A heaven-shaking strike fell, and Cloud Sea Plaza sank into deathly silence.
Every gaze in the arena locked firmly onto Yao Xuan!
Sharp intakes of breath rose and fell, ringing out continuously from every corner of the plaza.
Who was Lei Dong?
He was the most dazzling prodigy the Thunder Clan had seen in a thousand years. Rumor had it that he possessed the Thunder Clan's long-lost Divine-grade Dou Emperor Bloodline. At such a young age, he had already cultivated to the Three-Turn Peak Battle Venerable realm and mastered Black Demon Lightning!
In the previous two bouts, he had swept through his opponents with overwhelming force, defeating Yao Ling and Yao Tian, the Yao Clan's two foremost young experts.
Before today's coming-of-age ceremony began, nearly every ancient great clan had believed that among the younger generation of the seven clans, Lei Dong would undoubtedly take first place.
Yet such an extraordinarily talented figure had lost to Yao Xuan in a full-frontal clash today.
What shook everyone even more was that, in the eyes of the world, Yao Xuan was merely an abandoned son cast out by the Yao Clan in his early years.
A man abandoned by his clan, deprived of the resources and nurturing of an Emperor Clan, had defeated head-on the Thunder Clan's prodigy who bore a divine-grade bloodline. Such a disparity struck deeply at everyone's hearts.
The elders of every clan wore shifting expressions, with traces of barely concealed calculation in their eyes.
Everyone knew that in that collision just now, Yao Xuan had yet to reveal all his trump cards. Even his famed Fused Heavenly Flame had not been fully unleashed!
In everyone's eyes, Yao Xuan's true strength remained hidden beneath a veil of mist.
On the high platform, Yao Wanhuo watched the settled battle upon