There was no helping it. After witnessing Cheng Tian's group almost unscathedly slaughter the Tongtian River forces from start to finish, no one could possibly remain indifferent.
Although they had prayed that Cheng Tian's group would leave the instance immediately after finishing off the Goldfish Spirit, it now seemed that had been nothing more than wishful thinking.
Those people had clearly come prepared and knew that Chechi Kingdom contained quests that could improve the final main quest evaluation.
...But what could they do? Go up and persuade them to leave? On what grounds? Based on the strength of people like them, who had not even been able to lend a hand in the campaign against the Goldfish Spirit?
The guy leading the trio wore an obviously bitter expression, looking deeply unwilling to accept it. But that was how the world worked. The other side was objectively stronger than him. Even if he scrunched up his face like Popeye, it would not change anything.
Cheng Tian had naturally detected these three humanoid units on his Spirit Radar long ago, but his thoughts had clearly taken on the perspective of an observing deity as he scrutinized them.
What he wanted to see was how these three intended to duel the Three Immortals in magic. Would they faithfully reenact the original Journey to the West or the television series? Or, if nothing worked out, how would they fall out with the Three Immortals and enter the combat phase?
If it really came to that, Cheng Tian would gladly give up the improvement to his quest evaluation just to watch their performance.
At this moment, Cheng Tian had begun to show a trace of the observer-like air that frequently emerged in the additional comments beneath descriptions of his skills, equipment, and the like.
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