"Clan Leader Bai Yun is immensely powerful. A Nine-star Dou Sheng is indeed extraordinarily formidable."
"Clan Leader Lei's Thunder is also extremely troublesome. If the opportunity arises, I would like to test it myself." Bai Yun replied with a light smile. He was neither aggressive nor self-deprecating, and remained quite courteous.
While the clan leaders chatted and laughed, and the people below were still shocked by the previous scene and discussing it, Gu Yuan's gaze turned toward a patch of space beyond the Ancient Realm.
"Hun Tiandi, with your status, why bother sneaking around like this!"
His voice, infused with Dou Qi, resounded like muffled thunder. In an instant, everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they all followed Gu Yuan's gaze. Numerous Ancient Clan experts rose into the air, their eyes fixed warily on the outside world.
"Hun Tiandi...!" Xiao Heng's expression changed at once as well.
Hun Tiandi—the greatest mastermind behind the scenes, a peak Nine-star Dou Sheng. Across the entire continent, ever since Xiao Xuan's fall, perhaps only two could contend with him. One was Gu Yuan; the other should not be called a person, but a dragon. Yet that dragon had discovered the secret too early and become a gatekeeping dragon, unable to move. Apart from those two, even Bai Yun, a Nine-star Dou Sheng himself, likely would not last long against Hun Tiandi.
"Ancient Clan, be on guard...!"
The Ancient Clan's Great Elder roared. The Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan soared into the sky, along with numerous Ancient Clan elders, the Black Mist Army, and countless other Ancient Clan experts.
The Ancient Clan's many experts appeared, every one of them facing a great enemy. The noisy voices gradually fell silent beneath Gu Yuan's calm gaze. The only sound that remained was everyone's breathing.
"Hehe, after all