As Yang An pondered, the disturbance here vanished, and Du Ze appeared in the distance.
When he saw Yang An alone, Du Ze's eyes filled with shock as he approached.
Only upon reaching Yang An's side did he finally notice Xing Shangxuan's current state. He immediately understood that Xing Shangxuan had been suppressed and sealed by Yang An. He drew a long breath, his emotions too complicated to describe.
How long had it been? Yang An could already suppress someone like Xing Shangxuan. Compared to him, who had broken through by relying on the Minor Grotto-Heaven, he was simply utter trash.
The recently rebuilt Emei Prefecture had been more than half destroyed, with little remaining. But Du Ze no longer cared about that.
"Elder Yang..."
He took a deep breath.
"This is a great calamity. I fear we will face even greater trouble next."
Du Ze was no fool. He could tell at a glance why Yang An had not killed Xing Shangxuan and had merely sealed him instead.
But he also understood that such a measure could not hold for long. Sooner or later, those in Kunlun Prefecture who were birds of a feather with Xing Shangxuan would notice that something was wrong.
Yang An was considering precisely this problem. The troubles bound to arrive later gave him quite a headache.
On one side was pressure from the Origin World; on the other was pressure from within Earth itself.
In the end, his strength was still insufficient. If he possessed enough strength, there would be no need to consider such matters at all. Whoever was an evil demon could simply be punched to death.
But the greater problem now was that he could improve his strength, yet he needed time to grow.
The delaying tactic could not be changed