She stopped teasing Qin Yan and slowly said, "A Vein Lord from Emperor Fall Valley has brought the valley's elite prodigies here to compete against the prodigies of our East Academy in an Arena Tournament."
An Arena Tournament?
Emperor Fall Valley?
Qin Yan frowned slightly.
Seeing Qin Yan's expression, Huang Jiuli realized that he might not know about Emperor Fall Valley and thoughtfully explained it to him.
"Emperor Fall Valley is a superpower located in the Origin Realm. There are eight lineages within the valley, and every Vein Lord is a True Emperor Realm expert."
As she said this, Huang Jiuli's tone was filled with gravity.
True Emperor Realm—those were experts standing at the pinnacle of All Heavens, a height countless Martial Artists could never reach even after devoting their entire lives to it.
Yet Emperor Fall Valley possessed eight True Emperor Realm experts. With all eight lineages standing together, the depth of this faction's foundation was evident.
The Phoenix Divine Mountain she belonged to was also located in the Origin Realm.
Phoenix Divine Mountain was a superpower within the Origin Realm. In terms of strength, it was evenly matched with Emperor Fall Valley.
It was precisely because she understood Emperor Fall Valley's might that Huang Jiuli wore such a grave expression.
"And this time, that Vein Lord brought seven disciples. There are eight disciples present on our side in total, so—"
Huang Jiuli stopped there and looked around.
Naturally, Qin Yan understood what she had left unsaid.
Including himself, the eight Heavenly Stairway clearers present were all proud, monstrous geniuses.
No one would be willing to become the eighth person eliminated. This also meant that before they had even fought Emperor Fall Valley's disciples, an invisible layer of competition had already arisen among them.
However, Qin Yan felt no