Chapter 199: Counter From Lord Zhao

A wave of shock rippled through the gathered elites. Chu Kuang had successfully ascended! He had achieved a cultivation state that made him practically invincible against anyone not named Xuan Mingzhe.

Yet, despite this monumental breakthrough, Chu Kuang's expression was not one of victorious arrogance. He stood perfectly still, his eyes fixed on the floor, his jaw clenched so tightly the muscles in his neck looked like coiled steel cables. He radiated a profound, suffocating aura of absolute humiliation.

The realization hit the tens of thousands of spectators like a physical shockwave.

Chu Kuang was alive. He was unharmed. He was at the Half-Step Transcendent realm.

Which meant Lin Yuan had somehow, inexplicably, forced a Half-Step Transcendent monster to willingly hand over every single token he possessed without a lethal struggle.