"What's going on? Why hasn't the young master made a move yet?"
"Junior Brother..."
"If Taiping doesn't act soon, I'm afraid it'll be too late."
The sixth floor of the Eight-Faced Tower.
Gu Qingcheng, Zhao Linglong, and the others, who had already defeated the Six Evils, were all staring at the Spirit Mirror inside the tower in confusion.
Gu Qingcheng in particular.
After spending this time with Xu Taiping inside the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, she had learned some of his methods. She knew that however fierce the Blade Slave's Blade Qi might be, Xu Taiping should not have been as helpless as he appeared now.
If I remember correctly, the young master's Thunderflame and his Demon-Slaying strike fused with his Blade Domain can both counter this Blade Slave's Blade Qi.
Gu Qingcheng was deeply puzzled.
"Could Junior Brother be using the Blade Slave's Blade Qi to... test his blade?"
After feeding Zhao Linglong a pill, Dugu Qingxiao also looked up at the Spirit Mirror ahead, his expression exceedingly grave as he spoke.
At these words, Gu Qingcheng's tightly knitted brows suddenly relaxed, and her beautiful eyes lit up.
She recalled Xu Taiping's fierce battle with Ge Shu Ye that day.
It was during that very battle that Xu Taiping had mastered the Blood Qi Tempering Method and integrated two sets of Great Sage Fist manuals, ultimately defeating Ge Shu Ye.
"That... that's possible!"
A flicker of excitement suddenly crossed Gu Qingcheng's face.
"Miss Qingcheng, do you know something?"
Dugu Qingxiao keenly sensed that there was more to Gu Qingcheng's words.
Although he had spent far more time with Xu Taiping than Gu Qingcheng had, he had entered the tower too late to know what Xu Taiping had experienced inside it before then.
"I don't know what the young master intends