Jiang Jianxin recalled her swords and sheathed them back before offering words with a rare note of respect towards her defeated opponent.
"You fought well."
Hu Zhen chuckled dryly as he shook his head.
"I fought desperately. There's a difference."
He looked at his hands, still trembling from the aftereffects of the store's products. He probably even needed someone to support him up as the aftereffect of the [Unyielding Blood Surge] had fully set in.
"To think… with enough of these, even someone like me could push a top-tier cultivator." He glanced at the talismans that had already lost their glow as a wry smile formed from his lips.
"That is the terrifying part, isn't it?" Jiang Jianxin nodded, her eyes flickering with light full of meanings. "Your strength wasn't your own. It was borrowed. But even so… it still made you so formidable that I had to… show my trump card."
