Lei Shen's talent limited him; it was clearly impossible for him to take a Universe Master as his teacher. This inevitably left Cao Bing and his three brothers feeling somewhat wistful.
At this point, Cao Bing and Luo Feng's strength had already surpassed or rivaled Venerable-level experts. Hong was somewhat weaker, since he had not gone through as many life-and-death battles as Cao Bing and Luo Feng. Still, his current strength had reached Marquis Peak, though his cultivation remained at the World Lord level.
Only Lei Shen, though also a World Lord now, possessed combat strength merely comparable to a mid-level Immortal Army Lord. The gap between him and Cao Bing's group was far from small.
Back then, Lei Shen's teacher had indeed seemed like someone countless geniuses would envy. After all, he was a powerful Universe Venerable—countless Immortals might never even get the chance to meet one.
But now, Lei Shen's teacher could only be considered one of the most ordinary among Universe Venerables, practically at the bottom of the rank. Even so, a bottom-tier Universe Venerable was still a Universe Venerable, unimaginably powerful to cultivators below the Immortal level.
Yet to Cao Bing and the others now, he was ultimately no longer much to look at.
Leaving aside everything else, with Cao Bing's current strength, he did not dare claim he could easily defeat a Universe Venerable like Lei Shen's teacher, but his chances of victory exceeded seventy percent.
In other words, Cao Bing might now be even stronger than Lei Shen's teacher.
When it came to Lei Shen's situation, Cao Bing and the others could only sigh a few times and provide him with more resources. There was little else they could do.
They could not exactly force Chaos City Lord to accept Lei Shen as a