The crowd gazed up at the lone, blade-wielding figure on the high platform. A heavy weight seemed to settle in their chests, and their breathing grew labored.
No one had expected Chen Sheng to be so overwhelmingly powerful.
The esteemed Patriarch Song, Song Renyi, had been steeped in the Earth Fiend Realm for many years, renowned for a Coiling Dragon Staff that could 'sweep through Qu Shui.' Yet, he had been defeated so swiftly, so miserably. And it wasn't just a defeat—he had been utterly obliterated, not even a trace of his body left behind.
Before the fight, most onlookers had been certain that unless other experts from the Jingwu Bureau intervened, Chen Sheng, a newcomer to the Earth Fiend Realm, stood no chance of gaining any ground against Song Renyi's heavy and domineering Coiling Dragon Staff.
After all, in terms of cultivation, experience, foundation, and insight—in every conceivable aspect—Song Renyi had seemed to hold an overwhelming advantage.
