Boom! Boom!
The battle between the players and the Evil Fiend reached a fever pitch almost as soon as it began.
Or rather—
The Evil Fiend had overwhelmed the players from their very first exchange.
As a Heavenly Being Expert, the Yang Soul Evil Lord was equivalent to a powerhouse who had condensed two or three cosmic heavenly locks, even within a True Domain.
Within a True Domain—
Even when both parties were at the true martial peak—
A cultivator who had condensed one cosmic heavenly lock was more than twice as powerful as one who had not.
That difference was not merely a doubling of strength, but overwhelming superiority in every respect.
If the two fought, suppressing the cultivator without a cosmic heavenly lock would be child's play for the one who had condensed one.
By the same token—
Someone who had condensed one cosmic heavenly lock was far weaker than someone who had condensed two or three.
Such an overwhelming disparity—
Was difficult to understand without actually reaching that level.
Although Cao Hong and the others knew that Evil Fiends rivaled powerhouses who had condensed cosmic heavenly locks, there were differences in strength among them. The strongest were people like Qin Shujian, who had condensed four cosmic heavenly locks outright.
But as far as they knew, an ordinary Evil Fiend could not possibly be equivalent to someone with four cosmic heavenly locks.
That was precisely why—
Cao Hong and the others had felt confident enough to take down this Evil Fiend.
After all—
It was no exaggeration to say that everyone gathered here was an elite player ranked among the best in Falling Moon Prefecture.
Their strength and abilities were formidable enough to put up a fight even against great cultivators at the skyflight or manifestation level.
But