202 Blood Showers filled the Sky (1/2)
At the venue of the Feast of Ziyun.
Above the high platform, a youth was suspended in midair with his hands behind his back.
Dressed in garments as white as snow, he had a dashing appearance and an extraordinary elegance. At the moment, he was looking down from above at Chen Dandan, who was about to leave the stage.
In that instant, that voice of his, which seemed to possess magical powers, successfully attracted the attention of everyone present at the same time that it suppressed all the noise at the venue.
\”After three years... Chen Dandan, is that the mere extent of your progress?\”
The crowd looked in the direction of the voice. When they saw clearly the youth's appearance, the Primal Core adepts led by Ci Xuan of the Divine Light Sect and Lord Tuo Jin smiled bitterly. Apart from them, the remaining people collectively narrowed their eyes.
\”A Primal Core adept?\”
\”Look at the dense milky-white inner Yuan around his body. He's obviously a mid Primal Core adept!\”
This young man, who seemed to be a mid Primal Core adept, appeared to be around only 20 years of age. No matter how skilled he was in maintaining his youthful looks, he could not be much older.
\”Who is he?\”
\”I don't know... judging from his mannerisms, he doesn't have good intentions. Furthermore, he seems to be targeting Chen Dandan.\”
\”He's but a mid Primal Core adept. How dare he offend Chen Dandan? Chen Dandan is a disciple of the Golden Essence elder of Xuanyin Sect, Zhong Ya. What's more, there are so many highly-ranked people in the Xuanyin Sect here right now.\”
...
The group of people from the Xuanyin Sect included, everyone's gazes instinctively landed on Chen Dandan once again.
\”Zhou... Zhou Donghuang?!\”
There was no way Chen Dandan could have expected that the person she had just been praying and hoping was still alive, would immediately appear in the flesh right before her eyes.
He was not just alive, but had even entered the mid Primal Core stage, attaining the rank of a mid Primal Core adept!
In the span of three years.
The childish air about his face had already faded. He looked much more mature now.
Most importantly, he had further widened the gap between himself and her.
And this gap nearly suffocated her and made her feel hopeless...
Over the past three years, from a level-four Qi-Gathering adept, she had broken through again and again at breakneck speed. Now, she had become an early Primal Core adept.
Within the same span of time, the Zhou Donghuang in front of her had advanced from early Primal Core all the way to a mid Primal Core adept. He had surpassed her completely.
\”A 22-year-old mid Primal Core adept?!\”
He was only 22 years old this year.
\”That's impossible!\”
Chen Dandan dared not believe it. She even found herself constantly wondering if she was dreaming.
But after a brief moment, she was sure that she was not dreaming... the youth before her had indeed succeeded in becoming a mid Primal Core adept at the age of 22!
\”No!\”
All of a sudden, a thought flashed in Chen Dandan's mind. As if something had occurred to her out of the blue, her eyes immediately lit up. \”So what if he's a mid Primal Core adept right now?
\”Would he even be a match for Master?
\”Even among the higher-ups in Xuanyin Sect, a majority of them have the ability to kill him.\”
At that thought, the shocked expression on Chen Dandan's face vanished, substituted with an ice-cold expression. Within a split second, a stern killing intent emanated from her gaze that was fixed on Zhou Donghuang.
\”Zhou Donghuang, I really didn't expect you to actually enter the mid Primal Core and become a mid Primal Core adept.\”
Chen Dandan raised her head to look at the youth. \”I must say that this is surprising. But that's all it is. Since you've come here today, you can forget about leaving.\”
After she finished speaking, Chen Dandan was deeply afraid that the young man would escape. The first things she did was look at the audience area where the higher-ups of the Xuanyin Sect were located. \”Uncle, Sect Leader, Senior... this person is my mortal enemy. Three years ago, he once criticized Master and even declared that he was going to take revenge on our Xuanyin Sect!\”
The moment Chen Dandan said these words.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Distinguished Elder Qi Ming of the Xuanyin Sect, the Sect Leader Liu Yi and the Head Elder Bai Shitang rose in unison. In the blink of an eye, they surrounded Zhou Donghuang in a triangular formation.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
...
After Qi Ming and the other two people had made their move, the remaining Primal Core adepts of the Xuanyin Sect came forward in unison too. They formed an outer ring and stared at Zhou Donghuang in a predatory manner.
\”You spoke rudely about my Senior? And you even declared your intention to take revenge on Xuanyin Sect?\”
Qi Ming stared with an electrifying gaze at the youth before him dressed in white. Although his face was expressionless, a chill emanated from his gaze.
A thunderous noise!
Simultaneously, the crowd of people around them went into a collective uproar.
Chen Dandan's words had shocked them as well.
They could not believe that this early Primal Core adept had spoken out of turn to the most powerful person in Xuanyin Sect, Zhong Ya, and had even declared his intention to get revenge on Xuanyin Sect.
Was he mad?
\”But... if he had been rude to Senior Zhong Ya three years ago, why didn't Senior Zhong Ya get rid of him then?\”
\”I find it strange too. Logically, with Senior Zhong Ya's capability in mind, killing a mid Primal Core adept would be as easy as slaughtering a chicken.\”
Someone questioned this.
\”Three years ago, Master disdained to kill him.\”
After Qi Ming and the others looked towards her skeptically, Chen Dandan said through clenched teeth, \”At the time, Master hoped that I would kill him with my own hands. Because... he was my enemy. But, I didn't expect that... in the mere span of three years, he would manage to enter the mid Primal Core stage!
\”I asked myself... will I ever have the chance to kill him with my own ability in this lifetime?\”
Nearing the end of her sentence, Chen Dandan's tone was laced with slight bitterness. She looked towards the young man again, and her eyes turned even colder.