Most of the disciples around the Training Ground had their eyes fixed on Chen Fei.
Every disciple was stunned that Chen Fei had challenged Fu Lingfeng, ranked thirtieth among the True Disciples. Even those who thought highly of Chen Fei had only guessed that he would try to break the Illusionary Gate's historical record.
Yet unexpectedly, Chen Fei had skipped over the True Disciple ranked seventy-second and leapt straight to the thirtieth rank.
Beside the Training Ground, Yuan Yuzhao, the True Disciple ranked seventy-second, wore an oddly complicated expression.
Yuan Yuzhao had recently been gathering information on Chen Fei, especially Chen Fei's battle against Ji Qiubai. Since Yuan Yuzhao had not been present that day, he had specifically sought out several True Disciples who had witnessed it.
He had done quite a bit of preparation, ready to receive Chen Fei's challenge, only for Chen Fei to turn around and challenge Fu Lingfeng instead.
"Senior Brother Nie, do you think Junior Brother Chen can succeed in this battle?" Tian Wentao turned to look at Nie Yeyu beside him.
"I don't know." Nie Yeyu considered it for a moment, then shook his head.
By ordinary reasoning, Chen Fei was bound to lose this battle, because Fu Lingfeng was extremely strong. By the Illusionary Gate's rules, he was already qualified to challenge the Mysterious Ranking.
From what Nie Yeyu knew, Fu Lingfeng had cultivated both the Shore Mirror Flower Art and the Myriad Phenomena Qi Armor to their peaks, and had refined several powerful Void Secret Treasures.
Nie Yeyu himself was also a True Disciple, but when he compared himself to Fu Lingfeng, the gap was enormous. He did not even harbor the thought of challenging him, because there was simply no chance of victory.
Viewed this way, Chen Fei's challenge seemed somewhat