Equal Alliance, Departure

"How... how could this be?!" Elder Dongyue Qingmu cried out despite himself, his usually stern face filled with disbelief.

Elder Dongyue Qingyin's beautiful eyes widened, and even the soundwave ripples at her fingertips faltered for an instant.

The scroll in Elder Dongyue Shu's hand nearly slipped from his grasp.

Elder Dongyue Canghuan abruptly rose to his feet, his gaze sweeping across the young faces like lightning, as though he were trying to confirm whether he was hallucinating.

Elder Dongyue Qingxuan's hand holding the teacup paused slightly. For the first time, near-unrestrained shock appeared in the depths of his gentle eyes. He had anticipated that the Li Family's younger generation might have produced one or two geniuses, perhaps three to five Soul Emperors, but the sight before him completely overturned everything he knew! Twelve Soul Sages! Two of them were even level seventy-seven! In terms of peak combat strength, with Dongyue Qi at level seventy-six, and in terms of overall depth, this lineup actually faintly surpassed the team the Dongyue Family had painstakingly nurtured!

The arrogance on Dongyue Qi's face had long vanished without a trace, replaced by intense shock and a hint of frustration. He stared fixedly at Li Xuansheng, Li Bing'er, and Li Longyue. The level seventy-seven Soul Power fluctuations of the latter two in particular placed immense pressure even on him, the Dongyue Family's foremost genius. Dongyue Ling stood there with his mouth agape, looking at Li Xuansheng, whose Soul Power was four levels higher than his own and whose aura was as deep as the sea. Remembering that the other youth had only been a Soul King a year and a half ago... this rate of progress was simply inconceivable!

The entire hall fell into a brief dead silence. Only the Li Family members remained calm, and