Nine sidled over, looked Li Bufan up and down, and suddenly grinned. "Not bad, kid. When I ran into that thing back then, I nearly died. You managed to come back alive and kicking. You're a hell of a lot better than me."
Li Bufan said nothing. Several of his meridians were ruptured, and his internal organs were damaged; he could hardly be called "alive and kicking." But he knew this was Nine's way of acknowledging him.
Five ignored Nine's interruption and continued asking, "What level has your comprehension of divine will reached?"
"I've only just reached minor mastery," Li Bufan answered honestly.
The smile on Nine's face suddenly froze. "Huh? Minor mastery? You encountered that thing when you've only just reached minor mastery?"
He paused, then pressed further. "How many divine wills have you comprehended?"
"Seven."
The moment Li Bufan uttered that word, silence fell over the valley.
Even the wind seemed to stop for an instant, and several more of the seated figures slowly opened their eyes.
Five's brows also drew together slightly, a clear, bright gaze sweeping back and forth over Li Bufan.
The silence lasted for quite some time.
Only then did Five speak slowly, a trace of gravity in the voice. "Kid, you're not lying about comprehending seven, are you?"
Li Bufan nodded. "Of course not."
Nine suddenly burst into wild laughter. "Hahaha! Good, good, good! Kid, release them and let us have a look!"
Li Bufan glanced at him, his tone indifferent. "What's so difficult about that?"
With a thought, the seven divine wills in his Sea of Consciousness lit up simultaneously.
The seven divine wills of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and lightning spiraled out of his body like seven roaming dragons, slowly churning around him.
As Li Bufan released his divine