Sky Sword watched as his earnest strike was blocked by the man before him with a single finger, unable to hide the shock in his eyes.
The reason he knew Prison Demon's name was that secrecy restrictions did not apply to spatial information in this world, and information between different spaces could briefly connect. By using scouting skills, one could tell whether the other party was a native or someone from another space.
In other words, he had also clearly seen Lu Li's overall attributes. They were roughly on par with his own, so he should not have been at a disadvantage in terms of raw stats.
Yet the truth was that his sword intent-filled thrust had been stopped so casually by Lu Li's finger. Humiliation and shock nearly overwhelmed his mind.
Faced with Lu Li's tilted-head question, Sky Sword instinctively retreated. The people watching nearby also stared at Lu Li in uncertainty.
"I thought things would be exciting here before I came. Don't tell me you're going to bore me right from the start."
Seeing Sky Sword retreat, Lu Li did not stop him. He merely stood where he was and rolled his shoulders, his gaze sweeping across the entire field instead of focusing solely on Sky Sword. "I'm in a hurry. Come at me together."
In an instant, the faces of the gathered prodigies turned ugly. Although the rules of the Blood Kill Realm allowed only one victor in each zone, most people still followed the principle of one-on-one combat.
It was not that they did not understand ambushes or group attacks. The main reason was that they knew this grand event of the Blood Kill Realm was being broadcast to and watched by all the major factions of the Divine Martial Continent. Most of them cared about