Li Tai and Xu Bo exchanged a look and swallowed hard, tasting blood. Only then did it hit them: the quiet comrade standing before them had been hiding terrifying fangs all along.
"What a rush! Jiang Yue, you've truly mastered that Living Stance!"
A rough, excited laugh rang out. A blood-soaked figure plowed through the crowd like a rampaging bear, forcing a path open before striding over.
It was Shen Qing, the martial arts fanatic.
At that moment, Shen Qing showed just how formidable the heir to an ancient martial arts family could be.
Crisscrossing wounds covered his bare upper body, but his eyes shone with startling intensity.
Everywhere he went, he used the sweeping, unstoppable strikes of the Six Harmonies Method. Anyone who dared block him had their bones smashed by his fists.
"Form a team?" Shen Qing asked as he reached Jiang Yue's side. He wiped hot blood from his face and grinned. "These losers can't take a hit, but enough ants can bring down an elephant. More than ten of them kept me pinned down over there. My blood energy's almost spent."
He could see how easily Jiang Yue was handling the fight, and the glimpse he had caught of Jiang Yue's Living Stance had shaken him to the core.
As the man who had introduced Jiang Yue to the technique, he knew better than anyone what it meant to control one's center of gravity so flawlessly in a melee. Jiang Yue's martial talent and command of his body had reached a monstrous level beyond ordinary people.
"All right." Jiang Yue did not refuse.
The ranking tournament ahead was what really mattered. There was no need to reveal too much here.
"Can... can we join you too?"
Li Tai asked through gritted teeth once he caught his