As Zheyan's words fell, the entire gathering went silent.
Whether they were Heaven's Chosen of the Golden Wing Sect or Heaven's Chosen of the other great sects, everyone froze upon hearing this.
More than six thousand four hundred Ancient Talismans!
That number was already close to twice the number of Ancient Talismans an ordinary Heaven's Chosen had gathered!
Even monsters like Fu Tan and Mo Qi Qi had gathered nowhere near that many Ancient Talismans.
"How... how is that possible!"
The most shocked of all was undoubtedly Fu Tan.
He had never imagined that, despite being one of the Heaven's Chosen who had participated in the previous Grand Gathering, the number of Ancient Talismans he gathered would still amount to only a little over half of Lin Ke's.
Faced with such an enormous numerical gulf, his experience from participating in a previous Grand Gathering seemed utterly useless.
For a moment, he even suspected that Zheyan had counted incorrectly.
But in all honesty, he knew the possibility was vanishingly small, if not outright impossible.
Lin Ke really did have that many Ancient Talismans!
At that moment, shock, doubt, confusion, anger, despair...
All those emotions had completely submerged him.
He had lost. He truly had lost.
And so utterly!
"How could this happen?!"
Some Heaven's Chosen from the Imperial Clan, the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect, and the Jade Great Radiance Church plainly found it hard to believe, crying out on the Altar.
Some Heaven's Chosen even immediately rose to their feet. "Senior Zheyan, I object!"
"How could he have obtained so many Ancient Talismans alone? He must have attacked other Heaven's Chosen along the way and stolen theirs!"
"I demand an investigation into Lin Ke's background and the source of his Ancient Talismans!"
The moment those words rang out, many Heaven's