Facing Mitaka Kojiro in this state, Master merely snorted coldly.
"What the hell are you? You think you're worthy of taking me down with you?"
After saying that, Master's body trembled, and his aura surged once more.
The other man's expression changed drastically, and he instinctively staggered back...
Several senior practitioners lying nearby cried out in shock.
"Spiritual Wisdom peak!"
"No, Half-Step Heavenly Rush!"
"My heavens! Who is he?"
"With cultivation like that, he can't possibly be unknown in the Feng Shui world."
"..."
The four or five Daoist seniors were utterly astonished.
Daoist Feiyun, who knew Master, was also left staring wide-eyed.
We heard those words as well, and our eyes widened involuntarily.
I had always had my suspicions about Master's cultivation, but he had never spoken of it plainly.
Nor could I see through his cultivation.
Just as Grandmaster's Notes had written: Master spoke of the Dao, never of realms.
I didn't know whether that was some kind of taboo.
In any case, only now did I learn that Master's cultivation had actually reached the Half-Step Heavenly Rush Realm.
No wonder Master had been so arrogant, showing up here in nothing but slippers.
After all, his opponent was neither the terrifying Great Fiend of Nine Corpse Tower nor the dreadful old demon of White Mist Mountain.
Against Master in his current state, he truly was no match.
No wonder Master had been able to blow apart the Female Ghost in red with one palm in Dagong Village.
He had even been able to fight the old demon of White Mist Mountain to the death at Black Stone Peak.
Over the past year, Master had definitely made an enormous leap in realm, and it had been a sudden, explosive breakthrough.
It was just that when facing a Great Fiend,