"Once, I thought you had a better chance of becoming Rule-level than I did. Back then, you were clearly just a weakling."
Dragon-kin General Jiang Hei recalled the past. When she had met with Ancient City's leaders to discuss matters, Lu PingAn had merely been brought in to keep them company.
Back then, she could have crushed him with a single finger. Back then, was Lu PingAn Tier 2? Tier 3? Tier 4? To a true Rule-level powerhouse, there was virtually no difference, nor did it hold any meaning.
".Later, when we met again, I was astonished by your progress. I thought that day might come sooner than expected, that perhaps you would surpass me someday."
Back then, the Dragon-kin General had been an "unreachable" great figure in Lu PingAn's eyes.
Yet now, barely more than a year had passed, and this "super important figure" wore a bitter smile.
".I never expected the day I was surpassed to come so quickly. Perhaps it will be today."
Jiang Hei did not look down on Lu PingAn just because he was still Quasi Rule-level. Spiritual Intuition could be reliable one moment and utter nonsense the next, but when it warned you that the person before you was a monster and that provoking him could get you killed outright... it was best to heed the warning.
Jiang Hei had personally read the report on Lu PingAn's "hunt" for the two traitors. She had even observed Lu PingAn from afar at the time. No matter how he had done it, a "Tier 4 or 5" could not possibly have drawn her attention—especially when the records had detailed exactly how he had "outwitted" them.
"In this world, strength has the final say."
Her thoughts from back then overlapped with the reality before her now. The