"Please!"
Yang Chen said nothing more. He didn't ask why Jian Wuchen had taken so long to come up. Everyone had their own secrets, and asking too many questions wasn't a good idea.
Besides, he wasn't that familiar with Jian Wuchen.
Jian Wuchen looked at Yang Chen with some surprise, then smiled faintly. "You're pretty good!"
Yang Chen shrugged. "Maybe."
Jian Wuchen shook his head slightly, and the long sword in his hand slowly appeared. "You really are a genius, one of Number 98's trump cards. I admit, in all my years, I've never seen anyone cultivate as freakishly fast as you—not even your master, Liu Feng!"
A complex look flickered in Jian Wuchen's eyes.
Yang Chen's performance had been astonishing. He had entered the ruins at S-Class, and now he had advanced straight to the Shackle Realm.
It had only taken a day or two.
Even Liu Feng, Number 98's current leader and the most talented man of the Spiritual Energy Recovery era, hadn't cultivated this quickly!
Yet Yang Chen had done it!
Clearly, Yang Chen had secrets of his own.
But Yang Chen's earlier attitude had put him at ease, and he had no intention of asking.
"You flatter me, Senior," Yang Chen said modestly, lowering his head.
Jian Wuchen frowned slightly. "You use a sword?"
Yang Chen fixed his gaze on Jian Wuchen. The Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword instantly appeared in his hand. "That's right!"
Jian Wuchen shook his head slightly. "That's not how you use a sword!"
"Oh? Please enlighten me, Senior." Yang Chen raised an eyebrow.
As soon as the words left his mouth, Jian Wuchen shot toward him. Yang Chen's pupils shrank sharply, and he hurriedly raised the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword in front of his chest.
Clang!
Jian Wuchen's sword struck