The Xiang Clan Visits Qin

"Pfft..."

Barely a few miles beyond the East City Wall, Jian Shang plunged toward the ground. He staggered and spat out a mouthful of blood...

"Your Majesty?!"

Hua Qiandai, close behind him, flashed to his side and caught him, crying out in shock and confusion.

Wasn't he fine just now? He'd even forced King Wu of Qin and Lord Wu Meng back. How had he suddenly been injured? And it didn't look minor!

Jian Shang steadied himself. His face had turned a frightening shade of blue, and his voice was weak. "Do you have a Calamity-Crossing Death-Averting Pill?"

"No..." Hua Qiandai replied softly, her voice trembling with alarm.

For him to ask at once for a Calamity-Crossing Death-Averting Pill, worth a fortune, showed how grave his injury was. For a moment, Hua Qiandai felt utterly at a loss.

"Move, quickly! Stay on the ground. We're not returning to the army yet!" Jian Shang ordered tersely.

A Calamity-Crossing Death-Averting Pill was a miraculous medicine; no one could carry many. Hua Qiandai, that spendthrift woman, had given one to Yu Ji earlier to restore her condition, so it was no surprise she had none left. However wealthy Azure Sea Manor was, it could hardly buy several such priceless pills on a whim and carry them around.

"Your Majesty, is it..." Guilt showed on Hua Qiandai's face as she asked anxiously.

"It's nothing! An injury to my soul. A little rest will set me right!" Jian Shang said, forcing a smile.

Jian Shang was only at the Innate Mid-Stage. His earlier might had come from the overwhelming slaughter in Chen City, not from his own true strength.

Han Zhong, however, was a genuine Loose Immortal. Earth Sovereign Divine Thunder was also a secret art from the Earth Sovereign Scripture, one of the four