Lin's strange behavior made you want to tease her for no reason, but when you thought of Ye Ping'an's situation, you forcibly suppressed the urge... From the very beginning, you had not sent her to investigate because you suspected Lin. You had wanted to know whether she had also been affected by some technique, which was why she knew nothing. It seemed that was not the case, and you let out a great sigh of relief.
Under these circumstances, the other party had likely used some divine ability to bypass Lin rather than affecting her as well. Though their strength was formidable, it was not as terrifying as imagined. If their concealment relied on certain treasures, their actual strength might not even match yours after your breakthrough.
After all, although Lin's cultivation realm was equivalent to the Supreme Rank of a minor heaven, she was practically at the bottom among them. Moreover, she was not skilled in perception, and her divine soul was not her forte. Thus, the shock in your heart was nowhere near as great as Yuan Jie and the others'.
Still, Lin was a Supreme Rank cultivator. Being able to achieve this much showed that the other party was no ordinary figure among the Supreme Ranks of a minor heaven. At the very least, Bao Qiong and the Flame Winged Clear Sinking Demon probably could not have done this.
More than half of Bao Qiong's strength lay in his unfathomable unique divine abilities and the Heaven and Earth Dome Prison. He was not weak in actual combat, but he also had his weaknesses. As for the Flame Winged Clear Sinking Demon, only those Clear Sinking Eyes of his were passable. His ability to change forms looked intimidating, but aside from the Clear Sinking Eyes, he was no