The main hall returned to calm, but the pressure Lin Ming had left in everyone's hearts only grew more intense.
They looked at Lin Ming's figure, their eyes filled with awe and shock.
In just over two short years, Lin Ming had gone from an Early Stage Four-Star Dou Saint after emerging from the Demonic Lightning Pool to someone unfathomable. Even Clan Leader Lei Ying, at the peak of the Eight-Star Dou Saint realm, had been suppressed by him!
For a time, everyone in the main hall had forgotten about the Tier 9 Profound Pill. All of them were still immersed in the aura Lin Ming had released just now, unable to recover for a long while.
Only after a long time did the people of the Lei Clan gradually come to their senses. Yet Lin Ming unhurriedly took a sip of tea before saying, "Clan Leader, I have a personal matter I need to discuss with you alone."
Hearing this, everyone present tactfully began to leave one after another.
As the Lei Clan members gradually departed, only Lin Ming and Lei Ying remained in the main hall.
This spacious and solemn main hall now seemed especially empty. The candle flames on both sides swayed gently in the breeze, stretching the shadows of the two figures long and short, flickering uncertainly across the walls.
Lightning from outside filtered faintly through the towering doors, adding a trace of bleak chill to the quiet space.
Lei Ying sat upright in the seat of honor. His tall, straight body was like a towering mountain peak. Although the aura of an Eight-Star Dou Saint at the peak had been restrained, it still gave off an invisible sense of oppression.
His gaze calmly rested on Lin Ming as he waited for him to speak.
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