Three days later.
The news spread farther and farther, growing more and more intense.
Especially with Wind Listening Pavilion pulling the strings, there was scarcely a corner of the vast Jianghu that could avoid it.
Everywhere, the hottest topic became Lu Chen challenging Ye Gubai to a duel.
The entire Jianghu was thoroughly thrown into an uproar.
At first, some people had scoffed, believing Lu Chen lacked such strength and was merely a clown leaping about on a stage, laughable and ridiculous.
But before long, a battle record was exposed, once again shocking the world.
Huangfu Yun, the Heavy Sword Without Edge ranked fourteenth on the Qilin Rankings, had been defeated by Lu Chen in a single move!
In barely two days, this news spread throughout the Jianghu, leaving those who had doubted whether Lu Chen possessed any real strength utterly stunned.
One had to know that the top fifteen of the Qilin Rankings were separated by a sheer gulf.
Those not from reclusive Lineages would, for the most part, only ever linger outside the top fifteen in their lifetimes.
The last person to break into the top fifteen of the Qilin Rankings had done so fifty years ago.
That man had been called the Breeze Swordmaster!
And now, someone had entered the top fifteen again.
"Even if he entered the top fifteen, so what? That doesn't mean he has the strength to challenge Ye Gubai."
"Exactly. That's Ye Gubai, number one on the Qilin Rankings, known as the Exiled Immortal—unmatched beneath heaven. Who could possibly stand against him?"
"Young Hero Lu's strength truly is formidable, but compared to Ye Gubai, there is still an immeasurable gap."
"I hope Ye Gubai accepts the challenge. Let us see just what level he has reached."
A chaotic mountain forest.
The scent