The scene fell briefly silent. Then the Cool and Aloof Woman and the other two rose to their feet inside the Stone Pavilion.
"Brilliant!"
"Truly brilliant!"
Xuan Thirty-Two, the man cradling a saber, exclaimed, "To use three high-rank Peak secret arts to such a degree... Thirty-Six, you really are extraordinary."
"This is my first time seeing them used this way. They're clearly high-rank Peak secret arts, yet their power almost rivals that of a Peak Rank Peak secret art," Xuan Fifty-Two said in wonder.
The Cool and Aloof Woman, Xuan Sixteen, gave Qin Hao a long look before turning to Xuan Seventy-One and saying calmly, "If you hadn't used the Heaven and Earth Wheel just now..."
"You would have ended up in a very sorry state."
The Heaven and Earth Wheel.
It was a genuine Peak Rank Peak secret art!
At their words, Xuan Seventy-One's weathered face reddened again. He coughed and said, "Well... I didn't expect Brother Thirty-Six to have brought his use of those three high-rank Peak secret arts to such a level."
"Three high-rank Peak defensive secret arts alone simply couldn't stop them."
Xuan Seventy-One paused, looking a little embarrassed, then said to Qin Hao, "Brother Thirty-Six, you're impressive. I concede."
Qin Hao smiled.
The Cool and Aloof Woman and the other two also chuckled softly.
Xuan Seventy-One was a man of genuine feeling. A loss was a loss; he wouldn't deliberately claim that he could easily crush Qin Hao.
After all, they had been sparring, not fighting to the death.
Since it was a spar, they naturally had to stay within reasonable bounds.
Otherwise, if Xuan Seventy-One had used a Peak Rank Peak secret art outright, Qin Hao wouldn't have been able to withstand it.
"But Brother Thirty-Six, your three high-rank Peak secret arts all seem