Ren Changqing stood there dazed for a long while.
As if gradually coming back to his senses, he let out a long breath.
He raised his eyes toward the mountaintop, where Su Yi resided.
Then, beneath countless stunned gazes, Ren Changqing bent deeply in a formal salute before turning and leaving.
Everyone was stunned at first, then deeply moved.
Without question, Ren Changqing, the leading figure of the Southern Fire Region, had been completely won over by Su Yi's single strike!
"Was Master Su's sword strike truly that terrifying?"
Only after Ren Changqing's figure vanished from Eastern Profound Peak did someone finally ask the question.
"Precisely because even we could not see the slightest clue was lord Su's sword all the more terrifying, was it not?"
Someone muttered.
The crowd looked at one another, their emotions surging.
They had all understood why.
It was simple: their strength and discernment were too far beneath his. They simply could not glimpse the mysteries contained within that sword strike!!
That very day, news that Ren Changqing had been unable to withstand a single sword strike from Su Yi spread throughout the place of Immortal Arrival, causing an enormous uproar.
In particular, after learning the details of that battle, who knew how many people trembled in shock, their hearts pounding in fear.
"Even Ren Changqing was powerless to resist and could only sit waiting for death?"
"What kind of terrifying sword strike was that?"
"Have you heard? From beginning to end, Su Yi did not merely refuse to regard Ren Changqing as an opponent—he did not regard anyone else as one either!"
...Discussion rose and fell throughout the various camps.
Western Cold Peak.
Qin Suxin gently pushed open the lattice window. Her cool, clear eyes gazed distantly toward Eastern Profound Peak, her expression