"What? Even Second Senior Disciple Brother, at the height of his power, would not dare claim he was certain? He would even need to rely on the Sun Seal's forbidden art for a chance??? This sword... was actually this astonishing?"
"Though Su Shi'er's cultivation realm was not bad, no matter how one looked at it, his strength was utterly ordinary. He was even inferior to me, let alone comparable to Second Senior Disciple Brother. Wouldn't that mean... he had even less hope? What exactly... was he persisting for?"
"Things in this world had never been resolved merely through persistence. At this rate, in at most the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, if he did not let go, this man... would surely die!!!"
"Alas! A treasure may be good, but to throw away one's life for a mere treasure—what was this fellow thinking?"
As they spoke, the few of them shook their heads and sighed.
Having witnessed Su Shi'er's performance, they truly could not place even the slightest hope in him.
Yet just as their words fell—
In the center of the cave, the elder who had kept his eyes closed, looking somewhat displeased, suddenly opened them.
"Hmm? That was... what?"
Two sharp glints flashed through his eyes. The elder turned to look to one side, his deep gaze seeming to pierce through the cave wall and see something beyond it.
Before he could make it out clearly, however, a pale yellow cloud containing pure spiritual essence tore through the air at an astonishing speed.
The walls and formations around the Secret Treasure Pavilion cave were utterly unable to block this cloud of mist. Or rather, they had not sensed it in the slightest.
An incarnation separated from Su Shi'er's true body might not have been able