Feng An had already left.
Shangguan Yuzhou had yet to wake.
Alone in the earth fissure, Kong Jiao was wary of Han Dong's presence and did not dare go out. He simply sat cross-legged in the damp space and devoted himself to cultivation.
He was not far from the threshold of the sixth level of the Wheel-Nourishing Realm.
All he needed was time to accumulate his strength. In three or four months at most, he should reach the sixth level of the Wheel-Nourishing Realm.
Once he reached the sixth level of the Wheel-Nourishing Realm, with the enhancement of the Moon Wheel Seal, he could unleash the strength of the seventh level.
Then, should he encounter an expert in the later stages of the Wheel-Nourishing Realm again, he would finally possess the power to truly fight one.
"In this world, without sufficient strength, one cannot take a single step." With a soft sigh, Kong Jiao's consciousness completely sank into cultivation.
Spiritual energy surged in from all directions, seeped underground, and entered his body through his two Spirit Apertures and the Moon Wheel Seal atop his head.
The spiritual energy he drew in covered the fissure's interior with a thin veil of mist.
He did not know how long he cultivated.
Kong Jiao's consciousness was in an indescribably mysterious state when he vaguely seemed to hear a clap of thunder.
Rumble!
The sound was deafening.
It directly jolted Kong Jiao awake from cultivation, and he opened his eyes.
The familiar dark cavern still lay before him.
Water droplets seeped down from the surface and fell onto the damp earth with soft drips.
As for that thunderous blast from before, it had already faded away, as though it had never occurred.
"Did I hear wrong?" Confusion showed on Kong Jiao's face. He then