With Ling Tian's current strength, even using every means at his disposal, he still couldn't enter the Nine Heavens Profound Blazing Fire barrier. Yet Tan Tai Chang Feng and the others could, and they didn't even have Order Divine Artifacts to protect them. Ling Tian was baffled.
Ling Tian wasn't the only one confused. Ming Ye and the others were puzzled, too. They had met Tan Tai Chang Feng before and knew that his strength was slightly inferior to Ling Tian's. If even Ling Tian couldn't stay in the Nine Heavens Profound Blazing Fire, then Tan Tai Chang Feng and the others certainly shouldn't be able to.
"Could Tan Tai Chang Feng and the others have already advanced to the Near-God level?" Su Ying guessed, then quickly shook her head. "Impossible. Our aptitude and experiences aren't all that different. We haven't even reached the Great Perfection of Saint Immortal, so they should be about the same. How could they have advanced to the Near-God level? There's a huge bottleneck between the Great Perfection of Saint Immortal and the Near-God level."
"It's absolutely impossible for them to have advanced to the Near-God level in the little over a thousand years since we last saw them," Ming Ye said with certainty. Then his tone shifted. "Even if they could advance to the Near-God level, they couldn't stay in the Nine Heavens Profound Blazing Fire for so long. Senior Po Qiong, please sense them carefully again. See if they have a powerful Order Divine Artifact protecting them."
"What, do you doubt my abilities, boy?" Po Qiong said irritably. "Don't forget, I could sense them even from an extremely far distance away from this great drum. They're much closer now than when I sensed those Artifact Spirits. How could I possibly be mistaken?"
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