Xia Zhiyang's voice drifted from afar, tinged with mockery.
"Is he your illegitimate son? Does he actually have the surname Xia, not Chen?"
Chen Fazhen gave a low shout.
But Xia Zhiyang did not answer.
Chen Fazhen froze. The next instant, fury blazed in his eyes.
"Lord Xia, Xia Zhiyang, your Xia Family has gone too far!
You've bewitched my Chen Clan's descendants into harming me!"
He roared.
So the one facing the threat of the Ancient God's aura wasn't you, was it?!
He struck down with one palm, and the lake exploded!
At the same time.
Within the Emperor Realm Nine Refinements.
Deep in the starry sky, a colossal planet broke through the nebula's barrier and swept across the heavens!
Stars fled before it, and nebulae parted in its wake.
A gigantic star!
An endless tide of might bore down.
Chen Yan's eyes sharpened.
Chen Fazhen was playing dirty.
Following the pattern of the earlier trials, the next thing Chen Yan would face should have been a larger meteorite.
After that, a smaller star.
But this one—
It was obviously far too big.
Stars came in different sizes.
This star was a hundred times larger than the meteorite just now.
Even if Chen Yan used [Imperishable—Sacred Origin Condensation], he probably still wouldn't be able to stop it.
"You can withdraw early."
Chen Fazhen's indifferent voice rang out.
Chen Yan frowned.
Before this, he had indeed focused on speed, hoping to pass the first trial of the Emperor Realm Nine Refinements.
He had neglected power instead.
But Chen Yan's strongest methods had always been power-based attacks. And now, he had already advanced to the Eighth Order.
Taking fourth place would be a little too low.
Chen Yan stood calmly, glints of light flickering in his weathered eyes.
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