Faced with Xu Tiandi's resounding challenge, infused with newly born Divine Might, Lu Jun showed no trace of gravity. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Since our host has invited me so warmly and gone to such lengths to arrange this,"
Lu Jun's voice was unhurried, yet clearly audible amid the still-churning aftershocks of planar energy.
"then if I, as the guest, continue to decline, it would seem rather ungracious. I can hardly refuse such hospitality."
But his tone suddenly shifted as he stared directly into Xu Tiandi's gold-glimmering eyes.
"However, before you stake all your grand ambitions on defeating me and taking the Ice Abyss Sword, I have a small question."
Lu Jun paused.
"What makes you so certain that, once you obtain this so-called Super Divine Artifact in my hand, you will have victory assured and sweep away the Abyss Plane in one stroke?"
He tilted his head slightly, as though stating the simplest of facts.
"You should know that, according to the information I possess, the Abyss Plane as you understand it has at least one true God King at its peak, with more than thirty First-Level Deities beneath him. And that is merely the known strength displayed in the open."
Lu Jun's tone remained calm, but every word struck like a hammer against Xu Tiandi's soaring ambition.
"Even if you succeed by sheer luck in fully merging with the evolving Douluo Star Plane Origin and become the Plane Master, before this planet completes its final evolution, the upper limit of your strength will at most be infinitely close to that of a God King. You will only barely step into the realm of a Half-step God King."
"With the strength of a Half-step God King and a Super Divine Artifact in hand, you intend