After a brief moment of surprise, Huang Xiao immediately caught on.
That made sense. Otherwise, the Great Powers possessed quite a few divine weapons; if their half-step martial realm experts carried them, they could unleash strength beyond the half-step martial realm. Against those without divine weapons, it would be a massacre.
Of course, by divine weapons, Huang Xiao meant those on the level of an Evil Blade. Such weapons were usually in the hands of those Old Fools.
They probably would not feel entirely at ease actually giving them to juniors like these.
Still, if the Longevity Pill Manual mattered enough, they would certainly be willing to part with them.
Now, however, he also knew why they could not bring out such divine weapons.
Even the Evil Blade Inugami had been suppressed by the Grand Formation. Other divine weapons would be no higher in grade than Inugami and would certainly be suppressed as well. Once they lost their spiritual nature, they would be nothing more than ordinary, relatively sharp weapons.
Those Old Fools must have expended countless efforts searching for the Longevity Pill Manual. Perhaps even their elders had been searching for it all along. They must have gained a deep understanding of the Grand Formation; otherwise, they could not have refined Formation Marks and used this Ranking Contest to mount such a grand undertaking.
Still, Huang Xiao was astonished by the formation's power. It truly lived up to being a Grand Formation within Dragon Mountain's forbidden grounds, passed down from ancient times. He had no idea what sort of master had laid it.
"Are you coming with us, or acting alone?" Those thoughts flashed through Huang Xiao's mind, and he came back to himself and asked.
Fan Zhongkun glanced at Huang Xiao, then at the two women. A meaningful