About a quarter of an hour later, a faint light flashed at the Battle Tower's entrance, and Lu Wei emerged in a sorry state. In the end, he had failed to reach the fourteenth floor.
The lettering on the Heavenly Strategy Wind and Cloud Rankings twisted, and Lu Wei's name finally settled into thirteenth place.
That ranking put him very close to the Spirit Bone Prodigies, and an uproar swept through the crowd.
"As expected of the strongest beneath the Spirit Bone Prodigies."
"He's only just reached perfection. Give him a few more months to consolidate, and he'll definitely break into the top ten."
"Huo Xiaochेन must be dreaming if he thinks he can compete with him for the title of strongest beneath the Spirit Bone Prodigies. If the Xiao Family hadn't paid a fortune to get him dragon blood, he wouldn't even be fit to carry Huo Xiaochेन's shoes."
Though Lu Wei looked somewhat bedraggled, a smile tugged at his lips when he saw his ranking shoot up to thirteenth. He looked toward Huo Xiaochेन nearby.
"It's only the thirteenth floor. What's there to be so pleased about? Watch me surpass you," Huo Xiaochेन snorted.
Only his cultivation speed lagged behind Lu Wei's. When it came to combat strength at the same cultivation level, he believed Lu Wei was no match for him.
As he spoke, he strode into the Battle Tower.
"Huo Xiaochेन really might surpass Lu Wei this time," Sun Tao said, walking over to Xu Yang.
Because of Xu Yang, he was also at odds with Huo Xiaochेन, so naturally, he kept an eye on Huo Xiaochेन's cultivation progress.
"If he doesn't hold anything back, he should be able to reach the fourteenth floor," Xu Yang said after some consideration.
Huo Xiaochेन practiced the True Martial