"Sixteen?!"
Elder Gu Xu's astonished cry
was like a thunderclap
exploding over the originally bustling Ancient Holy City plaza.
In an instant!
The entire plaza fell into dead silence.
The expressions of all the Ancient Clan elders seemed frozen by time,
stiffening on their faces.
It was a look interwoven with extreme shock and disbelief.
As for those young prodigies, they had been struck as if by lightning.
Their eyes widened, their mouths gaped open.
It was as though they had heard the most absurd joke in the world.
They simply could not believe their ears:
"N-No way."
Gu Yao collapsed limply onto the ground.
His once neatly arranged silver hair was now as messy as a bird's nest.
His lips trembled violently beyond his control.
His eyes were filled with terror and confusion:
"A sixteen-year-old Dou Saint?!"
"Th-This..."
The news had struck him so hard that his mind went completely blank.
He had no idea how to express the shock in his heart.
Among the Flame Clan seats, Huo Xuan had been staring intently at Xiao Yan in the center of the arena.
At this moment,
his gaze was dull and vacant.
The wine in his hand spilled over his robes.
Yet he did not notice at all.
As the leading figure of the Flame Clan's younger generation,
he had broken through to the Dou Zun realm at twenty-eight.
That was already an exceedingly proud record within the Flame Clan.
The elders of his clan had all placed great expectations upon him.
However!
This boy before him was merely sixteen years old.
Yet he had already reached the Dou Saint realm.
The pride in Huo Xuan's heart was instantly shattered.
He stared fixedly at that slender figure.
His throat was so dry it seemed about to smoke, yet he