The Variables-the Real Target Is the Chronicle of Ages!

Of course, perhaps they should have thought of it long ago.

It was just that they had been unwilling to believe it. The aura of the Jungle Treant that had emerged earlier had been similar to that of the legendary king.

Now that he thought about it, this Ancient King of Embers had probably already absorbed the Jungle Treant Demon God directly, turning it into one of his Five Elements Spiritual Roots.

"They worked very hard."

Ning Zheng let out a long sigh. "You worked just as hard to make it this far—to stand before me."

That was the truth.

The blacksmiths had worked very hard, but what else could they have done?

Two suicidal performances: one had come up intending to fight head-on, only to be blown up in ten seconds; the next had intended to self-detonate, only to be chopped to death.

One meticulously prepared boss battle after another, and they had died spectacularly.

The gap was simply too great! It was not that they were useless. They had already reached their limits; they had just had far too little time to grow.

He believed they would grow stronger in the future.

Although they would still only move their mouths while their bodies ran on full auto, as their blacksmithing skills skyrocketed, their True Self Mastery would still make their combat abilities worth watching!

Taking over the bodies of several Transforming Self Realm progenitors had already been an enormous profit, adding suppressive-level combat power to his Mountain Villa.

To hope that they could defeat these monsters as well would simply be insatiable greed.

As Ning Zheng pondered, he looked at Xin Xichen before him. "You're very formidable. I'm not even confident I could beat you."

Ning Zheng's abilities were as follows.

Flash (Earth): His dharma form instantly reached