Defeat Yourself

As the countdown ended, the environment around Luo Jun began to change. A moment later, he found himself seated beside a long table in an ancient hall built from stacked stone and lit by candlelight.

Ten others sat with him at the table, each observing their surroundings.

Luo Jun noticed several familiar faces among them.

For instance, Bull Bill and Nikolai Hell Creek, who had participated in the Heavenly Origin Tournament, as well as Miyamoto Haru, president of the Shinto Art Research Society, who had once attended as a spectator. Luo Jun had rarely seen the others, but he recognized two of them from their appearances: one was a burly, red-haired man in his fifties, while the other was a calm-looking middle-aged man with purple hair. Both had Zhendan features. Judging from the Fire Elemental and Lightning Element auras radiating from them, they should be Chen Chi Xiong, head of the Vermillion Bird Town Chen Family, and Lei Huoshan, head of the Pei'an Lei Family—the fathers of Chen Ran and Lei Tianyang.

Luo Jun did not recognize the remaining five.

But clearly, all ten people present knew him...

"Oh, isn't this the champion who coasted to victory at the Heavenly Origin Tournament?" Nikolai sneered. "Didn't expect you to make it into a Tier S Mission too."

Luo Jun glanced at him and raised an eyebrow. Didn't Old Rex tell the younger generation in his family what I can do? Then he reconsidered. Old Rex had apparently still been on the island these two days and had not returned, while Nikolai had gone back to the Federation after finishing his assessment.

"I really don't have much skill. I'm just lucky." Luo Jun smiled and waved a hand. "If I were truly at the Peak, I might've been eliminated in the second