Preliminary Round, somewhere.
Having shaken off his pursuers and confirmed that no one was following, Li Su stopped running. Instead, he found an inconspicuous spot and slipped straight inside. After making a few minor arrangements to ensure that his aura would not leak out, he immediately closed his eyes and began sensing the Witch Sage Seed within his body.
He did not even try to suppress the fluctuations within him, leave the preliminary round, return to the High Tower, and act only after he was completely safe.
It was not because he was in such a desperate hurry to reach the Taiyi level.
No, he was indeed in a desperate hurry—to advance to Taiyi and become a Profound Immortal in the shortest possible time.
But the very reason for that thought was not his longing for the Taiyi Profound Immortal realm, but the Human Emperor Dynasty's actions.
At first, he had thought the Human Emperor Dynasty was being so brazen solely because of the Witch Sage Seed.
But after shaking off Imperial Daughter Ba, Li Su gradually began to feel that something was off.
The Human Emperor Dynasty was acting far too recklessly, utterly unafraid of exposing themselves. Although their actions could be explained as ordinary witches joining forces to resist noble witches, what about their strength?
Setting Imperial Daughter Ba aside, the group who had revealed themselves were all peak quasi-Witch Kings. Their auras were not even inferior to the cores of top-grade noble witches.
How was that possible?
How could ordinary witches without clans backing them nurture so many top-tier combatants?
How many resources would that require? How much time?
In that case, having their identities suspected was practically unavoidable.
One or two would have been manageable, but with so many of them, once the preliminary round ended