Leng Linjiang looked somewhat dazed. He still remembered how Qin Hao had defeated Kun Lie and Li Chenxiao one after another in the Tidal Space.
Then he had come to challenge him.
Back then, Qin Hao had only been a Half-Step Divine Lord, while Leng Linjiang was already a Limit Half-Step Divine Lord, capable of breaking through to Eternal Divine Lord at any moment.
Even so.
Leng Linjiang had not been confident he could defeat Qin Hao. Precisely because of that, he had been forced to abandon the Origin Divine Crystal and voluntarily break through to Divine Lord, allowing himself to be drawn out.
After returning, Leng Linjiang's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. After all, he could already break through to Divine Lord, and he had the resources his parents had provided...
Along with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and divine strength of the Azure Universe.
It had not taken Leng Linjiang long to successfully break through to Law Divine Lord. Afterward, he had continued breaking through, reaching the Dao-Origin Divine Lord realm.
Of course, though it sounded fast, it had actually taken quite some time, even in the Azure Universe and with so many resources at his disposal.
Leng Linjiang believed his cultivation speed was far from slow. If they met again, he would surely be able to defeat Qin Hao.
Leaving everything else aside...
His cultivation alone would surely be far higher than Qin Hao's.
And that was indeed the case. Because of the limitations on Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and divine strength—in other words, the limitations of his cosmic plane—Qin Hao's cultivation was indeed lower than Leng Linjiang's.
But...
What Leng Linjiang had never imagined was this.
Although his cultivation realm had indeed surpassed Qin Hao's, when it came to combat strength, even