Apart from a few of them, many of the disciples watching from below took notice of this platform and were immediately frightened by some astonishment.
Li Qingyi displayed over twenty Dao Domains, with dazzling phenomena, attracting a lot of attention, but she was defeated in the blink of an eye.
"What's going on with battle platform number 8, encountering a clash of top geniuses right in the thousand ranks?"
"Over twenty Dao Domains, my god, is that even human?"
"I heard that among those saint heirs and saintesses in the Holy Lands, some can achieve it."
"Who is that youth who defeated the opponent without even using a Dao Domain!"
The area around the platform was buzzing, many who were previously watching other platforms also turned their heads upon hearing this, but the battle here had already ended, leading them to hurriedly ask people nearby what had happened.
Li Qingyi heard the noise outside the platform, returned to her senses, and looked at the youth in front of her, only to see him also quietly watching her, knowing that he was waiting for her to admit defeat.
After all, if his previous strike had not been held back, her head would have already flown off her body.
Li Qingyi slightly bit her lip, feeling a sense of grievance in her heart, but she knew she had no one to blame for her inferior skills. She transmitted her voice:
"What's your name?"
"Qingfeng."
Li Hao still used an alias, as he could not reveal his identity without the strength to rival a Void Saint.
Otherwise, although the Thirty-Three Realms are vast, they may be crossed in a blink of an eye by a Saint.
Especially since the opponent was adept in the Dao of Void, having extremely strong movement techniques.
"With your strength, it wouldn't be a problem to rank among the top ten hermits. I'll wait for you at the Canglan battle; I didn't use my real skills this time, next time let's have a real match!"
Li Qingyi saw his calm demeanor and felt a bit defiant internally, and she transmitted her voice.
Li Hao was surprised and said, "Haven't you already lost? Can you still fight?"
Li Qingyi stiffened, annoyed and humphed coldly, "That's none of your business!"
After speaking, she turned and left the platform.
Li Hao felt puzzled but was too lazy to think more about it, waiting for the referee to announce the result before he flew back to his original seat to continue waiting for the subsequent battles.
Meanwhile, Li Qingyi returned to her fellow sect members' side and the young man with a folding fan asked hurriedly:
"How much strength do you think that person used?"
Li Qingyi's gaze turned solemn, no longer the playful and relaxed look from before, looking toward Li Hao moving towards another seat, she whispered:
"He didn't use Dao Domains, not Extreme Realm either, Law Power had no effect on him, it's evident he still has a Taoist Body, his Swordsmanship… it must have Entered Dao!"
"Entered Dao?"
Hearing Li Qingyi's words, a few of them gasped and looked at each other.
What does Skill Entering Dao imply? That's a level only Semi-Saints and Saints can grasp!
A step further, transcending upon Entering Dao, one could perform the Ritual Path to Saint Ascension!
Those who can walk the path of the Ritual Path to Saint Ascension are mostly unique monsters and have high status among Saints, hardly anyone dares to provoke them!
After all, compared to Incense Sainthood, Ritual Path to Saint Ascension has one ability - to freely enter the Mortal World!
Ritual Path to Saint Ascension entering the Mortal World does not get eroded or affected, whereas Incense Sainthood does, damaging the Incense Fire.
"Will we encounter this person in the battle of Canglan in a few months? I heard that there are two dual Buddha Childs in the Buddhist sect, extremely terrifying, rumored to possess the Six Extremes Realm; didn't expect such characters to exist among these hermits."
"That Sword Ancestor's Haoyue Saint Son, rumored to have the Sun and Moon Divine Eye, can see through all illusions, countering many killing moves, also a tough opponent."
"It seems this Canglan battle will be incredibly intense, not sure if we few can snatch the quotas to represent Canglan."
Their gazes became concentrated, initially thinking all hermits were just of Inner Sect prodigy standards, but didn't expect real monsters inside; this time they really came to the right place.
Li Qingyi remained silent, her mind replaying that one sword strike as well as the opponent's demeanor looking elsewhere when stepping onto the platform.
She suddenly felt a surge of indignation.
The opponent had never thought he would lose from start to finish, and indeed, he did not lose.
So infuriating … Li Qingyi glanced in that direction and no longer felt like staying here, saying:
"I'm going back first, and will return when the top hundred battle is here to see if anyone can force out his Extreme Realm."
The young man with the folding fan and the others, feeling the urgency, also thought of gaining a higher level of Cultivation.
As they left, in another part of the crowd, Qiu Wuhen stood there, having also witnessed the battle.
He noticed where the woman descended from the platform, several figures, one of which he had once met.
Is it the saintess from the Wen Ancestor Holy Land? Qiu Wuhen wondered, then looked toward Li Hao, who appeared relaxed and carefree drinking tea, feeling somewhat helpless; this fishing companion didn't seem to know that he just defeated the saintess of the Wen Ancestor Holy Land.
However, it was a bit disrespectful for the Wen Ancestor Holy Land to come here and start a fight.
Qiu Wuhen felt regrettable; unfortunately, this clash seemed to also have hidden strength without forcing Li Hao's true abilities.
He shook his head slightly and also turned to leave, eager to intensify his Cultivation lest he be left far behind.
Following his initial victory, Li Hao successively appeared several times, each time casually summoning sword winds to easily defeat his opponents.
Ever since the duel with Li Qingyi, Li Hao had been under considerable attention, and seeing him winning one fight after another, many soon began betting heavily on Li Hao as the favorite to win the championship.