Gu Ding's initiative in challenging Belief, who was already a Seven-Star Lord, left nearly everyone in the hall stunned.
One had to know that below the Saint King level, a Seven-Star Lord was already the highest realm anyone could reach through cultivation. Only Saint King Level prodigies could condense seven Order God Chains into incomplete Dao and become False Kings. Only True Saint Kings could break through the Seven-Star Lord realm, reach eight stars and nine stars, and then become True Kings.
Belief, already a Seven-Star Lord, could be said to be one of the strongest beings in the entire plane.
Yet Gu Ding had only been a Middle-rank Main God a year ago. Even if he had improved tremendously over the past year in the Hidden Dragon Battlefield, there was no way his cultivation could have caught up to Belief's. At most, he should have only just broken through to the Lord-level.
A newly advanced Lord challenging a Seven-Star Lord?!
Even Belief, the one being challenged by Gu Ding, was briefly dazed, wondering whether he had misheard.
The representatives of the other major factions were all Lord-level powerhouses. Upon hearing Gu Ding's challenge, they all felt that he was far too arrogant.
Arthur was equally astonished. Just as he was about to say something to stop them, he heard a voice transmission from Cassandra, the Dark Envoy, by his ear. "Gu Ding could rank first in the Hidden Dragon Battlefield, so he would never humiliate himself in a place like this. Since he has issued the challenge, he should be confident that he can win. Let's wait and see. Don't interfere."
Arthur immediately restrained his urge to intervene and remained silent.
Quite a few people had expected him to stop it. Seeing that he said nothing, they found the