When the sounds of fierce fighting on the mountaintop platform ceased, one Martial Cultivator's expression flickered with disbelief. Could that fellow, Old Lin, really be stronger than Young Master Chu, the top of the Hero List? Absolutely impossible!
Another muttered, almost to himself, But if you think about it, he's been on the Cloud Mist Platform for over twenty breaths, and the fighting went on for a good ten breaths or more!
"To withstand the Mysterious Female Cultivator's attacks for over ten breaths… perhaps he really… really is stronger than Young Master Chu!" a third Martial Cultivator managed to say, his voice strained.
"To think Great Marsh Prefecture had such a powerful Martial Cultivator hidden away!" exclaimed someone else. "Just now, watching his slow, leisurely pace as he walked into the mist… looking back, he wasn't dragging his feet at all! He was brimming with confidence, completely unhurried!"
