Just as things on Ji Ting's side had wrapped up, an astonishing aura surged from Hall Master Lei Peng, slightly stronger than the one from Bamboo Monk Lan Yun.
Lu Xiaotian looked astonished. Hall Master Lei Peng had only just fully recovered with the Myriad-Peng Origin Demon Crystal, and had already surpassed his former peak.
After joining forces with the other experts to kill Emperor Niao the Demon Peng, a genuine Devil Lord, Hall Master Lei Peng had actually broken through his own shackles and begun advancing toward a higher level.
His progress was even faster than Bamboo Monk Lan Yun's, and his aura was stronger, too.
After his surprise, Lu Xiaotian thought carefully about everything that had happened to Hall Master Lei Peng lately and found it only natural.
As Emperor Niao the Demon Peng's senior fellow disciple, Hall Master Lei Peng had never been weak. It was just that, back then, Emperor Niao had used despicable methods to kill their master and usurp the position of Devil Lord, then ambushed and imprisoned Hall Master Lei Peng for all these years.
Hall Master Lei Peng's only problem was the severe depletion of his origin and the fact that he had been held back for so long. It wasn't that he lacked talent.
With a sacred relic of the Peng clan like the Myriad-Peng Origin Demon Crystal, Hall Master Lei Peng had received an immense stroke of fortune—one that even a Devil Lord like Emperor Niao the Demon Peng could only hope to encounter.
After recovering and surpassing his former strength, he had personally joined the other experts in killing Emperor Niao the Demon Peng, finally resolving the knot that had tormented him for countless years. Hall Master Lei Peng had also welcomed a new beginning. With the recent, successive