In truth, it was very difficult to judge someone's strength from images alone.
For example, a streamer might strike a target with his palm, leaving no injuries or visual effects whatsoever. Who could tell whether he was strong or weak?
The viewers might think this streamer was weak, but in reality, his palm strike had penetrated the target's body. Though the body bore no injuries, the soul had been annihilated in an instant.
Another streamer might attack amid golden light that filled the sky, every punch and kick accompanied by tiger roars and dragon cries. The effects were dazzling and beautiful, but the actual power could not even kill a chicken.
There were even people whose cultivation methods gave them tremendous destructive power, yet unbelievably little killing power. Their attacks shook the earth and mountains, and a single punch reduced a city to dust. Yet after the city had been obliterated, its inhabitants remained completely unhurt, merely stripped stark naked, without even their clothes left.
Conversely, there were naturally also cultivators with no destructive power whatsoever, but terrifying killing power.
Li Xiao's performance in the Ancient Demon Pit had certainly been impressive, but cultivators were not so naive as to hastily judge his strength from images alone.
In fact, quite a few viewers had already turned green with envy when they saw Li Xiao obtain the Sea-Summoning Jadewater Banner and the Abyssal Demon Eye. They wished they could take his place.
If Guarding the Central Court's earlier gift of "Great Luo Gu Refining" to Li Xiao had not been enough to make people brave countless dangers to seek out his world, then by now, quite a few were probably preparing to set off.
To many people, both Li Xiao and the Ancient Demon Pit represented an enormous temptation.
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