"Defeated..."
Xu Batian lay on the ground, feeling waves of Destructive Power surge from his arm through his Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Blood covered his lips, and bewilderment filled his face.
He had gone all out and unleashed Twelve-Hundredfold Gravity, yet Qin Hao had defeated him with a single sword strike!
And worse...
He had lost outright, without the slightest chance to fight back.
He had been defeated outright, without the strength to fight back. Twelve-Hundredfold Gravity had been like thin paper, utterly unable to withstand Qin Hao's Destruction Sword Intent.
Xu Batian could not accept it.
What Xu Batian did not know was that Qin Hao's Destruction Sword Domain had already reached Peak Eighth Rank, just one step from Ninth-Order. After fighting the Black Mirror Man in Black Mirror Space again and again, Qin Hao had learned to wield his Destruction Sword Domain at the level of the Laws.
One could even say he had drawn closer to the Origin Laws!
Xu Batian had also managed to use Twelve-Hundredfold Gravity at the level of the Laws, but he could not compare with Qin Hao.
Xu Batian could wield Twelve-Hundredfold Gravity, but he had created no Blade Laws from it. Qin Hao, on the other hand...
On top of mastering his power, he had created his strongest Sword Move against a single target: Sword Annihilation!
Which was stronger was clear at a glance!
Besides, Qin Hao's strength did not end there...
Silence.
The summit of Absolute Immortal Peak was utterly still.
Everyone stared at the scene before them, eyes wide with disbelief.
Two men had fought.
One lay on the ground, coughing blood.
The other still stood where he was.
It should have been an ordinary sight, yet no one could make sense of it. The man on the ground was