Hearing Jiang Chen's voice at that moment, Divine Venerable Kasyapa was also quite startled. He clearly hadn't expected that Jiang Chen would appear here.
Wasn't Jiang Chen supposed to be inside one of the secret realms of the Geniuses Grand Tournament at this time? Could he possess some kind of clone Divine Ability?
However, hearing Jiang Chen's voice and seeing the wretched state of the sallow-faced cultivator, Divine Venerable Kasyapa knew that not only had Jiang Chen returned, but he had brought extremely powerful combat strength with him.
Divine Venerable Kasyapa's heart immediately steadied. He quickly calculated — if Jiang Chen could hold off one of the Divine Path cultivators, then even if both the Left and Right Protectors attacked together, he was confident he could handle them.
He had originally felt that this situation was fraught with peril, but he never expected that things would suddenly take such a favorable turn.
Seeing Divine Venerable Kasyapa return, Jiang Chen offered a slight smile and greeted him: "Divine Venerable, I trust you've been well?"
Divine Venerable Kasyapa's eyes gleamed with sharp light as he studied Jiang Chen, laughing: "I wouldn't have guessed it, I truly wouldn't have."
"What wouldn't the senior have guessed?" Jiang Chen asked with an easy smile.
"That that old scoundrel Guangdu would be so generous as to let you all go?" Divine Venerable Kasyapa's smile carried a heavy note of mockery.
Jiang Chen chuckled: "It wasn't his generosity — it's just that the tricks he employed were far too crude. A Taibai Light-Splitting Convergence Formation, some fog, and a few halfhearted ambushes without the slightest sincerity — how could any of that pose a real challenge to the powerhouses of the Ten Great Sacred Lands?"
Upon hearing this, both the Left and Right Protectors' expressions shifted, their hearts pounding wildly.
The Taibai Light-Splitting Convergence Formation — a formation of such tremendous power — had been reduced to the synonym for "crude" in this Jiang Chen's mouth? Were the Ten Great Sacred Lands truly that formidable?
Something was off.
Both Protectors felt a growing unease in their hearts, wishing they could rush back immediately to relay this intelligence to Lord Guangdu.
After all, the people of the Ten Great Sacred Lands escaping from Pingsha Island — Lord Guangdu was probably still kept in the dark about that, wasn't he?
At the very least, when the two Protectors had departed, Lord Guangdu had not yet been informed. Perhaps the intelligence had already reached him by now.
But before this, they had thoroughly analyzed the strength of the Ten Great Sacred Lands. They had unanimously concluded that while the Sacred Lands possessed some heritage, they absolutely could not break through the Taibai Light-Splitting Convergence Formation — let alone contend with the fog laced with numerous types of toxins.
Yet who would have thought that the people of the Ten Great Sacred Lands had simply walked away without difficulty?
How much of Jiang Chen's claim could actually be trusted? Was he simply bluffing?
But if it was just a bluff, how could Jiang Chen be standing here in the flesh? And moreover, how could he describe every single deployment they had made on Pingsha Island with such precision?
In that moment, the Left and Right Protectors exchanged glances, each seeing a flicker of shock and suspicion in the other's eyes.
Divine Venerable Kasyapa greatly appreciated Jiang Chen's words. Anything that made that old scoundrel Guangdu unhappy brought him immense satisfaction and relief.
"Good, good, good — I imagine Guangdu already knows about all this by now. I'd love to see the look on his face — his nose twisted sideways with rage."
Divine Venerable Kasyapa's tone was deliberately exaggerated. His gaze swept back and forth across the Left and Right Protectors as he laughed: "Jiang Chen, this Gold and Silver pair of Protectors are nothing but faithful dogs of that old bastard Guangdu. If we can take down these two dogs, it'll be a tremendous blow to the old scoundrel Guangdu."