Huang Xiao looked wretched, and Tuoba Ao was hardly any better off. His hair hung loose and disheveled. Though his body was extraordinarily tough, after fighting Huang Xiao for so long, he too was covered in wounds and spattered with blood. His aura, however, was still considerably stronger than Huang Xiao's.
"Your aura's weakening, you little bastard. You're dead!" Tuoba Ao sensed that Huang Xiao's aura had weakened considerably, at least far below his own.
He still could not help being secretly astonished. He had never expected Huang Xiao to hold out this long. Of course, he also knew that it was because of the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art. He had not reached the second realm himself, so he knew little of its miraculous effects beyond that point.
Clearly, its effects after reaching the second realm were even more miraculous than he had imagined, at least when it came to healing wounds.
In fact, Tuoba Ao had only guessed part of the truth. Although the second realm was far more powerful than the first realm, Huang Xiao had managed to hold out this long because he had absorbed the life essence of an Ageless Crystal.
Although that life essence had already been exhausted, Huang Xiao's body had also been transformed, allowing him to heal more effectively with his everlasting spring ageless true qi.
It was precisely because of this that Huang Xiao had been able to fight Tuoba Ao to this point. Both men were now gravely wounded.
Huang Xiao panted heavily. The true qi inside him had begun to fall into disorder. He knew full well that if this continued, within a few more exchanges, he would probably lose control of it, and then it would likely run rampant inside him.
He also knew that his eldest senior brother