Until then, everyone had believed they could pass only by defeating the stone statues.
Da Huang's challenge had shown them otherwise. They didn't need to win; they only had to last for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
Da Huang's fight had lasted exactly that long.
"No way!"
"I wasn't done having fun, and it's already over?"
"If I'd known, I would've gotten serious sooner."
"Now it looks like I couldn't beat them," Da Huang said gloomily.
Everyone else could only smile bitterly. They couldn't withstand even one move, yet Da Huang was upset that he hadn't had enough fun.
And from the sound of it, he hadn't even been completely serious? If he had gotten serious, would the two statues have stood no chance against him?
"You two should give it a try as well."
"See if you can last until an incense stick burns down," Chen Changan said to Guan Ao and Wang Ba.
"All right. We'll give it a try."
Wang Ba and Guan Ao were fired up. If Da Huang could do it, so could they.
They didn't expect to defeat the statues, but they could surely last until an incense stick burned down.
Wang Ba and Guan Ao exchanged a glance, then Wang Ba stepped toward the two statues first.
"Wang Ba's strength has improved again. Not bad."
Watching Wang Ba make his move, Chen Changan nodded in approval. After spending so long with Chen Changan, Wang Ba had gradually begun to change.
He still had a long way to go before becoming a prodigy.
But he had already come a long way.
When the incense stick burned out, Wang Ba finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew he would probably lose if the fight continued. After all, both statues were