章 695: The Battle of Number One Nobles

"Gu Dongliu became more powerful." Many great figures from Barren State looked at Gu Dongliu in the air. They were present on that day of the banquet when Bai Luli and Gu Dongliu battled. Now they bore witness yet again to Gu Dongliu's battle with Zhan Xiao, and it was apparent that his powers had grown. His Life Spirit seemed to have metamorphosed while the control of his spiritual will had with powers of rules advanced to yet another level.

Due to Zhan Xiao's skills as one of the Nine Warriors of Zhisheng Cliffs, his prowess was such that he would not have been simply taken out by Gu Dongliu with one move. Furthermore, both of them had fought each other before, which meant that Zhan Xiao had not anticipated Gu Dongliu's exponential increase in power, which was why he was injured by the move just then.