"Venerable, you may not believe this, but I truly don't know how I was defeated. In a single instant, I realized I had already been smashed to pieces!"
"The only reason I survived by sheer luck was that I practiced the Blood Dao in my early years and fused my divine soul and will into my essence blood beforehand. I possess a life-preserving means comparable to Flesh Regeneration. Even if I am smashed to pieces, I can reconstitute myself. He seemed unprepared for that ability, so I used the Blood Escape Secret Art to flee the battlefield..."
Lian Yi was a mighty peak Earth Rank cultivator, a top-tier expert, yet recalling this incident left his face pale and his body trembling. He appeared utterly craven, as though his courage had been frightened clean out of him.
Even the Disciplinary Disciples standing in attendance below could not help casting strange looks at him.
Tian Heng remained expressionless. "Simply tell me what you saw."
Lian Yi had no choice but to recount it.
Nothing he said was new, for the many onlookers had already recounted the same things.
Thousands upon thousands had witnessed that battle, and Formation Arrays had even captured images, recording it in detail.
Tian Heng listened without betraying any reaction. Only when Lian Yi finished did he say, "You may go back now."
"Thank you, Venerable." As though granted a pardon, Lian Yi hastily withdrew.
"Grand Elder, why couldn't we get anything useful out of him?" Watching him leave, a Disciplinary Disciple standing in attendance could not help asking.
He was an elite True Disciple of the Spirit Taming Sect. Though serving as an attendant here, he came from a distinguished background and was by no means an ordinary servant.
Tian Heng said calmly, "Do not be deceived by