Xuan Zhen even instinctively felt that this had to be an illusion.
How could the other party be here? But when his eyes focused clearly, Xuan Zhen subconsciously took two steps back, his gaze brimming with fear.
The thing he feared most had still happened.
Yang Chen was indeed standing before him.
The one and only person who made him afraid, who made him timid, was standing before him once again.
"It's you!" Xuan Zhen roared furiously. "Yang Chen!"
After returning, he had investigated Yang Chen thoroughly and already knew his name and details.
Third place on the human Great Luo Celestial Monument—Yang Chen.
The moment Xuan Zhen appeared, cultivators of the same rank among humankind all feared him. Even Heavenly Separation Realm experts would reveal alarm and dread. Yet Yang Chen was the exception.
Others feared him, but he feared Yang Chen.
Seeing Yang Chen again now, he tried desperately to remain calm and clear-headed. It was precisely because of this that he understood even more clearly that he was likely no match for the man before him.
Ji Yue Shuang saw Xuan Zhen's sweat-soaked expression, and her face filled with astonishment as she wondered what had happened.
By all rights, with Xuan Zhen's formidable strength, he should have met Yang Chen head-on. Why was he so afraid now?
She knew that the root of it all had to be traced back to Yang Chen.
Yang Chen stood with his hands behind his back and said, "Xuan Zhen, since we last parted, I wonder whether your strength has improved. I'm standing right here now. You should have thought of seeking revenge on me, shouldn't you?"
After saying this, the corners of Yang Chen's lips rose, the provocation in his expression impossible to miss.
He seemed to be provoking him,