"They've broken into the top three!"
Everyone knew that Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang were the dark horses of this Dragon Source Grand Competition.
But given the limits of their cultivation, everyone had thought that even making it into the top ten would be astonishing.
Yet now, both Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao had made it into the top three.
Meanwhile, Long Ling and Long Xiao of the Dragon Family, who had once ranked second and third, had fallen all the way to fourth and fifth.
At this point, their success could no longer be explained away as luck or some clever trick.
"Is all this really happening, or is our understanding just too limited for us to imagine it?"
"Even if our understanding is limited and we haven't seen the Longevity Realm in its entirety, they've made it into the top three of the Dragon Source Grand Competition with their Carefree Realm cultivation. I doubt many people across the whole Longevity Realm could pull that off."
"Exactly. Even among the Longevity Realm's top prodigies, whose level of talent we can only guess at, I think the best they could manage would be something like Chen Changan."
"What a shame. If not for Zhong Ye, first place would surely belong to Chen Changan."
"I wouldn't be so sure. No one's figured out how Chen Changan's defense works, even now. What if Zhong Ye can't break through it either?"
"After today's battle, he must be nearly exhausted. He can't keep using it endlessly."
"Exactly. Against Zhong Ye, Chen Changan will lose that advantage. He won't stand a chance of winning."
Just then, the referee came over to Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao and asked, "You two haven't expended much energy in today's bouts."
"Would you like to rest? If