Outside Hengshui City, in the Dense Forest.
"Qin Hao, I've never seen a genius like you. You're an absolute freak, a monster!"
Zhu Jingming looked conflicted, sighing with amazement.
What had happened today had truly opened his eyes.
"Urgh!"
Qin Hao smiled faintly, but before he could speak, his expression suddenly changed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Qin Hao, are you all right?!"
Zhu Jingming was startled.
"It's nothing."
Qin Hao shook his head and drew a breath, feeling an unbearable stabbing pain in his chest.
Cui Feng was, after all, a Meridian Opening Eighth Layer expert. Even a casual strike from him carried tremendous power.
Had Qin Hao's body not made a breakthrough, he would have suffered far more than an injury.
"I'll heal my injuries first."
Without another word, Qin Hao sat cross-legged.
He circulated the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art, and vast amounts of heaven and earth spiritual energy swarmed toward him from every direction.
Qin Hao refined the heaven and earth spiritual energy at an astonishing speed.
The surrounding air rapidly condensed into a blanket of white mist.
"This, this..."
Zhu Jingming stared dumbfounded at the rising white mist, utterly stunned.
What cultivation technique does this fellow practice? How can it gather such dense heaven and earth spiritual energy?!
"Hiss!"
Zhu Jingming sucked in a cold breath, his gaze growing even more awestruck as he looked at Qin Hao.
But he recovered a moment later, drew his saber with a wave of his hand, and stood nearby to guard Qin Hao.
Color slowly returned to Qin Hao's face at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Yet his expression grew increasingly grim.
*I'm still too weak. I endured Cui Feng's palm strike with my body alone, and now the Myriad Forms Realm I only