"Alas..."
The man standing in the void let out a deep sigh, then said mildly, "You've already reached the first layer of the Void Refinement Realm. He Pingsheng, your cultivation speed truly is terrifying!"
"I still came a step too late!"
In truth, it was not that he had come a step too late.
Rather, he had found He Pingsheng too late.
Although He Pingsheng was so famous throughout Vermilion Bird Emperor City that almost everyone knew his name, he rarely showed himself.
He Pingsheng seldom appeared in public.
The last time the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor had sent four people to intercept and kill him, they had only seen He Pingsheng after baiting him out through the Sacred Fire Commerce Association.
Yet they had never known exactly where He Pingsheng lived and cultivated, or where his cultivation grounds were.
Eventually, left with no other choice, the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor had dispatched vast numbers of disciples to secretly infiltrate the major factions in and around Vermilion Bird Emperor City. At last, one disciple had infiltrated Lone Pine Mountain.
But that disciple had not initially known whether this sect belonged to He Pingsheng.
It was only when the seventh-grade grand array had been activated and tested some time ago that he had seen He Pingsheng.
He had then sent word to the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor, who had come as a result.
That was the whole sequence of events!
Clang...
Zhou Qingmei's longsword shifted slightly as she guarded He Pingsheng's side.
On either side of He Pingsheng stood Zhou Qingmei and her avatar.
Although the two of them might not be able to defeat the Heavenly Fire Divine Emperor, Zhou Qingmei was undoubtedly at the Body Integration Realm.
If she fought with her life on the line, she could exchange