Seeing the struggle grow ever fiercer, Li Tian sneered inwardly. Just as he had expected, the moment he showed himself, this pack had swooped down like hawks and falcons catching the scent of blood.
The heat was right. Time to add another log to the fire.
Boom!
Li Tian abruptly unleashed the pressure of a fifth-level Great Dao Sage. Like mountains crushing down, it bore straight toward the other four Sages!
His eyes blazed, and his voice boomed like thunder. "I found him first!"
"By what right do you contend with my Jie Sect?"
"This man can only join my Jie Sect!"
Fury churned in his eyes, as though he meant to burn the void to ashes.
The four Sages were slightly shaken by his words.
Yet Jieyin Saint remained unmoved. With a light chuckle, he said, "fellow daoist Li Tian, you are making far too much of this."
"He is merely a living being bearing an unusual omen. Why must you be so enraged?"
Li Tian immediately feigned towering fury and barked, "Have you truly forgotten what Master said back then?"
"This phenomenon..."
His words came to an abrupt halt. It was as if he had suddenly realized he had misspoken; his expression froze, and he promptly fell silent.
The act was executed to perfection.
Deliberately or otherwise, he was linking Shen Gongbao to the "Person destined for the calamity," while further implying that this person might be intimately connected to the Investiture of the Gods List.
The moment those words were spoken, it was like splashing a ladleful of cold water into boiling oil.
All four Sages were shaken to the core.
Li Tian must know the inside story! Otherwise, why would he have come here in person, and why would he be so determined to claim him?