"It seems we two aren't the only ones who have set their sights on these Great Wilderness Ruins."
Zhang Qingyuan hovered in the void, looking at the space where they had stood moments ago, now destroyed into nothingness and swept through by a storm of energy. His calm expression remained unchanged, his gaze deep and unfathomable.
"How long do you all intend to keep hiding?"
Looking at the nearly empty space before him, Zhang Qingyuan spoke as though he were talking to thin air.
He was in no hurry.
He stood there quietly, with his hands behind his back.
Behind him, Murong Yue looked at the empty heavens ahead, her expression uncertain and alarmed. Yet her body subtly moved a little closer to Zhang Qingyuan.
Not long after,
Buzz!
The void before them twisted, as if water ripples had spread across its surface. A figure stepped out from the empty vacuum.
Almost at the same instant,
It was as if a chain reaction had been triggered.
From every direction—east, south, west, and north—
Auras spread outward one after another. Figures became vaguely visible as they voluntarily released their auras.
"As expected of the number one figure of the younger generation. Old Hu, see? I told you that anyone who could remain alive in that position could not be an ordinary character!"
In the void to the west, a fair-faced scholar dressed in a feather fan and silk headscarf emerged while waving the fan in his hand.
He spoke to the sturdy man beside him, who was bare-chested, had a sturdy build, and whose bulging muscles contained a terrifying force capable of shattering the void.
"He really is formidable. His physique is impressive too. I truly want to have a fight with him!"
Light gleamed in the sturdy man's eyes, which