The arrival was none other than Duan Chengtian. The moment he heard that Shen Yi had returned, he immediately set aside his work. The Azure Cloud Sect's council of elders had originally decided to place him in charge of the assault on the Supreme Hall. Yet upon receiving the news, he disregarded everything else and rushed here at once, intending to kill Shen Yi in one stroke. As the saying went, to capture bandits, first capture their king. Once Shen Yi was slain, the entire Supreme Hall would collapse without a fight.
"Heh heh, you truly made this old man wait bitterly! Had you returned any later, I fear you would have been greeted by the ruins of the Supreme Hall!"
Duan Chengtian was exceedingly confident. He had invested tremendous effort into wiping out the Supreme Hall. Those Nascent Soul Cultivators Shen Yi had just killed had been his handiwork, and that was merely one part of his plan.
But now that Shen Yi had appeared, none of that was necessary anymore. As long as Shen Yi was killed, the Supreme Hall would no longer be a problem.
"Who would have thought that after a year apart, you would still be this arrogantly conceited!"
Suppressing the fury in his heart, Shen Yi retorted sharply. He had expected this journey to be fraught with difficulties, and that someone would surely come to obstruct him. Yet he had not expected Duan Chengtian to come personally. Still, that was fine. Eliminating him sooner would spare them plenty of trouble.
"Will the four of you come together, or will it be just you?"
Worthy of being a veteran Nascent Soul expert, Duan Chengtian actually intended to challenge all four of them alone. It was clear just how confident he was.
"To deal with you,