The cultivator was an old man, gaunt but not frail. He seemed a dried-up knot of vital energy and spirit, and he appeared before Li Yan so abruptly that Li Yan felt the man's speed was astonishing.
Clearly, the man had not recognized Li Yan as a Human Race cultivator. His side had been watching the battlefield closely and had guessed why Li Yan had suddenly advanced. But the Purple God Dragon-Elephant Clan had not deployed its reserve army, so they had sent only one Void Refinement Realm cultivator forward, plainly intending to overpower Li Yan. The gaunt old man was in the Late Void Refinement Realm, one minor stage above the cultivation Li Yan displayed. Both clans were powerful forces here, and their bloodlines were of comparable rank.
At his level of cultivation, the old man could normally suppress a cultivator one stage below him. Yet he remained cautious, for he had never seen Li Yan before. "That Li Yan has finally made his move!"
In the sky, Xiang Wentian, locked in a rapid exchange with his enemy, suddenly sent a voice transmission to the others on his side. By their reckoning of the Black Wind Ghost Eagle's strength, Xiang Longfei and his people would find it extremely difficult to break through here.
Even if they fought with their lives on the line, it would take time to decide the outcome. They had identified three uncertainties: the Supreme Great Elder, the elder of that minor branch, and the Human Race cultivator Li Yan.
But the Supreme Great Elder and the minor branch elder were, in all likelihood, not going to appear here. They could not trigger a decisive war between the two clans merely to save Zi Kun. The price would be too high. One misstep could leave both