"Insolence!"
Della's cool voice rang out sharply, and her gentle face was now covered in frost.
A terrifying aura belonging to a Peak Eternal God erupted like a volcano that had lain dormant for ages.
Though only a trace had leaked out, the air across the entire plaza instantly froze!
Elvis seemed to have been struck by lightning. His burly body trembled violently, and his face turned deathly pale.
Every Elf prodigy nearby, regardless of distance,
felt their hearts stop, as though invisible hands had seized their throats and made even breathing difficult.
"Your Highness Xu is the Eternal Star Alliance's foremost prodigy of this generation and the Frost Crown Dominator's Personal Disciple!"
Della's voice scraped across the plaza like icy blades. "Didn't any of you watch the footage of him single-handedly fighting three Cosmic Tier Beasts and turning the tide in the Monster Hunting Competition?"
Her gaze swept over the young faces, her dark green eyes filled with disappointment and anger.
"On his own, he could sweep through every one of your Star Tier cultivators!
If you don't even possess that much self-awareness, what right do you have to challenge him?"
Della was genuinely furious.
As the chief secretary to the ruler, she understood Xu Jingming's worth better than anyone.
She had watched the complete recording of the Monster Hunting Competition more than once!
The overwhelming dominance of the Thunderlight World Annihilation Cannon clearing the field, the precise ruthlessness with which he skewered Cosmic Tier Beasts, the figure that stood as straight as a spear even beneath a Dominator's pressure...
Such talent and strength ranked among the very best throughout the history of prodigies of the Cosmic Human Race!
The ruler had proposed such harsh conditions solely because the Eternal Core was too precious.
It concerned the foundation of