Just as the cultivators were reeling in shock!
Inside the Combat Secret Realm, Li Xiaoya looked at Qi Hai, whom he had blasted away, and sneered inwardly. Of course, he had deliberately defeated Qi Hai. The pill he had swallowed was nothing more than an ordinary elixir for restoring magic power. He wanted to make it look as though that pill was the reason he had beaten Qi Hai.
Naturally, Li Xiaoya had also struck rather viciously. Although Qi Hai had survived, he could forget about recovering his former cultivation for at least a dozen years.
Rumble! Qi Hai finally flew out of the heap of broken rocks, staring at Li Xiaoya in utter disbelief, his aura incredibly weak. He had attacked with all his strength, only to be battered senseless by Li Xiaoya's sudden eruption of power. Gazing at Li Xiaoya in horror, he called out shakily, "You... what elixir did you take?"
"Hmph! What elixir?" Li Xiaoya snorted twice and repeated coldly. Suddenly, a terrifying trace of killing intent erupted from him, and he shouted, "Go ask in hell!" Golden light blazed all over his body as he turned into a golden streak and charged at Qi Hai.
"This is bad!" Qi Hai cried out in alarm. He was barely holding himself together now. Gritting his teeth, he saw from Li Xiaoya's overwhelming presence that the pill's effects clearly had not worn off. He clenched his jaw and suddenly crushed his Teleportation Talisman!
With a series of whooshes, white light flared, and Qi Hai vanished on the spot, leaving Li Xiaoya's attack to strike empty air...
Meanwhile!
The cultivators in the Main Hall cried out in astonishment at the sight. "Qi Hai actually lost?"
With a whoosh and a blaze of white light, Qi Hai appeared in the