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He deliberately stressed the words "mixed blood," his tone carrying a condescending scrutiny rooted in the very source of his bloodline.

Those words pierced the hearts of all the kneeling Half-Elves below like icy knives, instantly filling them with pain and humiliation. Yet not one of them dared show the slightest displeasure.

Quite the opposite: the more Li Chen displayed this arrogance and contempt born of "pure blood," the more inferior they felt, and the more firmly they believed in his exalted, unquestionable identity.

Only a true Ancient Pureblood King would treat descendants with "impure bloodlines" like them this way!

Watching everyone below abase themselves even further, Li Chen changed tack, his voice tinged with helplessness and indifference. "I slumbered for too long, and my soul and power suffered tremendous depletion. Having only just awakened, I retain less than a hundredth of my strength. My immediate priorities are to restore my cultivation and seek out old acquaintances. Where would I find the leisure to concern myself with your mundane affairs?"

As he spoke, seemingly to substantiate his words-or perhaps because he was "troubled" by the reality of his "weakness"-he inadvertently let a trace of his aura escape.

Buzzz!

In an instant, a pressure far more concentrated and terrifying than the one in the Corridor of Sighs burst outward with him at its center!

It targeted no one, yet every powerful individual throughout the castle-no, throughout all of Silverglow City-clearly sensed the elements of heaven and earth freeze for an instant, along with a slight distortion of space!

It was as though an invisible primordial divine mountain had suddenly descended, pressing down upon everyone's heart. Though it vanished in an instant, it was enough to drain the color from the faces of all who sensed it!

Lotherma and every member of