After all, Lu Xiaotian was no ordinary third-grade Pill Saint. First, he had fought the many Profound Immortals of the Yu Xuan Celestial Court, letting the Honghao Celestial Court vent its anger. Then he earned the esteem of Daoist Yihua and helped him rescue Xue Daoyuan, the vice lord of Nine Central City. Now he had cultivated to such a stunning level. Given time, he would surely become another Daoist Yihua in the Pill Palace. He might even surpass him: after fighting Lu Xiaotian, Huo Gang felt that Lu Xiaotian's future potential could be far greater than Daoist Yihua's.
Though Daoist Yihua had advanced his alchemy and cultivation side by side, at heart he was still more a fourth-grade Pill Saint, with a greater focus on alchemy. Lu Xiaotian, too, had extraordinary attainments in alchemy, and was said to have defeated Daoist Yihua's prized disciple. By all rights, he should have been more focused on alchemy as well. Yet after clashing with him, they had discovered that Lu Xiaotian's cultivation was astonishingly high. Even though they were punishers who possessed secret arts bestowed by the Heavenly Punisher, and had seized countless first-tier Heavenly Immortals to stand trial at the Heavenly Punishment Palace, they had found no good opportunity against Lu Xiaotian.
Even after they had used the Wind-Settling Pearl, the situation had still spiraled out of control.
"I can't sense anything. The power of the wind laws inside the Wind-Settling Pearl seems stronger than before, and it's extremely chaotic." The goateed old man Mo shook his head.
"At this point, all we can do is watch and wait. First, surround the Wind-Settling Pearl and see how things develop afterward." Huo Gang was at a loss for the moment. Their only option now was to wait.
In the punishers' eyes, the