The First Core Demon Stronghold, Core Area.
Ma Biao was carefully studying the four men before him.
He had already fought Li Tai, Jiang Yun, and Lü Chongrui, and had gained some understanding of their techniques, fighting styles, and strength.
In his eyes, only Li Tai possessed sufficiently refined combat prowess to warrant his attention and had the ability to escape him unscathed.
As for Jiang Yun and Lü Chongrui, although both were budding Heavenly Prodigies far stronger than ordinary True Qi Realm cultivators, the gulf between them and a half-step Core Realm overlord like him was immense.
In a head-on fight to the death, he could crush and defeat them with a casual move, killing them with ease.
Yet at this moment, all of Ma Biao's attention was firmly fixed on the upright young figure on the battlefield.
As he quietly watched, a subtle tremor unexpectedly stirred within his normally steady heart.
With his half-step Core Realm insight and over a century of experience in slaughter, he could clearly sense that this seemingly young man with his elegant, unassuming bearing was far more than an ordinary Heavenly Prodigy.
The man's presence was deep as the sea, contained without the slightest leakage. He seemed unremarkable, yet harbored terrifying strength beyond measure. The power unleashed with every attack far surpassed that of other True Qi Realm cultivators.
A clear, tangible sense of threat quietly arose from the depths of his heart, slowly spreading and lingering there.
That feeling made him deeply uncomfortable.
It was precisely because of this sense of danger that Ma Biao had suppressed his killing intent and refrained from immediately appearing to attack, even as countless subordinates were killed or wounded.
He had chosen to stand hidden in the shadows and quietly observe, probing carefully and considering every