"Gentlemen, hear me out. How about we call it off here?"
A tall figure stood upright atop the golden spear, his smile as bright as sunshine. Even amid the ruins of shattered walls and rubble, nothing could conceal the brilliance in that smile.
First on the Heaven Rankings, Shen Cangsheng.
Xu Huang was about to speak when several figures appeared in the sky one after another.
His eyes narrowed as he swept his gaze over them.
What a lively gathering. They had all come.
Bai Ye, meanwhile, looked first at Shen Cangsheng in the center. That spear thrust had seemed like nothing more than a sudden intervention, yet it had forcibly torn apart the collision of momentum between him and Xu Huang, forcing them both to halt their movements.
Clearly, from that strike alone, Shen Cangsheng's strength surpassed both him and Xu Huang.
Sensing Bai Ye's gaze, Shen Cangsheng gave him a faint smile.
Bai Ye narrowed his eyes and avoided returning the look, turning instead toward the figures in the air.
He recognized several of the faces, but many more were utterly unfamiliar to him.
But that was not important.
What mattered was that, judging by the fluctuations of their spiritual energy, not a single one of these suddenly appearing figures was weaker than Xu Huang had been.
"Some people really do grow more pathetic with age, fussing over every little thing with a freshman."
The speaker was a man with an alluringly sinister face. Bai Ye felt that he ought to have seen him somewhere before.
Thunder Domain.
Xu Huang merely shot him a sideways glance and did not respond.
He had never liked explaining himself. He did not believe they had failed to witness what had just happened. This freshman was nothing like the others before him.