Everyone was completely dumbfounded, their faces etched with utter disbelief.
Such an outcome was something none of them had anticipated.
Even Zhou Tianyu, Zhang Hangkui, and Master Xueyin hadn't foreseen it; their eyes were nearly popping out of their sockets.
Zhang Bin's combat power far exceeded their estimations. He had easily killed a Golden Core Mid-Stage assassin with a single sword strike.
The speed, the power to penetrate armor, and the angle of the attack—it was virtually flawless.
This was not something a Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator should be capable of.
However, Zhang Bin had indeed just recently cultivated to the Initial Stage of Golden Core. Just a few days ago, he was still a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Liquid Phase. He had been elevated to the Initial Stage of Golden Core by a senior of the Taiqing Sect using a Great Divine Power.
