The Quasi-Emperor abruptly turned around, his pupils contracting sharply!
He saw-
Chen Musen slowly sitting up in the pool of blood!
The wounds all over his body were healing at an utterly inconceivable speed!
"You... you're not dead?"
"How is that possible?"
"That strike of mine... was enough to annihilate anyone below the Saint Emperor Realm!"
"Heh."
Chen Musen smiled faintly and pointed at the wound that had pierced his chest.
"Senior, do you know..."
"Why I kept that ten-thousand-year phoenixblood ginseng on me just now?"
"This ginseng can bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bare bones..."
"It was a contingency I prepared long ago for this very day."
"What?"
The Quasi-Emperor's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with horror!
"You... did you plan all of this from the very beginning?"
"Even my intervention... was part of your calculations?"
"You flatter me, Senior."
Chen Musen slowly rose to his feet. His green robes were stained with blood, yet he remained composed.
"I've simply always been cautious!"
"A Quasi-Emperor Realm expert attacking a Saint Realm cultivator sounds inconceivable."
"But that possibility still exists!"
"However-"
"This time, I really must thank you for that strike, Senior. You've done me a tremendous favor!"
"Thanks to that surge of Quasi-Emperor power, the barrier within me that stood in the way of becoming a Great Saint..."
"Seems to have loosened."
Humm-
As soon as those words fell-
Chen Musen immediately activated his greater divine ability, Words Become Law, and shouted, "Break through!"
Boom!
An even more majestic aura erupted from Chen Musen's body!
He actually used the power of that strike to attempt a breakthrough into the Great Sage Realm on the spot!
"What!"
"This fellow really is about to break through?"
"You bastard! How dare you toy with me like