"Four or five," Lu Xiaotian said casually.
Everyone present, even Yun Cangyue and the others, sucked in a sharp breath. They had personally experienced the might of late-stage Integrated Body old monsters, and could hardly imagine Lu Xiaotian facing so many of them before his breakthrough. Against late-stage powerhouses, an Integrated Body middle-stage cultivator had no chance of standing up to them alone.
Even if Lu Xiaotian had surely joined forces with others, they had so many people fighting him right now and still couldn't get the better of him. If Lu Xiaotian were their enemy, less than half of them would still be alive.
Lu Xiaotian had not only dealt with a great many late-stage old monsters, but had also made it through unscathed. His strength was simply inconceivable.
People like Ban Qianchi and Pig Seven had actually witnessed Lu Xiaotian's astonishing sword arts and divine abilities. Though they had their suspicions, it had never occurred to them that the sword cultivator might be Lu Xiaotian himself. After all, Lu Xiaotian had clearly been somewhere else at the time.
In the days that followed, Lu Xiaotian kept an eye out for any sign of Luo Ping'er or other important news, but otherwise didn't wander around. He stayed in the Red Moon Desert and focused on cultivation. From time to time, he personally sparred with Bali, Yun Cangyue, and Yun Xiaoqi. After their previous experiences, and with Lu Xiaotian openly admitting that his breakthrough had also come from repeatedly fighting late-stage Integrated Body powerhouses, the Integrated Body experts all wanted a chance to spar with him whenever they had time.
Given their strength, the only way they could spar with him was to attack together. Yet every time, Lu Xiaotian crushed them under his overwhelming pressure.
Under that immense pressure,