The conviction in her voice drew approving nods from both Ondua and Lirades, both of whom had their own forms of favor for the heiress, even as the pair eyed everyone else on the platform during the seeming moment of vulnerability. All cultivators knew that their reaction times tended to be a bit nebulous and inconsistent as their body and spirit adjusted to the new sensations after advancement.
Around the area, the security forces of the Void Defense Society and other Guilds ushered away onlookers. Corde herself studied the person she'd apparently offended with greater attention, not one to usually push her spiritual sense at others. Unlike the duel at the competition grounds, the person before her held a much firmer cultivation.
'More than what they've been through on the battlefield. This is not his first Primalist breakthrough. Well, that does explain why that Astralism was so very effective in its tactic as things moved along.'
