Southern Region of Central Plains, Star Realm!
Inside the Cloud Gate Main Hall, powerful experts had gathered. Qing Yanjing sat in the seat of honor, her expression solemn.
Below her, many powerful experts had assembled, and nearly every one of them possessed an aura that transcended the mundane.
Those who could enter the hall at this time were either of distinguished status or possessed exceptional strength.
In terms of cultivation, they were all Dou Saint-level experts.
At the center of the hall stood four figures, their four overwhelming auras radiating an air of supremacy that shook all directions and looked down upon the world.
"Four of you, how did it go?"
A trace of inquiry filled Qing Yanjing's beautiful eyes.
This was their first formal encounter with the mastermind lurking behind the scenes.
She was rather eager to learn the mastermind's origins.
"We couldn't stop it. That guy got away!"
Huang Ling'er sighed softly.
"What? That guy actually escaped?"
The hall immediately erupted like water droplets falling into boiling oil.
The many experts began discussing among themselves. With such a lineup, they had still failed to keep the mastermind behind the scenes?
"It escaped?"
Qing Yanjing's pupils contracted slightly, and a flicker of shock crossed her eyes.
She knew better than anyone what sort of lineup they had mobilized this time.
There were two and a half combatants capable of reaching the Half-Emperor level alone.
And that was on top of two Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng Experts.
Such strength was enough to turn the entire Dou Qi Continent upside down.
Even if it was not their full force, Cloud Gate had deployed at least half of its top-tier combat strength.
And even so, the mastermind had escaped?
Had the mastermind's strength already reached such a level?
So high that even