The elders?
How many fucking elders did this Abyssal Clan have?
"Not many, not many. Our Abyssal Clan only has thirty-odd elders altogether."
"And their strength is decent enough. They're only in the mid-Greater Ruler realm."
Listen to that. Was that even something a human being would fucking say?
I'm in the Myriad Thousand realm, and you want me to challenge over thirty mid-Greater Ruler realm experts?
"And this... is only the first trial?"
"Do I have to defeat them to pass?" Chen Changan asked helplessly.
"No, no. You only need to last a day."
A day?
"Fine. No problem."
"A day it is."
Seeing Chen Changan agree so readily, the Abyssal Clan's patriarch froze for a moment. He had expected Chen Changan to haggle with him.
"Over thirty mid-Greater Ruler realm experts, and you're that confident?"
"What else can I do? You're the ones who set this fucking trial. What choice do I have?"
"Uh... fair enough."
"Then let's go."
Chen Changan did not want to waste too much time either, so he followed the Abyssal Clan's patriarch straight to the clan's elders.
The Abyssal Clan's elders were rather surprised to see Chen Changan appear, because they had devised this first trial precisely to make him recognize the difficulty and retreat.
Yet, to their surprise, he had actually agreed?
"Young man, there's still time to change your mind."
"A whole day isn't the time it takes an incense stick to burn, or even two hours."
"We certainly won't go easy on you."
"You dream of taking our Abyssal Clan's Abyssal Stone? Delusional."
"If you give up now, we can pretend none of this ever happened."
Even now, they still wanted Chen Changan to give up of his own accord. Yet his expression remained calm as he listened.
"I'm not