Never bow to another!
This was the unshakable Dao Heart of every supreme prodigy. To admit they were inferior to someone else was a disgrace.
Someone of Feng Changsheng's caliber could roam the Upper Realm unhindered. Even when he visited the Southern Heaven Region and met the monster hailed as the Upper Realm's greatest, he had never felt afraid.
But now, toward Ye Qiu, he felt a trace of fear!
That was terrifying!
That trace could grow little by little, until he truly found himself beneath another!
He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, clearing his mind so that feeling could spread no further.
I, Feng Changsheng, will never be weaker than anyone!
Boom—
Yet while he desperately tried to steady his Dao Heart, Ye Qiu moved.
To his shock and everyone else's horror, Ye Qiu jumped straight into the Blood Pool.
Rumble—
Terrifying crimson waves surged through the Blood Pool, accompanied by the explosive roars of hideous Demon Beasts.
Though those Great Demons had died and become part of the Blood Pool, their fearsome ferocity remained.
That ferocity was extraordinarily dangerous. It did not merely batter the body with immense force.
It could also turn upon the mind.
One wrong move, and a person could lose their mind, forget who they were, and be consumed by savagery and bloodlust until they became a walking corpse.
Feng Changsheng knew how vicious it was. A mere instant of contact had left him shaken.
Ye Qiu...
Boom—
The crimson waves kept rolling, vast and terrifying. Feng Changsheng's shock turned to horror, until every cell in his body seemed to tremble.
The Dao Heart he had just steadied was shaken again, this time with even greater force.
Ye Qiu moved through the crimson waves without the slightest trouble.
He even cut through