Li Yan continued to observe cautiously from the shadows. Though he had killed Fusion Realm cultivators before, he did not truly consider himself all that powerful.
Judging solely from what he had encountered in haste, he had formed a new conjecture. This place might still be part of the ancient immortal cultivation city, separated from it by that mountain—perhaps an extended outer region.
After the Fusion Realm cultivator he had first encountered reached the deep mountains at the bottom of the forest, that man had not entered the cave through which Li Yan had arrived to investigate.
That showed the other party did not know of the ancient immortal cultivation city's existence. Otherwise, he would not have neglected to inspect the place most likely to conceal a problem. This gave Li Yan a guaranteed route of retreat.
Li Yan's Divine Sense was roughly on par with that of a mid-stage Fusion Realm cultivator, not far from the strongest person here. This was also one of the guarantees behind his concealment.
Moreover, during his earlier Divine Sense probing, if formations had been blocking this place, the other party might not have sensed him so quickly. This indicated that there were secretly no formations in this area.
It also showed that the people here were extremely confident in this place's defenses. They had not set down more formations or restrictions. At least before they began suspecting anything, they had been utterly confident.
As another person slipped into the room like lightning, Li Yan completely held his breath and focused his mind, pushing his concealment technique to its utmost limit. His entire body lay motionless atop the branch...
At this moment, the two Fusion Realm cultivators inside had gathered together again. If they knew that the problem they suspected was currently concealed outside