"What did you say? Say that again if you dare."
Shi Xiu's face darkened like stormy water. He stared coldly at Qin Hao as though looking at a dead man. As he spoke, his aura steadily climbed, and his cultivation at the late stage of the True Martial Realm First Layer erupted in full!
As that aura spread, everyone's expression changed.
"The late stage of the True Martial Realm First Layer!"
Chen Jianqing and Zhuge Hong looked grim. Both had recently broken through to the True Martial Realm, but their auras were considerably weaker.
Moreover, Shi Xiu clearly had not used his full strength when fighting Chen Jianqing and Zhuge Hong.
Intense killing intent also flashed in Shi Ye's and Shi Jun's eyes.
"The late stage of the True Martial Realm First Layer?"
Qin Hao's eyes flickered, and he sneered. "Are you deaf, or just hard of hearing? Do I need to repeat the same thing?"
"Good. Very good. Excellent!"
Shi Xiu laughed in his fury, and waves of terrifying pressure erupted from him.
Elsewhere.
Huangfu Yi, Lin Zhong, and Zhuang Han frowned deeply.
Although they and Shi Xiu's group all came from the Primordial Domain, neither group had any liking for the other. By contrast, Huangfu Yi and his companions thought quite highly of Qin Hao.
But from the look of things, Shi Xiu would not let this go.
Hum!
Just then, the phantom image of a towering ancient tree suddenly appeared behind Shi Xiu. The tree seemed to have existed since time immemorial, giving off a sense of eternity and vastness.
"This is..."
Chen Jianqing's and Zhuge Hong's expressions changed drastically.
"An ancient tree martial soul! Shi Xiu's martial soul is an ancient tree martial soul!"
Ji Fenglan and Chu Xu also looked grave.
In another direction, Mo