, though shallow, was enough to prove that the Black Robed Person could now break through her defenses.
"The King... was actually injured by him?" Yu Ye and the other three were utterly shocked. They couldn't remember how many years it had been since they'd last seen the King injured, even if it was only a shallow cut.
Yu Sheng was especially bewildered.
The Black Robed Person had been evenly matched with him just moments ago. How had he grown so much stronger so quickly? He knew summoning the fifth cauldron had played a part, but he didn't think that was the whole reason!
There was something very wrong with this Black Robed Person!
"So that's it..."
The woman looked at the Black Robed Person as he slowly rose to his feet. She had more or less figured out why he'd suddenly grown stronger. "Your Dao can turn the injuries you suffer into your own power."
Yu Ye and the others frowned, wondering if they'd heard her correctly.
Turn injuries into power? What kind of Dao was that? They'd never even heard of such a thing!
"Heh heh heh."
The Black Robed Person climbed to his feet, his wounds rapidly healing. His eyes, fixed on the woman, were dark and uncanny. "You finally figured it out? What do you think? It's a pretty good Dao, isn't it?"
The woman said, "This King is curious how you comprehended it. And you have more than one Dao—you also possess the Devouring Dao."
Although the Black Robed Person could turn his injuries into power, that wasn't a technique of the Devouring Dao. It was another, wholly different Great Dao, one the world had never seen before.
The Black Robed Person raised