Lu Ren shrugged helplessly. He had run into situations like this far too many times. He had avoided acknowledging Zhao Xinyue precisely because he feared needless trouble.
Yet the very thing he feared had come to pass.
"If you want a fight, make your move!"
Lu Ren spoke calmly.
He had only just entered the Golden Immortal Realm. Five years of hard cultivation in the Reincarnation Ancient Pagoda had consolidated his cultivation, but he had yet to test himself in a real fight.
He could use this man to gauge his strength.
"Good!"
Jian Mingyang stepped forward, longsword in hand. The Dao Power around him surged violently.
"Senior Brother Wu Yuehan, do you think Junior Brother Lu Ren can beat him?"
Wu Yutie asked.
"Junior Brother Lu Ren doesn't do anything he isn't confident about!"
Wu Yuehan replied.
He had investigated Lu Ren long ago. In Immortal Mist Ancient City, Lu Ren had slain Zhong Niu of the Six Paths Immortal Sect while still at the peak of the Profound Immortal Realm.
Now that Lu Ren had entered the Golden Immortal Realm, defeating someone at its peak should pose no problem.
The prodigies of Zhao Realm's immortal sects, however, thought Lu Ren far too arrogant. He might have displayed astonishing strength at the Contend for Immortality Assembly, but back then he had possessed only the strength of a Heavenly Immortal.
Now that he had entered the Golden Immortal Realm, fighting above his level would be no easy feat.
"Die!"
Jian Mingyang leaped into the air and swung his sword. His body turned into a sharp streak of sword light that shot toward Lu Ren.
The Dao Power of someone at the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm gathered in his sword. He layered sword-soul power and the power of laws