Before the Mountain Gate of Xuanhuang Hall, a deathly silence fell.
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, their faces filled with shock.
Chu Guanyu had actually lost—and lost so cleanly. Lu Chuan had cut off one of her hands with a single slash, injuring her severely on the spot.
Everyone's gazes instantly fell on Lu Chuan.
At that moment, Lu Chuan did not even glance at Chu Guanyu. Instead, he gave Ye Yunqing and the other two a sincere smile and said, "Many thanks to the three of you for protecting me. Are you all right?"
"We're fine!"
Ye Yunqing and the other two shook their heads at the same time, their faces still full of astonishment. Clearly, they had not completely recovered from what had just happened.
"Good. Leave the rest to me!"
Lu Chuan nodded slightly, swept his gaze around, and finally let it fall on Chu Guanyu and the other two.
"The three monster-level heavenly prodigies of Wuji Institute, the top three among the True Disciples. I never thought I, Lu Chuan, would receive such fine treatment that the three of you would come together..."
Lu Chuan's expression was calm. Although he had been in sudden enlightenment just now, in truth, he had always split off a thread of will to pay attention to every movement.
So even if Ye Yunqing and the other two had not stopped them, Chu Guanyu and the others would not have been able to harm him.
However, though they could not harm him, they might have interrupted his sudden enlightenment.
To cut off someone's comprehension of the Dao was equivalent to cutting off their future—like murdering their parents.
In the entire cultivation world, this was an extremely vile act.
Lu Chuan was no good-tempered man, so the instant his