Great Xia, Linhai Battlefield.
Qin Miaoyu and the others watched the satellite feed. During the battle, they had only been able to follow the fighting by tracking its energy.
Even a Third Grade fighter, let alone a First Grade one, gave off enough power and pressure to disrupt the satellite image. There was no way to see the fight itself.
"It's Jiang Li!"
"He came, and he turned the tide!"
"An SS-Class Beast Tide, over just like that."
Qin Miaoyu, Yun Fei, and the others stared blankly at the empty image.
It was all over now. Only the earth-shattering scars remained to show how terrifying the battle had been.
And then there was the dragon's roar that had made them tremble. What kind of battle could send its echoes all the way here from the Barren Sea Battlefield?
Jiang Li had reached a height beyond their comprehension.
The Military Department's senior officers, including Qin Kunpeng, had learned something else.
Jiang Li had reached Second Grade!
He had only recently become a Third Grade Martial Venerable, yet he had already broken through to Second Grade. He had even slain a Second Grade ancient pureblood Demon King at Immortal Ridge... The staggering news passed up through the ranks, all the way to Military Department headquarters.
"Maybe he was the one who saved us back then, too," Ren Siyue said softly, remembering what had happened at Dongxing Village.
Qin Miaoyu's expression was the most complicated of all. She could feel the gap between her and Jiang Li growing wider.
Even if she gave everything she had, she could not keep up with him.
An inexplicable, twisting pain gripped her heart, and Qin Miaoyu braced both hands against the console before her.
By then, Jiang Li had ridden the Black-and-Yellow Sacred Chariot back