As the dust settled, Gu Qingzhou's figure emerged before everyone. Though he had taken the other man's blow, he was unharmed, with only the corner of his robes slightly dirtied.
"With methods like these, you're from the Heaven-Burying Sect, aren't you?"
Gu Qingzhou brushed the dust from his clothes, a trace of scrutiny entering his gaze as he looked at Wang Zhen.
From what he sensed, there were no traces of Wang Zhen using any secret art. His cultivation had seemingly risen out of thin air, without a single clue to follow...
Others truly might not have been able to see through his methods, but Gu Qingzhou was different. He had keenly detected something unusual about him.
As a Reborn, he had once witnessed identical methods on members of the Heaven-Burying Sect...
"Hehe, I didn't expect you to know about the Heaven-Burying Sect." Wang Zhen chuckled and did not deny it.
"Do you know what the Heaven-Burying Sect seeks? You're making a bargain with a tiger. If you turn back now, there's still time." Gu Qingzhou spoke again, his brows knitting slightly.
"I don't care what they want. I only know that they can give me power!" Wang Zhen's eyes brimmed with madness.
"If you continue to cling stubbornly to your delusions, you won't meet a good end..." Gu Qingzhou sighed.
"Hahaha, clinging stubbornly to my delusions? What do you know! You don't understand anything!"
"Do you know what kind of life I used to live? Just because I had no background and no talent, I deserved to be bullied by everyone? Why?"
"But things are different now. Status, position, strength—I lack nothing! The Heaven-Burying Sect gave me all of this!" Wang Zhen looked utterly crazed, staring fixedly at Gu Qingzhou. His eyes had turned bloodshot from agitation.
"Whether I