All Secure, Setting Off Again

"Young master, our people have returned."

In the Virtual God Realm, inside a private room in the Audience Seats for the revival matches, Vanessa spoke respectfully to Kong Xiao.

Kong Xiao did not turn back, his gaze fixed on the battlefield the entire time.

There, Shi Yan was striding onto the stage, about to fight the first revival match.

"What is the situation?"

he asked.

Shi Yan had withdrawn from the Virtual God Realm during a crucial battle. The matter was probably no small thing—yet only two days had passed, and he was already as lively as a dragon and fierce as a tiger, coming back to compete?

"It was the Azure Scale Tribe that attacked Shi Yan's faction..."

Vanessa left nothing out, recounting all the intelligence they had gathered.

Kong Xiao listened, his brows easing at times and his expression turning grave at others, while the look he cast toward the competition grounds kept shifting.

The attackers had almost been wiped out, a divine artifact, a Saint King of the Virtual God Tower, a Dragon Clan Phantom...

Each and every matter pointed to Shi Yan being far from simple.

"It's good that he didn't die. From now on... our people are strictly forbidden from provoking him." Kong Xiao's face returned to its usual wicked look, and he then gave Vanessa the order.

"As you command... Young master, is he... an Ancient Prodigy?"

As if Vanessa had thought of something, she could not help asking.

Ancient Prodigy was a term used for a special group of people. They were super geniuses from tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years ago, sealed away at some point by powerful figures using Immortal Substance at a great price, to await a special moment to emerge into the world.

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