However, this wait...
Turned out to be over an hour.
Still, no one stepped up to break the array, leaving everyone completely uninterested in the meal.
After all, most of the people here weren't here for the food, but to witness the rare spectacle of two eighth-rank array masters competing.
"Has that master arrived yet?"
"Yeah, he's not really not coming, is he?"
The crowd buzzed with discussion.
Originally confident that Yi Feng would show up, doubts began to creep into his mind.
Li Yinglian, sitting in the middle, merely opened his eyes at this moment and let out a disdainful sneer.
And just as everyone was waiting for Yi Feng's arrival, two unexpected guests appeared in the sky above Heavenly Array Pavilion.
Dressed in black robes, they stood on the clouds, looking down at the scene below.
"This chaotic Immortal Realm isn't half bad."
"Indeed, though it pales in comparison to our Array Realm, the fact that two eighth-rank array masters have emerged here is quite impressive. The Heavenly Array Immortal Continent lives up to its reputation." The other elder stroked his beard in approval.
"Who do you think will win this match?"
The elder's gaze fixed on the array faintly visible in the center, his pupils narrowing. "Though I don't know much about Li Yinglian's other affairs, his reputation for array mastery in the Immortal Realm is solid. And seeing his array today, it truly lives up to the hype."
"The array he's set up would be considered excellent even in our Array Realm."
"This level of array, even I would need to put in some effort to break it within three days."
"So that unknown new eighth-rank array master is bound to lose!"
The elder stroked his beard and gave his verdict.
"Elder Bing, are you so certain he will lose?"
The man beside him chuckled, "After all, though we haven't met this new eighth-rank, his name is quite loud. Surprises can happen, you know!"
"His name may be loud, but that's just an added effect from breaking the Demon Lord's Great Array, and the hype that followed."
"Breaking the Demon Lord's Great Array itself isn't that impressive a feat."
"At most, this man might have good character and temperament, but that doesn't correlate with his skill!" The elder laughed.
The man nodded upon hearing this, "Even an array , which might take Elder Bing, a ninth-rank array master, three days to break, a regular array master certainly couldn't break it within three days." ṟ
"Unless this person is also like Elder Bing, having surpassed the eighth rank to reach the ninth."
"But in the Immortal Realm, if such a figure existed, our Array Realm would surely know about it."
"Mm! Let's wait and see."
The elder smiled, "Whether he shows up or not is another matter entirely."
In the blink of an eye, dusk was almost upon them.
Just as the crowd's discussions grew louder, convinced that Yi Feng wouldn't show, a silhouette appeared in the distant sky.
It was Yi Feng, riding slowly on his mount, sluggishly crawling through the sky.
"Can you speed up just a tiny bit, huh, just a tiny bit!"
"I fed you till you were full coming here, and it's almost nightfall!"
Yi Feng looked at the clouds drifting by at a snail's pace and couldn't help but smack his mount's head, complaining.
What Yi Feng didn't anticipate at all was that.
As soon as those words left his mouth, there was a "whoosh" sound, and his mount shot forward like a rocket.
So fast that Yi Feng's nerves hadn't even caught up when his mount had already carried him to the banquet grounds of Heavenly Array Pavilion.
"Holy crap you... you..."
Yi Feng gaped, looking at the snail beneath him, completely bewildered.