"Was that Long Aotian?!"
The crowd wasn't as shaken as they'd expected. Instead, doubts began to stir in their hearts.
They could feel the Immortal Emperor pressure Long Aotian was releasing, but this was nothing like the grand entrance they'd imagined for an Immortal Emperor.
There were no flashy, one-strike-kills-nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine effects, nor any rousing background music. If they hadn't known better, they would've thought some Immortal King had arrived.
While everyone else was focused on the effects of his entrance, Ye Chen, Yi Tianji, and the others were on high alert.
Long Aotian had changed equipment, so his combat strength had dropped considerably, and his imposing entrance had lost much of its impact. But he was still an Immortal Emperor. Killing them would be as easy as crushing ants.
At that moment...
Two figures stood steadily atop a distant tree.
They were none other than Qing Tian and Ye Long.
Ever since Director Qin had finished supervising the work in the Northern Region and left, they had followed Ye Chen and the others all the way to the South Region.
Ye Chen's being hunted down during that time had mostly been because they'd sold his coordinates.
Selling coordinates didn't earn them much, but they made up for it with sheer frequency!
"There goes our money-making scheme!"
Seeing Long Aotian make such an unimpressive entrance, Ye Long knew his path to riches was gone.
"Not necessarily!"
Qing Tian replied calmly, "Long Aotian got here so quickly because Lingxiao Immortal Emperor is about to arrive. That's why Miss Dongfang and Bairi decided to squeeze out one last bit of credit."
"So that means..."
Ye Long turned to look at him. "There's going to be an Immortal Emperor battle soon, and Ye Chen has a good chance of slipping away in the chaos?!"