Source Crystal Beasts and Source Cores

"Now I understand!"

After listening to Qi Dongming and the others explain, Hou Yanqing nodded, then looked at Qin Shaofeng and said with a smile, "It seems Junior Brother Qin's domain has already reached the Second Heaven, hasn't it?"

"Ha, you flatter me, Senior Brother Hou. I only used a few methods to temporarily raise my domain to the Second Heaven, and I can only maintain it for a few breaths. Your strength, on the other hand, is truly impressive. If it were me, I couldn't have protected these sixty or seventy people!"

As he spoke, Qin Shaofeng pointed at some of the people who had followed them inside.

Only now did Qin Shaofeng realize that there were far more than twenty people following Hou Yanqing. There were actually fifty or sixty.

That was enough people to make up three squads, which made Qin Shaofeng rather curious.

If they had three squads, then by rights there should have been at least six Heaven Saint Stage geniuses with domains!

But aside from Hou Yanqing himself, there were only three Heaven Saint Stage geniuses with domains among the fifty or sixty people.

The numbers didn't add up.

"Hmph, it's all because of that Zhou Yan. If not for him, we'd have had even more people!"

Li Kai was the one who suddenly spoke up, his voice full of resentment.

As if recalling something that infuriated him, Li Kai began recounting what they had gone through earlier.

It turned out they had originally been just one squad, but they had soon encountered another squad, which also belonged to the Heavenly War Pavilion.

Since they were all on the same side, they naturally joined forces and traveled together.

In fact, this time, not only the Heavenly War Pavilion but the other factions as well