Afterward, they left one after another. Each had different thoughts, but all of them shared the same concern.
"If anything comes up, contact me." Before leaving, the Battle King looked at Xia Qiuer and Bing Luoling as he spoke.
"Thank you, Brother Battle King." Xia Qiuer smiled and bowed.
The Battle King nodded faintly, then turned and vanished.
Xia Qiuer and Bing Luoling followed shortly after.
"We should get going too. The show may be entertaining, but the treasure matters more." Duan Wuyi said, taking An Ran away with him.
After everyone had left, the others gradually awoke as well. Yet one person remained unconscious—Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan's face was deathly pale, utterly devoid of color, like a corpse's. Even his heartbeat and breathing were extremely faint.
"These past few days have been truly strange. Where did so many experts cultivating the Heavenly Secret Dao come from? Every single one of them crushed Brother Zhou." A prodigy frowned.
They naturally knew why Zhou Yan had yet to awaken. Just as when he had faced Gong Qingyan before, he had once again suffered a backlash from the Heavenly Secret Dao, and this time it was even more severe. Even his Dao Fruit had likely been badly damaged.
This kind of Heavenly Secret backlash was far more terrifying than an ordinary injury. One careless misstep could leave behind an eternal Dao wound.
Fortunately, Zhou Yan was no ordinary person. After a while longer, he finally woke up, though his lips remained bloodless.
He sighed and laughed at himself. "Why am I so unlucky? I've only been in the Tianluo Great World for such a short time, yet I've already lost twice in the Heavenly Secret Dao. I might as well stop being the Apotheosis Sacred Ground Successor."
Gao Meinan said, "Don't belittle