Xiao Lingxi stopped in her tracks.
Her cool, clear eyes shifted slightly, passing over the four figures standing shoulder to shoulder on the battlefield, then over the Immortal Realm's camp, before finally settling on the Human Realm's camp.
Across hundreds of millions of miles of void, her gaze met the Heavenly Fortune Saint Emperor's.
The Heavenly Fortune Saint Emperor nodded slightly.
He said nothing, yet that single nod was already an answer.
Xiao Lingxi withdrew her gaze. Her white robes fluttered lightly as she took a step back.
She did not proceed into battle.
Every powerhouse of the Six Realms froze.
"Xiao Lingxi isn't fighting either?!"
"The Human Realm... the Human Realm is changing fighters too?!"
"Wait, if the Human Realm's Xiao Lingxi isn't fighting, who is?"
"Besides Xiao Lingxi, who else in the Human Realm can contend with these peerless prodigies?!"
Countless gazes instantly converged on the Human Realm's camp.
Then everyone saw a figure slowly rise to his feet.
It was a young man, casual and languid, with a blade of grass between his lips. Its tip swayed gently with his breathing.
His hair was a little disheveled, as though he had just woken up. He exuded not the slightest pressure of a powerhouse and even looked somewhat... absentminded.
Yet his eyes were startlingly bright.
Flames burned within them.
They were no ordinary flames, but flames of yearning for battle, as though the blood of combat flowed through his very bones, as though he had been born to fight for fighting's sake!
"Heh."
The young man spat out the blade of grass and grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
"After holding back for so long, it's finally my turn."
It was none other than Xiao Yan!
Among the powerhouses of the Six Realms, the pupils of those