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The young prodigies of the second floor did not dare to challenge those of the third floor. They were just worried that the three great families would take revenge on them.

However, just because they didn't dare to challenge the third floor didn't mean that they were completely convinced by the young geniuses.

Although there were many young talents on the second floor who hadn't stepped into the seventh branch yet, there were quite a few who had reached the peak of the sixth branch or even the perfection stage.

Chen Xun's trivial strength of four meridians wasn't enough to obtain the approval of these handsome young geniuses on the second floor, especially when he was already fifteen years old.

The further back into the Invigorated Meridian Realm, the longer it would take to break through.

The fifteen-year-old Chen Xun was only at the initial four meridians in the Martial Dao. It was unknown whether he could break through to seven meridians in another four or five years. He would at most be at six meridians.

How could the young geniuses of the second floor accept this?

They asked themselves if they had Chen Xun's identity and status, as well as the resources and cultivation environment they usually enjoyed, and they would absolutely be even more outstanding than Chen Xun.

There were also some who thought highly of themselves, thinking that if they could enjoy the same treatment as Chen Jinghe and Du Yangpeng, they might even be considered a little genius under the age of twenty.

This kind of unwillingness and unwillingness formed their envy for the young talents on the third floor. They even wished that the young talents on the third floor would lose face and be doomed.

It was just that they didn't dare to do it themselves.

Now that Zhang Hongyi had challenged Chen Xun by name, these young talents of the second floor who were full of jealousy of the young geniuses of the third floor naturally began to gloat.

In the middle of the third level of Eastern Thunder, Chen Xun's expression was stiff. He had no desire to fight at all.

Forget about the other members of the Chen Clan, even he himself knew that during today's tea party, he was merely here to make fun of Qin Wentian.

There was not much of a chance for him to be selected by the direct disciples of the Profound Imagery Sect, but in his heart, he had always held a trace of hope.

"Hurry up and go, don't tell me you want others to laugh at our Chen Clan." Uncle Chen couldn't help but berate when he saw Chen Xun's cowardly appearance and was extremely displeased.

Second Uncle Chen couldn't help but say, "That Zhang Hongyi already has five meridians cultivation. He's basically bullying the weak. Even if he refuses, no one can say anything."

Chen's father sneered. "Bullying the young? Don't forget, that Zhang Hongyi is younger than Chen Xun by half a year.

Second Uncle Chen's face suddenly turned black.

"Chen Xun, do you dare to battle me?" Zhang Hongyi saw that Chen Xun was not going to come out, so he immediately shouted.

The young elites of the second and third floor were already discussing in low voices.

"Why isn't Chen Xun out yet?"

"He's probably scared. I heard that Zhang Hongyi broke through to the fifth meridian."

"Not to mention Zhang Hongyi, even if he failed to achieve a breakthrough, Chen Xun probably wouldn't be able to defeat Zhang Hongyi."

"If Chen Xun doesn't dare to fight, then the Chen Clan will lose a lot of face this time."

"Zhang Hongyi is a five meridians Invigorated Meridian martial artist after all. Isn't it a little too much to be bullying the weak by challenging Chen Xun who only has four meridians?"

"Bullying the weak? Are you joking with me? Zhang Hongyi is half a year younger than Chen Xun. Could it be that he wanted Zhang Hongyi to challenge Chen Li and Chen Chang? "Both of them are between eighteen and nineteen years old. They are four years older than Zhang Hongyi, and their martial arts cultivation is also a level higher than Zhang Hongyi's. If Zhang Hongyi doesn't challenge Chen Xun, who else can he challenge?"

"Among his peers, probably only Du Rui from the Du Family can contend against him."

"Not bad, I hope you can see these two fight as soon as possible."

In the northern shadow, Chen Hanhai's face was also unbearably dark, especially when the other two family heads suddenly chuckled, making him feel even more unhappy and ashamed.

"This kid is usually so unreasonable at home, why is he so cowardly outside!" Chen Hanhai cursed in his heart.

In an instant, besides Second Uncle Chen and Chen Jinghe, everyone else looked at Chen Xun with unfriendly gazes.

Even the two elders who were also at the Heavenly Axis Realm said with a gloomy tone, "Chen Xun, even if you lose, you have to fight."

Chen Xun had a bitter face, but he could only slowly get up.

He knew that if he avoided battle today, then tomorrow ~ He would become the joke of Yongde Town.

His grandfather, Chen Hanhai, the elders of the clan would scold him.

Chen Jinghe said in a low voice, "Make your move then. I'll help you get back at them if you lose."

Only now did Chen Xun's expression improve.

Chen Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Chen Jinghe's words.

Zhang Hongyi was younger than Chen Xun. Chen Xun would only be laughed at if Zhang Hongyi didn't accept the challenge.

Chen Jinghe was nearly five years older than Zhang Hongyi, and his cultivation base was at eight meridians. If Chen Jinghe wanted to avenge Chen Xun and challenge Zhang Hongyi, even if Zhang Hongyi refused, no one would laugh at Zhang Hongyi.

On the contrary, there would be people who would mock Chen Qihe for bullying the weak.

This was truly bullying the weak.

Chen Xun leaped down from the second level and coldly said, "Make your move."

The corners of Zhang Hongyi's mouth curled into a mocking smile. Did he think that he was unable to see through Chen Xun's cowardice?

The five meridians battled four meridians, but in the end, there was no need to say anything about the result. Chen Xun had been defeated within a few moves.

