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The princess's original script had been to have the guards hidden in the crowd fight over the embroidered ball and toss it straight at Li Chen's face.

As soon as Li Chen caught it, the Imperial Guards would immediately "invite" him into the Imperial Palace.

Now, watching Li Chen turn to leave, the princess seethed inwardly.

She felt certain he was only leaving because he thought he was too far away to catch it.

After all, with her peerless beauty, how could anyone possibly refuse her?

At a meaningful glance from the princess, the guards disguised as ordinary cultivators immediately adjusted their strategy.

They pretended to fight fiercely while secretly nudging the embroidered ball toward Li Chen.

The crowd surged along with them. Many young talents from the Tasha Kingdom and prodigies from other countries grew red-eyed, using every trick they had to seize this chance to save themselves decades of struggle.

Bang! A cultivator in white was knocked over by a blast of air, and the embroidered ball traced a strange arc through the sky.

The commander of the plainclothes guards seized his moment, pretended someone had struck him in the back, and thrust the embroidered ball toward Li Chen.

The force was just right. All Li Chen had to do was reach out, and he could catch it securely.

But to everyone's astonishment, the embroidered ball struck an invisible wall of air halfway there and came to an abrupt halt in midair!

"It's mine!" A pockmarked young man seized the opportunity to leap up and grab the embroidered ball.

His movements were exceptionally swift, and his aura was impressive. Evading everyone who continued trying to snatch it, he bounded onto the platform in a few leaps, raised the embroidered ball high, and shouted, "I caught it! I get