Demon Flames V

Back then, when Red Ridge Gate joined Huang Yuerong in besieging Yuan Qiuque, if Huang Yuerong had not suppressed the power of the Life and Death Demon Blade, and if Hero Yuan's soul domain had not spread out, not a single accompanying expert would likely have survived. They could have been wiped out within a few exchanges.

Hero Yuan had later been hunted relentlessly because his injuries were too severe, leaving him no choice but to flee. Yet even so, any expert who dared block his path had met certain death.

As Inu-sha Ying exchanged intelligence with Lin Xin, she felt a faint stir of emotion in her heart.

This junior brother had risen far too quickly. Beneath his gentle, steady exterior, there was already a trace of a grandmaster's bearing.

They were both at the Materialization Realm, both having only recently condensed a Ku Qiong Heart.

She could not imagine how Lin Xin, at such an age, had come to understand and grasp such vast and profound knowledge. Even she, a senior sister who had lived for so long, seemed faintly inferior to him in breadth of vision.

Even his manner of speech carried a peculiar implication of transcending the individual and standing upon a higher level.

Grandmaster, grandmaster—what was a grandmaster?

A master of clan and sect. When one had reached a realm absolutely beyond all others, one's gaze no longer rested upon oneself alone, but upon all the kin and groups around oneself as well.

They did not fear being surpassed; they looked forward to it. They looked forward to stronger figures rising above the rest. They did not fear challenges. Only collisions between the strong could produce higher levels and let one behold loftier peaks.

A grandmaster possessed, more than anything, absolute confidence in herself. They