Such speed caused the Chen Clan to lose face.

In the northern shadow, Chen Hanhai was covering his face.

"Isn't it too fast? At least let's fight for a few dozen moves."

"He lost in five moves, this Chen Xun's cultivation base must be fake, right?"

"I heard that Chen Xun relied on pills to break through. Looks like it's true."

The young handsome man on the second floor laughed loudly, full of ridicule towards Chen Xun.

"You all …" Chen Xun had never received such mockery before, he was so angry that he vomited blood and fell to the ground.

This scene caused everyone to be stunned.

Chen Yi and his father glanced at Second Uncle Chen playfully, causing Second Uncle Chen's face to turn livid.

Awkward looks appeared on the faces of the two elders as well. Chen Xun's mentality was simply too poor.

Uncle Chen shook his head with a bitter smile. This kid was being overpraised. He couldn't even stand such a small setback.

Chen Xun wasn't that bad. If he had broken through four meridians on his own and reached the peak of four meridians, he wouldn't have been defeated so easily by Zhang Hongyi.

However, Chen Xun didn't rely on his own strength to break through. He was only a beginner of four meridians. This was the difference between him and Zhang Hongyi, who had already broken through to the five meridians.

Chen Jinghe jumped down and helped Chen Xun up. He glanced at Zhang Hongyi with a cold expression. Zhang Hongyi's face was frozen, but he was not afraid.

If they were at the same age, Zhang Hongyi believed that he would not be any worse than Chen Qihe.

Chen Jinghe merely snorted coldly and brought the unconscious Chen Xun back to the East Thunder Room.

"Does anyone want to spar with me?" Zhang Hongyi said clearly.

There was no response from anyone on the second level. They were about the same age as Zhang Hongyi, and their strength was inferior to him.

Since he was much older than Zhang Hongyi, it would be embarrassing for him to win.

This tea party was mainly about displaying one's strength. Whether one won or lost, it was not a big deal for the outcome.

No one responded. Zhang Hongyi's gaze swept across the surface of the water. Du Rui was about the same age as Zhang Hongyi, and also at the same five meridians cultivation level. He was about to get up and reply when Zhang Hongyi's gaze once again fell on East Thunder's room.

"Chen Li, do you dare to accept the challenge!" Zhang Hongyi had actually targeted Chen Li, who was at six meridians!

"Chen Li?"

"Isn't that the cultivation of six meridians?"

"Could Zhang Hongyi have gone mad?"

Many of the young elites burst into an uproar.

Even Durry, who was about to step down, looked surprised.

No one would have thought that Zhang Hongyi would choose Chen Li, who was older and had a higher cultivation level than him, instead of Du Rui, who was also a genius at the same age and cultivation level as him!

After being shocked, Chen Li became angry.

Could it be that in Zhang Hongyi's eyes, he wasn't even as much of a threat as that little kid, Du Rui?

"Arrogant!" The two elders slammed their palms on the table in anger, clearly looking down on the Chen Clan.

"Chen Li, teach him a good lesson!" Second Uncle Chen said angrily.

Chen Li leaped forward and landed in front of Zhang Hongyi. Without giving Zhang Hongyi a chance to speak, he immediately kicked out with his legs, creating countless shadows of his legs.

The martial art Chen Li was focusing on was [Peerless Legs] and was also one of the top mid-grade Mortal Realm martial arts.

As Chen Li did not focus on many martial arts and did not practice high-grade Mortal Realm martial arts, Chen Li had practiced this leg art to the point where it was close to perfection.

This attack had astonished many of his peers. This was because very few of them had managed to master a top medium-grade human-step martial art to such an extent.

However, what made everyone even more surprised was that Zhang Hongyi actually managed to withstand Chen Li's fierce attack with ease.

Zhang Hongyi had even grabbed Chen Li's right leg and flung him away.

"Amazing! How did Zhang Hongyi do it?"

"This is still a level lower."

In an instant, seeing this scene, the expressions of many of the Chen Family members turned ugly. Chen Yi was able to see that Zhang Hongyi's talent in martial arts was not simple. His palm technique was also a top middle-grade human-step martial art.

As a result, only the difference in battle experience and true qi quality was left between the two.

Zhang Hongyi's battle experience was clearly superior to Chen Li's. The quality of his zhenqi also seemed to surpass Chen Li's, directly shortening and even smoothing the gap between the two of them.

What happened after that was even more unexpected.

If Zhang Hongyi's palm technique was on par with Chen Li's, he was far superior to him in other aspects.

Chen Li had to focus on the [Peerless Legs] martial art in order to cultivate it to a level that was infinitely close to perfection. The other few martial arts could only be described as outrageous.

Zhang Hongyi, on the other hand, was much more terrifying. So far, Zhang Hongyi had displayed several martial arts, all of which were at least at the peak of the middle-rank Mortal Realm. One or two of which were infinitely close to perfection.

This young man's talent in martial arts was simply too terrifying, causing many of the young elites to be incomparably shocked.

It was obvious that the strength that Zhang Hongyi had displayed before wasn't his full strength. It was only a portion of his full strength.

Until today, in order to leave a rather deep impression on the two direct disciples of the Profound Imagery Sect, they exploded all at once.

Du Rui, who had been preparing to make a move earlier, felt a bit of confusion in his heart, because even if he was in Chen Li's position right now, he still wouldn't be able to find a chance to counterattack.

"This kid, when he sparred with me in the past, he wasn't serious at all!" Duré cursed in his heart.