After speaking, he raised his other hand and started fiddling with his fingers, as if calculating something.

"Right now, the spiritual energy in the Origin Realm is depleted. How on earth did you cultivate the Innate Saint’s Sacred Body to such a level under these conditions?"

The bald man shook his head, continually puzzled by the mystery.

It’s important to understand.

During ancient times, spiritual energy was extremely abundant, and even under such conditions, only one person managed to cultivate the Innate Saint’s Sacred Body to the Great Success Realm.

Moreover, this person was the eldest son of the first family clan leader in the Origin Realm, possessing all the resources of the entire realm.

Even then, he practically emptied the family’s resources.

Fortunately, he succeeded, bringing substantial resources to the family and securing a place in the chaotic world.

That was when spiritual energy was at its most plentiful, emerging opportunistically, combined with all the resources of a family, to achieve this.

Furthermore, achieving Great Success with the Innate Saint’s Sacred Body took hundreds of years of cultivation.

But what time is it now?

Spiritual energy has depleted; compared to ancient times, it’s like heaven and earth, not comparable.

Under such circumstances, how could one achieve such a level?

"Could it be that you are a senior disciple of some family?"

The bald man mumbled as he held Xu Ran in his hand.

But he quickly shook his head in denial.

"No, if you were a senior disciple of a family, how could your martial arts skills be so weak?"

"Moreover, looking at your cultivation method, it’s extremely primitive—body refining? Beast blood?"

As he spoke, he dipped his finger into the golden blood that had fallen from Xu Ran’s body onto the ground.

"It’s all low-tier beast blood, extremely mixed and lacking potential!"

The bald man’s continuous examination of Xu Ran’s physical condition revealed more and more peculiarities.

How could a person full of flaws cultivate the Innate Saint’s Sacred Body to the Great Success Realm?

Questions echoed in his mind.

"Poof!"

Seizing the moment, a blood arrow suddenly shot from Xu Ran’s mouth, like a golden lightning bolt, flying toward the bald man’s face.

Although the bald man was contemplating some matters at that moment, he instinctively dodged the attack aimed at his face.

At the same time.

Suddenly, a fiery burning sensation spread from the hand holding Xu Ran, as if a flame capable of incinerating everything was burning in his hand, something even he couldn’t quite withstand.

"Hiss!"

Uttering a pained sound, he released his grip and brought his hand to eye level, discovering a golden scar in his palm, surrounded by clusters of golden flames still burning, and the scar kept expanding outward.

The bald man was very familiar with this kind of power.

"Such a familiar feeling, only the blood of the Innate Saint’s Sacred Body at Great Success can reach such intensity!!"

He looked up at the sky above the Dueling Arena, seemingly with excitement in his voice.

Soon, he lowered his head, noticing that Xu Ran, who had been in his grasp moments ago, was now already hundreds of meters away on empty ground.

At the moment of escape, the wounds on Xu Ran’s body healed rapidly, with the blood and flesh nourished by the golden blood growing swiftly.

A moment after leaving his hand, Xu Ran was fully recovered.

"Gulp!" Xu Ran swallowed hard and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, "It seems my development of the Innate Saint’s Sacred Body at Great Success is still lacking!"

Even being held like a lamb waiting for slaughter by the bald man just moments ago allowed him to discover other uses for the Innate Saint’s Sacred Body at Great Success.

As his body was drawn by a force, numerous energies passed from the bald man’s hand into Xu Ran’s body, exploding inside.

Countless blood flowed out from within.

During this process, Xu Ran was grievously wounded, leading him instinctively to try to stop the blood flow and repair the wounds.

But unexpectedly, the blood flowing out could be controlled by him, and he discovered the use of golden blood.

Therefore, he gathered the blood at his throat, seized the right moment to shoot it out, and burned the bleeding outside to escape the bald man’s grasp.

"Fortunately, I successfully used spiritual energy to stimulate the Yongquan Acupoint earlier; otherwise, I wouldn’t have had the strength to escape from this bald head’s hold!"

For Xu Ran, successfully using spiritual energy to impact the Yongquan Acupoint was the best decision he made earlier.

Without this, even if he discovered the utilization of golden blood, he wouldn’t have had any strength to resist.

"Not bad, discovering the use of the Golden Body without guidance?!"

The bald man showed no concern whatsoever for Xu Ran fleeing from his hand; rather, he was somewhat appreciative.

Xu Ran listened and squinted.

Golden Body?

His eyes were filled with confusion.

Not only him, even the three soul bodies watching Xu Ran’s trials were in a bewildered state.

"Golden Body? What is that?" The junior sister’s puzzled voice emerged.

For her, laziness was the biggest enemy; if not because of this, given her talent in cultivating spiritual power, she might have achieved Great Power long ago.

This apathy led her to remain ignorant of some well-known events recorded in ancient texts.