Uncle Shan's words were light, but his tone brooked no argument.
Jin Lie Ancient God and Yun Mo, the Second Young Venerable, were delighted to hear it. Neither saw anything wrong with Uncle Shan's claim.
The reason was simple.
Uncle Shan had long since become a titan of the Nine-Wheel Realm. He had spent years tempering his undying heavenly wheel in the Central Ring, at the edge of the Boundary Sea.
Outsiders could scarcely guess how strong he had become.
They could only say with certainty that he far surpassed Nine-Wheel Realm titans who had not undergone that tempering.
With Uncle Shan's strength, killing an Eight-Wheel Realm cultivator like Golden Lotus Ancient God would be as easy as crushing an ant. Unless Golden Lotus Ancient God could keep hiding and never let Uncle Shan find him, the outcome was assured.
"Then I'll leave everything in your hands, Uncle Shan."
Yun Mo bowed respectfully.
Meanwhile...
At the Yin-Yang Sacred Palace, He Tian, the Third Young Venerable, was just as stunned.
"Impossible. This can't be possible..."
"How could that Golden Lotus Ancient God have grown so strong so quickly?"
"The Eight-Wheel Realm..."
"He even took on two Eight-Wheel Realm experts from the Jiuwu Blade at once and killed them with ease. How did that bastard do it?"
By now...
He Tian had begun to panic.
He had realized that, without noticing it, he had gone out of his way to provoke a deeply troublesome foe.
So little time had passed, yet Golden Lotus Ancient God could already kill two Eight-Wheel Realm experts from the Jiuwu Blade in a one-against-two fight. He had even declared that he would wipe out the entire Jiuwu Blade.
It was easy to see what would happen if Golden Lotus Ancient God became a Nine-Wheel Realm titan: he