Drawing upon everything he had observed thus far, Li Qing realized:
The earlier obstacles, though trivial to him, had effectively filtered out nearly all other entrants, leaving only himself and the other two.
And most importantly, all three were exceptionally outstanding among Stage 3 cultivators.
He further suspected that Bone-Pale Bodhisattva had been monitoring the ruins from the beginning, knowing precisely who entered, and had arranged the challenges so that only the cream of the Stage 3 realm would reach the end.
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Recognizing this, Li Qing took the initiative.
He introduced himself as:
> "Wang Mingde, disciple of the Hundred Schools of the Hundred Sages."
The other two introduced themselves as well.
One hailed from the School of War,
The other from the Demonic Path.
All three were drawn by the same objective—the Stage 6 technique.
Li Qing, feigning sincerity, persuaded them:
