The attacked man immediately scrambled up from the ground, prostrated himself, and did not dare speak again.
From the depths of the cave came an eerie voice, impossible to tell whether it belonged to a man or woman:
"Do you know why I hit you?"
The man did not dare speak, merely shaking his head.
The eerie voice came again. "Idiot!"
"How many times have I told you? We are creatures that cannot stand in the light. Whatever we do, we must tread with utmost care!"
"You say this clan is so weak, but haven't you noticed anything unusual?"
Trembling, the man said, "Please enlighten me, Boss."
The voice snorted coldly. "A clan whose average cultivation is merely at the first or second level of the Divine Power Realm, yet it alone has an expert at the sixth level of the First Void Realm. The few True God Realm members it has are all pill-fed—put all these factors together, and you still can't sense even a hint of danger?"
Perhaps because he was too nervous, the man neither shook nor nodded, merely standing there dumbfounded.
The woman beside him, however, caught on:
"The clan's average cultivation is so low, which means this clan has not existed for long!"
"You mean this person has not cultivated for very long?"
"The reason his cultivation is so much higher than the others in the clan is because his... aptitude defies the heavens!"
"And those True God Realm clansmen were created by him with pills!"
"He isn't the sort we thought he was—someone who had attended the Myriad Tribulations Assembly many times yet failed to pass. Rather... he has never participated before. It's just that his cultivation has risen very quickly!"
"Mm..." The eerie voice was full of approval. "Your mind is still the