At the summit of a mountain range somewhere tens of thousands of miles away.
More than a dozen figures with differing auras had quietly gathered here.
They were precisely the geniuses from the [Latent Dragon Ranking] who had come to surround and kill Ye Li.
"Ji Pingfa!!"
Suppressed fury filled Chu Botian's brows as he shouted in a low voice at the green-clad man standing at the front.
"If you hadn't insisted on acting on your own and retreating first, we might have already taken down Ye Li by now!!"
Yet Ji Pingfa merely gazed calmly into the distance and said blandly,
"Brother Chu, you are indulging in wishful thinking."
"To take down someone like him, unless we first let other whetstones go up and wear him down, rashly making a move will only add to our casualties."
"Whetstones?" Chu Botian sneered. "King of Gale has a Dao Holder Realm trump card!"
"What if he really captures Ye Li? We'll all have made a wasted trip because of you!!"
As soon as those words fell, the surrounding geniuses wore varying expressions.
Clearly, Chu Botian's worries were not without reason.
Yet Ji Pingfa remained calm throughout, merely staring in the direction of the martial arena.
From there, dazzling, razor-sharp power that anyone could feel was constantly surging forth.
Just then—
BOOM!!!
An enormous fire tornado of immeasurable diameter suddenly rose from the distant heavens and earth, connecting sky and land!
Even after the terrifying heatwave reached this place, it still scorched everyone's skin as though they stood at the edge of a furnace!
"This...!" Everyone was struck speechless by the world-destroying sight.
Even Ji Pingfa, who had always remained composed, had his breathing quicken for an instant.
His gaze flickered as he murmured softly,
"What a horrifying amount of Immortal Power...