The male cultivator finally realized that he had run into a tough opponent.
Cold sweat poured down him in that instant, and he also understood what Zhang Bingchun had meant by his question.
This female cultivator was definitely not at the Golden Core Stage.
He had been completely unable to follow her movements with his eyes.
She had gone from a spot twenty feet in front of him to behind him in no more than a single breath.
He was not the only one. Few of the spectators below the arena had seen how she moved, either.
Even the other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators had seen nothing but afterimages, and none of them was confident they could fully evade movement at that speed.
For a moment, several cultivators who had been brimming with confidence fell silent as they watched Su Jiu, their guard rising.
"Judging by her clothes, she seems to be an Azure Tide Sect disciple."
"Since when did the Azure Tide Sect have someone this formidable?"
"Given how far forward she was standing, she probably knows the Aura-Reading Art, too."
"All this time, I only knew of the Azure Tide Sect's three world-renowned personal disciples-Chong Mo, Lou Sheng, and Ye Wanqing. I never knew they had someone like her."
Someone deliberately lowered their voice. "Do you think she might be a guest elder of the Azure Tide Sect?"
They exchanged looks, clearly unable to offer any definite answer.
"The Azure Tide Sect really has brought out several formidable people in this Grand Tournament, like dark horses appearing out of nowhere. It's not just the female cultivator onstage. There's a male cultivator over at the pill-refining competition with outstanding talent, too.
"Did you know? He was even using one of those most primitive pill formulas.
"Normally, those primitive formulas