This was simply beyond belief!
At last, he withdrew his gaze, and his indifferent voice pierced the void, ringing out calmly:
"At this stage, the gap in our ages is too great. You have no cultivation, and your Sea of Bitterness has yet to open.
For this battle, I will give you time to grow. One day, I will seek you out again and fight you at your peak."
His tone was flat, but proud bones lay within his chest.
With that,
His gaze swept lightly over Chi Yao in the middle. Then he turned, flicked his sleeve, and returned to his place with waning interest.
Whoosh...
In the end, his figure flashed back before the star gate. Divine light enveloped him, and he stepped through the portal, vanishing completely from everyone's sight.
With that, the tense atmosphere of confrontation dissolved like smoke in an instant.
The clamor outside gradually subsided, yet every gaze remained fixed on Tan Lin and Chi Yao, who stood silently facing each other.
Not far away,
Audishiya, Qi Xiyuan, Fan Nuo, and the others "acquainted" with Tan Lin stood on their respective Star Platforms, their expressions varying at the sight.
Fan Nuo, the red-haired beauty, watched their silent figures with shimmering eyes. Her gaze flickered, and countless conjectures raced through her mind in an instant.
Qi Xiyuan's picturesque brows drew slightly together, her thoughts stirring. She merely watched quietly, but her eyes were full of confusion.
After all, as she remembered it, less than a month had passed between her farewell to Tan Lin in Feng City and their reunion in Tianyuan.
And throughout their years at the Welfare Institute in Feng City, they had known each other inside out. The subtle tension between Tan Lin and the white-robed girl now took her entirely by