"Phew! Phew!"
Several thousand miles away,
At a certain mountain peak,
Situ Yuan, fleeing at top speed, landed atop a great tree on the summit.
One hand clutched his chest while the other braced against the trunk as he gulped down great breaths of air.
At this moment, cold sweat drenched his entire body, and the clothes on his back were thoroughly soaked.
That terrifying scene from before kept resurfacing in his mind!
It had felt as though the entire world had fallen into dark extinction, as incomparable pressure swept over him, ready to crush him into nothingness the very next instant!
"It was actually that terrifying!"
"I, Situ Yuan, am already at the third level of the Spirit Wandering realm, yet the aura he released frightened me so badly that I could not move. I nearly wondered whether I would die there!"
"Could it be that he is already close to taking that final step?!"
Situ Yuan sucked in a cold breath.
In an instant, his face twisted into a savage distortion.
But very quickly,
He forcibly suppressed that surge of emotion in his heart.
His expression gradually recovered, returning to normal.
"Impossible! That step is not so easily crossed!"
"His talent was not particularly outstanding to begin with. The only reason he secured a place among the Seven Sons of the Immortal Sect was because he picked up an advantage. How could the heavenly barrier of the Mysterious Pill realm possibly be crossed so easily by him?!"
"Hmph! He is merely putting on a bluff!"
Situ Yuan snorted coldly, convinced that there was an eighty percent chance he had seen through the other party's trick.
However,
Situ Yuan only dared claim eighty percent certainty in his heart; he did not dare say he was absolutely certain.
As that