"Don't look at me. I don't recognize this fallen Dao Fruit expert either!"
Unnerved by the others' stares, Niu Dali hurriedly spoke up.
At his words,
Qin Shujian could not help frowning.
"If he wasn't from the First, Second, or Third Era, then he must have been a Dao Fruit expert from a later era. Even now, I can't be certain which era this is—"
A Dao Fruit expert of unknown origins posed an enormous threat.
If they recognized him, things would be easier. At least they would know whether he was friend or foe, and have some idea of his strength.
As it stood, they were completely in the dark, with no idea where to begin.
Niu Dali also sank into thought. Only after a long while did he come back to his senses, his tone turning hesitant.
"Actually—"
The moment he began, everyone's eyes returned to him.
Seeing this, Niu Dali could only steel himself and continue.
"Actually, you all know that the strongest Dao Fruit experts of the First Era were the Ancient Gods born when the Universe first came into being. At the beginning of that era, wars broke out among the Ancient Gods, causing many of them to perish.
"Ancient Gods like the Grand Pure Dao Venerable weren't among the very first Ancient Gods.
"As for this old bull, I only attained the Dao toward the very end.
"So the Dao Fruit experts I knew were all from the later groups. I didn't know many of the earliest Ancient Gods."
"You mean the body before us might belong to an Ancient God from the First Era?"
Qin Shujian's brows knitted tightly.
If it really belonged to an Ancient God from the First Era, then the problem was far more troublesome than he had imagined.
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