Xing Tong narrowed her eyes, surprise flashing through them.
She had thought Yang Chen was an overconfident fool. She had never expected him to understand things so clearly. This meant that Yang Chen fully knew the strength she took pride in, yet even knowing all this, he remained so calm and composed, utterly unconcerned!
Xing Tong's expression turned icy. "Since you know, you still dare speak to me in that tone? It seems you truly have grown tired of living!"
Yang Chen smiled faintly. "Daoist Friend Xing Tong, perhaps you have misunderstood. I say this because you are not my opponent!"
The moment those words fell, they exploded through everyone's hearts.
After pausing for a moment, the insect race burst into uproarious laughter, as though they had heard some utterly unbelievable joke.
Under normal circumstances, Xing Tong would have laughed as well. No matter how she looked at it, Yang Chen's words seemed like the ignorant boasts of someone who did not know the height of heaven or the depth of earth.
Yet for some reason, when Yang Chen had spoken those words just now, Xing Tong felt a palpitation rising from the deepest depths of her soul.
That feeling made her somewhat afraid to underestimate Yang Chen!
She stared solemnly at Yang Chen and waved a hand, signaling the insect race below to restrain their laughter.
Seeing Xing Tong's gesture, the insects did not dare defy her. One after another, they shut their mouths and put away their smiles!
Xing Tong fixed her gaze on Yang Chen and said in a deep voice, "Good, very good. I have been the insect race's Mother Empress for so many years. Whenever I was pursued, it was always by experts a realm above me. Never before had a cultivator of the same