Hearing this, Dugu Qingxiao looked in the direction Liang Zhu was pointing.
Then he saw thick, smoke-like qi and blood power curling up from Xu Taiping on his side of the Sword Platform, which had already been divided by the Sword Qi Barrier.
At the same time.
Xu Taiping's physique was growing visibly taller. In the blink of an eye, he had reached a height of one zhang.
His muscles bulged one after another, looking from a distance as though they had been cast from wrought iron.
Yet compared with this physique, which resembled a demonic beast true form, what surprised Dugu Qingxiao even more was the surging aura radiating from Xu Taiping.
Driven by both qi and blood and true essence, the fluctuations of this aura spread outward from Xu Taiping in wave after wave, like raging breakers on the sea.
"Taiping... this... he hasn't just raised his cultivation beyond the Heaven Gazing Realm. His physique's qi and blood power seems close to breaking through to the Martial God Realm, too!"
Dugu Qingxiao's heart lurched at the sight.
Had he not witnessed this today, at the Sword Champion Assembly, Dugu Qingxiao would have been the first to step down and congratulate Xu Taiping.
But now, not only could he feel no joy, a powerful sense of urgency rose within him.
As Dugu Qingxiao pulled Liang Zhu swiftly down the stairs, he murmured inwardly:
This aura alone is enough for the Nine Prefectures and the others to conclude that Xu Taiping used the methods of a heretical cultivator or demon cultivator to undo the Bone-Shattering Curse.
When that happens, even if Taiping defeats Zhou Zaidao, the Nine Prefectures' prison will surely await him.
Just as Dugu Qingxiao was thinking this, the third bell rang out with a clang above the