Once they truly understood the words carried to their ears, the faces of several people in the main hall stiffened.
No one had expected the man downstairs to say such things at a time like this, under circumstances like these.
Was it tit for tat? Overestimating himself? Or merely a coincidence?
Those cultivators with more twists and turns in their minds could not help circling around the matter several more times.
Although, apart from Su Shuanghe, no one present had entered the Longevity Realm, and their understanding of those in that realm was sorely lacking, they still possessed the most basic common sense.
The distance between the upper and lower floors of the main building might as well have been before the eyes of all the Void Stepping cultivators. Yet for Yu Ci to have seen through Su Shuanghe's actions and deliberately targeted him was fundamentally impossible.
With a mighty figure like Su Shuanghe holding the field, spiritual pressure at the level of a Calamity Law Grandmaster was enough to block all divine intent seeking to spy upon him, then counterattack without the slightest courtesy. Unless that person was stronger than Su Shuanghe—and much stronger at that—how could he possibly observe Su Shuanghe's actions and respond tit for tat while Su Shuanghe remained completely unaware?
And to be much stronger than Su Shuanghe... how could that be possible?
Those with too many thoughts fell into a tangle.
"Insolent brat!"
Someone upstairs shouted. Taking the lead, he pressed down with divine intent and malice, prompting seven or eight others to do likewise. In an instant, their auras converged and divine intents intertwined. Though not everyone was malicious, the abruptly surging pressure still made the cultivators below feel immense strain. Coupled with the inexplicable reaction from the main building, a boom sounded