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Although the noisy group was still deliberating, Xiao Ning and the three surviving Saints from the Sun Kingdom had already acknowledged Yan Xiaobao's power, though they knew nothing about him. How strong he was, they could only guess, as they greedily eyed the Saints on the other end of the corridor with undisguised avarice.
Not long after, all the stone beasts were slain, and the two groups of Saints now stared at each other, waiting for someone to make the first move. The greedy Saints all fixed their gazes on Yan Xiaobao, their eyes brimming with blatant greed and anticipation. Smiles stretched across their faces as they envisioned how best to use his treasures to their advantage. All of those beast cores were worth a hefty sum, since they were clearly not ordinary cores. Their group had managed to obtain one beast core by defeating a beast on their own, but Yan Xiaobao had taken all the others.
