"Hey, look! Isn't that Lin Tian?"
"Where? Let me see."
The two looked across the road at a young man in white. He kept walking without pause, seeming to be in a hurry.
"That's definitely him! I heard he just awakened Authority [Mind's Eye]? Doesn't that make him nothing but trash?"
The boy beside him seemed displeased. "Lin Tian's parents died for the country. He's the son of heroes. For that alone, you can't call him trash!"
"And didn't you used to say he was your role model?"
"Oh, give me a break! Him, a hero's son? In my eyes, he's just trash."
The boy wanted to argue for Lin Tian, but he was cut off directly.
"Quit defending him! Trash like that doesn't deserve to be my role model!"
With that, he turned and left without looking back. As he watched Lin Tian's retreating figure, a flash of violet-black light flickered through his shadowed eyes...
Throughout Yatuo City's streets and alleys, people sang praises of Lin Tian's parents' heroic deeds. With mortal bodies, they had slain gods against all odds, shocking the entire nation. Lin Tian had thus been given the title of "son of heroes."
Countless people envied him, worshipped him, and regarded Lin Tian as a role model. Everyone believed he would inherit his parents' Authorities and even surpass them in one stroke, becoming East God Star's new generation of powerhouse!
But everything changed three days ago, when Lin Tian awakened his Authority. No one could believe that their former role model had awakened the weakest Authority! No one could accept that they had idolized a piece of trash!
For a time, insults rose from every side. Lin Tian went from being admired by all to being mocked by all. His talent became gossip fodder. People lamented