"You're too weak."
There was no mockery in Zhou Fan's words, no sneer.
There was not even the slightest emotion.
Just as a god would feel nothing over a mere ant.
In Zhou Fan's eyes, Ruan Qingqing was nothing more than an ant.
Ruan Qingqing's body trembled slightly.
Not from fear, but from anger and humiliation!
Ever since childhood, all she had heard was praise and admiration.
The Central District's greatest prodigy!
The pride of the Ruan family!
The future number one in the Central District!
These accolades had clung to her from the day she awakened her superpower, making her accustomed to standing above others and looking down on them.
She had always looked down on others. No one had ever been allowed to look down on her.
Yet today, a single sentence from Zhou Fan had trampled all her pride underfoot.
"You... what did you say?" Her voice trembled.
Zhou Fan did not repeat himself.
He had already turned his back on her and kept walking, without even the slightest intention of glancing back.
That indifference was harder to bear than any mockery.
"Stop right there!" Ruan Qingqing gritted her teeth and forced her battered body to charge forward.
She could not lose like this.
For the Ruan family's pride!
For the Ruan family's glory!
She absolutely could not fall here!
"Crystal Blade!"
Ruan Qingqing formed a crescent-shaped Crystal Blade in her hand and thrust it at him.
But her attack passed straight through Zhou Fan's body.
He was right before her, yet no matter what she did, she could not touch him.
She turned again and slashed at Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan struck, seizing her by the throat and lifting her off the ground.
"I told you, you're too weak."
"Why are you so weak? Because it