The smile vanished from Dou Tian Emperor Venerable's face. Beneath his calm gaze lay nothing but scrutiny.
Being able to fight a top-tier prodigy—even if one won—was not all that remarkable.
After all, there were always stronger and weaker prodigies among prodigies, and victories and defeats would naturally arise.
But fighting two alone was different. Far too different.
Put it this way: between two prodigies, victory or defeat often required no more than a tenth—no, perhaps even five percent.
In other words, being less than half a level stronger was basically enough to determine the outcome.
So there was a gap, but it was not a large one—perhaps not even half a level.
But facing two top-tier prodigies at once was different. Its nature was entirely different. That was surpassing them—utter, complete surpassing.
The gap between the two sides was at least two levels, perhaps even three.
It sounded as though it was merely one extra level, but in truth, that distance was immensely, immensely vast. So vast that the other two prodigies might never catch up, no matter how hard they tried.
After all, the room for growth available to prodigies of the higher alien races was already very limited. They were standing at the very limit.
It was not that they could not advance at all. If they paid an enormous price, it could be done. But that price was simply too great—so great that even a little growth might be enough to cultivate another prodigy of equal standing.
Therefore, in a situation like this, rather than thinking about how to improve, it was far simpler to just kill the other side.
It saved resources and eliminated a potential enemy. Any way one looked at it, it was worth it.
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