Too strong!
This was Ye Chen's understanding of the guardian at the First Pass. Although he had known beforehand that the Emperor's Trial was not going to be easy, the guardian he faced in the First Pass was unreasonably strong.
Although the guardian was only an Innate Martial Artist, Ye Chen highly suspected that the guardian, like himself, was an Invincible who had descended to the Innate level. The combat awareness was also terrifyingly impressive, so much so that even someone as strong as he could hardly gain the upper hand.
It was an unbelievable scene, yet it was indeed happening right in front of him.
At this moment, Ye Chen finally understood that although the guardian was only at the Innate Third Realm, he was probably an invincible presence among his peers, at the ultimate limit in terms of Spiritual Sense and physical body.
To break through, one had to be equally formidable.