Meanwhile, just as Hao Qi and the others were secretly shocked by the formidable power of a "true" Inner Force Realm, about a hundred kilometers away from the Dreamship, a yacht-like small boat of roughly forty to fifty meters suspended mid-air was exploding and burning. Just moments earlier, the young man who had been leisurely sipping tea inside the craft had his expression shift drastically. He flew straight out of the vessel, while in the distance, a surge of Qi energy exploded not far from the ship. The immense force expanded and battered the surroundings, sending a massive mushroom-shaped column of water erupting from the sea surface. The vessel happened to be caught squarely within the radius of this Qi shockwave.
When the Qi energy dissipated, the young man was covered in injuries, with blood even streaming from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. This thoroughly terrified the middle-aged-to-elderly butler still inside the craft. He immediately moved to support the young man, but the young man wiped the blood from his own face with his hand, stared into the extremely distant horizon for a long, long time, and then let out a chuckle before stepping back onto the vessel. Even with his protection, the ship had still been caught in the blast wave of Qi. Though it hadn't yet fallen, it was continuously rupturing and burning, making a crash seem like only a matter of time.
"Master... are you... injured?" The butler stood respectfully beside the young man, speaking with an in…
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