The reason Venerable Song Li was eliminated just a bit late was because he didn't encounter Brother Cheng, but instead faced the Three-Eyed Tiger.
Brother Cheng, with his fifty thousand combat power, is a devastating blow to whoever he faces.
The Three-Eyed Tiger, although having become a Pill Envoy, is currently just an Eighth-Grade Imperial Alchemist.
Without activating skills like the Artifact Talisman Array, his combat power is solely derived from the Alchemy Dao, roughly around 4800.
That's almost the same as the exceptional genius Venerable Luo Yun.
If the two of them were to meet, who knows who would emerge victorious.
Fortunately, the Three-Eyed Tiger faced Venerable Song Li, the latter although has dabbled in all aspects of the Pill, Artifact, and Talisman Array, and possesses a certain level of proficiency.
However, his total combat power only adds up to 3623, quite a gap from the Three-Eyed Tiger.
