Great Gang Hidden Land.
In a secluded forest stood a small pool, roughly thirty feet across.
Beside the pool, Chen Jianqing sat cross-legged.
Suddenly.
Chen Jianqing's aura surged.
"Whew."
Chen Jianqing opened his eyes, delight spreading across his face. "I finally broke through. The Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm—and my Law of the Sword has reached the Eighth Rank too."
An unexpected windfall.
Chen Jianqing had thought Shi Qian's three palm strikes would kill him. Instead, he had found himself in the Great Gang Hidden Land.
Not only had his injuries healed, but his cultivation had broken through to the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm.
So much progress in a single day—once, Chen Jianqing would not have dared dream of it.
"But... this place really is strange. Even injuries as severe as mine could heal here."
Chen Jianqing was astonished, but he grew more wary too. The stranger the Great Gang Hidden Land was, the greater its dangers had to be.
He could not afford the slightest carelessness.
Glancing down, Chen Jianqing could still see many Saint Martial Grandmasters passing through the membrane into the Great Gang Hidden Land.
He had long since noticed that the Great Gang Hidden Land had appeared within the Skyward Gang Relic.
Boom, boom...
At that moment, muffled sounds of battle came from nearby.
Chen Jianqing paused. He drew his gaze back and listened intently, frowning. "That doesn't sound like Monsters fighting. It must be Warriors."
"I wonder who..."
Chen Jianqing's eyes flashed with a ruthless glint.
He remembered all too well how Shi Yan and the other four had hunted him.
Had luck not been on his side, he would already be a corpse.
"I'll take a look. There might be an opening." After a moment's thought, Chen Jianqing decided to investigate.