"Nightmare actually became a named disciple of a great being like the City Lord of Chaos?" Inside a villa in the Tai Chu District of Yu Xiang Mountain, Aike's face abruptly changed as he held a wineglass. He flung it to the floor. Crash! The glass shattered on impact, and wine splashed everywhere.
"That guy's talent was already enough to make anyone despair, and now he's had such an opportunity, too! Do we really have to just watch the gap between us grow wider and wider?" Aike said, unwilling to accept it. Back when they'd entered the Virtual Universe Company's Core Layer in the same batch, there had been differences between them, but they hadn't been all that great.
Who could have imagined that everything would change so completely in little more than a decade? Lu Yan'an had soared to new heights. Not only was he far ahead in his understanding of the Laws, but now his teacher was one of those legendary beings, too! How could anyone compete with that?
"It seems there's only one way to surpass him now." Aike spoke with a solemn expression. "Become a Universe Venerable! Otherwise, he'll keep holding me down!"
As he finished, a trace of longing appeared in his eyes. He clenched his fists so tightly that his fingernails pierced his palms, and dark-red blood trickled down...
"Nightmare isn't even human!" Ming Feng exclaimed, full of emotion. "His talent was already in a league of its own among us, and now the City Lord of Chaos has taken him as a disciple! How are the rest of us supposed to survive?"
As the only person in this year's Genius Tournament who could go toe to toe with Lu Yan'an, Ming Feng was under tremendous pressure. Every time, he came so close