At this moment, within Ice Soul City, those with ambitions for this affair—whether they had come for the Violet Azure Lotus Flame or the Frostsoul Iceheart—had long since formed teams with one another. Even Shi Buyi and his wife had only been hired by her after great difficulty.
That was why she wanted to invite Ye Xiwen to join. Though he was only in the Imperishable Realm, his true combat strength could not be underestimated. She had witnessed that firsthand.
Ye Xiwen alone had beaten Wu Ziyu until he was utterly unable to fight back. Though that had happened over a century ago, he was surely even stronger now.
A hundred years might have been no more than the duration of a single period of seclusion for old antiques, bringing little improvement. But for prodigies still advancing, it was enough to let them take a great stride forward.
The battle just now seemed to prove this point. Though Gu Guangming had not fought with his full strength, not even bringing out one percent of his power, was Ye Xiwen any different?
One had to know that while Wu Ziyu had been strong a century ago, there was still quite a gap between him and Gu Guangming.
Her original intention in recruiting him had been absolutely correct. The only problem was that she had never imagined Gu Guangming and Ye Xiwen would be so incompatible that they started tearing into each other upon their very first meeting.
It gave her an enormous headache.
"It wasn't me who provoked him. I don't want trouble either, but if someone wants to stir things up, I'll let him know what it means to specialize in curing every kind of defiance!" Ye Xiwen sneered.
Zhu Yan'er's headache worsened. Both men were thorns in the flesh,