Chapter 169: Continental Court (2)

The Adjudicator looked directly at Lin Yuan, who stood calmly beside Bai Qingyue.

"The Zhao Province nominee: Lin Yuan. Cultivation Realm: Early-Stage Spirit Severing."

For three seconds, the Grand Court was completely silent.

And then, the Upper Division delegations erupted.

It was not a polite chuckle, but a roaring eruption of open scorn, and mockery. Cultivators from the Chu, Ye, and Xuan Provinces laughed so loudly that some had tears forming in the corners of their eyes. To them, the very suggestion was so utterly preposterous that it bordered on comedy.

"Early-Stage Spirit Severing?!" Ye Ao sneered loudly, his voice echoing across the amphitheater. "Is Lord Zhao senile? A man who has only just severed his mortal dust actually thinks he can stand among the Upper Division? He wants his Participating General to fight those who have already cultivated their Dao Resolve, even Half-Step Soul Transformation?!"