As for someone like Ye Muxuan, who could catch up with them, Zhendan, Kong Yan, and Li Zheng simply didn't bother engaging with him. A World Lord who had reached the Eighteenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge was far beyond what the word "genius" could describe. Among all the World Lords in the Core Layer of the Five Great Powers, he could probably rank in the top five!
Zhendan and Kong Yan both had a clear understanding of their own abilities. They had reached the Fourteenth Layer, and while they could grit their teeth and try for the Fifteenth Layer as World Lords, getting any higher would be far too difficult. In other words, they had no hope.
Even the King Rank expert escorting them—or, rather, keeping an eye on them as they left—gave Ye Muxuan another look.
"Time's up. Everyone, board the ship!" A hoarse voice rang out as a hatch opened in the belly of the spacecraft.
The group filed aboard. Most of them glanced back at Chaos City a few times. For many, this would be their last visit in their entire lives. Once they left, those who hadn't joined one of the Five Great Powers would no longer be able to study the Chaos Stele or enter places like the Heavenly Bridge and Illusion Sea. They wouldn't even have a way to earn points.
Inside the ship, people chatted and discussed where they would go next. Kong Yan, slender in build, looked at Ye Muxuan, who was standing quietly nearby, and suddenly asked, "Muxuan, where are you planning to go after leaving Chaos City?"
"Following my teacher's arrangements, I still need to make another trip to the Outer Battlefield." Ye Muxuan glanced at her and answered without hiding anything. Though everyone present had their own thoughts,