"Qin Hao, so it's you!"
Shi Chengtian gnashed his teeth, his fury soaring to the heavens.
"You know me?" Qin Hao narrowed his eyes.
"You dared kill disciples of the Shi Family, and now you've interrupted my cultivation. You're courting death!" Killing Intent rolled off Shi Chengtian. Even his pupils had turned bloodred—not from anger, but because his Killing Intent had reached such a density.
To have amassed Killing Intent this thick, who knew how many Warriors he had slaughtered?
As for Qin Hao...
Not long ago, Shi Chengtian had received a personal order from Ancestor Yanshi to find an opportunity to kill him.
Now that Qin Hao stood before him, how could Shi Chengtian fail to recognize him?
Around them, the many geniuses paused at Shi Chengtian's words.
Someone frowned, then exclaimed in surprise, "Qin Hao—it's actually Qin Hao! I know him. He challenged the Heaven-Piercing Tower today and cleared the Sixteenth Layer!"
"What? He cleared the Sixteenth Layer?!"
"Where did he come from?"
"No idea, but if he cleared the Sixteenth Layer, he must be extremely strong."
Qin Hao had only just challenged the Heaven-Piercing Tower, and these people had been cultivating inside the Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain. Apart from a handful who had learned the news through Message Jade Slips, they knew nothing of what had happened outside.
For the vast majority, this was the first time they had heard Qin Hao's name.
"Qin Hao was too impulsive. He cleared the Heaven-Piercing Tower's Sixteenth Layer, but so did Shi Chengtian. Shi Chengtian achieved that long ago, and he's been cultivating ever since. His strength isn't what it used to be."
"Exactly. If Qin Hao had played it safe, another stretch of cultivation might have let him catch up to Shi Chengtian."
After hearing of Qin Hao's