Outside the arena.
The enormous Water-Curtain Mirror captured almost every movement Yan Yun made.
For now, at least, she was fighting ten alone without falling behind.
She had picked out her opponents' weaknesses with keen perception.
Such superb combat thinking and delicate execution also demonstrated Yan Yun's caliber beyond a doubt.
There was no commentary, but everyone present knew the craft, so the silence at that moment was the greatest acknowledgment of Yan Yun.
Lü Xuan was clearly very satisfied with his disciple's performance as well. He raised his head slightly, yet wore an expression suggesting she still had far to go, then shook his head with affected solemnity.
Bai Xuanling glanced sideways at Lü Xuan's smug expression, like a petty man puffed up by success, and shook her head slightly.
Yan Yun's performance so far was passable. If she could not even reach this standard, Bai Xuanling would have to give her another full course of the painstaking training she had provided back then.
Otherwise, it would be Bai Xuanling's reputation she disgraced when she went out into the world.
Over by the Great Dao Sect.
The Great Dao Sect's sect leader watched Yan Yun's almost dazzling figure, then glanced at Lü Xuan's smug expression opposite him before turning his gaze to his own disciple.
Yuyang calmly watched everything happening on the water curtain.
The Great Dao Sect's sect leader smiled and asked, "Well? Are you confident?"
Yuyang looked at his master. "You mean against Yan Yun?"
The Great Dao Sect's sect leader watched the Water Curtain Realm. "The way she fights so boldly has something of Bai Xuanling's flair in her younger days."
Yuyang Daozi said calmly, "Yan Yun has her tricks, but if we truly fought to decide a winner, it would come down to a hair's