"Mu Chen, come to my side."
Zhao Chen furrowed his brow and closed the distance between them.
He roughly understood what was happening.
Among the deans of the Five Great Spirit Academies, only Heavenly Saint, the dean of the Saint Spiritual Academy, had angrily made a move.
That meant that with the other four deans protecting Zhao Chen, it would be difficult for Heavenly Saint to threaten Mu Chen's life.
Killing Ji Xuan would definitely come at a price.
Zhao Chen understood that very clearly.
Heavenly Saint, the dean of the Saint Spiritual Academy, was a terrifying existence Zhao Chen could not contend with at present.
He naturally felt powerless.
Still, it was within his expectations.
The variable now was Mu Chen.
No one was protecting him yet, so Zhao Chen could only rely on himself.
As long as he stayed close enough to Mu Chen, Heavenly Saint would not be able to kill him.
For an expert at the level of the Five Great Spirit Academies' deans, killing someone from a tiny place like the Northern Spiritual Realm within the Spiritual Road would be absurdly easy.
If not for the restraint imposed by the other four deans, Zhao Chen himself might not even have had a chance to survive.
"Is this a glimpse of how cruel the world is?"
Thinking of this, Zhao Chen snorted coldly inwardly.
He became even more resolute in his belief that one had to be ruthless enough when dealing with enemies.
If no one could be his support, then he would make himself strong enough.
He understood this very well.
After this incident, especially after Heavenly Saint shifted his target from Zhao Chen to Mu Chen—
It would be impossible for Mu Chen to continue undergoing the trial on the Spiritual Road.
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