Lord Xuanyan fell silent at those words.
As a powerful race, the Human Race had naturally obtained intelligence on the geniuses of the other two peak races and their performances in their respective Genius Tournaments, especially the appearance of the two ninth-tier geniuses.
Just moments ago, when they had entered the Secret Realm passage and the geniuses of the Yuan Race and Shi Race had briefly left the protection of their respective Dominators, Xuanyan had instinctively paid attention to the makeup of their teams.
As a result, he had noticed something unusual.
Even after every genius from both races had vanished into the Vortex at the Secret Realm entrance, Xuanyan still hadn't seen the two ninth-tier geniuses highlighted in the intelligence reports.
"They haven't given up on this Secret Realm, but their strongest ninth-tier geniuses didn't come."
Xuanyan furrowed his brow and pondered for a moment. Then his expression darkened.
The Myriad Secret Realm concerned Source Essence. No peak race would give it up lightly, and they were bound to send the strongest Star Core Level forces of their generation.
There were only a few possible explanations for the ninth-tier geniuses' absence.
First, they had hidden their strength and disguised themselves as eighth-tier geniuses or lower.
But that was highly unlikely. In the instant they had left their Dominators' protection and been exposed to the perceptions of all the Lords, perfectly disguising their lower-tier auras without being detected would have required a Dominator to personally conceal them.
And there would have been little point in doing that.
Second, they had other pressing business and couldn't take part in this Secret Realm.
But what could be more important than obtaining Source Essence and building a foundation for their race's future?
Third—
Xuanyan's gaze gradually turned cold.
Third, they weren't sitting this