Refinement

The few Ascended Experts of the Main World were all enormously famous. Almost every cultivator had heard their names, but very few had ever seen them truly make a move.

Being trapped in Heaven was certainly dangerous, but everyone was still somewhat eager to watch these big shots fight.

Yet the reality was somewhat disappointing.

Compared to the peak competitors, whose moves were often spectacular and overwhelming, these Ascended Experts seemed rather restrained when they acted. Take the Pope, for example. As a fellow member of the Elemental School, Xue Lan had not even reached the peak, yet one Ultimate Move of hers could cover the entire arena. If not for the defensive barrier, its range would have been even greater.

Yet the Pope, standing at the pinnacle of the Elemental School, had merely fired a blue-white ray when casting his freezing spell. After hitting its target, it only froze the giant angel's hand holding the spear, seemingly causing no real damage.

Likewise, the other Ascended Experts mainly circled around the Great Angels in battle, only occasionally unleashing one or two skills that appeared neither painful nor threatening. It was completely different from the world-shattering spectacle everyone had imagined. Later on, as the Ascended Experts paired off against the angels, they moved farther and farther away from Sky Island until the battle itself could no longer be seen.

"Do you think these big shots might be putting on an act to test us?" someone among the audience members sheltering in the arena voiced a doubt. "What is there to test us on..." the person beside him frowned. "Testing the competitors would be one thing, but why test us?" "Still, the skills they're using do seem a little underwhelming," another person said. "Maybe they really are testing the competitors, and we're