Outside the deliberation hall.
When Li Qingyun arrived, Xia Gao, Ji Ruyue, Ji Leng, Yu Ji, Daoist Hong Yun, and the others were still waiting, while Xia Ying had already entered the solemn hall, whose pressure rolled outward like layer upon layer of monstrous waves.
This hall had previously been where the Deputy Directors of the General Patrol Cosmos Department deliberated together. Whenever major matters arose over which they disagreed, Yin Di and the other former Deputy Directors would argue until they were red in the face and ears, before the minority ultimately obeyed the majority.
"Brother Shang!"
"Army Lord Shang..."
Ji Ruyue, Ji Leng, Xi Yixian, Yu Ji, and a Fu Clan King's bloodline Supreme Being who had arrived earlier all had some connection with Li Qingyun. They showed a measure of warmth and nodded, sending voice transmissions in greeting.
Daoist Hong Yun and the others, however, remained indifferent, without the slightest intention of drawing close. They regarded Li Qingyun entirely as a highly threatening competitor.
Li Qingyun nodded in response to each of them.
At last, his gaze naturally met Xia Gao's, who had been watching him all along.
Meeting again, both of them could not help recalling the scene of their first encounter at Funiu Dock.
Back then, Li Qingyun had been no more than an ant, while Xia Gao and his sister had been lofty Eternal Emperor Blood descendants beyond his reach. Their identities and statuses had not even existed on the same level.
Yet three years later, Li Qingyun had relied on his formidable strength and incomparably sharp combat methods to carve out the name of Eternal War God.
He was already qualified to stand on equal footing with Xia Gao!
Even though Xia Gao and Xia Ying were regarded throughout the Eternal Myriad Universes