The Second Prince, the Third Prince, and the Microcosm Ranking Prodigies

Lin Ming had wanted to voice his suspicion that the young man might have grasped Entering the Dao-level Spear Intent, but the words reached his lips before he forcibly swallowed them back down.

He feared that if he said it aloud, even fewer people would believe him. They would only think he was making excuses for his incompetence and exaggerating the situation.

Yet his words once again drew dissatisfaction and ridicule from the generals. Some even felt that he was deliberately being alarmist.

"Ten generals above the Fifth Level of the Tenth Tier?! Tuoba Lie, do you even know what you're saying? Such a lavish lineup would be enough to besiege and kill a marshal-level powerhouse! Do you think you're catching chickens?"

"For a mere Ninth Tier junior, you want to deploy such an extravagant force? You think far too highly of him! I think you've only grown more foolish with age!"

"I think you've simply been scared out of your wits and now see danger everywhere! What super genius, what monstrous prodigy? I say it's just the Fire Phoenix Empire putting on an act and bluffing! Perhaps he merely used some forbidden secret art to barely achieve it!"

The generals all shook their heads, feeling that Tuoba Lie was making a mountain out of a molehill and disgracing the Sirius Empire. He was simply worrying over nothing.

However, just as everyone discussed the matter and dismissed Tuoba Lie's request with scorn, Crown Prince Tuoba Hong, who had been sitting silently in the second seat and listening quietly, slowly spoke.

His voice was not loud, yet it carried an innate majesty that instantly suppressed all the noise and discussion, plunging the hall into a silence so deep that a pin drop could be heard.

"Ninth Tier... killing Tenth Tier opponents