Chen Changan's refusal darkened the ten Elders' faces even further.
"It seems you aren't very smart, either."
"Do you think the few of you can leave Heavenly Light Prefecture alive today?" the Grand Elder demanded.
"Why don't we try and find out?" Chen Changan said with a sneer.
"What arrogance!"
"Then I'll start with you!"
With that, the Grand Elder charged at Chen Changan. Chen Changan's figure flashed, and he appeared in midair.
"Hmph. Trying to run?"
The Grand Elder snorted and lunged after him.
The two traded blows high above, locked in a fierce battle that left everyone watching stunned.
"He... he can fight the Grand Elder to a standstill?"
"Is that brat really only at the early Primordial Realm?"
"Wait, something's wrong. Why doesn't he ever defend himself? He's letting the Grand Elder's attacks hit him!"
"Damn it, he's a monster!"
The onlookers were shocked, but the Grand Elder, fighting Chen Changan himself, understood better than anyone just how monstrous he was.
No matter how the Grand Elder attacked, Chen Changan neither dodged nor blocked. Even so, the Grand Elder could not injure him in the slightest.
They had suspected earlier that Chen Changan and his companions possessed some supreme treasure. Now the Grand Elder could rule that out entirely.
He sensed no fluctuation of energy from any treasure. Chen Changan was enduring the blows with his body alone.
What kind of terrifying body could possess such formidable defenses?
Where had Ren Xuan found these three monsters?
At that moment, the Grand Elder bitterly regretted what he had done. If not for everything that had happened before, wouldn't Heavenly Light Prefecture now have three prodigies among its ranks? Three extraordinary prodigies, at that?
But so much of what had happened had begun with the Grand Elder's selfishness.
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