Infiltration, Part III

Zhang Ming stood before the gate alongside the other pillars and their soldiers. Somewhere beyond that gate was Mei Xilan and her companions. It galled him to know that he could not help his princess the way those outsiders did. He had known that he was weak ever since the Undying Sun Sect took over the Sui Kingdom, but that fact was hammered home after Mei Xilan returned with aid.

Shuchang and Hou Jingshu were true monsters, Seeker Realm experts capable of devastating entire armies by themselves. They had reached a level of strength that very few could ever match. The fact that they were both so young only served to further illustrate their monstrous talent. That they had reached such power at so young an age while he remained stuck at the Human Limit Realm despite his advanced age was, perhaps, the most frustrating aspect of meeting them.