"Yeah, like they had some deep-seated grudge."
"Also, Li Tianming had only just arrived in the Hunyuan Realm not long ago, right? And Haowen Academy was her beloved haunt, wasn't it? How could the sword dao there possibly have been passed on to Li Tianming?"
The eliminated geniuses from all sides whispered among themselves, occasionally sneaking puzzled glances at Yang Mianmian, then seeming to marvel at Li Tianming's "feat."
"There must be something wrong, Father!"
Yang Mianmian still could not accept it.
She had even imagined that, if Li Tianming had been hiding his true abilities and ultimately defeated her to obtain the right to comprehend it, that was at least within the realm of possibility. She just had not expected herself to be eliminated like this.
She had seen it clearly. After Li Tianming entered the maze, he had only glanced a few times at that Xuanye Lingtian!
In fact—
Everything she found impossible to believe was also unfolding atop that black floating platform.
"Dean Wen?"
Yang Cheng wore a baffled expression as he asked, "Could... Li Tianming have cultivated Xuanye Lingtian beforehand through some other channel?"
Dean Wen had long since fallen into deep thought.
Seeing that many people were looking at him, he said, "The probability is very low. I am inclined to believe that he happened to be perfectly suited to this sword dao and comprehended it thoroughly at astonishing speed."
"Uh... there has never been anyone in history who comprehended it that quickly, has there?" Huan Jingyuan muttered from nearby.
Yang Cheng drew a deep breath, equally bewildered. He tried to digest this scene that defied all common sense, only to find that he simply could not swallow it.
After all, Li Tianming's Divine Treasury score had increased by one hundred points this time, indicating