Zhang Tie knew nothing of everything that had happened at Blackwater Base. At this moment, he had just entered the Castle of Black Iron, intending to stay there for a while so that he could thoroughly digest the gains from this time.
Castle of Black Iron...
Almost the moment Zhang Tie entered, he saw Heller's smiling face. "Congratulations, Fortress Master, on yet another new harvest..."
With a rustle, Zhang Tie shook all over. The Chaos Armor he wore left his body the instant he entered the Castle of Black Iron and flew onto the armor stand in the hall. Looking at the Chaos Armor on the stand, pitted and scarred, with some places already damaged, Zhang Tie shook his head. Victory had not gone to his head; instead, his expression turned grave. "This time was still rather dangerous. Have Edward repair the Chaos Armor again..."
After defeating Occam and absorbing Occam's Water Chakra, successfully advancing to the realm of the fifth transformation of the Earth and raising his strength another notch, Zhang Tie had thought himself rather formidable. At the very least, he thought he would have little trouble facing a Phantom Knight. Unexpectedly, this time he had still nearly suffered a devastating loss at Gao Tianzhao's hands. Had it not been for the eruption of the Emperor-level cultivation art he practiced at the critical moment, it was truly hard to say what the final outcome would have been.
Defeating Gao Tianzhao in this battle was certainly cause for celebration and represented enormous gains. Yet after the battle, what had left the deepest impression on Zhang Tie's mind was still the near-domain ability within Gao Tianzhao's Swallowing Sky Python Manifestation, along with the terrifying might of Emperor-level secret manuals.
Once again, Gao Tianzhao made Zhang Tie realize that the gap