Being the center of attention was not so easy to bear.
As the saying went, one who showed courtesy must be asking for something.
Now that so many exceptionally talented people were gathered around Liu Bai, it definitely was not merely because of his strength.
"Junior Liu Bai, you finally came." Chu Lin walked over with an excited expression, looking at Liu Bai as though he were a long-lost relative.
Liu Bai looked at him with a light smile. "Senior Chu Lin, you're making me feel flattered. You all arrived early. How was it? Did you challenge the one at the mountaintop?"
Given these people's temperaments, they could not possibly have come here just to rely on others. They surely would have tried challenging him themselves.
At those words, Chu Lin's smile turned bitter. He nodded and sighed. "We did, but we lost miserably..."
That was hardly surprising. The one up there was a genuine Heaven Piercing Realm expert, far stronger than them. Even after Chu Lin invited Wei Fan and Yue Qing to join him, the three of them together could not withstand more than a few moves from their opponent.
Yue Qing, who had approached by then, spoke as well. "He's at the peak of the early Heaven Piercing Realm. Just his spiritual energy pressure cut our combat strength in half. We simply had no chance against him."
Their only hope now was Liu Bai's formations.
But their opponent was not a Spirit King with incomplete intelligence. If he fought Liu Bai, he certainly would not give him the chance to set up a grand formation.
Wei Fan, who had also walked over, chimed in in agreement with Yue Qing.
Among everyone present, his cultivation was likely the highest. He had also been the one to confront the