A few moments ago, while both sides were fighting.
"Did you ever kill a 9th stage cultivator before?" Wu Han's question nearly blew Hong Qing's mind.
"N-no… I've never even fought one." Hong Qing was shaken.
No one in their right mind would challenge someone with higher cultivation, much less two stages above, and at the 9th stage at that.
9th stage cultivators were dangerous, not just because of their qi level, but because no one truly knew how strong each individual was.
When someone reached that ceiling, they could only continue honing themselves.
That meant the gap in skill between 9th stage cultivators could be vast.
One thing, however, was certain.
No one below them could hope to challenge them under normal circumstances.
For most cultivators, the ninth stage of Qi Condensation was the end of the road.
"Good. You're about to kill one," Wu Han said, as if he were assigning her a simple errand. "Think of it as an onboarding process."
