"This isn't luck to be spitting up blood!"
What he truly admired was not merely the bizarre Spirit Arts demonstrated by Chen Dengming; with his vision, he naturally saw the connection those Arts might have with the Dao Orthodoxy.
What impressed him even more was Chen Dengming's control over the rhythm of the battle and the grasp of his emotions, which could be said to have led him by the nose from the moment he made his move, step by step setting up spirit traps with his superior skills, causing his emotions to fluctuate unstably, exposing flaws, and finally defeating him with one strike.
If it were not for the many weaknesses accumulated beforehand, he would not have been so easily defeated with a single move...
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The news of the Nascent Soul Convention held at the border stronghold was also passed to the ears of many forces in the Outer Realm Evil Cultivators' camp on the same day through various secret channels.