Gongye Zhefu was the first to be defeated during this battle, and he was also the first to be heavily injured and unable to stand up again.

There was a slanted and long injury on his chest. His flesh had split upon while the bones beneath were faintly visible. It was a horrifying sight, and it still hadn’t healed until now.

Because strands of sword qi still remained around the injury, and it was ceaselessly tearing the injury. So, no matter how hard he tried, he was utterly unable to repair it.

However, this wasn’t enough to be lethal to a peerless genius who was a Spirit God Exalt. The true cause of his inability to stand back up was the injuries within his body.

They were too heavy.

All the tendons and meridians in his body had collapsed into pieces while his bones had broken inch by inch. Moreover, the universe within his body was in complete chaos and on the verge of collapse. If his foundation wasn’t extremely deep, then he would have probably suffered from qi deviation a long time ago.

During this period of time where he was lying on the ground, he’d tried to struggle to his feet on more than one occasion, yet it was in vain in the end.

This caused him to be terrified, uneasy, frustrated, furious, and panicked to the extreme. He was of lofty birth and was...