The sudden sound was like a thunderclap from a clear sky, startling all the Martial Artists around them and drawing their gazes into the distance.
They saw a tall, close-cropped young man clad in purple lightning armor and draped in a red cape. He was like a god of war born of thunder, majestic and awe-inspiring, his domineering aura soaring to the heavens.
Lightning flickered endlessly across the surface of his body, like purple flood dragons frolicking over him.
"Could this be Cao Ben, the successor of the Mad Thunder War Venerate?"
"It must be him. The aura of his divine body is far too powerful, like ten thousand bolts of thunder crashing down. I feel that merely unleashing his divine body would be enough for him to crush us outright!"
Quite a few Divine Profound Realm disciples around them consciously moved aside. Their gazes toward Cao Ben were filled with reverence and envy.
Cao Ben turned a deaf ear to everyone's stares. Instead, he looked straight at Lu Ren and said, "You are Lu Ren of the Five Elements Divine Sect? I heard you cultivated the Great Sun Heavenly Calamity?"
"That's right!" Lu Ren nodded, his gaze sharp as lightning, as though he could see straight through Cao Ben.
"Back then, my master was besieged by experts from the Four Great Divine Sects over the Great Sun Heavenly Calamity, yet it ended up benefiting an ant like you!" Cao Ben said mockingly.
Lu Ren smiled faintly and replied disdainfully, "An ant? When the time comes, don't lose to this ant."
Hearing this, Cao Ben threw back his head and laughed. His laughter was full of mockery and contempt. "Lu Ren, I know your combat strength is formidable, but I have cultivated my Thunder Tribulation Mad Body to the fourth