Elsewhere, after Lin Yu swept his gaze over the surrounding crowd, a warm smile appeared on his face.
Then Lin Yu moved. He gently raised his right hand, and with a thought, a strange power instantly spread through heaven and earth.
"What is this?"
The kneeling crowd froze in unison, astonishment appearing on their faces. They seemed to feel a gentle yet irresistible force supporting their bodies, causing them to straighten up involuntarily.
In an instant, a shocking scene unfolded before Elder Li and the others. Countless people before them rose to their feet at almost the exact same moment. Their perfectly synchronized movements even made Elder Li wonder whether they were soldiers. In his view, even the Federation's most elite troops could do no better than this.
"To affect so many people in an instant... Has this little monster's strength already reached such a heaven-defying level?"
Ji Xuejun's eyes widened, a trace of amazement and disappointment flashing through them. Thinking back to that young man who had once needed her protection, she could not help but feel deeply moved. In barely a year, he had grown into someone she could only look up to.
"Xuejun, you don't need to compare yourself to Lin Yu. That brat is beyond anything we can imagine. If you compare yourself to him, I'm afraid you'll spend the rest of your life living in his shadow!"
"And you don't need to belittle yourself either. With your talent, one day you'll be able to reach this height too!"
Elder Li looked at his only female disciple and comforted her softly. The disappointment in Ji Xuejun's eyes had not escaped his keen perception.
But Elder Li himself knew very well that although Ji Xuejun's talent was extraordinary even among geniuses, compared to Lin Yu, the gap