"Crack!"
Thunder roared through the boundless depths of space, illuminating the phantom figures formed by five strands of divine consciousness. The ancient sages opened their eyes one after another, and the anger in their gaze was cold as blades!
They allowed the lightning to explode around them.
Yet the sages' expressions did not change. Their cold voices were filled with fury!
"A mere junior actually forced this old man's avatar to retreat helplessly. One day, I will make this child's soul and spirit utterly perish, or today's humiliation can never be washed away!"
"The shame of this battle is unprecedented!"
"Hmph! Had I gone there in person, how could he have won by sheer luck?"
"Brother Lei is right. We were careless in this battle. Let him flaunt himself for a few more days. Once our true bodies descend into the world, only death awaits him!"
Their deep voices echoed among the clouds, and the sages were enraged beyond measure.
Of them all, Lei Qianjue was the most vexed. Terrifying might surged from his entire body as he controlled lightning to blast through the void, yet even that seemed unable to vent the fury in his heart.
The other sages were much the same, no longer possessing their usual lofty composure.
As the gathered sages fumed with rage,
Jiang Yuan remained silent from beginning to end.
His divine-consciousness phantom stood still for a long while, contemplation appearing in his eyes.
Seeing this,
the others restrained themselves slightly, turned their gazes toward Jiang Yuan, and cupped their fists.
"Elder Jiang, why have you remained silent for so long?"
"Could it be that you do not approve of our descending into the world in the future?"
"Elder Jiang, that junior is extremely talented and has entered the demonic path. If we