Winter Melon stopped in the middle of preparing to withdraw.
In Winter Melon's original estimation, given how stingy, petty, and cautious the higher-ups were, sending a few Spirit Transformation cultivators would already count as a heavy investment.
Never had she expected them to send the Sixteen Top Candidates this time.
Winter Melon had only heard of this team before. This was her first time seeing them.
Rumor had it that they spent long years cultivating in seclusion in Heaven Beyond Heaven, no longer using mixed Wish Power or bizarre methods for their cultivation.
Instead, they were elite combatants nurtured purely through the way [Demons] grew.
The dense power of Origin surrounding them was proof, with its pure, savage aura.
According to the rumors, they were the strongest fighting force Heaven Beyond Heaven had stationed in Dongsheng Shenzhou.
Naturally, Winter Melon had no way of knowing for certain whether that information was correct. But the appearance of the Sixteen Top Candidates here undoubtedly meant that the higher-ups had chosen to place a heavy bet on her fabricated intelligence.
Winter Melon sighed inwardly. In the end, she had underestimated how tempting Heavenfall was to the higher-ups.
Perhaps their initial refusal to intervene had merely been because they were uncertain of the intelligence, but with Yuyang Daozi entering the fray so decisively...
Only then might they have decided to find this piece of Heavenfall at any cost, though it existed only in the intelligence reports.
After all, Yuyang Daozi had a formidable reputation in the outside world. Without sufficient benefits or some major matter at stake, why would he appear here?
Winter Melon watched the Sixteen Top Candidates swiftly launch an attack on Yuyang Daozi.
Secret delight stirred in her heart, yet she also felt afraid.
The good part was that, with the