Suffocating...
They had hostages, yet chose not to use them. That alone was fierce enough.
Even if they had lost, they would have earned admiration.
Yet no one had expected that Li Tianming and the others would win.
Even in a three-against-one fight, facing Zhan Yuance at the fifth level of the Astral Phase Divine Realm—the one currently acknowledged as most likely to obtain a Heavenly Palace slot—defeating him was nothing short of a miracle.
Among the hundred thousand disciples present, almost no one had foreseen such an outcome.
The suffocating, deathly silence continued for a very, very long time.
Most people stared blankly, some even rubbing their eyes, thinking they had seen wrong.
"The strongest disciple was eliminated just like that?"
"Even if it was three against one, this... this is way too outrageous..."
"Fuck! This result is sickening. How could it turn out like this?"
"Are these three disciples from the Green Soul Hall poisonous or something?!"
"I can only call this profound..."
No matter what they said, it showed that everyone was in utter turmoil.
But there was no denying that this was the first time they had truly come to know Li Tianming and the others!
After this battle, the status of these Green Soul Hall disciples in their eyes had changed completely.
"Even in a group assault, Li Tianming's final killing move against Zhan Yuance would have had no problem crushing someone at the fourth level of the Astral Phase Divine Realm."
"His combat strength actually deserves a place in the top ten, perhaps even the top five!"
"The key is that one of Zhan Yuance's Golden Ni Heaven-Piercing Apes was critically wounded and near death, while he himself had both ears chopped off..."
"Though losing his ears won't affect his talent, and they can