The voice drifted toward them, slowly drawing closer.
It sounded calm, yet many found it uncannily familiar. For the moment, though, none could remember who it belonged to.
But anyone bold enough to challenge Fan Wuxin after he had defeated Qi Zique was no ordinary disciple.
Could it be a direct disciple returning from training abroad?
The voice held not the slightest tremor of emotion, making it all the harder to place.
In the crowd, Liu Ruoxue's expression changed. Then she cried out in astonishment, "It's Lu Ren! Senior Brother Lu Ren!"
Liu Ruoxue knew Lu Ren's voice well.
The other disciples, and even some of the sect elders, were far less familiar with it.
But no one kept guessing. Every gaze swung toward the mountain gate and stayed fixed there.
Before long, a figure in an azure robe flew in from the distance and landed on the Five Elements Arena.
It was Lu Ren.
"Lu Ren! It's actually Lu Ren! And there's a fluctuation of divine power coming from him. He's entered the Heavenly God Realm!"
Every disciple of the Five Elements Divine Sect looked stunned.
Back when Lu Ren had failed to condense a Godhead at the God Forging Pavilion, they had assumed his useless bloodline made it all but impossible. Yet now, he had entered the Heavenly God Realm.
And his cultivation did not seem low.
"That little brat!"
Chen Wudi sensed Lu Ren's aura and saw through his cultivation at a glance. Lu Ren had not merely entered the Heavenly God Realm; he had reached its fifth level.
For someone with a Divine Bloodline and a pulse-wheel count of zero, condensing a Godhead was already a miracle. Yet in just six months, Lu Ren had advanced through five levels.
His speed might not match Qi Zique's,