As more and more cultivators gathered around the Training Ground, the people from Shadowy Valley and the Spirit Nurturing Sect finally appeared.
Shadowy Valley was still led by Zhao Ganchu this time. Having been publicly slapped in the face by the Spirit Nurturing Sect last time, Zhao Ganchu naturally came along when the chance for revenge arose.
According to Shadowy Valley's deductions, Chen Fei's greatest strength was his divine soul. Now that he had broken through to the Realm Lord Peak, his divine soul would certainly have grown stronger. Reaching the tenth-rank limit was only natural.
With a divine soul at that level, coupled with a soul-based Earthly Divine Skill, even Heavenly Pride Ranking geniuses below the top twenty would be utterly unable to withstand Chen Fei's attacks.
Only Realm Lords whose divine souls had likewise reached the tenth-rank limit and who had cultivated soul-based Earthly Divine Skills could face Chen Fei's attacks without fear.
Liao Gongjin of Shadowy Valley happened to meet all those conditions. His vital energy had also reached the tenth-rank limit, and he had cultivated a vital energy Earthly Divine Skill. That was why Liao Gongjin could rank sixteenth on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
In order to defeat Chen Fei this time, Shadowy Valley had paid no small price to force Liao Gongjin to master a movement-type Earthly Divine Skill.
With three Earthly Divine Skills, and both divine soul and vital energy at the tenth-rank limit, Liao Gongjin's strength was fully enough to enter the top ten of the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
If Liao Gongjin could cultivate his physique to the tenth-rank limit as well, he might even be able to challenge the sixth-ranked spot.
Leaving aside the monsters in the top five, the current eighth through sixth places on the Heavenly Pride Ranking all had