Within the main hall, whether it was Second Hall Master ? Xiao, Lie Yu, Yu Wuming, and the other three Hall Masters, or Gu Yue, whom Ye Zhen had knocked to the ground and who dared not so much as twitch beneath the Great Force Hammer hanging above his head, all were utterly shocked by the strength Ye Zhen had displayed today.
Even First Hall Master Su Chilun, seated opposite Ye Zhen with a cup in hand, could not hide the astonishment in his eyes.
The strength Ye Zhen had shown today was simply too formidable!
It was not that these five Hall Masters were fools, nor that they knew nothing of outside affairs.
On the contrary, Su Chilun and the others had all sent disciples to the battlefield, so they understood Ye Zhen's strength.
Some among them had even carefully watched the Imprint Jade Slip recording Ye Zhen's battle against Ao Qin, Gu Yue among them.
They had all formed a rough judgment of Ye Zhen's strength.
In the right environment, Ye Zhen, who had deeply cultivated the killing art of the Sunset Divine Shot, possessed combat power close to the peak of the Creation Realm Divine Being realm—perhaps even slightly greater.
But that was all!
Once deprived of the Sunset Divine Shot, Ye Zhen was merely a powerful Dao Realm cultivator. If he could display the combat power of an Early-stage Creation Realm Divine Being, that would already be his limit.
That was precisely why Gu Yue had dared provoke Ye Zhen today.
Though Gu Yue's cultivation was only at the Late-stage Creation Realm Divine Being realm, he came from the Mystic Gate Sect and possessed countless Divine Abilities and Secret Arts. In the open wilderness, he might have had to treat Ye Zhen with great caution.
But