Within the Earthcore Immortal Abode, Yuan Xiu Xiu wore a plain gauze cloak. Faint white-cloud immortal radiance flowed across it as she gazed toward the skies above the Skyfire Mountain Range, surprise still lingering on her face.
Daoist Tianluo was no weakling.
On the contrary, he possessed the Five-Element Magnetic Immortal Sword and the famed Luotian Star Compass. He excelled at spell battles and had once defeated several unorthodox Heavenly Immortals of the Azure Heaven Orthodox Path.
Yet in Yang Huai's hands, he had not even lasted a single move.
"His cultivation has actually reached such a level?"
Yuan Xiu Xiu could not help but entertain the thought.
She also knew of what had happened at All-Spirits Mountain.
But that had ultimately only been a contest among the younger generation's disciples. In her view—and not just hers, but that of nearly all cultivators—Yang Huai's time to truly rise should have come thirty or forty years later, when he was due to leave the All-Spirits Ranking.
Still, this was also a good thing.
The stronger the talent Yang Huai displayed, the less likely the Pure Origin Sect would be to abandon him lightly.
Yuan Xiu Xiu's first instinct was to consider Yang Huai's safety.
At the same time, she weighed the feasibility of Yang Huai's plan.
"Who else?"
With a flick of Yang Huai's finger, the Junting Ancient Sword at his side gave a soft cry and slowly slid from its sheath. His gaze swept across the many Daoists above the sea of clouds.
The expressions of the many Daoists upon the clouds changed.
Only now did they truly feel the pressure brought by this young sword immortal of the Pure Origin Sect.
The faces of the elders of the Five-Lotus Heavenly Heart Sect shifted slightly.
Anger showed in their expressions.