Ren Xiaoyao had originally planned to have Elder Yuan, a Void Refinement Stage cultivator, make a move. It would have been efficient, and there would have been no surprises.
But Ren Xiaoyao had never expected Great Zhou to choose to let the matter rest.
"What did you say?!" Elder Yuan shot Ren Xiaoyao a cold look.
"Was I wrong? A mere Holy Son of the Purple Firmament Sword Sect has scared you into this state. What a disgrace to the name of a super dynasty!" Ren Xiaoyao sneered.
In his view, since Great Zhou feared the Purple Firmament Sword Sect, it naturally would not dare do anything to him, the Great Elder of the Nine Spirits Sword Sect.
Then Ren Xiaoyao shouted, and figures immediately emerged from all around the imperial palace—more than twenty of them in all.
Every one of them was a Spirit Transformation Stage expert.
Clearly, to encircle and suppress Ye Yu this time, he had brought out most of the sect's elite. Quite a few of them had unsteady auras; they were elders who had only recently recovered.
In an instant, they surrounded Ye Yu and the others on all sides.
Even Liu Qi grew nervous at such a formation. With his and Ye Yu's abilities, leaving these people behind would not be difficult.
But the troublesome part was that there were quite a few people from Great Qin present as well. He could ignore the others, but he, Liu Qi, could not possibly abandon Qin Ruoxian.
Yet as he watched this display, Ye Yu's expression had already calmed. Turning to Zhou Li, he said, "A sect is bullying cultivators from lower-ranked dynasties right in front of a super dynasty. Shouldn't you show some sort of response?"
The corner of Zhou Li's mouth twitched. He finally