If it was before, Zhou Hongyong would have already become angry from Zhao Jiuge’s provoking words. However, his face was very calm and he smiled. “Zhao Jiuge, don’t always depend on that foul mouth of yours. Do you think that you can be arrogant just because you broke through to the Spirit Core Realm? I, Zhou Hongyong, condensed my spirit core before you entered the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, when you were still in some unknown place playing with mud!”

There was no emotion mixed in his voice, but his words were extremely arrogant!

Although Zhou Hongyong was hiding it very well, Zhao Jiuge felt a trace of coldness. He was not surprised that Zhou Hongyong had seen through him. Others may not know, but as Du Jun’s disciple, Zhou Hongyong should be able to do this much.

It was Leng Rufeng and Luo Xie who were shocked. They hadn’t expected Zhao Jiuge to be at the Spirit Core Realm already—it had only been half a year.

As for the others, they weren’t shocked. More than ⅔ of the crowd had condensed their spirit cores. Soon, most of them...