Overwhelming Strength, Crushing Foes to Establish Prestige

On Spirit Pond Peak, killing intent quietly rose in a vast clearing within the forest.

"Come out. Sneaking around like that—are you trying to be rats?" Lin Langtian stood with his hands behind his back, occasionally glancing toward several shadowy spots as he spoke indifferently.

As Lin Langtian's calm voice spread, the forest remained silent.

However, after the silence lasted for more than a dozen breaths, faint footsteps finally sounded.

Five figures slowly emerged from the depths of the lush greenery and stopped not far from Lin Langtian.

The five wore uniforms of different colors, with different patterns embroidered on their chests, indicating that they came from different factions.

However, those factions all appeared to have some connection to Calamity Palace.

The five merely stood there, yet overwhelming Spiritual Power pressure spread outward.

Five pairs of somewhat gloomy eyes locked firmly onto Lin Langtian like venomous snakes.

Lin Langtian's black eyes also settled upon the five men. Judging from the Spiritual Power pressure emanating from them, these four were all at the Second-grade Supreme level and had likely reached the mid-stage of Second-grade Supreme.

In terms of strength, even among Qiankun Sect's many commanders, the five could be considered outstanding.

To deal with him, the Calamity King had truly gone to considerable lengths.

As Lin Langtian's path was blocked, countless gazes below Spirit Pond Peak suddenly shifted toward the Spiritual Power light mirror displaying his location. Clearly, they had all noticed what was happening there.

When they saw the five people before Lin Langtian, surprise flashed through many eyes, followed by hushed murmurs.

"Those five seem to be the five leaders of the Heaven Mountain Alliance, known as the Heaven Mountain Quintet. From the looks of it, they intend to deal with Silver Mist Palace's new commander."

"Mm... the Heaven