Pfft— Without warning, a large mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from Chu Feng's mouth.
But after one mouthful, another followed immediately. Blood gushed from Chu Feng's mouth one mouthful after another, completely unstoppable.
With every mouthful of blood he spat out, Chu Feng's aura grew weaker by a fraction. By the time he finally stopped vomiting blood, he had become so feeble that he resembled a half-dead man.
Chu Feng hurriedly took out healing medicinal pills and tossed them into his mouth. Then he sat down cross-legged and set up a healing formation around himself.
Although Chu Feng did not immediately recover to his former state, after some treatment, at least his complexion no longer looked as ghastly as before, and his aura had recovered considerably.
"That was far too close. I never expected that the Secret Technique would be what saved my life in the end," Chu Feng couldn't help but sigh.
In front of someone whose strength was roughly equal to his own, the Secret Technique could render Chu Feng virtually undying and indestructible.
In other words, as long as the opponent's strength was not overwhelmingly superior to Chu Feng's, they would have no way of killing him or even truly injuring him.
However, after Chu Feng had stepped into the True Immortal realm, even though he knew the Secret Technique still possessed this special property, he no longer dared to rely on it as a trump card.
The strength of True Immortal powerhouses was simply too immense to be measured by the standards of the Martial Ancestor or Half Ancestor stages. Even if the gap in strength between two fighters was not particularly large, Chu Feng felt that the Secret Technique could no longer guarantee his safety.
This time, Chu Feng had essentially conducted a dangerous experiment.
It had confirmed his suspicion: after reaching the True Immortal realm, even if the disparity in strength was not great, the Secret Technique could at best keep Chu Feng from dying — but he would still sustain injuries, and not light ones at that.
Truth be told, although Chu Feng had used the Secret Technique to narrowly escape after being struck by Xia Yun'er's Immortal Technique earlier, he had still suffered considerable damage.
Of course, the reason Chu Feng was currently this weak was not solely due to Xia Yun'er's attack. The backlash from wielding the Ancient Battle Sword and the Ancient Battle Axe had also played a significant role.
Under normal circumstances, using the Ancient Battle Sword and the Ancient Battle Axe in quick succession would not have caused such severe backlash for Chu Feng. However, the fact that he had endured such a ferocious onslaught while wielding both artifacts simultaneously had actually drained a tremendous amount of his energy.
Under those conditions, it would have been strange if there had been no backlash at all.
"That was far too reckless. What if the Secret Technique hadn't been able to withstand Xia Yun'er's attack?"
"You could have kept channeling the Ancient Battle Sword and the Ancient Battle Axe and fought her to the very end. There was no need to do something like this."
Her Majesty's delicate little face was full of reproach.
As it turned out, Chu Feng had not only deliberately allowed himself to be struck by Xia Yun'er — the earlier disappearance of the Ancient Battle Sword and Ancient Battle Axe's power had also been an act on his part.
Although channeling both the Ancient Battle Sword and the Ancient Battle Axe simultaneously did place an enormous burden on Chu Feng, it was clear that he had not yet reached his true limit. He had merely pretended to have hit his limit in order to deliberately take Xia Yun'er's blow, then used the Secret Technique — this method of physical indestructibility — to escape.
In other words, had Chu Feng continued to channel the Ancient Battle Sword and the Ancient Battle Axe, he would still have possessed the ability to fight Xia Yun'er.
But unsure as he was whether the Secret Technique could withstand Xia Yun'er's attack, Chu Feng had chosen to place his faith in it. That decision was indeed rather reckless.
No wonder Her Majesty was so upset.
"My dear Eggy, don't be angry just yet. First of all, the Secret Technique has merged with me, so I can sense its strength. Even though the Secret Technique can no longer keep me in an undying, unharmed state against opponents of similar strength the way it did when I was at the Martial Ancestor stage..."